Adjust the contrast/brightness of an image using Adjust|Levels

Adjust each color individually

Use the upper arrow in input levels to "stretch" the intensity levels i.e.make the label brighter.

Use the lower arrow to decrease/increase the threshhold or offset.

Use the middle arrow to adjust the gamma or intermediate levels. This will make the intensity levels nonlinear.

Before printing, or for publication, change the resolution (DPI) in Photoshop. Don't use other programs to change the resolution, they don't do it as well as Photoshop and quality is often lost in this step.

Images are collected at 72 dpi.

Changing to at least 144 dpi will avoid that "pixelated" look in the image.

Change the resolution under Image|Image Size... Constrain Proportions should be checked. Resample Image should also be checked and bicubic.

Leica Converter: Leica converter will take a ScannerFile z-series from the "old software" and split it into individual files. It runs on a PC.

Images must be saved in color to use this program i.e.channel one in green, channel two in red and channel three in blue.

Double click on the Leica converter icon on the desktop.

Click on File and Open to open the Leica scanner file to be converted.

Select an option: