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1. 1 Open an image via the File gt Open menu 2 Apply your various processes and settings 3 Click on Take snapshot in the command bar 4 n the dialog box enter the name you want to give your snapshot and then click on Save 5 The snapshot of your image will appear in the Snapshots pane located to the left of the image display zone Ed You can create as many snapshots of your image as you want 43 Modifying a snapshot 1 To modify a snapshot first make your correction settings by using the tool palettes in the control panel 2 In the Snapshots pane right click on the snapshot you want to change by applying the new correction settings 3 Select Update with current settings from the pop up menu 4 Your changes are saved 44 Comparing an initial image with a snapshot 1 While processing your current image select the side by side display option by clicking on the 7 icon in the command bar 2 In the Snapshots pane click on the thumbnail of the snapshot that you want to compare with the current image 3 The current image will be displayed on the right in the display window and the snapshot will be displayed on the left DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright O DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 6 Ed EB ll This feature is available for both color and black amp white image processing 45 Applying a snapshot to the current image on display 1 In the Snapshots pane
2. 74 9 Frame Bg You can apply different frames or effects to the edges of your images e Frame This drop down menu lets you select from a number of predetermined frames the default setting is No frame e Size This slider lets you increase or reduce the thickness of the frame you apply to your image e Position The Inside picture button to the left places the frame on the image in such a way as to partially cover the image perimeter The Outside picture button to the right places the frame around the image without covering any of it Ed ll 1 JJ amp A frame placed outside of the image will increase the overall image s dimensions e Rotate Lets you successively click to rotate the placement of certain asymmetrical frame effects Slide Darkroom etc Y Frame Frame Position LIT Rotate All creative effects can be combined with one another Ed l1 1 The Texture Light leaks and Frame effects are also available in the upper toolbar DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 30 Custom presets and favorites exe 8 1 Creating a custom preset 1 Select a preset from among any of the presets in the presets pane 2 Adjust your settings in the controls panel 3 Click on the 5 icon in the controls panel bar 4 Enter the name of your custom preset in the dialog box 5 Click on Save 6 The custom preset will appear as a
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4. Open your image via the File Open menu or by clicking directly on an image in a file or on your desktop and dragging it into the application window 2 In the presets pane select the category of analog film that you want to use by clicking on either the Colorslide film or Color negative film tab E Color slide film 3 Choose the preset that you want from among the preview thumbnails and then click on its thumbnail the preset will be instantly applied to the image in the display window Kodak Kodachrome 64 4 Save the image via the File gt Save As menu NCTE 1 1 You can find the complete list of DxO FilmPack 4 s simulated color films in the appendix of this guide DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 8 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 53 Applying custom settings gs The controls panel contains tool palettes grouped under the Settings tab that allow you to apply advanced custom adjustments and corrections Ed 11 l1 Make sure that you are working with settings and tools while in Color mode not Black amp White ER 2 1 1 If the palette is not displayed click on icon in the upper right in the command bar 53 1 Basic settings The Basic settings palette where you adjust and fine tune the following parameters e Contrast Diminishes or amplifies
5. Roundness Diffusion Y Set center 747 Texture Bg The Texture palette lets you simulate scratches and tears on films e Texture This drop down menu lets you select from a number of predetermined texture effects the default setting is No texture e Intensity Moved to the left the slider diminishes the effect moved to the right it strengthens the effect The default value is 50 e Randomize Successively clicking on this button lets you change the position of the selected texture in the image Y Texture E Texture Paper grain 1 Intensity m 2 ad Randomize gt DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 29 74 8 Light leak Eg The Light leak tool simulates the problems that occur along the edges of photos due to aging or to accidental exposure of the film cartridge to the light e Leak This drop down menu lets you select from a number of predetermined defects the default setting is No leak e Intensity Moved to the left the slider diminishes the effect moved to the right it strengthens the effect The default value is 50 e Position The five button let you place the light leak effect on the whole image on the left on to the right or on the bottom of the image e Randomize Successively clicking on this button lets you change the position of the selected defect in the image Light leak Leak Color Leak Intensity Position 1 L Randomize vA
6. choose the snapshot that you want to apply to your current image 2 Right click on the snapshot 3 Select Recall snapshot in the pop up menu 4 The snapshot is applied to the current image 5 To apply another snapshot repeat steps 1 4 4 6 Renaming a snapshot 1 In the Snapshots pane choose the snapshot that you want to rename 2 Right click on the snapshot 3 Select Rename in the pop up menu 4 Enter the new name in the field underneath the snapshot KIGA You can also rename the snapshot by double clicking on its name which will activate the name field 47 Deleting a snapshot 1 In the Snapshots pane choose the snapshot that you want to delete 2 Right click on the snapshot 3 Select Delete in the pop up menu 4 A dialog box will ask you to confirm that you want to delete the snapshot Click on Yes to delete or on No to cancel the action DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 7 Processing color images 5 1 About DxO FilmPack 4 and color images b d Color slide film E To work with DxO FilmPack 4 color processing tools you need to be in color operating mode which you select in the Controls paneL The tools are grouped within two tabs one for the settings which we will cover in this chapter and the other for the effects which are covered in Chapter 8 of this guide 52 Applying a color preset from the presets pane 1
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8. available Printer resolution You can choose from among three available resolutions 180 360 and 720 dpi KIGA 1 1 1 Be careful about your choice of resolution 720 dpi requires a computer that is sufficiently powerful for handling the resampling For most printers 360 dpi will suffice for producing good quality prints 123 Lower toolbar The lower toolbar handles the following functions from left to right e Page setup Opens the system dialog box that contains such basic settings as paper size orientation and scale e Printer setup Opens the print driver so you can choose the printer and printer settings This is where you choose your paper and the color management mode e Cancel Closes the Print preview window e Print Starts the printing of your photo 124 Print Mac 1 Click on the Print icon in the upper toolbar 2 Click on Printer setup in the lower toolbar 3 In the dialog box select the printer and the paper format and orientation 4 f the print driver allows it also select the color management mode either Color Sync or color management by the printer 5 Back in the Print preview window click on Print 12 5 Print PC 1 Click on the Print icon in the upper toolbar 2 Click on Printer setup in the lower toolbar 3 In the dialog box select the printer and the paper format and orientation 4 If the print driver allows it also select the color management mode ICM
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10. for proofing of studio shots Available only in the Expert edition Fuji Neopan 1600 A high sensitivity ISO 1600 film that has been prized for the classic beauty of its grain Ilford FP4 Plus 125 A workhorse of classical photography this film was available in many formats Ilford described it as unrivalled for its very fine grain exceptional resolving power high acutance and its great exposure range above and below its nominal sensitivity Ilford HPS 800 A lesser known ultra high speed film the ISO 800 HPS was removed from the line in the late 1960s It was replaced years later by the Delta 3200 Ilford XP2 400 Just like its rival Kodak BW 400CN this ISO 400 film which comes in both 135 and 120 formats has the advantage of being developed in a C41 bath found in any processing lab world wide Kodak HIE filtered Simulates a combination of film and filter with many infrared images recorded using a dark red or even a black filter which blocked the visible radiation and let only infrared wavelengths reach the film The resulting images showed dark skies black water with haloing around highlights Polaroid 667 A very high speed ISO 3000 black and white panchromatic film often used for scientific purposes Polaroid 672 The ISO 400 film of reference in the Polaroid line Rollei IR 400 A recent infrared film rated at ISO 400 Ilford Delta 100 A tabular grain film with exceptionally fine grain sharpness and wide exposu
11. textures blur etc The Histogram which shows the division of the light values for each RGB red green blue channel al The Snapshots pane for saving your settings during different stages of processing The Lower toolbar which contains tools used with the plugin version 3 1 1 Upper toolbar Fit zoom Fit zoom H L Q E BIB E BRE 7 ga Fr El 8 L7 The DxO FilmPack 4 upper toolbar plugin version DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 11 The DxO FilmPack 4 upper toolbar includes the following functions Li Open opens the system dialog window that lets you access the folders or directories in which you save your photos D save As opens a dialog window that allows you to save an image processed in DxO FilmPack 4 You can also rename the image file and select a different destination folder if necessary Print opens the print module for the selected image E Export to Facebook Lets you export your images to your Facebook page see Chapter 11 n single image view displays the image before and after correction using the left mouse button to toggle between the two views Im Split view displays before processing and after processing zones simultaneously on a single image These zones can be displayed vertically or horizontally and the zones can be resized by dragging the dividing line 7 Side by side preview displays both entire images s
