Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Laboratory 2.0 Pentax
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Operation Manu al.
Thank you for purchasing the PENTAX Digital Camera. This is the manual for “PENTAX PH O TO Browser 2.0” and “PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.0”, software fo r your Windows PC or Macintosh for enjoying images created with your camera.
1 Enjoy in g Your D igi tal Came ra Pic ture s ....... .... ..... .... .... ..... 2 What You Ca n Do with PENTAX PHOTO Br owser 2.0 ...... 4 Software Provi ded ...................... ............ ........... ................. ........... ...........4 System Req uirements .
2 Enjoying Your Digital Camera Pictures You can use a com puter to organi ze and ed it the p ictures capt ured with your di gital ca mera. You can tran sfer you r images us ing a b uilt-in card slot + PC card adapte r or a card reader. • Remove th e card f rom the camer a.
3 You c an u se y our e- mai l sof tw are to at tac h an d se nd i mag es by e-ma il, or post th e images on your web site. Use your im age data • Se e the op erating m anua l of yo ur e-m ail softwa re for deta ils on how t o make atta chme nts t o e- mai ls.
4 What You Can Do with PE NTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 PENTA X PHOTO Brows er 2.0 i s soft ware for viewing, prin ting and managing image s take n on y our digi tal came ra and save d on your compu ter. When yo u sele ct a fo lder contai ning sav ed im ages, those im ages compa tible with P ENTAX PH OTO Br owser 2 .
5 PENTAX PHOTO Labora tory 2.0 Performs color separa tion p rocessin g and oth er proc essing on CC D RAW image data record ed in PENTA X digital cam era dedic ated format, ther eby enabling image s t o be sa ved so a s to ap pear o n com mercial ly-av ailab le image vi ewing and editin g soft ware.
6 USB Connection • Macintosh with Mac OS 9.01/9.2/X (Ver. 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3) preinstalled. • USB po rt must b e stan dard equi pment. * Ins tallatio n of the USB dri ver is not nec essary. Application Softwar e <PENT AX PH OTO B rowser 2.0 and PE NTAX P HOTO Labor atory 2.
7 Installing the Software Here is the procedu re for i nstalli ng PEN TAX PHOT O Bro wser 2.0 and PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.0 . PENTAX PHO TO Brows er 2.0 and PEN TAX PHO TO Labor atory 2.0 can be insta lled o n top of ear lier v ersion s of this software suppl ied wi th w .
8 4 Click [PENTAX Digital Camera Utilit y]. 5 Select your applic able language in the Select Language screen and cli ck [OK ]. 6 The instal ler st arts. Cl ick [Next ]. Some op erating en vironm ents selec t the la nguage aut omatic ally. Co ntinue with the insta llation in s tep 6 .
9 7 Confirm th e folder name in the Destinati on Folder to which the program files are t o be install ed. Click [Next ] if no need to change. 8 Click [Next ] to begi n the inst allat ion. Copying of the program files begins. 9 A message appears after install ation of the software is finished.
10 Ple ase c lick [Pro duct Regi stra tio n] on th e softw are sele ction scr een in step 4 (p.8). A world map for Internet Product Registrati on is dis played. If your PC i s co nnected to the Inte rnet, click the disp layed count ry or r egion and then foll ow the ins truction s to regis ter your pr oduct.
11 1 Turn your Maci ntosh on. Close any other software that is open. 2 Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW28) into the CD-ROM drive on your Macintosh. 3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S- SW28) icon. The contents of the CD-ROM are displayed. 4 Double-click t he [PENTAX Inst aller ] icon .
12 6 Click [PENTAX Digital Camera Utilit y]. The installation starts. 7 The message [Installat ion was successful.. ..] appea rs. Click [Qui t]. Ple ase c lick [Pro duct Regi stra tio n] on th e softwa re selec tion sc reen in s tep 6 ( p.12 ) . A world map for Internet Product Registrati on is dis played.
