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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="pref-image-properties" xml:lang="ca">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#problems"/>
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<revision version="3.0" date="2011-08-24" status="candidate"/>
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<revision version="3.1" date="2011-09-05" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Adjust the saturation, contrast, brightness and hue to make photos and
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videos look better.</desc>
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<title>My photos and videos look wrong</title>
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<p>If your photos or videos are too dark or the colors seem to be wrong, try
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adjusting their saturation, contrast, brightness and hue:</p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
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<p>Under <gui>Image properties</gui>, change the sliders to find the best
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settings for your webcam.</p>
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<p>Click <gui>Close</gui> and check to see if the photos and videos look
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<title>Different options under <gui>Image properties</gui> (left to right):
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applying brightness, contrast, hue and saturation</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/image-properties.png" width="800" height="150"/>
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<title>Brightness</title>
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<p>Increasing the brightness will make the photos and videos lighter. However, if you are in a dark room, increasing the brightness might make the image look more noisy.</p>
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<title>Contrast</title>
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<p>Setting a higher contrast will increase the difference between darker and lighter colors. If the image looks washed out, try increasing the contrast.</p>
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<p>Changing the hue of the image will add a tint to it. If image seems to be the wrong color (for example, too yellow), try changing the hue.</p>
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<title>Saturation</title>
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<p>Reducing the saturation makes the image less colorful. If colors seem too harsh, reduce the saturation.</p>