# Changing an Image's Brightness, Contrast and Other Settings

You can change the brightness, contrast, and other settings of images to improve their quality or to create interesting effects. Adjustments you make don't affect the original image; they affect only the image's appearance in Comic Life.

To adjust an image:
1. Select the image.
2. Open the Image tab of the Inspector.
3. Use the controls to make adjustments.

   Brightness: Changes the amount of white in the image. Dragging to the right increases the white in the image, making it appear brighter.

   Exposure: Changes the overall lightness or darkness of the entire image. When you adjust exposure, every part of the image gets lighter or darker. Increasing the exposure of an image can also reduce its color.

   Saturation: Changes the richness of color in the image. Dragging to the right makes colors richer and more vibrant.

   Sharpness: Sharpens or softens (blurs) the focus of the image.

   Contrast: Changes the difference between the light and dark areas of the image. If you increase contrast, the light parts get lighter and the dark parts get darker. If you decrease contrast, the difference between light and dark decreases Dragging to the right makes the edges between light and dark more stark, and can make a photo appear more like an illustration.

   Blur: Moving the slider to the right increases the amount of blur. This can be used with great effect when combined with Comic Life's filters to turn photos into illustrations. Or blur out a background behind a knocked out image to simulate a narrow focus.

Click on Reset to return all the sliders to their default settings.