13 Savi ng I mages on Y our C omp uter Here is the pr ocedure for saving i mages captured with y our digi tal camera onto your compute r. This sec tion d escrib es the me thod for savin g image s by conne cting your camera and co mputer wi th the US B ca ble, as we ll as other me thods.
14 6 Press the 4 button on the camera. 1 Turn your PC on. 2 Turn off your camera and use the USB cable to connect your camer a and your PC. Confirm that an SD Memory Card is inserted into your camera. 3 Turn your c amera on. The camera is recognized as a [Removable Disk] in [My Computer].
15 Windows XP is u sed as a n exam ple he re. 1 Click [My Computer] from the start menu. 2 Double-cli ck the [Removable Disk] icon. 3 Double-cli ck the [DCIM] icon. The [XXXPENTX] (XX X is a three-digi t number) folder appears. The camera image files are in this folder.
16 Window s X P 1 Double-cli ck the [Safely Remov e Ha rdwar e] ico n in th e task bar. The [Safely Remove Hardware] screen appears. 2 Confirm that [USB Mass Storage Device] is sel ected and the n click [ Stop]. The [Stop a Hardware device] screen appears.
17 Window s Me /200 0 1 Double-cli ck the [Unplug or Eject Hardware] icon i n the task bar. The [Unplug or Eject Hardware] screen appears. 2 Confirm that [USB Mass Storage Device] is sel ected and the n click [ Stop]. The [Stop a Hardware device] screen appears.
18 J is us ed as an e xampl e here. W hen usi ng w , [Transfer Mode] does not ne ed to be set. Go to “ Con necting t he Camer a and Macintos h” ( p.19). 1 Press the 3 but ton on the camera. The [ A Rec. Mode] menu or the [ Q Playback] menu appears.
19 1 Turn on your Macintosh. 2 Turn off your camera and use the USB cable to connect your camer a and your Maci ntosh. Confirm that an SD Memory Card is inserted into your camera. 3 Turn your c amera on. Your camera is recognized on the desktop as [NO_NAME (or the volume label of the SD Memory Card if one is registered)].
20 Mac OS X (Ver . 10.2) i s used a s an exam ple he re. 1 Double-click t he [NO_NAME] icon on t he desktop. 2 Double-cli ck the [DCIM] icon. The [XXXPENTX] (XX X is a three-digi t number) folder appears. The camera image files are in this folder. 3 Double-cli ck the [Maci ntosh HD] icon on the desktop.
21 4 Drag and drop the [XXX PE NTX ] fold er in to an y desired folder , such as the [Mac in tosh HD] fo lder . The camera images are saved into the [Macintosh HD] folder as an entire folder. 1 Drag [NO_NAME (or the volume labe l name on the S D Memory Card)] on the deskt op to the t rash can.
22 PENTA X PHOTO Bro wser 2.0 This sec tion de scrib es open ing an d closin g PENTA X PHOT O Brows er 2.0 and view ing the PENTAX PHOTO B rowser 2.0 windo w, and expl ains its function s. 1 Select t he start menu on the desktop. 2 Select [PENTAX PHOTO Browser] fr om [PENTAX Digita l Ca mera Util ity ] in t he program menu.
23 1 Double-cli ck the [PENTAX Digital Camer a Utility] fo lder in [Applicati ons] on the hard di sk. 2 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Browser] progr am icon. PENTAX PHOTO B rowser 2.0 is opened and the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window appears. Closing PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.
24 This secti on explai ns the P ENTAX PHO TO Brows er 2.0 windo w layout, names an d funct ions. Each pan e can be resi zed from side to side a nd up an d down. Drag or double- click the Addr ess b ar, Folder tree pan e, Imag e data p ane or Preview pa ne to r emove i t from the browser window and move it to a differen t positio n.
