Restoring Color

Using the Color Restoration feature in Epson Scan, you can transform old, faded, or badly exposed photos into ones with true-to-life color and sharpness. You can restore printed photos automatically as you scan them.

Follow these steps to restore colors using Epson Scan.

Place your original photo on the scanner. See the booklet for details.

Start Epson Scan. See one of these sections for instructions.

When the Epson Scan window appears, do one of the following, depending on the currently selected scan mode.

Home or Professional Mode: Go to step 4.

Full Auto Mode: Click the Customize button. Then click the Color Restoration checkbox and click OK. Continue with step 9.

For details on using Full Auto Mode when scanning photos, see Using Full Auto Mode.

Select the basic settings for the type of original(s) you are scanning, then select the destination setting for the way you will use your image(s). See Selecting Basic Settings.

Click the Preview button to preview your image(s), then select your scan area. See Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area.

Do one of the following to select the Color Restoration option.

Home Mode: Click the Color Restoration check box.

Professional Mode: Scroll down to the Adjustments area and click the Color Restoration check box.

Make any other necessary image adjustments. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings.

Size your image as necessary. See Selecting the Scan Size.

Click the Scan button to scan and restore the color in your image(s).

What happens next depends on how you started Epson Scan. See Finishing the Scan.

Using the Color Palette Function (Professional Mode Only)

Follow the steps in these sections to fine tune the colors in your images using the Color Palette feature in Epson Scan.

Sampling a Color From an Image

If necessary, click the Preview button to preview your image. Then click the

Color Palette button.

Click the

Color Extractor button. Your cursor changes to an eye dropper.

In the Preview window, click on the color in your image that needs adjustment.

The color you selected is moved to the center cell in the Color Palette window with variations in hue in the surrounding cells.

Select the cell that contains the hue you would like to use to adjust the color in your image. This color now becomes the color of the center cell and the color change is reflected in your image.

You can also use the cells to the right of the adjustment area to change the brightness, if necessary.

If you want to continue adjusting the color, repeat step 4.

If you want to save the color for future scans, click the

Save button. The color appears in the save area.

To load a previously saved color, select the color and click the

Apply to Palette button.

When you are finished adjusting the color, click the Close button to return to the Epson Scan window.

For further details on using the Color Palette feature, click the Help button.

Applying a Color to an Image