12. the standalone version 3 1 2 The image display area The image display area Is the largest part of the workspace and is where the photo you want to correct will appear This is also where you can drag and drop in an image that you ve selected from a folder in your system directory or on your desktop EB 1 1 l1 You can also click directly on the display area to open the system directory so you can choose the image you want to correct 3 1 3 Presets pane The presets pane lets you see preview thumbnails of the presets that can be applied to the image in the display area Color slide film Agfa Precisa 100 Cross processed Fuji Su Fuji Astia 100F DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 2 The preset categories are divided into six tabs 1 Favorites 2 Color positive film 3 Color negative film 4 Black and white film 5 Designer presets 6 Custom presets By clicking on a tab and then on a preset thumbnail the preset is immediately applied to the image in the display area The Custom presets tab displays your own customized presets The Favorites tab lets you group together the presets that you use the most both custom or provided Finally the Search field lets you look for a preset by entering its name 3 1 4 Controls panel Controls Colo Hack amp White Effects Settings Film rendering Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity u 100 Color p
13. thumbnail in the Custom presets tab in the presets pane Custom presets The Custom presets tab ox ll 08 You can save a custom rendering preset directly in the Custom presets tab by clicking on the Add to custom presets thumb nail space 82 Modifying renaming and deleting a custom preset 8 2 1 Modifying a custom preset 1 Select a custom preset in the Custom presets tab in the presets pane 2 Make the necessary changes to the settings in the controls panel 3 Right click on the thumbnail in the Custom presets tab and then select Update with current settings in the context menu 4 A dialog box will ask you to validate your choice by clicking on Yes Ed The context menu also lets you rename delete or export a custom preset EAA 1 Modifying a custom preset means overwriting the previous settings If you want to preserve the previous settings then you should create a new custom preset by following the instructions in the section Creating a custom preset above 8 22 Deleting a custom preset 1 Right click on the thumbnail of the rendering that you want to remove from the custom presets pane 2 Select Delete You can delete only custom presets DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright O DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 3 83 Exporting and importing custom presets 83 1 Exporting a custom preset The
14. Adobe Photoshop In Adobe Photoshop batch processing requires that you create a script See the Adobe Photoshop user guide for information about creating and saving scripts We will give you here only a general outline of the steps you need to follow 1 On O oo FP C N Dans Adobe Photoshop open the Scripts panel Create a new script name it and then record it Open DxO FilmPack 4 via the Filters gt DxO Labs gt DxO FilmPack 4 menu Apply the effects or presets you want and then click on Save Stop the script recording in Adobe Photoshop In Adobe Photoshop go to the File Automate Batch menu Adjust all the parameters then choose the script that you saved above Start the processing If you are interested only in applying DxO FilmPack 4 presets or effects to your images we suggest that you use the standalone version of DxO FilmPack and its easy to use batch treatment command rather than use Photoshop On the other hand if you want to apply more than just DxO FilmPack s presets and effects such as Photoshop s own processing features filters crops etc it can be advantageous to use Photoshop s batch processing capabilities 1 9 3 3 Apple Aperture Use a standard means of multiple selections to choose the images that you want to batch process 2 Open DxO FilmPack 4 as a plugin via the Photo gt Edit with gt DxO FilmPack 4 menu 3 Select a provided or custom preset 4 Click o
15. E DxO FimPack 4 Photoshop CS6 plug in 64 bit _ Q w cin J 4 ol 4 L ri 4 n 1 3 InstallShield me J sx lt Back Jj next gt J cw jJ Installation window Microsoft Windows OS X 1 After accepting the license agreement click on Next A window will open that allows you to select the component s you want to install eoo Install DxO FilmPack 4 a Select components 6 Introduction V DxO FilmPack 4 Standalone application V DxO FilmPack 4 Lightroom plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Aperture plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS3 plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS4 plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS5 plug in V DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS6 plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop Elements 9 plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop Elements 10 plug in DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop Elements 11 plug in License Photoshop Plug ins folder if not detected automatically GoBack Continue Installation window Mac OS X 2 A new window will open asking you to choose the folder in which you want to install DxO FilmPack 4 If the program does not automatically detect the directory in which to install the Adobe Photoshop plugin you can select the appropriate folder by using the Browse button 3 The installation software is now ready to begin Click on Install Ed 1 1 A single license allows you to install and run DxO FilmP
16. Global Command V B H C Ctrl Ctrl F3 F4 N Microsoft Windows shortcut O NM m lt Cmd Cmd Cmd 0 Cmd 1 N Mac OS X shortcut Exit from full screen mode Show Before After when in single view Temporary selection of Hand tool Delete Custom preset or Snapshot last selected Hide Show Snapshots Filmstrip Controls Esc Ctrl D Space bar Del F9 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Esc Cmd D Space bar Del 42 VA MAR 7dAG dxo com
17. O Academy 1 3 System requirements For the best results with DxO FilmPack 4 your computer must conform to the following minimum specifications Microsoft Windows e Operating system Microsoft Windows XP 32 bits Windows Vista 32 or 64 bit Windows 7 32 or 64 bit Windows 8 32 or 64 bit Windows 8 1 32 or 64 bit e Processor Intel Pentium 4 Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD processor e RAM 2 GB of RAM e Disk space 400 MB of available disk space OS X e Operating system Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard 10 7 Lion 10 8 Mountain Lion 10 9 Mavericks e Processor Intel Mac processor e RAM 2 GB of RAM e Disk space 400 MB of available disk space Ed 2 To process large image files a 64 bit system and 4 GB of RAM are recommended 14 Editions DxO FilmPack 4 for Mac and Windows comes in two editions ESSENTIAL AND EXPERT which differ in terms of the number of film presets and available features ESSENTIAL EXPERT BLACK amp WHITE FILMS 14 27 COLOR FILMS 21 39 DESIGNER PRESETS 12 39 FILTERS 8 18 TONINGS 6 6 FILM GRAIN 33 62 FAVORITE PRESETS SEARCH FOR PRESETS PRINTING CREATIVE VIGNETTING CROPPING e a EPORT TO FACEBOOK CUSTOM PRESETS SNAPSHOTS VIBRANCY amp MICROCONTRAST DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved TONE CURVE AUTOMATIC PROTECTION OF SATURATED COLORS DENOISING COLOR CONTROL BLACK amp WHI
18. TE CONTROL CREATIVE BLUR VIGNETTING JE ID S Ji LIGHT LEAK 12 FRAMING 20 BATCH PROCESSING ADJUSTABLE LIGHT LEAK EFFECTS TONING EFFECTS APPLICABLE TO FRAMES LIGHT LEAKS AND TEXTURES The two editions of DxO FilmPack 4 are available both as a standalone application and as a plugin This icon B indicates the features that are specific to the Expert edition in this guide 1 5 Registration downloading installation and activation IMPORTANT An Internet connection is required to follow the steps described below Registration You need to register your license in order to activate your software To do so go to the DxO Labs website at http www dxo com CD and follow the registration procedure Registration will include creating a DxO Labs customer account if you do not already have one Downloading Once you have registered your license you will find important information in your customer account about the software along with the download link for DxO FilmPack 4 This procedure ensures that you will be installing the latest version of the software Click on either the Win or Mac button depending on your equipment to begin downloading the installer After the download is complete double click on the program icon Installation Microsoft Windows 1 After the download is complete double click on the program icon After you accept the license contract click on Next There are several different options for instal
19. User Guide Microsoft Windows Apple OS X DXO FilmPack 4 REDISCOVER THE MAGIC OF FILM Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 0 0 0 RR RR cl 5 gg MP D DXOMAAP TO SOUC OS aa paaa a a a teas be mea a a a a a a E oes aes 6 Oyster reduiremMENTS aaa siansa waa a E Aha k aG a a dla a e a j e 6 a Bel E AE a a at e 6 soli EEEE E EE EEE E EEEE EE E E T EEEE H No 6 Registration downloading installation and activation 0 0 KK KK KI KK K K KK K K KK KIRI KK Y KK KK 7 JJ 2_ ca acccee e_ _ s orr_x xxnnxnxnx2xH1HHRHRHHHHHaEaEEHuHuEuEuIERuREuInRmIuouRuRauRuRuNN uNuDNKIE EHn nNEnEnEnERNRBDBD ET 8 Chapter 2 DxO FilmPack 4 and your production workflow 05 9 DxO FilmPack 4 versionS 2 22 3 2 39535 6 bod coh Buck S kk kk kk kk kK KK KK KK kK KK kk kk E Sad kK KK KK KK KK REALS y Supported Tile formats i222 49 m9 m o kk kK kk kK Rr ERES Re E kk kk kk kk KK kK KK KK KK RE Eee eee ERASER KK KK es Workflow with the host application kk kk kk kk kk kk kk KK KK KK KK kK kK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK kK KK kk k Chapter 3 The DxO FilmPack 4 workspace uk kk kK KK KK EKIR KIREKIR B Re 11 De a o te EE BDB EBeebrbBbbBBBMMbm nrrh hjll mmmmmmmmmmm mm mm 11 lina gt 95 gt eAeA A A A A ARARARA Ae eTTcTcTB t t amp tb l f 659XBemo eDrm RF5Hh hbrbehprrr jj HRH
20. ack 4 on two separate computers Activation Your activation code can be found on the cover of the installation notes provided in the box with your software or in your online DxO customer account When you launch DxO FilmPack 4 for the first time enter your activation code in the appropriate field in the software activation window and click on the Activate button A message informs you that DxO FilmPack4 has been properly activated Uninstalling Microsoft Windows 1 Click on Start gt Programs gt DxO FilmPack gt Uninstall DxO FilmPack 2 Follow the procedure for uninstalling OS X 1 Click on Applications gt DxO FilmPack gt Uninstall 2 Follow the procedure for uninstalling DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved DxO FilmPack 4 and your production workflow 21 DxO FilmPack 4 versions DxO FilmPack comes in three versions e As a standalone application DxO FilmPack 4 is autonomous e As a plugin DxO FilmPack 4 can be used with the following applications Adobe Photoshop CS3 CS4 32 or 64 bit CS5 32 or 64 bit CS6 32 or 64 bit and CC 32 or 64 bit Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 10 11 and 12 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 4 and 5 Apple Aperture 3 Ed D 1 DxO FilmPack 4 can be installed simultaneously as a standalone application or as a plugin on your computer so you can use either version whenever you want e As a plugi
21. can cancel the export at this stage 4 As soon as you have a connection a window opens under the toolbar 5 In this window you can choose one of your Albums enter a description and even change the account 6 Click on Export the image is automatically sized 7 A floating window with a progress bar will display the export can be canceled at this stage 8 As soon as the export is confirmed check your Facebook page Ed I Facebook automatically resizes images to 2048 pixels DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 36 Printing The standalone and plugin versions of DxO FilmPack 4 let you print your photos directly There are three ways to open the print window e File menu Print command e Upper toolbar Print button e Keyboard shortcut Ctrl P PC or Cmd P Mac 11 1 The Print preview window D m Q Q 156 7 Scale to fit 27 63 cm 18 41 cm Position Printer resolution 300 hy ve 1 tA 1 og EROR aS eee EOS Page setup Printer setup Cancel The Print preview window can be resized by grabbing and dragging one of its corners It is composed of three parts Upper toolbar Settings for orientation size position and resolution Image display zone Lower toolbar Settings for page setup access to printer settings print and cancel buttons KIGA 1 You need to deal with the printer settings first b
22. cking on its thumbnail and selecting Add to favorites from the pop up menu To remove a preset from the Favorites tab click on the star on its thumbnail 85 Searching for a preset In the Search preset field enter the name of the desired preset film or effect The results are displayed in the Search results tab Fuji Provia 400X DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 32 Batch processing exe 9 1 About batch processing Batch processing lets you apply the same set of parameters contained in a preset to multiple photos simultaneously This feature operates differently depending on whether you use DxO FilmPack 4 as a standalone application or as a plugin 9 2 Standalone application mode 1 Choose Batch processing in the File menu 2 In the dialog window click on Add to select the images to process 3 Navigate to the folder that contains the images you want to process and select them For multiple selections hold down the Shift key if the files are contiguous or if they are not hold down the Ctrl Cmd key and then click on the individual files 4 Click on Open 5 The file names for the chosen images will be displayed in the dialog box To remove an image from the list click on its name and then on Remove 6 Select the preset that you want to apply to your batch of images from the Preset drop down menu 7 Select the format for your files JPEG or TIFF in the For
23. ct so as to adapt it to the position of the subject in the image The Creative vignetting palette lets you create these effects by using a combination of the following sliders e Intensity The more negative the value the darker the image edges 100 corresponds to pure black and the greater the positive value the lighter the image edges 100 is pure white e Midpoint Moved to the left the slider limits the extension of the vignetting to the image edges moved to the right the vignetting extends toward the center of the image e Roundness Determines the shape of the vignetting the greater the positive value slider to the right the rounder the form and the greater the negative value slider to the left the more rectangular the form e Transition Determines the sharpness of the transition between the vignetted and the non vignetted zones The more the slider is moved to the right the more abrupt the transition e Set center lets you place the vignetting effect around the principal subject regardless of the subject s position in the image Y Creative vignetting Intensity Midpoint Roundness Transition Y Set center DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 28 7 4 6 Creative blur vignetting E Creative blur vignetting like Creative vignetting lets you apply an effect along the perimeter of the image however this setting creates a more or less blurred border e
24. duces a grey green tint e Gold This toning used gold chloride which strongly enhanced print permanence as well as giving them flattering metallic blue blacks e Selenium is a classic toning used mainly for the purpose of print permanence Provides a light color change mostly in the purple range e Sepia Albumen images in the 19th century had a natural sepia tint when processed When albumen fell out of use in the 1880s many photographers toned the new gelatin silver prints in sepia both to protect them better and to make them look like the familiar older prints Today sepia has become a synonym for antique photo This toning is the darkest of the sepia choices in the sub palette e Sepia terra is lighter than classic sepia e Sepia gold is light sepia with some colder or blue notes Toning Toning Ferric sulfate Intensity v Applyto E O E The Toning palette offers a choice of tints to give your images an antique or vintage look The Apply to buttons let you apply the selected toning to certain texture light leak and frame effects either to any effect separately or to any combination thereof 7 4 5 Creative vignetting Vignetting is an optical defect that results in the peripheral zones of an image being darker or lighter than the center of an image But this defect can also be used in a creative way to focus attention on the subject at the center of the image DxO FilmPack 4 lets you de center the effe
25. e Effects filters are often used with black amp white films to achieve various creative effects For example the ultra classic yellow tinted Wratten 8 filter absorbs blue thereby revealing detail in skies and raising the general contrast of the image More generally such filters absorb the complementary color of their own color the former is reduced the latter is enhanced e Polarizing filters block certain incoming light rays according to their plane of vibration thus eliminating a large number of reflections These filters cannot be emulated digitally A certain number of effects filters shown in the list below are available in the Filter drop down menu You can increase or diminish the effects of a filter by using the Intensity slider that automatically appears after you ve selected it e Cool tone is used to moderately reduce the proportion of warm incoming light in the red yellow range thus increasing the proportion of cool tones e Blue lends a foggy and unreal atmosphere to landscapes e Green lightens foliage trees can appear excessively dark in many black amp white photos 26 e Yellow is a classic filter that slightly increases the texture of skies and brings out clouds e Orange strongly darkens skies and increases differentiation between many objects of similar intensity but of different colors for example flowers and foliage The stronger the orange the more pronounced the effect e Dark
26. e film itself see Fuji Astia 100 above Generic Fuji Provia 100 See above and then further above for information about the Provia film line Generic Fuji Velvia 100 See above and then further above for information about the Velvia film line Generic Kodak Ektachrome 100VS See above and then further above for information about the Ektachrome film line Generic Kodak Ektachrome 64 See above and then further above for information about the Ektachrome film line Kodak Elite 100 cross processed A color positive film developed using negative film processing green yellow dominant Available only in the Expert edition Fuji FP 100 C An instant film by Fuji with ISO 100 sensitivity Compatible with many cameras including Polaroid cameras Fuji Provia 400F A remarkably fine grained film for this level of sensitivity Kodak Elite ExtraColor 100 A highly saturated transparency film well suited to the contemporary preference for vivid colors Kodak Elite Chrome 200 The consumer version of Ektachrome films that could also be developed using E6 chemistry Kodak Elite Chrome 400 Kodak describes this film as producing rich and vibrant colors even in dim daylight conditions Polaroid 669 A peel apart Polaroid ISO 80 medium format film for instant prints Polaroid 690 A higher sensitivity version ISO 100 of the above film both of which belonged to the large Type 100 series Agfa Precisa 100 A highly reputable transparency film w
27. efore you handle the settings for page setup and printing DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 3 7 12 2 Upper toolbar Q 156 7 Scale to fit lt gt 27 63 cm 18 41 cm Position Printer resolution 300 The upper toolbar includes the following tools and functions Portrait Landscape Lets you change the orientation of the page without having to go through the print driver settings Adjust the width Adjust the page Lets you adjust the display of the page so as to maximize the width Lets you adapt the display of the page depending on the size of the size of the Print preview window Zoom in Zoom out Lets you increase or reduce the size of the page on your screen Zoom menu Lets you choose a predefined zoom value or manually enter a zoom value ranging from 12 5 to 200 Scale to fit This button lets you determine the maximum printing size for the document with the dimensions displayed in the Height and Width fields Height Width Indicates the dimensions of the page to be printed You can manually change the values by clicking on one of the fields and entering a new value the value for the other field will be automatically calculated so as to preserve the image proportions M size units Lets you choose from among inches centimeters and millimeters as the unit of measure for size Position Lets you reposition the photo on the page by choosing one of 9 listed positions