25 Address bar The addres s of the curr ently di spla yed fol der a ppears here. Double-c lick the a ddres s bar t o remove it fr om the b rowser window and move it t o a different posit ion. ( For Maci ntosh, click the Ad dress b ar or drag the margin to remo ve the Addres s bar.
26 *1: Proces sing d etails w hen usi ng PENTAX PHO TO Labora tory 2. 0 appe ar. *2: Info rmatio n on the c amera ’s firmw are appear s for c aptured image s.
27 This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Browse r 2.0. For Maci ntosh, the men u bar app ears at t he top o f the des ktop. Menu Bar File men u Create New Folder This cre ates a new f older i n the loca tion s pecif ied on the Folder tree pa ne.
28 Vie w m enu Tool Bar This sh ows or h ides the Too l bar. Folder T ree Th is show s or hide s the Folder tree pan e. Previ ew This sh ows or h ides the Prev iew pan e. Addre ss Bar This sh ows or h ides the Addre ss bar. Statu s Bar This sh ows or h ides the Status b ar.
29 *1: PENTAX REMOTE As sist ant is not inclu ded in the CD-ROM (S- SW28). Th e latest v ersion c an be dow nloaded from th e PENTAX webs ite. This me nu func tion can be us ed if PENT AX REMOTE Assist ant is al ready install ed.
30 Frequentl y used fu nctio ns are pro vided as Tool ba r buttons . You can execute these func tions ea sily fr om the Tool ba r. Double-c lick the Too l bar to remove it from the browse r window and mov e it to a di fferent pos ition. Tool Bar Number Icon (bu tton) Content 1 Back This ope ns the previous ly op ened f older.
31 8 Copy This co pies t he sel ected fil e or fol der. (p.6 7) 9 Paste This co pies t he cut or c opied file or folder i nto the selecte d fold er. (p.67) 10 Delete This del etes t he selec ted fil e or fol der. (p.7 0) 11 View Imag e The sele cted i mage file a ppears in the ma in image v iew wind ow.
32 18 Details Image de tails appear in the Thu mbnai l pane withou t an imag e. 19 Default Po sition This retu rns the w indow l ayout of P ENTAX PHOTO Browser 2 .0 to th e default settin gs. 20 Slidesh ow Selected or che cked im ages app ear in o rder.
33 Menu bar This exec utes functions or sets vari ous se ttings of the mai n image wi ndow. Main Ima ge Windo w File men u View Brow ser T his s how s the f ile brow sin g scr een .
34 Print This prints the curren t image. (p.52) Prope rties Imag e file data ap pears. (p.4 4) Clos e This cl oses the ma in image win dow. Vie w m enu Tool Bar This show s or hi des the To ol bar. Image Data This sho ws or hi des th e Imag e data pan e.
35 Tool bar Frequentl y used fu nctio ns are pro vided as Tool ba r buttons . You can execute these func tions ea sily fr om the Tool ba r. Remove the check ma rk next to [Tool Ba r] on the [View] menu to hide th e Tool ba r. Tool menu Auto Image Fix This au tomati cally adjusts the bri ghtnes s, co ntrast and col or tone.
36 Number Icon (bu tton) Content 1 View Browser This sh ows the fil e brow sing sc ree n. 2 Open This op ens th e [Open] dialo g to s elect the file to open. If a chec k mark is nex t to “Op en in new window”, a new Main im age view wind ow ope ns and the s elec ted im age appea rs wh en a fi le is selecte d and [Open] is c licke d.
37 Image V iew Area The ima ge selec ted in t he Thumbn ail pa ne of PENT AX PHO TO Br owser 2.0 appear s. Image d ata pan e The ima ge data appears for the i mage ap pearing in the ima ge vi ew area. Remove th e check m ark ne xt to [Ima ge Data ] on th e [View] m enu to hide the Image d ata pan e.
38 Display the im ages saved on yo ur comp uter. 1 Open PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0. Viewing Images.
