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| -rw-r--r-- | help/C/brightness-contrast.page | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | help/C/quality.page | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | help/C/save.page | 10 |
3 files changed, 38 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/brightness-contrast.page b/help/C/brightness-contrast.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f0c743 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/brightness-contrast.page @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="guide" + id="brightness-contrast"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#acquire"/> + </info> + + <title>Setting brightness and Contrast</title> + + <p> + Some scanners allow the user to adjust the brightness and contrast when scanning. + If your scans come out too dark or too light you can adjust these settings from the <guiseq><gui>Document</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> menu. + </p> +</page> diff --git a/help/C/quality.page b/help/C/quality.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1075783 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/quality.page @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="guide" + id="quality"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#use"/> + </info> + + <title>Setting the Image Quality</title> + + <p> + You can adjust the image quality that is used when the scan is converted to a file by changing this setting in the <guiseq><gui>Document</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> menu. + Using a low quality will result in a small file size but may show some blurring or blockiness in the image. + A high quality will keep all the scanned information but require a larger file size. + See the <link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossy_compression">Lossy compression Wikipedia page</link> for more information. + </p> +</page> diff --git a/help/C/save.page b/help/C/save.page index 575c36a..8b0b9d0 100644 --- a/help/C/save.page +++ b/help/C/save.page @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ <td><p>PDF</p></td> <td><p>A PDF can contain multiple pages, like a book, and is easy to distribute. Only a small number of linux programs can modify PDF documents, so this format is recommended primarily for archiving. - See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pdf">PDF Wiki page</link> for more information. + The size of the PDF document is affected by the <link xref="quality">image quality</link>. + See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pdf">PDF Wikipedia page</link> for more information. </p></td> </tr> <tr> @@ -44,14 +45,15 @@ small, very easy to distribute, and suitable for uploading to social networking sites. Most operating systems come with a JPEG editor by default. If you have scanned multiple pages, a JPEG file will be created for each page. Use this file type if you want to modify or upload the scanned images. - See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jpeg">JPEG Wiki page</link> for more information. + The size of the JPEG file is affected by the <link xref="quality">image quality</link>. + See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jpeg">JPEG Wikipedia page</link> for more information. </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p>PNG</p></td> <td><p>PNG files contain the raw data from the scanner. This makes them very large and not suitable for distributing. If you have scanned multiple pages, a PNG file will be created for each page. - See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics">PNG Wiki page</link> + See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics">PNG Wikipedia page</link> for more information. </p></td> </tr> @@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ <td><p>TIFF</p></td> <td><p>TIFF files contain the raw data from the scanner. This makes them very large and not suitable for distributing. If you have scanned multipe pages, a TIFF file will be created for each page. - See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format">TIFF Wiki page</link> + See the <link href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format">TIFF Wikipedia page</link> for more information. </p></td> </tr> |