Enhance scientific and medical images

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Adobe Studio on Adobe Photoshop CS2
Enhance scientific and medical images
Light, shadow and detail interact in wild and mysterious
ways in microscopic photography, posing special
challenges for the researcher and educator. With
Adobe?Photoshop?CS2, it’s a snap to enhance the
detail in any image, whether it’s destined for
publication or the classroom.
Create layers to protect your
original image
With Photoshop CS2, you can use layers to enhance your
scientific images while keeping the original data intact.
You can do this in two simple ways-by duplicating the
original data layer and working only with the duplicate
layers, and by using adjustment layers, which lie above
the data and modify only how that data appears to the
viewer. Adjustment layers can also simply be hidden or
deleted to reveal the original image.
1 Duplicate the original background image.
When you first open a captured microscopic image, it
contains a single layer labeled Background. Drag the
layer to the New Layer button at the bottom of the
Layers palette, or choose Layer > Duplicate Layer.
The image is duplicated in a new layer labeled
Background Copy.
To duplicate any layer, drag it to the New…