39 2 In the folder tr ee, select the folder containing th e image file to view . Images in the selected folder appear as thumb nails in the Thumbnail pane. 3 Select an image in the Thumbnail pane. Select one of the follo wing methods for viewing an image: • Click the image to view.
40 • Click the image to view and then select [Check Selected Image] - [Invert Selection] from the [Edit ] menu. 4 Select [Open] fr om the [File] menu or click the icon on the Tool bar. The main image window op ens and the image appears. Double-click the image file to v iew in the Thumbnail pane.
41 The ima ge in the im age vi ew area ca n be ro tated 90 °, 180°, o r 270° to th e right (clock wise) or left (co unterclockwi se). 1 Select [ Rotate View ( Clockwise 90°)] or [Rotate Vi ew (Countercloc kwise 90°) ] from the [Vie w] menu in t he main image window.
42 You can change the im age vi ew mag nific ation of the im age ap pearing i n the im age view a rea. 1 Select [ Fit t o Window], [Enlarge], [Reduce] or [L ife size] from the [ View] menu in the main image window. Alternati vely, click the , , or icon on the Tool bar.
43 Reduced view You can al so enlar ge or redu ce the view by directl y inputting the nume rical value of the magnificat ion in the View Magnificat ion box on the Tool bar.
44 You ca n set whet her to show or hide the To ol bar and im age data pane in the main i mage w indow. 1 Select [Tool Bar] or [Image Data] from th e [View] menu in the main imag e window and uncheck the i tem. The Tool bar or image data pane is hidden.
45 You can save the dis played i mage using any of the following file for mats. RAW data c an be saved with any of the se formats to view the i mage with image processi ng so ftware.
46 Data of the d isplay ed image i s rotate d 90° left o r right. Rot ation o f the image may take time d epending o n the s ize of th e image . A warning message ap pears whe n clos ing the ma in image win dow witho ut saving the im age or when cli cking .
47 3 Specify [Save i n], [Fil e name] and [Sav e as type], and t hen click [ Save]. The image is rotated and saved..
48 Use the che ck boxes to save the image data fro m multiple fold ers into on e CSV form at file . If no im ages ar e sele cted or c hecked, all the image data in the cu rrent fo lder is save d. 1 Select [Save I mage Data List] from t he [Tool] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.
49 This secti on exp lains how to set up and ope rate the s lidesho w. 1 Select an image or folder in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window. 2 Select [Slid eshow] from the [View] menu or click the icon on t he Tool bar. The Slideshow screen and Slideshow control pan el open.
50 3 Press the Play button. The slideshow starts. When vi ewing the s lidesho w, sele ct between a singl e window an d a dual window . Addition ally , view the slid eshow in s ingl e full sc reen or dual full screen mode (on ly if the co mputer is comp atibl e with du al scr een disp lay) .
51 Select f rom o ne of the four display pattern s below . Image display order for dual window When usin g dual win dow or dua l full scree n, selec t the dis play patter n for image s on th e primary and s econdar y moni tors.
52 When pr inting image files, s elect be tween Pr int Index and P rint Ph oto. 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the images to pri nt. 2 Selec t [Pri nt] from the [File ] menu . Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar.
53 3 Select the [Pri nt Index] tab. 4 Make the layout and caption sett ings. Ite m Description Previ ew This disp lays a prev iew usi ng the specifie d sett ings. Layout Select fr om three l ayout pattern s. Numb er of imag es pe r page From the list, speci fy the n umber of images to prin t on one pag e.
54 5 Click [OK]. Printing starts. 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the images to pri nt. 2 Selec t [Pri nt] from the [File ] menu .
55 3 Select the [Pri nt photo] tab. 4 Make the layout and caption sett ings. Ite m Description Previ ew This disp lays a prev iew usi ng the specifie d sett ings.
56 5 Click [OK]. Printing starts. Posi tion Sele ct the positi on of the image in the prin ting area from the list. Space (Ve rtical )/Space (Horiz ontal) Set the v ertical a nd hori zontal s pace i n mm. Fit t o page This s etting uses the printin g ar ea most e ffecti vely.
57 Use Page Setu p to set printi ng option s such as margins , headers/ footer s, and numbe r of copi es. 1 Select [Page Setup] from the [File ] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window or c lick [Page Setup] on t he [Print] dialog . The [Page Setup] dialog appears.
58 3 Click [OK]. The page setup information is set. Check th e printer s etting s and cha nge the settin gs as ne eded. Refer to th e printer u ser’s man ual for details on printer s ettings. 1 Click [Print Setup] on the [Print] or [Page Setup] di alog.
59 2 Make the settings. 3 Click [OK]. The printer setup information is set. Ite m Description Name Select t he prin ter to u se from the list . Click [ Network] to select a printe r on the ne twork. Clic k [Prope rties] to make a dvanced printer settin gs.
60 Here, you can set the P ENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 start up settings , such as the in itial image view si ze, thu mbnail caption viewi ng, and RAW file view format . 1 Select [Option s] from the [Tool] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar.
61 [General] t ab se ttings Change the start up sett ings for PENTAX P HOTO Browser 2 .0 in th e [General] tab. Ite m Description Folder a t Startup From the follo wing , select t he fold er to op en when starting the pr ogram. Last f old er use d: This open s the f older th at wa s last u sed in PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.
62 [View] tab settings Change the Main Im age View window s etting s in the [ View] t ab. Ite m Description Image Data Pane Height Sets the heigh t of the Image dat a pane that ap pears when the ma in image window open s.
63 Showing M ultiple Images When m ultipl e images are se lecte d in th e Thumbna il pane , select the vi ewin g method in the main image view window. Single window: Images appear in one main image view window . Click the icons on the Main image view window Tool bar to switch the image view.
64 [Frame Advance] t ab settings Change the main i mage vie w window fr ame advan ce se ttings i n the [Frame Adva nce] tab. Ite m Description View At tributes to Maint ain Selects view attri butes to maintai n during f rame advanc e. Multi ple attribu tes may be sel ected .
65 [Slideshow] tab settings Change the slid eshow set tings in the [Slide show] tab. (p.49) Ite m Description Slid eshow Se ttings Se t the p attern wh en vie wing sl idesh ows. Single w indow : View s lideshow in a si ngle w indow . Dual wind ow: View slid eshow i n two windows (prima ry and second ary).
66 2 After makin g your sel ections, click [O K]. The options are set and the [Options] dialog closes . Click [Reset] to return all options to default s ettings. Frame Ad vance During Dual View Set the re fresh m ethod w hen vi ewing t wo imag es simul taneou sly.
67 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the thumbnai l image to move or copy. 2 Select [Cut] or [ Copy] from the [Edit ] menu. Alternati vely, click the or icon on the Tool bar. 3 Specify the des tinati on folder for moving or copyi ng in the Folder tree pane.
68 4 Selec t [P aste ] from the [Ed it] me nu. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar..
69 The image file is mo ved or copied to the specified folder. • Y ou can al so move an imag e by dra gging an d dropp ing a thu mbnail im age to the desti nation folder. To cop y, hold do wn the Ct rl key whil e you drag an d drop th e file. (For Ma cintos h, hold do wn the Opt ion key while you drag and drop th e file.
70 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the thumbnai l image to delete. Alternati vely, select the fo lder to del ete i n the Folder tree pane. 2 Select [Delet e] from the [Edit ] menu. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar.
71 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the thumbnai l image to be renamed. Alternati vely, sele ct the folder to be renamed in the Folder tree pane. 2 Select [Rename] from the [File] menu. Alternati vely, directl y click the fi le or folder name in the Thumbnail pane or Folder tree pane.
72 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select or check the thumbnail images to be renamed. Select [Select All ] from the [Edit] menu to sel ect all images in the Thumbnail pane. Images from more than one folder cannot be s elected.
