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1. Layers Normal r Opacity Lock Z Fill 100 gt Compression Settings for Output JPEG and TIFF Files JPEG file compression settings JpegSettings joegauality jpegoptimized Parameter Value jpegquality 1 100 Quality factor from 1 to 100 High values produce better image quality but require more disk space Default 80 jpegoptimized TRUE FALSE Baseline Optimization If enabled specifies the Jpeg compressor to use an optimal Huffman table more compression Default FALSE jpegprogressive TRUE FALSE Interlaced progressive JPEG format in which data is compressed in multiple passes of progressively higher detail Default FALSE TIFF file compression settings TiffSettings tiffcompression jpegoptimized FALSE LZW RLE TIFF Compression FALSE Uncompressed TIFF LZW LZW compression RLE RLE compression Default FALSE SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 10 SoftColor Toolbox includes utility program softcolor4folder exe It process all supported file formats in input directory and saves files to output directory softcolor4folder exe uses softcolor exe to process images same input output file formats used both single file or directory processing All settings are read from INI configuration file Example gt softcolor4folder exe settings ini c SoftColor Toolbox E N gt softcolordfolder exe e hresize ini SoftColor Toolbox Folder to folder processing Configuration f2. or understanding between the parties If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA do not install or use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed not sold 1 GRANT OF LICENSE The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed as follows a Installation and Use SoftColor Oy grants you the right to install and use copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on your computer running a validly licensed copy of the operating system for which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT was designed Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 2008 b Backup Copies You may also make copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT as may be necessary for backup and archival purposes 2 DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS a Maintenance of Copyright Notices You must not remove or alter any copyright notices on any and all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT b Distribution You may not distribute registered copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT to third parties SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 30 c Prohibition on Reverse Engineering Decompilation and Disassembly You may not reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE PRODUCT except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation d Rental You may not rent leas
3. Color Management XMP Metadata Example Configuration Acknowledgments SoftColor Toolbox End User Licensing Agreement SoftColor Toolbox 2 User Guide 14 15 16 17 17 18 20 24 25 26 27 30 SoftColor Toolbox is a lightweight batch processing and server software for ad vanced color correction image processing and color management SoftColor Tool box operates with many digital image formats and with camera RAW formats Toolbox can save processed images in JPEG TIFF PNG and PSD formats With PSD format Toolbox saves the original and improved images as separate layers inside single file Toolbox handles ICC color profiles and you can convert and ren der between RGB and CMYK color spaces You can operate with Toolbox in back ground server or batch process mode It is operated by command line interface and processing is based on INI format configuration files E gt softcolor exe e RAW_OLYMPUS_E56 ORF e RAW OLYMPUS ESU00 jpg e resize ini SoftColor Toolbox v 2 2 Input file e RAW_OLYMPUS_E56 ORF Configuration file e resize ini Output file e RAW_OLYMPUS_E5 6 jpg START 1 Input image loaded Color EQ Exposure Contrast Soft Color Toolbox Folder to folder processing sae fo YLIN Configuration file e resize ini Color management Input folder E demoaNinputdir ICC profile Es Rendering intent Output folder e demoa out putdir Black point compe Output file format jpg Proce