28. elp including DxO Academy the DxO Labs website checking for updates product activation and about information 3 22 Mac OS X standalone application and plugin versions e DxO FilmPack 4 Accesses about information and Preferences contains command for exiting the application e File Opening saving printing and closing images e Edit Includes Undo Redo commands for canceling or reapplying a step in correcting an image and rotating images left or right e View Activates full screen mode and hides shows Controls panel and Presets pane Help Accesses online help including DxO Academy the DxO Labs website checking for updates and product activation Ed In the standalone application version of DxO FilmPack 4 the File Save command overwrites the original file the File Save As command creates a new file instead thus preserving the original In the plugin version the Save button works the same as the File Save command and thus overwrites the original file 33 Preferences Language English Background color v Automatically check for updates every 24h Check now agree to participate anonymously in the fi Send crash reports About DxO FilmPack 4 Save Cancel The Preferences window for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X The Preferences dialog box contains the following settings e Language Changes the language of the program English French German and Japanese requir
29. ers in the desired direction For example if your image contains yellow elements you can move the Yellow slider to the left to darken them or to the right to brighten them Channel mixer Red Yellow Green Cyan Blue Magenta The Channel mixer palette provides a number of black amp white variations by acting on the color channels ER 0 0 lPDAo Each channel can affect other close colors so adjust your settings little by little while watching the effects they have on your image 6 3 4 Noise reduction EW The Noise reduction palette handles the adjustment of Luminance and Chrominance noise For more information about these two setting controls see the section on Applying custom settings in Chapter 5 Processing color images DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved ZO Designer presets and effects 71 About DxO FilmPack 4 s designer presets and effects Y jai le lt a p ml Initial image Current image f DA Initial image Black amp White w Creative vignetting Intensity Midpoint Designer presets DxO FilmPack 4 offers you a wide array of preset renderings called Designer presets to add to analog film renderings and silver halide grain simulations all of which let you give a unique look to your images A large palette of creative effects filters toning vignetting textures and light leaks brings new artistic dimensions to your pho
30. es restarting the application e Background color Changes the intensity of the gray in the image display area to return to the default setting double click on the slider e Automatically check for updates Actives disactivates this feature The Check now button looks for updates when you click it requires an internet connection e Product improvement program Actives disactivates this feature To learn more about participating in this program click on the product improvement program link e Send error reports Activates disactivates this feature which will automatically send an error report if the application crashes e About DxO FilmPack 4 Displays a window with information about the application version along with certain legal information e Save Records the changes made in the Preferences window e Cancel Cancels the changes and closes the Preferences window DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved d Snapshots exe 4 1 About snapshots Snapshots Initial image DxO FilmPack 4 lets you take snapshots of your image during any stage of its processing This feature is doubly advantageous it lets you save the different steps of your processing in a viSual way and it lets you compare the effects of different settings on the same image Of course you can always reapply a snapshot and thus its settings to an image at any point during processing 42 Creating a snapshot
31. export custom preset export feature allows you to share your settings parameters with other DxO FilmPack users in just a few clicks 1 Right click on the thumbnail of the preset in the custom presets pane that you want to export 2 Select Export 3 In the dialog box enter the name that you want to give your preset and indicate the destination folder Ed 1 1 1 l I Exported custom presets carry the extension preset If you have more than one custom preset you can export them all at once 1 Choose Export all custom presets in the File menu 2 In the dialog window indicate the folder in which you want to save your presets 3 Click on Choose 8 3 2 Importing a custom preset You can also use a look created by a different user by importing It into your presets library 1 Select Import preset in the File menu 2 In the dialog window choose the folder in which the preset you want to import is located and select the file with the extension preset 3 Click on Open 4 A dialog window informs you that the preset was correctly imported and that it is available in the Custom presets tab in the presets pane 8 4 Favorite presets To add a rendering to the Favorites tab 1 Select a provided or custom preset in the corresponding tab in the presets pane 2 Click on the star located on the top right of the preset thumbnail ER 0 lO eOeOoo You can also add a preset to your favorites by right cli
32. ffect in order to draw attention to the in focus principal subject The Creative blur vignetting palette contains the following sliders e Intensity When set at 0 the default value no blur appears in the image periphery although the more you move the slider to the right the more blurry it will appear to a maximum value of 100 e Radius This slider lets you control the size of the surface area on which you want to apply blur The default setting is 50 which means that the blur takes up roughly 50 96 of the image surface starting from the edges Moving to the left reduces the surface size with no effect at 0 moving to the right extends the surface toward the center of the image at 100 the image is completely blurry e Transition Determines the sharpness of the transition between the vignetted and the non vignetted zones The more the slider is moved to the right the more abrupt the transition e Roundness Determines the shape of the vignetting the greater the positive value slider to the right the rounder the form and the greater the negative value slider to the left the more rectangular the form e Diffusion Diminishes the effects of micro contrast and detail diffusion as you move the slider to the right the default value is 0 e Set center lets you place the vignetting effect around the principal subject regardless of the subject s position in the image w Creative blur vignetting Intensity Y Radius Transition
33. gh the Reala line used pioneering technology a fourth sensitive layer that greatly improved white balance This dual heritage has apparently attracted a following of highly discerning amateurs Fuji Superia HG 1600 This very high sensitivity film in the Superia range was used in very particular circumstances e g for concert photography Highly appreciated by numerous advanced amateurs Kodak Elite Color 200 This line of consumer films was intended to give a relatively strong level of saturation without sacrificing skin tones Kodak Elite Color 400 The higher sensitivity version of the Elite Color 200 film described above Kodak Portra 160VC Among the Portra family see above this is the film that provides vivid non neutral colors VC stands for vivid colors Lomography Redscale 100 A very creative film whose strong orange effect is produced by exposing the negative on the reverse side in other words the support faces the lens 133 Black amp white films Available in both Essential and Expert editions Agfa APX 25 Agfapan 25 now discontinued is one of the most famous Agfa films Its grain one of the finest ever was rarely equaled Its very low sensitivity of ISO 25 meant that it was used for decades for long exposure shots such as in landscape or microphotography It appears here in its APX version which was Agfa s answer to Kodak s T for tabular grain series Agfa Scala 200x This black amp whi
34. he overall brightness of the image but in a less marked way than a bright orange filter e Brown Zid Used with black amp white photos this filter acts like orange filters but more subtly by retaining more density e Pink EW Used with black amp white photos this filter creates a denser image than the brown and orange filters but with a flatter overall contrast e Magenta Ei Used with both color positive and color negative films this filter brings out the clouds in a blue sky brightens the reds and absorbs the greens Filter Filter No filter No filter Cool tone Blue Green Yellow Orange Deep orange Red Warm tone Bright cyan Bright orange Brown Cyan The Filter palette offers a large choice of simulated effects filters 74 4 Toning About toning In a conventional photo print the image is formed from silver crystals the more numerous or large the crystals the darker the image Toning is an old process that consists of replacing the silver crystals with various metal salts or silver free colorants The goal is both purely aesthetic more subtle midtones denser shadows and practical Long term print preservation DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 2 Toning choices The Toning drop down menu offers the following tonings that you can blend more or less strongly with the original photo by using the Intensity slider e Ferric sulfate pro
35. hic emulsion process metallic silver salts or other colorants are grouped in clusters of different sizes and shapes When exposed to light these clusters generate random variations in light intensity the larger the clusters the stronger the variations making the grain more noticeable when looking at the emulsion Grain has a direct link to sensitivity a highly sensitive i e high ISO film is one that has large clusters of salts that are more likely to be modified when the film is exposed to light 20 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright O DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved The Film grain palette lets you apply and fine tune silver halide grain by using the following tools e Film The drop down list lets you choose the grain associated with a particular silver halide film e Intensity You can change how noticeable the grain is by changing the value the default value is 100 and 0 nullifies the effect e Size Lets you pick the size of the grain depending on the film size 24x36 medium format large format or custom Ed When you click on Current film rendering the grain of the film currently selected will be used You can also choose to elim inate the grain by selecting No grain El You can use the Luminance slider in the Noise removal palette to completely smooth out the noise from an image and then substitute a more aesthetically pleasing silver halide grain Adjusting the size