73 4 Click [OK]. All files are renamed to the speci fied name. 1 In the Folder tree pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the fol der where to create a new folder . Alternati vely, sele ct the Thumbnail pane. 2 Select [Create New Folder] from the [Fil e] menu.
74 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the thumbnai l image for which propertie s are to be shown. Alternati vely, in the Fo lder tre e pane, select the fol der for which propert ies are t o be shown. 2 Select [Propert ies] fr om the [File] me nu.
75 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.0 window, select the thumbnai l image for which propertie s are to be shown. Alternati vely, in the Fo lder tre e pane, select the fol der for which propert ies are t o be shown. 2 Select [Propert ies] fr om the [File] me nu.
76 PENTA X PHOTO Labor ato ry 2.0 PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.0 is softwa re for c olor s eparatio n processi ng and other pr ocessi ng of CC D RAW imag e data r ecord ed in a PENTAX d igital c amera ded icate d format. Th e proces sing of RAW da ta enables images to be viewed on comm erci ally-a vail able imag e vie wing and editi ng sof tware.
77 1 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Labor atory] f older in [PENTAX Digital Camer a Utility] on the hard disk. 2 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory] program icon. PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.0 is opened, and the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.0 window appears.
78 This secti on explain s the PENTA X PHOTO Labora tory 2.0 window layout, names, an d func tions. PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.0 is ma de up o f five pan els. The pa nels a ppear i n i ndepend ent wind ows a nd m ay be placed anywh ere on the sc reen.
79 Main panel This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Laborato ry 2.0. For Ma cintosh, the Mai n pane l only c ontain s the To ol bar .
80 Exit This clo ses PENTAX PH OTO Laboratory 2.0. (For Macintosh, select [Exit PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory ] on the [PENTAX PH OTO Laboratory] menu. ) Vie w m enu Full Auto Pro cessing All RAW image s are p rocesse d usin g spe cified s ettings . All panels , excep t the Preview panel, are hi dden.
81 This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Laborato ry 2.0. Image Mode Select ty pes o f image m odifi cation s. Whe n Full Auto Proc essi ng i s set, imag es ar e pro ces sed u sing indivi dual fi le se ttings . When i n Custo m Process ing mode, a ll im ages a re proc essed usin g the s elect ed process ing m ode.
82 2 Save This pe rforms R AW imag e data processi ng and saves it with th e speci fie d save mod e and ima ge si ze. ( p.91) 3 Full Auto Proc essi ng This ap pears wh en Full Au to Proce ssing is s et. Performs p rocessi ng usi ng the p rocessin g cond itions set in t he RAW file.
83 This sho ws a pr eview of the RAW file . 11 Options This is used to change the PENTAX PHOT O Laborato ry 2.0 s etting s. ( p.94) 12 Help This shows PENTAX PHOTO Laborato ry 2.0 help content s. Preview Panel Number Icon (bu tton) Content 1 Displa y Size Click to s elect the size of the i mage data in the prev iew from the p ull -dow n me nu.
84 1 Click the button in the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2. 0 window. The [Open] dialog appears. 2 Specify the file name of a RAW image file to display and click t he [Open] button. 4 When multi ple image s are selec ted, sele ct the image to disp lay fro m the lis t.
85 A RAW image appears in the P review panel of the PENTAX P HOTO Laboratory 2.0 window. Select multipl e image files to open mul tiple images at the same ti me. Click the , , , or button on the Tool bar to preview the desired image. 1 Select a RAW image in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.
86 Sele ct an Im age mo de to ea sily proc ess RAW imag es acco rdin g to shoot ing co nditions . When in Full Auto Pr ocessi ng mode , RAW images ar e proc esse d using the I mag e mod e sel ect ed at th e ti me of c apt ure. This se ttin g can not be chang ed in PE NTAX PHOT O Labor ator y 2.
