HP R818 - Manual (Page 64)

64 HP Photosmart R817/R818 User’s Manual
Adaptive Lighting
This setting balances the relationship between bright and
dark areas in a picture, preserving gentle contrasts but
reducing harsh contrasts. When used with a flash, Adaptive
Lighting can brighten areas that a flash wouldn’t reach. Here
is an example of how Adaptive Lighting can enhance an
image:
Adaptive Lighting is useful in situations like these:
• Outdoor scenes with a mixture of sun and shade
• Cloudy days when there is a lot of glare from the sky
• Indoor scenes that use flash photography (to soften or
even out the effect of the flash)
• Backlit scenes where the subject is too far away for the
flash to reach, or is severely backlit (for example, in front
of a window)
You can use Adaptive Lighting with or without flash, but it is
not recommended as a replacement for flash. Unlike the
flash, Adaptive Lighting does not affect exposure settings, so
brightened areas may appear noisy or grainy, and indoor or
night images may be blurry if taken without a flash or a
tripod.
Without Adaptive Lighting: With Adaptive Lighting: