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1. Computer Inc GIF and TIFF LZW Compression Decompression Licensed under U S Patent No 4 558 302 and foreign counterparts Photo CD mark licensed from Kodak Mercutio MDEF copyright Ramon M Felciano 1992 1998 Copyright for all pictures in manual and on cover Hagen Henke except for page 350 PCD example picture O AMUG Arizona Mac Users Group Inc Reginald Muhl and ECW and mrSID example pictures New editions of this book may contain some paragraphs translated by the author in rough English These paragraphs will be replaced with a professional translation as soon as possible Password for updates Stacie Cover design and typesetting Hagen Henke Version 2 36 Lorenzkirch 2006 Contents Introduction Welcome to GraphicConverter 000 cece eee ees 6 System Requirements ooccocooo ee 6 IS tal AOR ayy feiss Sein arn ahaa ache a ether Bea a I OE WR Ete Don Se RC Sa 6 Update EE 13 License Key and Registration oooooooooccroonnnnnnrmmmmoooss 14 SUDDOLt esh ao s ER PRADA Deua Sd md Eo iun koe eek eee odes 16 TAS Manaos ues reco Sacs a he ce Y D OO eei th Rea ue dod tee TAL 16 Starting the Program and Opening a Picture 20 00 cece eee 17 Converting a Picture with Save as oo ooooooooornrnnnnrr eens 21 Saving ANC losing c Jnd S sette at e uds Marec iret ts eet ls 27 Savea COPY ds rai xeu e ra e EE EUR eet 27 Convert amp Modify a ette ouf ls tp sn ees e di ES a pP 27 Work Environment ee et su
2. Select Live Rotation Options from the same submenu to remove the grid or to change the Color and Distance of the lines Live Rotation Options v Show Grid Distance 120 Pixel Color Click and drag a vertical line moving the mouse to the left and right until the edge of the house is straight and then let go of the mouse The houses in the following example are leaning to the left 109 Rotate Choose a long vertical house wall Make sure it is as close to the center as possible because lines near the edges of the picture tend to be distorted by simple lenses and zoom lenses This effect is increased when you take pictures from above or below the subject 6009 3 Willemstad 09 JPG wi bh wei auem o HEC T E The mouse cursor turns into a cross with a hole in the center Through this you can see whether your line is running along the edge from the brightness of the pixels Use this hole at the start and end of the helper line to rotate the picture as accurately as possible All angles on the helper line that deviate less than plus or minus 45 from vertical will be aligned vertically All angles that deviate less than plus or minus 45 from 110 Rotate horizontal are aligned horizontally You can therefore also choose a line in the picture that should actually be horizontal 00 E Willemstad 09 JPG 50 w 4 add The edges of the picture may need to be cropped after rotation as t
3. select zoom level 10096 when you are using Sharpen Edges as you can often not see problems at lower zoom levels Sharpening always converts the pictures to 32 bit pictures because considerably better results are obtained in this way The only exceptions are black and white and grayscale pictures If you want a different color depth you can select 16 bit for example with Picture Colors Unsharp Mask Select Effect Unsharp Mask and try the value 60 first Switch to full picture preview to obtain a better impression of the result One good practical tip is to 114
4. User s Manual GraphicConverter 5 7 5 Programmed by Thorsten Lemke Manual by Hagen Henke Sales Lemke Software GmbH PF 6034 D 31215 Peine Tel 49 5171 72200 Fax 49 5171 72201 E mail support graphicconverter net In the PDF version of this manual you can click the page numbers in the contents and index to jump to that particular page O 2001 2005 Elbsand Publishers Hagen Henke All rights reserved www elbsand de Sales Lemke Software GmbH PF 6034 D 31215 Peine www lemkesoft com This book including all parts is protected by copyright It may not be reproduced in any form outside of copyright laws without permission from the author This applies in particular to photocopying translation copying onto microfilm and storage and processing on electronic systems All due care was taken during the compilation of this book However errors cannot be completely ruled out The author and distributors therefore accept no responsibility for any program or documentation errors or their consequences This manual was written on a Mac using Adobe FrameMaker 6 Almost all software hardware and other products or company names mentioned in this manual are registered trademarks and should be respected as such The following list is not necessarily complete Apple the Apple logo and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries Mac and the Mac OS logo are trademarks of Apple