87 Set ind ividual proces sing condit ions to cre ate uni que i mage modifica tions . 1 Select [Custom Process ing] from the [View] menu, or click on the icon on the Tool bar and then click (Custom Processing) on the drop-down lis t. The Main panel, Preview panel, White bal ance panel, Tone panel, and Other settings panel appear.
88 2 Enter sett ings i n each setti ng panel . The settings are reflected in the Preview panel. There are two ways to reflect the settings. (p.94) • Reflect the settings immediat ely in real time. • Reflect the settings when clicking the icon on the Preview panel.
89 Setting the Tone c urve/Histog ram Color tempe rature This c an be s et when sele cting [Color tem peratu re setting ] with [Ov erride] from [White Balance Se ttings]. Color tempe rature: Slide th e bar to set the color temper ature or select the se tting f rom the list.
90 Setting the Sensitivity /Contrast/Satura tion/Sharpness Set these using the Ot her settings panel. Ite m Content Sens itivity Changes the sens itivi ty of p rocess ing. + : The image becomes bright er. – : The ima ge becom es da rker. Contra st Adjusts the c ontrast between light and s hadow.
91 You can save the ima ge fil es which have bee n Ful l Auto pr ocesse d or Custom pr ocess ed. Spe cify the save for mat a nd image s ize when sav ing image fil es. S ave imag es in JPEG f ormat with on e of five d ifferent compre ssio n rates, or in TIFF -8 or TIF F-16 fo rmat.
92 2 Select [Sav e Size] from the [ Tool] menu, or clic k on th e right of the icon to select the s ave size. 3 Select [Save] from the [Tool] menu or c lick the icon on the Tool bar. The [Save as] dialog appears. 4 Specify the f ile name and save desti nation, and th en click [Save].
93 All current a djustm en t combin ation ca n be sa ved as a parame ter file. Sa ved adju stm ent can th en b e a pplie d to oth er R AW im ages for proce ssing . 1 Click [Save Adjustment s] from the [Tool] menu on the Main panel or cli ck the icon. The [Save Adjustments] dialog a ppears.
94 3 Select a folder and paramete r file name, and then click [Ope n] . The current RAW image is processed by the recall ed adjustment. 1 Select [Opti ons] from the [Tool] menu on the Main panel or click t he icon on the Tool bar. The [Options] dialog appears.
95 Ite m Content Folder t o Use Sele ct from on e of tw o folders to use . Folder w ith o rigina l file: The folde r with RAW d ata is us ed. Alwa ys us e th is fo lder : Click [Brow se] to d ispla y the [ Browse fo r Folder ] dialog, a nd the n sele ct the fol der to use.
96 3 Click the [Advanced] tab. Change the settings as needed. Ite m Content Color Spac e S elect fro m [sRGB] or [Ado beRGB] fo r the color sp ace that sets t he color ra nge. sRGB: This is curr ently the m ost co mmon color spac e setting and is comp atible with mo st mo nitors and image p roces sing soft ware.
97 4 After set ting each i tem, cl ick [OK]. The options are set, and the dialog closes. Click [Reset] to return all options to default s ettings. Ite m Content Refresh Pr eview Real tim e: Set this t o appl y proc essi ng condit ions t o the prev iew imag e upon eac h cha nge made to [Custom Pr ocessin g] sett ings.
98 Glossary AdobeRGB This col or space i s reco mmende d for com mercia l printing and doc ument creatio n by A dobe S ystems (US). It s col or repr oductio n rang e is lar ger than sRG B and adeq uately covers the color reproduc tion ran ge for printin g.
99 Lossless r otati on Beca use JPE G uses irrever sible c ompr ession (d ata is lost d uring compre ssio n), the qu ality of JPEG imag es dete riorat es when uncompr essed, r otated and then s aved. Lossless rotation , however , can be used to r otate JPE G images without recompr essing the d ata.
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