36. hich was developed using AP44 chemistry a clone of E6 chemistry DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 39 Fuji Sensia 100 The consumer version of Fuji Astia Lomography X Pro Slide 200 This film is none other than a revival of the famous Agfa RSX II transparency film with its saturated colors extra wide contrast and distinctive tint when cross processed 132 Negative color films Available in both Essential and Expert editions Agfa Ultra 100 First appearing in 2003 this film has very high saturation Agfa Vista 200 An all purpose film with an eye pleasing color rendering and wide exposure latitude Fuji Superia 200 A direct competitor to Kodak Gold this is the member of the Superia family with the finest grain Fuji Superia X Tra 800 The fastest multi purpose film in the Superia line Kodak Portra 160 NC Aimed at professionals shooting portraits or marriages this film has been constantly praised for the quality of its skin tones and the fidelity with which it reproduces clothing A classic among classics NC stands for neutral colors Kodak Ektar 100 This film with high saturation and ultra vivid colors has a very fine and smooth grain Kodak Elite 100 cross processed A color negative film developed using positive film processing blue dominant Available only in the Expert edition Fuji Superia Reala 100 The Superia brand was aimed at mainstream amateurs even thou
37. ide by side simultaneously before processing on the left after processing on the right Snapshots save the settings applied to an image during the course of processing Fit zoom displays the entire image in the display area 1 1 zooms in on the image at 100 i e 1 image pixel 1 screen pixel Zoom level changes the display magnification either by using the slider by clicking on the desired level of magnification or by using the mouse wheel Fit zoom Fit zoom drop down lets you display your image according to predefined values LJ Navigator lets you move around different parts of your image when zoomed in Ere Arrow tool activates the mouse pointer after using the Hand tool described below for example Ki Hand tool lets you move around within your image when zoomed in Crop to adjust the proportions of you final image Rotate left right tools turn the image to the left or to the right by 90 FE Texture Opens a drop down menu that lets you see and choose a texture effect to apply to your image ial Light leak Opens a drop down menu that lets you see and choose a light leak effect to apply to your image Frame Opens a drop down menu that lets you see and choose a frame to apply to your image Show hide controls panel shows or hides the controls panel Full screen Windows only allows your image to use the entire area of your screen to display your image To return to regular display click on the button again Only in
38. is hereby granted without fee provided that li the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation and ii the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE QuaZIP Portions of this software utilize QuaZIP technology Copyright 9 2005 2011 Sergey A Tachenov Qt SDK This software is based in part on The QT framework This software is John Doe 2011 It is licensed under the LGPL license OpenSSL This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young eaylacryptsoft com This product includes software written by Tim Hudson tjh acryptsoft com Notices Terms and Conditions pertaining to third party software are located at http www dxo com thirdparty and incor
39. ive effects creative blur vignetting textures framing and edge distortion you can give an even more unique look to your photos The natural beauty of film grain Add grain to your digital photos to rediscover the authenticity of a silver halide film Use DxO FilmPack 4 s denoising tool to suppress digital noise and replace it with a smooth grain all without denaturing or damaging the quality of your images Many different grain styles are available Quick and easy DxO FilmPack 4 offers a large workspace with simple and intuitive control palettes To start you can choose one of the many included presets and then thanks to the control panel you can apply your own settings in just a few clicks You can also create your own presets by saving your settings for intensity grain and contrast so as to easily apply them to other photos in your image library DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Accessible to all DxO FilmPack 4 is available as a 32 or 64 bit standalone application for Mac and Windows and as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Apple Aperture and DxO Optics Pro 1 2 DxO help resources You can find all of DxO Labs help resources for DxO FilmPack 4 tutorials guides webinars on the DxO Academy http www dxo com fr photo dxo academy page You can also access this page directly from DxO FilmPack 4 by selecting Help Dx
40. ive vignetting Intensity Midpoint Transition Y Black and white film Roundness gt Set center 9 w Creative blur vignetting Intensity Y Kodak Tri X 400 To work with DxO FilmPack 4 black amp white processing tools you need to be in black amp white operating mode which you select in the Controls panel The tools are grouped within two tabs one for the settings which we will cover in this chapter and the other for the effects which are covered in Chapter 8 of this guide Ed The palettes and tools that are shared by both color and black amp white modes Basic settings Advanced settings Noise reduction are explained in detail in Chapter 5 Processing color images 6 2 Applying a black amp white film preset from the presets pane 1 Open your image via the File Open menu or by clicking directly on an image in a file or on your desktop and dragging it into the application window 2 Click on the Black and white film tab in the presets pane Black and white film 3 Choose the preset that you want from among the preview thumbnails and then click on its thumbnail the preset will be instantly applied to the image in the display window Kodak Tri X 400 4 Save the image via the File gt Save As menu DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 27 Ed h h You can find the complete list of DxO FilmPack 4 s si
41. k kk KK KK RV RR RR RR 33 Standalone application mode kk kk kk kk kk ehh hn s 33 PLUON MONG taaoeaaeaeoenrne oem_m mmmooaoaoon gt mnmmmmmmmmmmmm pp H H DH HNH HpppDpDBpppp ppp P p DB DI gt MAZZRRaII 33 Chapter 10 Cropping lk kk kk KK KK kK KI KK ee kK kk t 35 COD OGL a oe ce ee oe oe ee ee a eee ek oe eee ee en ee eee ee eee ee a HH HEE 39 LOU eI TOODI 2 a2 ante eu Se ook ba ee URGES ROREM E am e an eee EID OR Bes ee ee ee oe a m 39 Chapter 11 Exporting to Facebook seeee RR IR 36 Chapter 12 Printing 0 0 0 0 0 0 kK KK KK KK KK arre 37 Da SS Chzz UGznzz p o_ o_reePaar ere e eemmmmnmmm 37 j ETERIPRRTTITCCITTTTTITP r 38 Bop wo deca ncuctank chat eee eae awe sees RAS GAMER Ree AAS Rae eee eae dee cee eee eenA 38 NH e E E EEE HH HH HH HH HH ea mp8nvyyj3j395 pp5V sk MDDMEAx ZRJ J JmWma a an 38 a al gu smPP 38 Chapter 13 Appendix kk kk kk kK kK KK KK KI KK KK KK KK KK kK KK KK kk kk kk kk kK kk 3 39 r 2 gt ee _ _kKE rKXDDDKKKDDKDDDDDRDRRDEEEEEEEHHHHeeeeeeem 39 amp X2 xo oe g OO eKEKKKKebeeebmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmenn 42 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Photo credits Beno t Courti Text Gilles Th ophile Design St phanie Morin Arkyda More informatio
42. l luminance channel 3 1 0 Snapshots Bw Snapshots Initial image DxO FilmPack 4 lets you take snapshots of your image during any stage of its processing After being saved such snapshots are visible as thumbnails in a hideable pane to the left of the workspace For more information see Chapter 4 Snapshots 3 1 7 Lower toolbar plugin external editor version ri Cancel The DxO FilmPack 4 lower toolbar plugin versions only The lower toolbar is available only in the plugin external editor versions of DxO FilmPack 4 It contains the following functions e Preferences Opens the dialog window containing the global application settings see the sub section on Preferences below e Help Accesses DxO FilmPack 4 online help requires an internet connection e Cancel Cancels the current processing and returns to the host application e Save Definitively applies the correction settings to the image and then closes the plugin DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 4 32 The menus 3 2 1 Microsoft Windows standalone application and plugin versions e File Contains commands for opening saving printing and closing images and for exiting the application e Edit Includes Undo Redo commands and left right rotation tools and accesses Preferences e View Activates full screen mode and hides shows Controls panel Presets and Snapshots panes e Help Accesses online h
43. ling DxO FilmPack 4 e Standalone application for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh e Plugin for DxO Optics Pro e Plugin for Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple Aperture You can choose between the standard installation and a custom installation The standard installation will install all of the relevant plugins The custom installation will allow you to choose which plugins to install 2 A new window will open asking you to choose the folder in which you want to install DxO FilmPack 4 If the program does not automatically detect the directory in which to install the Adobe Photoshop plugin you can select the appropriate folder by using the Browse button 3 The installation software is now ready to begin Click on Install DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Custom Setup Select the program features you want installed Click on an icon in the list below to change how a feature is installed Feature Description DxO FilmPack 4 standalone application E DxO FilmPack 4 Lightroom plug in t X v DXO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS3 plug in t X DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS4 plug in t X DXO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS4 plug in 64 bit t X v DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS5 plug in This feature requires t X v DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS5 plug in 64 bit 201MB on your hard drive t E v DxO FilmPack 4 Photoshop CS6 plug in
