Adjusting different areas of a payment instrument image independently

1. A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:

receiving an original payment instrument image associated with a tangible payment instrument, the tangible payment instrument to be submitted for electronic transaction clearing and including a payee, a payor, an amount, and an authorization;

creating a clearing payment instrument image based on the original payment instrument image, the clearing payment instrument image associated with a first contrast value;

presenting the clearing payment instrument image in a user interface in response to creating the clearing payment instrument image;

in response to presenting the clearing payment instrument image:

receiving an indication of an area of the clearing payment instrument image from the user interface, the indicated area including less than the entire clearing payment image; and

receiving an indication of a second contrast value to which to update the indicated area from the user interface, the second contrast value different than the first contrast value; and

in response to receiving the indication of the area and receiving the indication of the second contrast value from the user interface, updating a contrast value of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image to the second contrast value while maintaining the first contrast value for other areas of the clearing payment instrument image.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a monochromatic image, and creating the clearing image includes is a bi-tonal image.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the monochromatic image is a grayscale image, and the bi-tonal image is a black-and-white image.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a color image.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of a red weight value, a green weight value, and a blue weight value from the user interface; and

updating the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image based on the red weight value, the green weight value, and the blue weight value in response to receiving the indication of the weight value, the green weight value, and the blue weight value from the user interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising inserting the updated clearing payment instrument image into a cash letter file.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface does not allow updating of image properties of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image other than the contrast.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the original payment instrument image associated with the tangible payment instrument includes receiving the original payment instrument image from an image scanner.

9. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions operable when executed to cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an original payment instrument image associated with a tangible payment instrument, the tangible payment instrument to be submitted for electronic transaction clearing and including a payee, a payor, an amount, and an authorization;

creating a clearing payment instrument image based on the original payment instrument image, the clearing payment instrument image associated with a first contrast value;

presenting the clearing payment instrument image in a user interface in response to creating the clearing payment instrument image;

in response to presenting the clearing payment instrument image:

receiving an indication of an area of the clearing payment instrument image from the user interface, the indicated area including less than the entire clearing payment image; and

receiving an indication of a second contrast value to which to update the indicated area from the user interface, the second contrast value different than the first contrast value; and

in response to receiving the indication of the area and receiving the indication of the second contrast value from the user interface, updating a contrast value of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image to the second contrast value while maintaining the first contrast value for other areas of the clearing payment instrument image.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a monochromatic image, and creating the clearing image includes is a bi-tonal image.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the monochromatic image is a grayscale image, and the bi-tonal image is a black-and-white image.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a color image.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of a red weight value, a green weight value, and a blue weight value from the user interface; and

updating the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image based on the red weight value, the green weight value, and the blue weight value in response to receiving the indication of the weight value, the green weight value, and the blue weight value from the user interface.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising inserting the updated clearing payment instrument image into a cash letter file.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the user interface does not allow updating of image properties of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image other than the contrast.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein receiving the original payment instrument image associated with the tangible payment instrument includes receiving the original payment instrument image from an image scanner.

17. A system comprising:

memory for storing data; and

one or more processors operable to perform operations comprising:

receiving an original payment instrument image associated with a tangible payment instrument, the tangible payment instrument to be submitted for electronic transaction clearing and including a payee, a payor, an amount, and an authorization;

creating a clearing payment instrument image based on the original payment instrument image, the clearing payment instrument image associated with a first contrast value;

presenting the clearing payment instrument image in a user interface in response to creating the clearing payment instrument image;

in response to presenting the clearing payment instrument image:

receiving an indication of an area of the clearing payment instrument image from the user interface, the indicated area including less than the entire clearing payment image; and

receiving an indication of a second contrast value to which to update the indicated area from the user interface, the second contrast value different than the first contrast value; and

in response to receiving the indication of the area and receiving the indication of the second contrast value from the user interface, updating a contrast value of the indicated area of the clearing payment instrument image to the second contrast value while maintaining the first contrast value for other areas of the clearing payment instrument image.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a monochromatic image, and creating the clearing image includes is a bi-tonal image.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the monochromatic image is a grayscale image, and the bi-tonal image is a black-and-white image.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the original payment instrument image is a color image.