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5. You can start SoftColor Toolbox Command Line Interface form Start menu SoftColor Toolbox gt SoftColor Toolbox CLI SoftColor Toolbox CLI sigue af 2 KE 1 SoftColor Toolbox CLI SoftColor Toolbox v 2 2 How to use softcolor exe input file output file config ini i AUTOMATIC How to use in silent mode Does not print output to screenl softcolor exe input file output file config ini i AUTOMATIC silent How to generate template configuration file softcolor exe MakeTemplate filename Supported output formats JPEG jpg TIFF tif PNG png BMP bmp PSD psd PSD files are saved with two layers Improved image Original image C Documents and Settings Administrator gt You have to use full directory path to command line input output configuration parameters If configuration file doesn t exit use AUTOMATIC parameter SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 8 Fully Automatic Processing to Single Files gt softcolor exe path input ext path output exe NULL Example gt softcolor exe e demo jpg e demo_fixed ong NULL With this command softcolor exe SoftColor Toolbox will open input image do automatic SoftColor color correction and save processed image to output file Jpg png tif W If psd file format is used original and improved are stored in same output file as layers Background is an original image and layer 1 is improved image SoftColor Toolbox User Manual psd bmp
6. of color IIN 50 50 default 0 Adjust exposure non linear contrast 50 50 default 0 Adjust contrast non linear eae 50 50 default 0 Adjust amount of color N SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 19 Image Processing Image processing settings are configured in Resize Resolution Rotate Straighten Flip Crop Sharpness Softness Denoise UnSharpMask MotionBlur sections Resize scale xsize ysize maxHeight maxWidth portraitHeight landscapeWidth Parameter Value formation 1 500 Scales improved image width and height aspect ratio saved 1 Width to improved image If ysize not defined then new height will be calculated automatically aspect ratio saved Height to improved image If xsize not defined then new width will be calculated automatically aspect ratio saved Maximum height for portrait image height gt width Doesn t affect to landscape images aspect ratio saved TT landscapeWidth Maximum width for landscape image width gt height Doesn t affect to portrati images aspect ratio saved Scales down improved image height if it is more than maxHeigh value aspect ratio saved Scales improved image width if it is more than maxWidth value aspect ratio saved SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 20 Resolution dpi 1 Resolution of improved image Default value is Input images resolution Rotate angle 90 180 270 Rotate i
7. Input and output folders are set in folders section folders inputfoldet path outputfolder path deleteinput TRUE FALSE Use following format for path drive directory directory Example E demo input All supported file formats are read from input directory and they will be saved to output directory Output format is format parameter If deleteinput is set and it s value is TRUE then original files are deleted after processing Color Correction Color Correction settings are configured in ColorCorrection section ColorCorrection automatic SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 18 intensity eq1 eq2 eq3 eq4 eq5 eq6 eq eq8 eq9 eq10 exposure contrast Parameter Value x Information TRUE FALSE Value TRUE automatic color correctio enabled Value FALSE automatic color correction disabled 0 100 default 100 Correction Intensity How much original and improved images are mixed Value 100 only improved image visible Value 0 only original image visible If value is between 1 99 then original image has been mixed to Improved image by percentage value Adjust amount of color EZE Adjust amount of color N Adjust amount of color ES SBI Adjust amount of color EH Adjust amount of color EJ 50 50 default 0 Adjust amount of color J 50 50 default 0 Adjust amount of color EH 50 50 default 0 Adjust amount of color N 50 50 default 0 Adjust amount
8. SOFTCOLOR TOOLBOX 2 USER MANUAL w L WA Be Z s l AA AM ALL SELAA ua 3 Rs U gt SOFTCOLOR INPUT JPG OUTPUT J AUTOMATIC COLOR CORRECTION ON Eg O0Q01020 000 EXPOSURE 4 CONTRAST 2 ROTATE AND CROP 12 CC OUTPUT PROFILE SRGB gt www softcolor fi toolbox Contents What is SoftColor Toolbox 1 Input image files or batch process folders 2 Input Image Formats 2 Input Image RAW formats 2 Meta data input output 3 Output 3 Output Image Formats 3 Color Correction 3 Image Processing A Color Management 4 System Reguirements 4 Installing SoftColor Toolbox 5 Setup software 5 Registering Trial Version of SoftColor Toolbox 6 Automatic Software Updates for SoftColor Toolbox 7 SoftColor Toolbox Usage 8 Fully Automatic Processing to Single Files 9 Compression Settings for Output JPEG and TIFF Files 10 Automatic Batch Processing to Folder 11 Processing Images with Background Server 12 Automatic Starting for Input Directory Checking 12 Installing DirectoryServerService exe as Service 13 SoftColor Toolbox 2 User Guide Configuring Automatic Input Directory Checking Customize Processing Settings Configuration Files Automatic Configure File Generation Directory Processing Color Correction Image Processing
9. alling SoftColor Toolbox starts in 15 days fully working trial mode You can buy full license to SoftColor Toolbox from our store www softcolor fi toolbox buy When you have purchased serial number for SoftColor Toolbox you can register your copy with Toolbox Registration tool Start menu SoftColor Toolbox gt Toolbox Registration Toolbox Registration Shortcut 1 01 KB Register SoftColor Toolbox Trial mode 15 days left EA 1 Buy SoftColor Toolbox It is Fast Simple and Secure Buy online using your web browser More Information at SoftColor Store 2 Enter your serial number below to register SoftColor Toolbox C Foist After entering valid serial number this message is shown SoftColor Toolbox Licensed Version Thanks for purchasing SoftColor Toolbox SoftColor Toolbox is now licensed This license includes free updates for all 2 x versions of SoftColor Toolbox SoftColor Toolbox User Manual Automatic Software Updates for SoftColor Toolbox SoftColor Toolbox 2 3 or later includes automatic software updates You can check and download updates with Toolbox Software Updates tool Start menu SoftColor Toolbox gt Toolbox Software Updates Stop Toolbox background service before updating Toolbox Software Updates Shortcut 1 01 KB If there is new version available release notes are shown You can start update process by clicking Update SoftColor Toolbox Software Update Available A versio
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11. c profile In following images you can see difference between automatic processing and use of this example configuration file Original Image Automatically processed image Image processed by example configuration SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 26 5 Acknowledgments SoftColor Toolbox software utilize the following copyrighted material the use of which is hereby acknowledged Fugue Icons The icons are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3 0 license by Yusuke Kamiyamane http p yusukekamiyamane com Jonas Rask s Danish Royaly Free icon set Some of the icons used in SoftColor Toolbox software are taken from Jonas Rask s Danish Royaly Free icon set http jonasraskdesign com Tango Desktop Icons The color palette is public domain The icon theme is also available as public domain since the 0 8 90 release http tango freedesktop org Tango Icon Library JEDI Visual Component Library Mozilla public license http jvcl delphi jedi org Graphics32 Mozilla Public License http graphics32 org wiki SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 27 LittleCms Copyright C 1998 2010 Marti Maria http www littlecms com Iems is distributed under the MIT license agreement Inno Setup SoftColor Toolbox installer is built using Inno Setup free installer for MS Windows Copyright C 1997 2010 Jordan Russell All rights reserved Portions Copyright C 2000 2010 Martijn Laan All rights r
12. configuration files test ini start Automatic Starting for Input Directory Checking DirectoryServerService exe is MS Windows Service Automatically starting when OS start and it is non interactive By using it you can start multiple directory polling configuration DirectoryServer exe process without need to login windows with certain user When service is stopped it will stop all started DirectoryServer exe polling applications automatically SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 12 Installing DirectoryServerService exe as Service In Windows Vista Windows 7 and Server 2008 Open O you had to perform following operations as amp administrator via Run as administrator Run as administrator command You can install uninstall and restart service from Windows Starts menu SoftColor Toolbox section You will see message after successful installation EI SoftColor Toolbox on the Web we Configure Service RQ SoftColor Toolbox CLI EELEE Install Service lai Toolbox Registration 9 uninstall Service Z User Manual It is also possible to install uninstall and restart DirectoryServerService exe manually from command prompt Install gt DirectoryServerService exe install Unistall gt DirectoryServerService exe uninstall Start gt net start SoftColorDirectoryServerService Stop gt net stop SoftColorDirectoryServerService SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 13 Configuring Automatic Input Director
