One-time editing actions

Manually apply crop, rotate, denoise, redact, and other fixes to individual pages.

One-time editing actions are page-level fixes you apply by hand from the Image Editing toolbar above the Image window. Use them when a single page needs a targeted tweak. For bulk edits across a flow, see Processing profiles.

How to apply an action

Every tool shares the same invocation:

1. In the Image window or the Batches window, select the pages you want to edit.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click the tool’s button on the Image Editing toolbar.
   • Choose the tool from the Page menu.
   • Right-click the selection and choose the tool from the shortcut menu.

A few tools open a dialog or take extra input — those are broken out under Tools with extra steps.

Tool reference

Geometry and layout

Tool	What it does	Notes
Autocrop	Crops document borders automatically and corrects skew and geometric distortion.
Crop	Crops one or more rectangles from an image by hand.	See Crop an image.
Split	Splits an image into two or more pages.	See Split an image.
Rotate 90° Clockwise / Counterclockwise / 180°	Rotates selected pages by the given angle.	Use when text isn’t oriented top-to-bottom horizontal.
Flip Horizontally / Flip Vertically	Flips selected pages across the vertical or horizontal axis.
Deskew	Corrects image skew.	Already included in Autocrop — skip if you’ve run Autocrop.
Remove Geometrical Distortions	Removes perspective and geometric distortions.
Change Resolution…	Sets a new DPI for selected pages.	Opens the Set Resolution dialog; specify the required DPI there.

Color and contrast

Tool	What it does	Notes
Invert	Inverts image colors.	Use when text is light on a dark background.
Whiten Background	Whitens the image background.
Equalize Brightness	Equalizes brightness across the image.
Adjust Brightness and Contrast…	Sets brightness and contrast manually.	See Adjust brightness and contrast.
Autoadjust Levels	Corrects color levels automatically to improve readability.
Black and White	Converts color or grayscale images to black and white.
Remove Color Marks…	Removes colored marks from an image.	Color images only. See Remove color marks.

Noise and artifacts

Tool	What it does	Notes
Remove ISO Noise	Removes camera/scanner noise.
Remove Motion Blur	Removes blur caused by document or camera movement.
Remove Scanner Shadow	Removes scanner shadow from an image.
Despeckle	Removes small extra elements (specks).	Black-and-white images only.

On very light or fine text, Despeckle can remove thin letter elements and punctuation along with the specks. Check the output, especially if you’ve tuned the despeckle size by hand.

Redact

Tool	What it does	Notes
Redact	Permanently covers an area with a colored rectangle to hide sensitive information.	See Redact sensitive information.

Tools with extra steps

Crop an image

1. Select the image in the Image window.
2. Click Crop (toolbar, Page menu, or shortcut menu).
3. Draw a rectangle around the area to keep. A frame appears around the selection.
   • To draw an area inside another area, hold Ctrl while drawing.
   • To deselect an area, hold Shift and click inside or on the border of that area.
   • Repeat to select additional areas.
4. Press Enter or click outside the page to apply. Each selected area is saved as a separate page.

Change the selection-frame color in Tools > Options… > General > Crop line color.

Split an image

Select a page in the Image window and click Split (toolbar, Page menu, or shortcut menu). By default the image is split horizontally into two fragments.

• Hold Shift before clicking Split to split vertically.
• Hold Ctrl before clicking Split to split into four fragments.

Redact sensitive information

1. Select the page in the Image window.
2. Click Redact (toolbar, Page menu, or shortcut menu).
3. Drag a rectangle across the area to redact. The area is permanently covered with a colored rectangle.

Set the rectangle color in Tools > Options… > General > Redaction Color.

Remove color marks

1. Select the pages in the Image window or the Batches window.
2. Click Remove Color Marks (toolbar, Page menu, or shortcut menu).
3. In the Remove Color Marks dialog:
   • Click OK to remove all color marks.
   • Or select Remove marks of specified colors only and pick the colors to remove.

Adjust brightness and contrast

1. Select the pages in the Image window or the Batches window.
2. Click Adjust Brightness and Contrast (toolbar, Page menu, or shortcut menu).
3. In the Brightness and Contrast dialog, set the brightness and contrast levels. Select Preview to see the result before applying.

The new levels apply to every selected page. To tune pages individually, repeat the procedure for each page.

Related topics

• Editing images
• Processing profiles
• Image window
• Operator mode