44. mat drop down menu 8 Use the Quality slider to choose the compression you want for your image files between 5 for minimal quality and 100 for maximal quality 9 Choose your destination folder either the same folder as the original image the default choice or a destination folder that you indicate 10 If desired change the file suffixes DxOFP by default 11 Click on Process Ewa You can apply any available preset during batch processing including custom presets 9 3 Plugin mode 93 1 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom In Adobe Lightroom select the multiple images that you want to process as a batch Open the DxO FilmPack 4 application via the Photo gt Edit in gt DxO FilmPack 4 menu Fill in the fields in the dialog box see Opening the plugin in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for more details Click on the Edit button A new dialog box called DxO FilmPack Batch treatment opens Choose the preset that you want to use to process your batch of images Click on Process A dialog box will inform you that the images have been correctly processed Click on OK sO ON Cc Oo A C N After processing the photos will be displayed in your Adobe Lightroom catalog either side by side with the originals or superimposed on the originals depending on the option you chose DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved o3 9 3 2
45. mulated black and white films in the appendix of this guide 63 Applying custom settings The tool palettes that allow you to customize your settings are found under the Black and white tab in the Controls panel NCTE Make sure that you are using the tools and palettes in the controls panel in Black and white mode not color 63 1 Basic settings The Basic settings palette handles the adjustment of Contrast and Exposure For more information about these two settings see the section on Applying custom settings in Chapter 5 Processing color images 6 32 Advanced settings BA The Advanced settings palette handles the adjustment of Micro contrast For more information about this setting see the section on Applying custom settings in Chapter 5 Processing color images 6 3 3 Black amp white control Channel mixer E The Channel mixer lets you adjust and fine tune the black amp white conversion according to your taste by acting on the additive colors i e RGB red green and blue as well as on the subtractive colors i e CMY cyan magenta and yellow You can think of the Channel mixer as a set of fully configurable filters Although the filters in the Filter palette are limited both in hue and intensity the Channel mixer lets you create any combination of colors at any level of intensity To use the Channel mixer you will need to evaluate which channels are too bright or too dark and then move the corresponding slid
46. n Process in the dialog box 5 The processed images will be displayed in Aperture DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 34 Cropping 10 1 Crop tool DxO FilmPack s Crop tool lets you freely adjust the aspect ratio and the framing of your final image 1 After opening your image in DxO FilmPack go to the Upper toolbar and click on the Crop button E An adjustable grid will be superimposed on your image 2 Adjust the crop dimensions by grabbing the resizing handles in the corners and on the sides of the crop frame You can also move the entire crop frame itself so as to adjust it to the desired composition of your image 3 To apply the crop click on the Apply button in the toolbar underneath the image display window You can reset your adjustments by clicking on the Reset button 4 Save your changes by selecting File gt Save As or by clicking on the Save button if you are using DxO FilmPack as a plugin 10 2 Lower toolbar The lower toolbar appears underneath the image when you activate the crop tool and consists of the following elements 1 Aspect Ratio This drop down menu lets you choose from among a certain number of predefined height width ratios customized ratios or the original image proportions Preserve 2 Show Grid The checkbox lets you show or display the composition grid superimposed on your image This grid is divided into thirds allowing you to a
47. n about DxO FilmPack 4 can be found at www dxo com Trademarks DxO is a registered trademark of DxO Labs both in the European Union and in other countries Adobe Photoshop Photoshop Lightroom are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Mac OSX and the Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the United States and in other countries Microsoft Windows Windows XP Windows Vista and Windows 7 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners The information contained in this guide is provided as is In all cases including negligence DxO Labs cannot be held responsible for any damage be it specific direct indirect or consecutive which may result from or be tied to the use of any information contained in this guide with or without the software described in this document Patents DxO Labs holds patents that protect DxO software products a list of these patents can be consulted at www dxo com intl patents Acknowledgments DxO FilmPack 4 may utilize the following copyrighted material the use of which is hereby acknowledged JPEG Portions of this software utilize the work of the Independent JPEG Group TIFF Portions of this software utilize TIFF format Copyright 9 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose
48. n for DxO Optics Pro DxO FilmPack 4 is entirely integrated into the DxO Optics Pro workflow and appears as a separate palette in the Customize tab window This version provides the most comfortable working experience and the best performance particularly since it allows you to treat a batch of photos in one go as part of a totally reversible RAW workflow 2 2 Supported file formats As both a plugin and as a standalone application DxO FilmPack 4 processes JPEG and TIFF 8 or 16 bit files in RGB As a plugin for DxO Optics Pro DxO FilmPack also processes RAW files supported by DxO Optics Pro 2 3 Workflow with the host application DxO FilmPack 4 easily integrates with your workflow Used as a plugin the application is called directly by the host application from an image that is already open 23 1 Launching the plugin for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1 Open an image in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Launch DxO FilmPack 4 from the Photo Edit in DxO FilmPack 4 You can also right click on the image that you want to correct and use the Edit in DxO FilmPack 4 command 3 A dialog box will open with the Edit a copy with Lightroom option selected This option lets you use DxO FilmPack 4 to modify an image that has already been corrected by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 Choose an export file format TIFF or JPEG as well as either 8 or 16 bit 16 bits provides higher quality but the files are much larger The resolution sho
49. of the grain If you want to simulate a film as closely as possible you will need to take into account the enlargement size which would be applied to a negative when processing the film for paper print production Indeed if two negatives one 24x36mm in size and the other a map film of 10x12cm had an identical grain and the two were printed on 30x40 cm paper the enlargement size would more than 10 times for the 24x36mm and only 3 times for the 10x12cm Thus a print of a photo made from a 24x36 film negative shows a lot more grain To deal with this variable the Film grain palette contains a drop down menu called Size where you can choose a pre determined film negative size from 24x36 to large format or manually create a custom format size In the latter case you can specify the Grain size by using the dedicated slider and selecting a value ranging from 1 to 10 Y Film grain Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity U 100 Size 24x36 The Film grain palette lets you simulate the grain of a very wide array of silver halide films 7 4 3 Filter About filters Front of lens photographic filters fall into three categories e Correction filters used only with color films make it possible to shoot under lighting conditions different from those anticipated by the manufacturer So for example a 85B filter will allow a film meant for tungsten lighting to be shot in broad daylight while an 80A or B filter will allow the reverse
50. or color management by the printer 5 Back in the Print preview window click on Print DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright O DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 38 Index of films 13 1 Color slide film Available in both Essential and Expert editions Fuji Astia 100F Displays the most neutral colors from among Fuji transparency films Fuji Provia 100F Touted by Fuji as having dazzling primary colors and respect for the most delicate pastels Provia has effectively become a natural choice for many professional photographers Less saturated than Velvia it is very suited to studio and portrait photography Fuji Provia 400X The successor to Provia 400F with enhanced saturation Fuji Velvia 50 The Velvia range of transparency films was introduced in 1990 Its extreme resolving power and fine grain made it a direct competitor to the Kodachrome series and its easier to use chemistry E6 baths gave it an advantage Many discussions took place about whether Velvia s saturated colors were more or less true than those of Kodachrome The fact remains that Velvia has enjoyed considerable commercial success and is considered by many as the transparency film of reference Kodak Kodachrome 25 The successor to Kodachrome ll is a direct line descendant of the original Kodachrome launched way back in 1936 This legendary product is the first color film ever intended for mass marketing To reconstruct colors it used a s
51. orange enhances the effects obtained with an orange filter e Red is a very powerful filter that provides strikingly dramatic effects for very dark skies and overall extreme contrast e Warm tone moderately reduces the proportion of cool tones blues and increases the warm tones e Mallow Ez d Used with black amp white photos this filter brightens reds and blues while enhancing the density of yellow orange elements e Cyan EI balances the light moving the color temperature toward cooler tones Used in landscape photos it strengthens the warm tones of a sunset for example by shifting them toward blue and green tones e Bright cyan EM Used with black amp white photos this filter greatly increases the density of red yellow and orange elements in the image and brightens the elements in blue e Purplish blue Ez Used with black amp white photos this filter lends a great deal of density to yellows and reds and subtly reduces the density of pinks mauves and purples while brightening the blues e Violet Used with black amp white photos this filter strongly reduces the overall contrast of the image notably among the warm tones Cool tones such as blue are denser e Bright orange 3X4 Used with black amp white photos this filter brightens the image overall and diminishes the contrast of warm tones Blues are relatively unaffected e Light orange EM Used with black amp white photos this filter affects t