13. d TIFF formats supported System Requirements e Any PC running Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 e 1000 MHz Pentium class processor or better e 1Gb of RAM e 40 Mb of disc space e SoftColor Toolbox is 32bit Windows application and it works on 32bit and 64bit Windows e Administrator rights are required for installing and configuring SoftColor Toolbox SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 1 Installing SoftColor Toolbox Setup software Installing process of SoftColor Toolbox is simple just start SoftColorToolboxSetup exe and install files to your computer It is recommend that you allow setup software to add your Toolbox installation folder to PATH system variable f Setup SoftColor Toolbox 10 x Welcome to the SoftColor Toolbox sgele m ie 4 Setup Wizard This will install SoftColor Toolbox 2 2 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before SEN s installSoftColorToolbox exe Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup N Pa N SoFftColor Toolbox Setu D D SoftColor Oy coca Installation folder has been added to systems PATH variable by default directoryserverservice ini is saved to Local Application Data SoftColor Toolbox Toolbox doesn t use any registry settings or require any specific DLL files SoftColor Toolbox User Manual Registering Trial Version of SoftColor Toolbox After inst
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15. enerate template configuration file with all available adjustments Configure template INI file is generated by command gt softcolor exe Make Template c FiletoSave Template ini This template contains all adjustments for color correction image processing and color management Add value to each adjustment or remove it If adjustment removed then default value is used or adjustment is disabled Directory Processing Directory processing is only available if softcolor4folder exe is used to start SoftColor Toolbox Directory processing settings are configured at two sections in configuration files Folders inputfolder outputfolder deleteinput OutputFormat format In OutputFormat section you can select output file format by following parameters JPG PNG TIF PSD BMP Layers O Normal v Opacity 100 gt O If psd file format is used original and improved are stored in same output file as layers Background is an Lock lt a Fill original image and layer 1 is improved image SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 17 JPEG file compression settings JpegSettings jpegquality jpegoptimized jpegquality 1 100 Quality factor from 1 to 100 High values produce better image quality but require more disk space Default 80 jpegoptimized TRUE FALSE Baseline Optimization If enabled specifies the Jpeg compressor to use an optimal Huffman table more compression Default FALSE
16. er exe Read more about custom settings from Configuration Files Chapter SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 15 3 Configuration Files SoftColor Server Toolbox configuration files are stored in INI flies Configuration files uses following format Parameters The basic element contained in an INI file is the parameter Every parameter has a name and a value delimited by an equals sign The name appears to the left of the equals sign name value Sections Parameters may be grouped into arbitrarily named sections The section name appears on a line by itself in square brackets and All parameters after the section declaration are associated with that section section Comments Semicolons indicate the start of a comment Comments continue to the end of the line Everything between the semicolon and the End of Line is ignored comment text Example of Toolbox Configuration Format ColorCorrection automatic TRUE automatic Enable or disable SoftColor automatic color correction color balance exposure contrast intensity 50 exposure 10 contrast 5 ColorManagement iccprofile E Profiles RGB AdobeRGB1998 icc renderinglntent PERCEPTUAL Values PERCEPTUAL RELATIVE COLORIMETRIC ABSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC SATURATION Folders inoutfolder E demo inputdir outputfolder e demo outputdir deleteinput FALSE SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 16 Automatic Configure File Generation You can g
17. eserved http www jrsoftware org isinfo php http www jrsoftware org files is license txt DCRAW dcraw c Dave Coffin s raw photo decoder Copyright 1997 2010 by Dave Coffin Compiled without GPL code http cybercom net dcoffin dcraw JPEG http www ijg org This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group PNG http www libpng org PNG Development Group Copyright c 1995 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat Group 42 Inc Copyright c 1996 1997 Andreas Dilger Copyright c 1998 1999 Glenn Randers Pehrson SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 28 TIFF LibTIFF http www libtiff org Copyright c 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright c 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc Permission to use copy modify distribute and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee provided that i 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 THE 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 IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE
18. ile e resize ini Input folder E demoaNinputdir Output folder e sdemoavoutputdirk Output file format jpg 7 images to process in input folder START Processing 1 7 1433073125 7h4d6a73e96 0o jpg gt 14336073125_7b46a73e96_o0 jpg 2 7 CIMG4134 JPG gt CIMG4134 jpg 3 7 Canon IRUS 858 jpg gt Canon IXUS 850 jpg 4 7 RAW CANON 1DMARK3 CR2 gt RAW CANON 1DMARK3 jpg RAW CANON 5D ARGB CR2 gt RAW CANON 5D ARGB jpg RAW OLYMPUS E5S049 0RF gt RAW OLYMPUS _E500B_ jpg hzt 709 1 jpg gt hzt 709 1 jpg SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 11 Processing Images with Background Server SoftColor Toolbox includes utility program directoryserver exe It is on the background running version of softcolor4folder exe It starts runnign on the background and checks input directory for new files to process Directoryserver exe uses softcolor exe to process images same input output file formats used both single file or directory processing All settings are read from INI configuration file It uses same configuration parameters than directory exe There can be multiple configurations running simultaneous different configuration files Example Start gt directoryserver exe configuration ini start Example Stop gt directoryserver exe configuration ini stop If there is white spaces in path or filename use double quotes for parameters Example gt directoryserver exe c
19. lympus e PEF Pentax e SRF Sony e ARW Sony Meta data input output Original EXIF IPTC and XMP metadata information are saved to output file XMP metadata file xmp can be also included to processed image ICC profiles are embedded to output files when color management is used Output e Saves input images to output folder in output format Output Image Formats e JPEG RGB e JPEG CMYK e TIFF RGB e TIFF CMYK e PNG e BMP e PSD with two layers Color Correction e Layer based 16 bit pixel processing e Automatic SoftColor Color Correction e Color EQ for color tone adjustments e Nonlinear Exposure e Nonlinear Contrast e Correction intensity mixing correct original images 0 100 SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 3 Image Processing e Layer based processing e Crop by width height ratio e Crop center point calculated automatically e Resize by pixel dimension and save with or without aspect ratio e Resizing landscape and portrait images with maximum height e Resample images to specific DPI value e Images are rotated automatically by EXIF orientation information e Rotate e Straighten image e Rotate and crop e Flip Mirror e Automatic Sharpening e Soften image e Unsharp masking e Motion blur e Automatic Noise removing and image cleaning Color Management e Load specific icc profile e Convert output image to specific icc profile e Embedded icc profile to output image e Only JPEG an
20. mproved image Positive values rotates clockwise Negative values rotates 90 180 270 counter clockwise Values autoRotate TRUE FALSE Disable automatic orientation adjustment Image rotated automatically by EXIF orientation TAG Default value is TRUE Straighten strAngle 19 19 Straighten and Crop improved image Positive values rotates clockwise Negative values rotates counter clockwise Flip horizontal vertical Parameter Value S TRUE FALSE att improved image across the horizontal axis TRUE FALSE Flip improved image across the vertical axis SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 21 Crop Cropx cropy Parameter Value ane E or TT Sharpen sharpness Parameter Value 0 100 wn N Improved image automatically Soften softness 0 100 Soften improved image DeNoise deNoiseAmount deNoiseAmount 0 100 Remove noise and clean improved image SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 22 UnSharpMask usmAmount usmRadius usmThreshold 1 500 Unsharp masking amount 1 255 Unsharp masking radius pixels Default value is 4 usmThreshold 0 255 Unsharp masking threshold Default value is 5 MotionBlur mbEnabled mbAngle mbDistance mbEnabled TRUE FALSE Is motion blur effect enabled mbAngle 0 360 Motion blur angle degrees mbAngle a Motion blur distance pixels SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 23 Color Management Color manageme
