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AdibM
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June 20, 2023
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Feature request: Give more photo editing options

  • June 20, 2023
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Recently, I scanned nearly a thousand pages of text, a lot of it faint and printed on very old, delicate, and translucent paper. In several cases, the results with Adobe Scan were not ideal, and the text was illegible in certain places. The app's built-in filters and photo editing options (adjusting brightness and contrast) were inadequate. 

 

To get around this problem, I had to take pictures with my iPhone and tweak them in the native photo editor (the Photos app). This allows me to edit many useful aspects of photos—black point, definition, shadows, sharpness, etc.—which I am not able to adjust in Adobe Scan. 

 

Can the development team please consider increasing the number and sophistication of the photo editing options in Adobe Scan?

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    S_S
    Community Manager
    S_SCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    June 26, 2023

    Hi @AdibM,

     

    Hope you are doing well. Thank you for writing in! 

     

    We have released a new update with changes to the brightness and contrast tools already available within the application. 

     

    Would you mind updating to the latest version and let us know if it helps?

     

    -Souvik

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    AdibMAuthor
    Participant
    June 28, 2023

    Hi @S. S,

     

    Thanks very much for your response. I am currently on version 23.06.06 (not seeing a newer version in the Apple Store right now) and can't seem to find the enhanced photo editing options you mentioned. When I click "Adjust" after taking a picture, all I see are Brightness and Contrast with the same sliding scales as before (ranging from -100 to 100) for both settings.

     

    What exactly are the "changes to the brightness and contrast tools" you referred to? If they are really just improvements to brightness and contrast, that sounds insufficient compared to the other, more sophisticated editing options I requested in my post (black point, definition, shadows, and sharpness).

     

    Furthermore, is it possible the update just hasn't rolled out to me yet? If that's the case, when can I expect it to become available for download?

     

    Thanks,

    Adib

    S_S
    Community Manager
    S_SCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    June 29, 2023

    Hi @AdibM,

     

    The features you are referring to are for complete image editing, which is not the purpose of Adobe Scan. It allows basic filters and adjustments to make the scans more detailed.

     

    For such editing features, I suggest using Lightroom mobile or Photoshop express.

     

    -Souvik

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