5. aot IVO Sus n ER C EUR agains oe Posen sles ete 46 Internet Preparing Pictures for the Internet oooooconnnnomommmoooo 55 Comparing Pictures dd A eg arta a uice Reg Rue A 59 Pictures in E mails 9 5 ore e Acc seca utl tado cS aaah Sta ee imd DNI D Sc 61 Pictures in mobile phoneS x salo x sida ae oes a Er 67 vl cd rom 67 Optimizing Filenames for the Internet 02 0000 eee eee 69 Photo Albums on the Internet Catalog 0 00 cee eens 69 Uploading and Downloading Documents 00 eee ees 79 On Paper Paper Format as defe ache 9a des ald dto bowie ate ahaha dos ate ed 81 Ponting soeben inda ie ee ob EVER ah eek Wee Steed eh ahaa eee OS FEN EE 82 Pe FAL CAL AO ed ae eeka a wearin qus ur dal 86 Prot Folder sree Rea rat hare ate eam ada a Ete aas 89 Cropping for Photo Prints 4n e e ettet e e detis Seo 89 Processing Pictures PICU SIZBs ceo nona a OPE EUR ER ER EDEN RES ARE R MERE ne oe ee 93 Scanning with GraphicConverter olia re EET RE Ed 98 Using the Stamp for Touching Up wa uu screens arn ont ax Ow E RUD ool Goes 103 O A 104 Importing Pictures from Digital Cameras o ooocooooomommmmmoo 104 o A Wee ate ein Site RT 107 ROTA ceo Lente A A eue etta us e cha m eto eae tun icem 108 Unsharp Mask and Sharpen EdgeS 0 00 cee eee eee eens 114 Brightness and Contrast us satiate neha at Roan SE 117 Color Corrections es dre e Sacks I tap Gade Ahk meee ew Md E Rabe ere inc 121 Color Prof
6. c d 186 Alpha Chanel 0 Sehr rd ans adus atin Ss 187 VISO PICOS qa RD mE 189 Eros per S 191 E SY DR IONS A RE CERDOS OON REE AAN 194 Copy File ito ResoL CO anar Oo sve Sos C oti a n aos 196 Invert Black amp White GIFS 5 sius s kia aa d eal ane a AR 196 Gopy Cuts Paste Clear ergi nru re DOE Seat aan aieo ba Mev end 196 TexTIMPICIUTES 4 cuoco aae a maa RI SEC eate tans dad ana n RR poa SOME na ade s 202 Painting with GraphicConverter lille 204 MIBICIONVS ares ded OR ek ROCA A Rb Sep ado qoia Pr a Bah ranks c wei des Dee a 214 Viewing amp Sorting The Browser inace arta i aae aca ger AA 215 ROA MOCO ata ER TI cun 251 Slide SHOW vanas art adi latas 252 Find duplicate Mes so haoc aa Ba ace a ait aaa 266 Special Batch Function a aa A A TA 269 IPTC Document Information 00 eee eee 280 Recording Points for Determining Measurements 020006 288 Moving Picture Content erizos 290 Merge all Frames in new Window leere 290 COMbInING PIGIINES rta a ea Sans wire UA 292 Image Calculator t pese tap Mut erat ae e a ota le trace N 292 Videor PICTUS CETTE 293 Remove bad PixelS vir et nananana 294 Color BIndhess aac cna A ado non dra 294 Color USAGE te inn aja nated asas desde a aaa a 295 List from STR Resource 000 eee eee 296 Important Formats ach wre Gale ceca Ed a A ese ew es 296 PCT SRSIG Sige ga reece rr 322 AppleScript i be acer rs iip arare tre ok a cir eae Ere m e
7. e Ses 364 A A ONES In a Re EUER AAA E 365 MPOUBISSMOOUING Cree 365 SPIOEEe UIS 4 512 ass ARA 87208 o la DAA Up i Tel ARANA 366 Supported FORMATS iss eae dedit xem ee ud EXE CN WRITE ERR 368 Ile X cg eroe deus ea e cw dere odo a RU AR oti add sd do dotar sd daa Ra UE RR 379 Rotate By selecting Edit Trim Options you can specify under Sides whether all four edges of the picture should be trimmed If for example you leave the bottom edge out the typical scanner edge will remain there Trim Tolerance o 0 255 Sides check all for normal behavior M Top M Left M Right vi Bottom Only for images with millions of colors Additional trim color Ea Additional trim color Sd Cancel ok If the scanned edge is not quite one color you can increase the Tolerance The larger the entered value the more lenient GraphicConverter will be about patches in the scanner edges for example The correct value will have to be determined a few times by trial and error However before you spend a long time doing this just use a selection rectangle When you use different colors in the edges two Additional trim colors can be defined for the current background color This option is only available for pictures with millions of colors Rotate You can rotate pictures in 90 or 180 degree steps without quality losses You will usually need this option when you scan a particularly large image and have turned it fit on t