52. oto Edit with DxO FilmPack 4 menu You can also do a right click on the image you want to correct and use the Edit with DxO FilmPack 4 command 2 Choose the file format 8 or 16 bit TIFF in the Aperture Preferences gt Export menu 3 After you have finished correcting your image click on the Save button in the lower right of the DxO FilmPack 4 window to close the application and return to Aperture which will display your modified image 10 The DxO FilmPack 4 workspace 3 1 User interface Initial image Initial image Kodak Kodachrome 64 Current ima The DxO FilmPack 4 user interface consists of 7 principal parts Controls Color Effects v Film rendering Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity y 100 Color protection VU 0 v Film grain Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity v 100 Size 24x36 w Filter Filter No filter v Toning Toning No toning v Creative vignetting Intensity Midpoint Roundness Transition A w Creative blur vignetting Intensity Y Radius Transition Roundness Diffusion w Texture Texture No texture w Edae defect Cancel The Upper toolbar which includes tools for displaying navigating within and cropping images The Image display area The Presets pane for previewing the different preset renderings The Controls panel with settings that allow you to adjust the characteristics of color and black amp white images and to add creative effects
53. oups the tools that let you choose the parameters for silver halide grain and apply filters toning textures and even edge defects under the Effects tab The settings differ somewhat in function depending on whether you are working in Color or Black amp White mode 7 4 1 Film rendering The Film rendering palette lets you choose the type of film you want to simulate from the drop down list after which you can use sliders to adjust the following two parameters e The Intensity slider lets you modify the chosen preset by acting principally on the contrast and color casts e The Color protection slider 3X3 lets you protect certain colors that are close to being clipped thus leading to unnatural colors and texture loss Pushing the slider to the right preserves the natural colors e The Auto protection button analyzes the content of the image and automatically adjusts the protection of saturated colors so as to avoid clipping Effects Y Film rendering Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity 100 Color protection WV Auto protection The Film rendering palette lets you choose a color or black amp white film rendering Ed h Unlike the Presets pane in which you click on a thumbnail to apply all of the characteristics of a particular film rendering the controls panel lets you apply the film rendering and grain characteristics separately 7 42 Film grain About film grain As part of the photograp
54. porated by reference herein DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Introduction 1 1 Welcome Color Effects v Film rendering Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 100 Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity w Creative blur vignetting ntensi ty U Thank you for choosing DxO FilmPack 4 DxO FilmPack 4 helps you infuse your digital photos with all the quality and emotion of Fine Art photography thanks to its accurately reproduced silver halide and color film quality renderings and numerous creative effects All the emotion of analog film in just one click Based on DxO Labs advanced calibration technologies DxO FilmPack 4 faithfully reproduces the characteristics of color contrast saturation and grain of dozens of legendary analog films Choose the film that suits you best up to 26 black amp white films and 36 different color films are available to help you reveal your artistic leanings or to rediscover a familiar style Boundless creativity A genuine toolbox for all photographers DxO FilmPack 4 offers numerous Designer presets i e a set of parameters that reproduces the characteristics particular film styles Vintage effects aged photos improbable tints rediscover the charm of gentle sepia tones coupled with fine grain for an old fashioned look or enjoy modern eye poppingly vivid colors reinforced by an infrared rendering Thanks to DxO FilmPack 4 s new creat
55. pply the rule of thirds when composing your final image 3 Mask Opacity The slider lets you brighten or darken the parts of the image that are outside the crop zone 4 Reset Returns the image to its original uncropped state 5 Apply Applies the chosen crop to the image So long as you have not saved the image you can reset or adjust the crop DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright O DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 3 5 Exporting to Facebook DxO FilmPack lets you export your images to your Facebook page a Facebook account and active Internet connection are required Your account Account Change Description m Lt B Created with DxO FilmPack Dx FilmPack Cancel Upload 11 1 Connecting for the first time 1 Go to the Edit menu and select Export Options 2 In the dialog box click on Connect Your default web browser will open 3 Enter your login information on the Facebook login page 4 Click on Connect 5 A Facebook dialog box will inform you that DxO FilmPack will receive your information public profile friends list photos Click on OK 6 You will then return to DxO FilmPack where a dialog box confirms that you are connected to Facebook 11 2 Exporting your images to Facebook 1 Process an image in DxO FilmPack 2 Click on the Export to Facebook button in the upper toolbar 3 A floating window will indicate that the connection to Facebook is being established if necessary you
56. re latitude Agfa APX 100 Mainly intended for non moving subjects architecture landscape still life this very high quality film is mostly used by professional photographers Rollei Ortho 25 Mainly intended for scientific and copy work This film has extremely fine grain with a 2 stop sensitivity reserve Rollei Retro 100 tonal Available in 120 and sheet format a high quality film for experienced photographers and professionals Rollei Retro 80s Like the Retro 100 this extremely fine grain film is made by Rollei in partnership with the Maco company This particular film is derived from a film intended for aerial photography 41 Keyboard shortcut 14 1 Main menu Command Microsoft Windows shortcut Mac OS X shortcut Open Save as Print Close Batch processing Quit Cancel Redo Rotate right Rotate left Preferences Full screen Show Hide controls pane Show Hide presets pane Show Hide snapshots pane Help 142 Toolbar Command Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl P Ctrl W Ctrl B Alt F4 Ctrl Z Ctrl Y Ctrl R Ctrl L Ctrl Shift P F11 P F 5 Ei Microsoft Windows shortcut Cmd 0 Cmd S Cmd P Cmd W Cmd B Cmd Q Cmd Z Cmd Shift Z Cmd R Cmd L Cmd Cmd Ctrl F Mac OS X shortcut Single Side by side Split view Take Snapshot Arrow tool Hand tool Crop tool Zoom in Zoom out Fit to screen Display at 100 Navigator 14 3
57. resolution sharpness and edge contrast Well suited to mural size enlargements it provides a moderate contrast that has largely contributed to its success Kodak BW 400 CN Praised by its maker Kodak as the finest grained chromogenic film in the world this film is actually not comparable to ordinary B amp W films since once it is developed it no longer contains silver crystals but dyes instead The major advantage of Kodak BWA00CN is that it can be developed in a C 41 bath found in processing labs world wide Kodak HIE High Speed Infrared Infrared light not visible to our eyes can be captured by specially designed films This famous film now discontinued was difficult to expose focus and develop but it captured surprisingly beautiful images Kodak T Max 100 The least sensitive film in Kodak s T Max range with ISO 100 pushable to 200 sensitivity and very fine grain A classic Kodak T Max 400 The standard for fast black amp white films this film achieved a nearly perfect combination of speed and grain A favorite among reporters Kodak T Max 3200 With ample reserves of sensitivity it can be pushed by 2 stops or to 12 500 ISO this film has been used both for low light press photography and for surveillance purposes Kodak Tri X 400 Arguably most famous film in the world with legions of award winning photos to its credit Polaroid 664 This medium speed ISO 100 Polaroid film is a classic traditionally used
58. rotection V 0 Y Film grain Film Kodak Kodachrome 64 Intensity u 100 Size 24x36 Filter Filter Wo filter The controls panel is where you find all the tools that handle the settings and effects that you can apply to your images Its top most setting is a button that lets you select either Color or Black and white mode Each of these modes contains two distinct tabs e The Effects tab which groups such creative tools as film rendering film grain filters toning etc see chapter 7 e The Settings tab which includes tools for correcting contrast saturation exposure vibrancy micro contrast etc The contents of the tabs adapt automatically to whichever mode Is selected NCTE 2 1 The different setting tools for color and black amp white modes are discussed in detail in the respective sections of this guide DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved Jg 3 1 5 Histogram The Histogram palette The DxO FilmPack 4 histogram calculates the light values for each RGB red green blue channel and superimposes the values on the graph This makes it possible to see the areas of overlap among the different channels You can also display each channel individually by clicking on the corresponding buttons on the right side of the palette e RGB Displays all the channels simultaneously R G or B Displays only the selected channel e L Displays the overal
