The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion

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Not all features are available when using a scene mode. If you try to use one that’s

not allowed, the camera will issue a warning.

Picture Styles

You’ve now seen how changes in exposure can affect the tones in your image,

as well as the saturation. But the XSi has some other ways to alter the contrast,

saturation, and color in your image.

Picture Styles allow you to change the way the camera processes its images, with

direct control from the camera of sharpness, contrast, saturation, and color tone

in your image. ese processes are very different from what happens when you

change exposure, and to understand how they work, you need to know a little

more about how the camera makes an image.

e Picture Style menu.

Selecting a Picture Style

A Rebel XSi picture style is a collection of image-editing directives. A picture style

can contain detailed color correction instructions that affect specific hues, as well

as global corrections to contrast, saturation, color tone, and sharpness settings.

By default, the XSi uses the Standard picture style which is a general-purpose

style that delivers nicely balanced saturation and accuracy to deliver attractive

color that’s still realistic. To change picture styles, press the down arrow button

on the back of the camera. Notice that it has a Picture Style icon next to it.

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