8. gle in the scanner Do not rotate the picture several times Return to the original version by selecting Edit Undo and try again The Other Value with Line and Other Value with live Rotation options do not open a dialog at present Drag the helper line across a line in the picture that 112 Rotate should be vertical or horizontal A dialog where you can check or modify the angle and the algorithm opens Rotate Angle 207 19 Use QuickTime D Use internal algorithm more accurate but much slower Error Correction Add Alpha Channel M Auto crop white margins for small angles Values positive rotate counterclockwise negative rotate clockwise GraphicConverter s own algorithm is a lot slower but provides better results than QuickTime Enabling Error Correction allows it to be further optimized If you select Add Alpha Channel an alpha channel with the picture is created without the corners added by the rotate action This alpha channel can be used in DTP programs to hide the corners against a colored background for example Auto crop white margins for small angles trims the picture automatically after small rotate procedures You can use Other Value to enter an angle by which the picture should be rotated The same dialog as for Other Value with Line opens see above Since positive values are used to indicate counterclockwise rotation in mathematics GraphicConverter also follows this princip
9. he corners will now stick out over the original frame GraphicConverter enlarges the picture automatically so that the white borders can be added You can freely select the color for the borders with the background color Use the selection lines to mark out the picture area to be trimmed and double click inside the rectangle or press Return Selecting File Trim Selection see Trimming page 107 also has the same results Trimming loses parts of the picture This cannot be avoided Select the area to be trimmed carefully so that you do not cut out any important parts of the picture 111 Rotate This is our finished rotated and trimmed picture Please note that horizontal lines only really need to be horizontal if they have been photographed head on Objects are usually depicted at an angle from the side In our example picture the front roofline of the houses and the edge of the quay are on a line that should not be rotated to horizontal Therefore you should use mainly vertical lines as orientation points Furthermore when using the Rotate option note that picture quality and sharpness is lost on angles that are not 90 or a multiple of 90 You should only rotate low resolution pictures by 90 or 180 if possible It is therefore a good idea to sharpen the picture again after rotating see p 114 If the angle is not a multiple of 90 an even better way would be to scan the picture again placing it at the corresponding an
10. he scanner Picture Rotate opens a submenu where you can selected a series of options for rotating The rotated A indicates the position of the picture or a selected part of the picture after it has been rotated D 90 Clockwise TR a 90 Counterclockwise SER y 180 3 Other Value with Line X364 Other Value with Line Other Value with Live Rotation Other Value with Live Rotation Other Value X387 Live Rotation Options 108 Rotate If a picture is leaning slightly you should turn it in the scanner and scan it again to obtain the best possible quality If you no longer have the photograph or the picture was taken with a digital camera you can rotate it with the options at the bottom Other Value with Line changes the mouse cursor to a cross You can then drag a helper line along a line in the picture that is supposed to be straight Zoom into the section of the picture where you want to drag the line using the magnifying glass Drag the helper line from top to bottom for example starting at the corner of a house At the end of the helper line an arrow shows the direction in which the picture is turned The picture will be rotated as soon as you release the mouse The closest alignment is always selected when rotating The helper line does not stay in the picture Other Value with live Rotation is immediately shown rotated in a rough preview A grid made up of helper lines will be displayed for easier orientation