59. select the yellow channel moving the will gradually change the yellows in the image towards magenta to the left or towards green to the right The slider has a range of 180 to 180 in accordance with the principle of the color wheel e Saturation This slider determines the intensity of the hue Taking the previous example using yellow moving the slider to the left will gradually lighten the color until we reach gray near 0 By contrast if we move the slider to the right we will make the yellow stronger until it becomes nearly orange at its maximum value e Lightness lf you watch the histogram of the image while you move this slider you can easily understand how it works When you move the slider to the right you move the black point to the right which compresses the tonal range toward the upper part of the graph Conversely when you move the slider to the left the white point also moves to the left thus compressing the brighter values towards the bottom To simplify again using the same example the yellows will be deeper and denser if you move the slider to the left and lighter and clearer if you move the slider to the right ER ll ll l h The Reset button lets you cancel all the correction settings and return them to their default values of 0 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 20 Y Hue Saturation Lightness Channel All Hue Saturation Lightness Re
60. set The HSL palette lets you modify the color channels R G B C M and Y either separately or all together 53 5 Noise reduction ES All digital cameras are subject to varying degrees of noise Luminance noise manifests as a more or less finely granulated structure and chrominance noise produces randomly distributed clusters of colored pixels There is more noise in the shadows and dark zones of an image and noise increases when shooting at high ISO sensitivities The Noise reduction palette includes the following sliders 6 2 e Luminance Attenuates the noise present in the image notably the high frequency noise that interferes with the smallest details The default value is 0 the more you increase the value up to a maximum of 100 the more the details in the image are smoothed out e Chrominance Reduces the colored noise that is the green and magenta pixels that are particularly visible in the dark zones of the image The correction range goes from 0 the default value to 200 Noise removal Luminance WY Chrominance WY The Noise reduction palette lets you correct luminance noise granulation and chrominance noise clusters of colored pixels at the same time DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 2 Processing black amp white images 6 1 About DxO FilmPack 4 and black amp white images Y A DMG a BB ml Initial image Current image w Creat
61. te inversible film which is no longer produced offers a highly nuanced palette that includes the most brilliant whites and the darkest blacks resulting in a faithful reproduction of contrasts and exceptional patterns and profound details thanks to its very fine grain Fuji Neopan Acros 100 This film prided itself on delivering what it called the world s highest standard in grain quality among ISO 100 films Ilford Delta 400 Introduced in 1990 this is the first film based on Ilford s core shell crystal technology thanks to which the company was able to replicate Kodak s T grain films i e an increase in sensitivity without a proportional increase in graininess Ilford Delta 3200 The ultra high sensitivity product in the Ilford range also based on core shell technology and also a direct competitor to Kodak s T MAX 3200 Ilford HP5 Plus 400 A classic in its own right and constant arch rival of Kodak T MAX Ilford characterized this film as a medium contrast film especially suitable for action and press photography which has been formulated to be pushed to speeds up DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 40 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved to ISO 3200 without difficulty Ilford Pan F Plus 50 In 2004 the Ilford company described this as an extremely fine grain black and white film with outstanding
62. the difference between the bright and dark zones of the image Moving the slider to the right the whites become brighter and the blacks are deeper making the overall image denser Moving the slider to the left the white is duller and the blacks are less profound making the image flatter e Saturation Diminishes or reinforces the colors Moving the slider to the right the colors become more vivid moving toward the left the colors become progressively grayer e Exposure This slider simply makes the overall image content darker moved to the left or brighter moved to the right FEBR 0 0 ll 1 l1 You can reset any slider to its default value by double clicking on it Effects Settings Y Basic settings Contrast Saturation Exposure The Basic settings palette lets you fine tune the contrast the saturation and the exposure of the overall image 5 32 Advanced settings E The Advanced settings palette lets you adjust and fine tune the following parameters e Vibrancy Comparable to the Saturation slider described below which reinforces all colors the Vibrancy slider functions in a much more subtle manner by taking into account the different colors in the image Moved to the right the slider protects light skin tones and strengthens and darkens the blue sky without altering any tones that are close to gray and thus avoids a drift in the white balance Moved to the left the overall saturation is reduced
63. tos allowing you to create stunningly realistic and vintage images 72 Applying a Designer preset from the presets pane As with the other presets that simulate analog films the Designer presets tab in the presets pane uses preview thumbnails to help you select the type of rendering you want 1 Open your image via the File Open menu or click on an image in a folder or on your desktop and drag it directly into the application window 2 Click on the Designer presets tab in the presets pane Designer presets 3 Choose the rendering that you want to simulate from among the different preview thumbnails by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail The rendering will be automatically applied to the image in the display window Blurred 4 Save the image via the File gt Save As menu DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 24 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved 73 Applying custom presets m As with the analog film presets the controls panel contains tool palettes that let you adjust and apply advanced settings NCTE The settings for designer presets are somewhat different depending on whether you are working in Color or Black amp White For more information about custom presets see the section on Applying custom presets in Chapter 5 Processing color images 74 Applying effects The controls panel gr
64. ubtractive method designed by Mannes and Godowsky Its sharpness extremely realistic colors and archival stability amply made up for its drawbacks i e very low sensitivity and a complex development process Kodak Kodachrome 64 From 1974 onwards the successor to Kodachrome X Both films had the notable advantage of being more sensitive by 1 5 stops than the original Kodachrome 25 Kodak Kodachrome 200 Introduced in 1986 this is the only high sensitivity member of the Kodachrome family Kodak Ektachrome 100 VS While Kodachrome was the absolute film of reference for outdoor photography for both professionals and advanced amateurs Ektachrome remained the reference for studio photography for half a century Easy to expose available in a wide range of sensitivities and formats including the largest formats of sheet film and much easier to process skilled amateurs could manage the E series process chemistry Ektachrome became the catchword for films destined for print work 100VS is one of the last versions so named for its vivid and saturated colors per Kodak Kodak Ektachrome 100GX A less saturated version of Ektachrome than 100VS with warm skin tones and extremely fine grain Polaroid Polachrome A transparency film for instant development Generic Fuji Astia 100 This emulation corresponds to an earlier version of DxO FilmPack when film calibration was performed differently from the way it is today For a description of th
65. uld normally be set to its real value and the compression option should be set to Without 5 Click on the Edit button to launch DxO FilmPack 4 DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved DxO FilmPack 4 User Guide Copyright DxO Labs 1999 2013 All rights reserved What to Edit Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments Edit a Copy Edit Original Y Copy File Options File Format TIFF el Color Space sRGB A Bit Depth 8 bits component A Resolution 72 Compression None Cancel Edit Adobe Photoshop Lightroom dialog box showing external editor options 6 After you have finished correcting your image click on the Save button in the lower right of the DxO FilmPack 4 window to close the application and return to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom which will display your modified image 2 3 2 Using the plugin in Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements 1 Launch the application from the Filters DxO Labs DxO FilmPack 4 menu 2 he image will open in DxO FilmPack 4 3 After you have finished correcting your image click on the Save button in the lower right of the DxO FilmPack 4 window to close the application and return to Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements which will display your modified image 2 3 3 Using the external editor in Apple Aperture 1 Launch the application in Aperture s external editor mode from the Ph
66. without going all the way to black and white the desaturation is most pronounced in the reds thus restoring a more natural aspect to light skin tones The correction range goes from 100 to 100 e Micro contrast This slider brings out the details and gives the image more bite It is particularly intended for landscape or architectural photos but less so for portraits because of its tendency to bring out details and thus blemishes or flaws on skin 19 533 Tone Curve B The Tone Curve lets you adjust either the global contrast of the image RGB button or each of the red green or blue channels R G or B buttons to diminish or reinforce color dominants Use your mouse to apply control points to the tone curve which will allow you to make partial corrections or to limit corrections to just part of the image To reset the tone curve click on the Reset All button marked with an arrow Tone curve The Tone Curve palette 5 3 4 Color control Hue Saturation Lightness HSL m The HSL system Hue Saturation and Lightness handles color correction according to three parameters hue saturation and lightness These corrections apply to Additive colors or RGB red green and blue e Subtractive colors or CMY cyan magenta and yellow After choosing a hue from the Channel drop down menu you can act on it with the following sliders e Hue This slider changes the hue of the selected channel For example if you

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