MacroSystem Akaba – New Concept - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Page
1. General............................................................................................................... 5
1.1 General................................................................................................... 5
1.2 What is Akaba – New Concept? ........................................................... 5
2. Installation and Starting the Program ............................................................. 7
3. Operation ........................................................................................................... 9
3.1 Operation controls ................................................................................ 9
3.1.1 General buttons ........................................................................ 9
3.1.2 Palette, pencils & brushes........................................................ 9
3.1.3 Tools........................................................................................... 10
3.1.4 Editing functions....................................................................... 11
3.1.5 General ...................................................................................... 14
3.2 Margin areas.......................................................................................... 15
3.3 Display ................................................................................................... 15
3.4 Notes on the Power Key Option .......................................................... 15
3.5 Individual buttons / functions .............................................................. 15
3.5.1 Palette ........................................................................................ 15
3.5.2 Pencils & brushes ..................................................................... 16
3.5.3 Fill options................................................................................. 17
3.5.4 Mask........................................................................................... 18
4. The Three Operating Modes ............................................................................ 19
4.1 Draw mode ............................................................................................ 19
4.2 Retouch.................................................................................................. 19
4.3 Gamma .................................................................................................. 20
5. Application Examples ....................................................................................... 21
5.1 Setting sun............................................................................................. 21
5.2 Retouching a distorted image ............................................................. 23
5.3 Partial brightness correction................................................................ 25
5.4 Title with transparency gradient.......................................................... 27
5.5 Cutting out a brush............................................................................... 29