11. ile with COIOKSYNG 4 4 2 00 aceite ea 00 9745 39 hod ab ened weele s 121 Selecting cic moto Mo die toe ve OA ae Se See eee vp eie 124 Removing Red BV GS gt cales isa tete ol edv nla VR NADA fen rte Boden e Ana 6 an E c a 132 Undo ico Scb oso Nd oae du E opus EA he toe A s Suis e BUE Mole ME uma 135 RGB and CMYK Loisirs os i Ata tie editus uie obs ses asta do de a E EE Er ed 135 Transparent rastas Adan e 138 LO ar O did Sept Ast ita 140 Levels ss asas edites othe debe dd ej adi 143 Colors Modes and Colorize xi A a 144 MS ad a aa GU E a a ae 157 A 8 sca rod euo o cn NE A do ec ad 158 A A ns P AM EE gh ALE Ee DE Do du tec O tut Bv 160 White SOMeCtiON ai Rosita a a A ct ada aua e rana Smee eater on 165 Quick Time Effects 4i mena be d eee eI enirue E Redde dde dus 162 Core Image Filler ie insaciable 164 Date and Time Stamp z 2x testae Ur pda See EN EE ee 165 Mediam M CET TC IET 166 Pict relnformatiom tai id terere x Cu iar ala RR arr ere n ic us 167 E eer cect te pA Ate eL C tA E Mat atris 167 FUI UGG ois x quive aaa aie ana aan 168 Pl rernm 168 Put Picture on Desklop 53 42334 ade oio aa aa 168 Sari S sc ge Hea es us ars Bali a eiui tapar 170 Storyboard a lE 175 Gamma COrmectiOnm ELE 176 Plug In A A A A a 178 User detined Filters oo anche idas Shiawase enc DAL FSS a ea e RN 180 Color Perm tali ris c decides a tip ee cde eui CES amp Sab ES E Rad re re 180 MOGIOLIZO s wb dee RD CE PUO EC D NET RE DN EE HUE ee Sabor ae Goon a
12. le Negative values for example 0 7 will therefore rotate the picture clockwise It is only worth rotating by an angle if you know the angle Otherwise use the Other Value with Line option see above The picture quality is not affected if rotated 90 180 or 270 Larger pictures require longer processing times as new coordinates have to be calculated for each pixel You can only rotate JPEG pictures which you do not want to convert and edit without losses using the context menu browser Select File Browse Folder click the small picture preview and then Control click hold down the Control key and click the small picture preview The picture width needs to be a multiple of 16 This is normal however with pictures made using a digital camera The width and height of pictures are swapped in the EXIF information upon rotation This is only important if the pictures are transferred back to a digital camera and then displayed on a television for example 113 Unsharp Mask and Sharpen Edges The loss of quality with JPEG pictures does not come from the rotation but from opening and saving again as a JPEG because the file has to be recompressed each time it is saved The compression process causes a loss in quality Therefore it is always best to save JPEGs in TIFF format after editing and then only edit that file If necessary you should only create a JPEG version once you have finished editing the file Two further opti
13. ons are available for pictures with 16 7 million colors when you rotate using Other Value Error Correction and Add Alpha Channel The Error Correction option should always be selected because each pixel is calculated on the basis of the exact color content of the source pixel This improves the picture quality especially around the edges The Add Alpha Channel option can be used to create an additional alpha channel This contains just the picture without the white borders that were added during rotation as a kind of template Once an alpha channel has been created you cannot create another one GraphicConverter updates the alpha channel after any further rotate processes An alpha channel is a further invisible level of the picture containing information on picture areas and outlines In professional DTP programs such as QuarkXPress 4 or InDesign 1 5 this alpha channel can also be used to hide the white borders Unsharp Mask and Sharpen Edges If you are using a budget scanner or unfocused pictures it is always necessary to sharpen the scanned pictures In the Effect menu GraphicConverter has the Unsharp Mask and Sharpen Edges options The Sharpen Edges option has been available in GraphicConverter for a long time and results in slightly more defined lines than the newer Unsharp Mask option We recommend that you always use the Unsharp Mask option first and only use Sharpen Edges if you are not happy with the results of Unsharp Mask Always

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