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22. n 2 3 0 2 of SoftColor Toolbox is available Release Notes v 2 3 New Features Rotate and straighten image Straightening an image 19 0 19 degrees Rotate 0 90 180 270 0 90 180 270 Disable automatic orientation fix Orientation from EXIF data v 2 3 New Features Resizing images Set maximum width for improved image Set maximum height for portrait type improved image height gt width Set maximum height for improved image Set maximum width for landscape type improved image widht lt height Scale improved image 1 500 v 2 3 New Features Image processing Filters Motion blur angle 0 360 distance 0 pixels Denoise amp Clean image 0 100 Unsharp Masking Amount 1 500 Radius 0 1 250 0 pixels Threshold 0 255 Automatic image sharpening 0 100 Soften image 0 100 v 2 3 New Features Toolbox 2 Automatic Update v 2 3 Improvements Updated LittleCMS v 2 3 Improvements Updated RAW support v 2 3 Improvements Resize amp Resample performance If you are running the latest version this message is a SoftColor Toolbox Software Update You are using the latest version of SoftColor Toolbox SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 2 SoftColor Toolbox Usage softcolor exe Main tool to process single files usage softcolor exe input output config softcolor4folder exe Helper tool to process all files in input directory with single command usage softcolor4folder exe confin
23. nt settings are configured in ColorManagement section icc iccprofile renderinglntent useBlackPoint In ColorManagement section you can adjust color management by following parameters iccprofile value define icc profile which is used to output image Output image is converted to icc profile RGB or CMYK In profile value path and filename must be set eg e srgb icc renderinglntent defines rendering Intent for ICC profile conversion Value can be PERCEPTUAL RELATIVE COLORIMETRIC ABSOLUTE COLORIMETRIC SATURATION useBlackPoint has two values TRUE or FALSE If value is TRUE then black point compensation is used SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 24 XMP Metadata With XMP configuration you can include XMP data to processed image JPEG TIFF PSD XMP data is read from xmp file and store to image XMP xmpFileName xmpFileName Include XMP metadata file to processed image JPEG TIFF PSD Values XMP file filename path SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 25 4 Example Configuration Folders format png inpbut E demo input output E demo output ColorCorrection automatic TRUE exposure 5 intensity 50 ColorManagement iccprofile E SRGB icc renderingIntent PERCEPTUAL useBlackPoint FALSE With this configuration files are saved in PNG format Images are color corrected automatically and more exposure will be adjusted Original and improved images are mixed 50 Output files are converted to sRGB ic
24. ssing inp N A 7 images to process in input folder Saving output READY START Processing ES 1433073125 7bh46a73e96 0o jpg gt 1433073125 7hd6a73e96 o jpgy CIMG4134 JPG gt CIMG4134 jpg Canon IXUS 859 jpg gt Canon IXUS 8509 jpg RAW CANON 1DMARK3 CR2 gt RAW CANON 1DMARK3 jpg RAW CANON 5D ARGB CR2 gt RAW CANON 5D ARGB jpg RAW OLYMPUS E599 0RF gt RAW OLYMPUS ES00 jpg hzt 7909 1 jpg gt hzt 766_1 jpg SoftColor Toolbox User Manual Input image files or batch process folders e Reads single files or entire directory as input e Batch process all supported file formats in input directory e Parameters are given as commend line arguments Input file folder Output file folder e After firs run only new input images are processed e Check input folder automatically for new unprocessed images e Start server automatically running on background by Windows Service Input Image Formats e JPEG RGB GrayScale YCbCr CMYK YCbCrK e JPEG2000 JP2 J2K and JPC code stream formats JPEG 2000 Part 1 standard ISO IEC 15444 1 e TIFF Load and save TIFF rev 6 0 and Tech Note 2 Packbits JPEG LZW with RGB CMYK B W CIELab e PSD e Microsoft HD Photo e PNG e BMP e PBM e PGM e PPM Input Image RAW formats e DNG Adobe e CRW Canon e CR2 Canon e MRW Minolta e NEF Nikon e RAF Fuji SoftColor Toolbox User Manual e ORF O
25. y Checking You can configure automatically starting configurations and restart background service with Configure Service Tool Start Menu SoftColor Toolbox Service Configure Service Control Toolbox Background Service DirectoryServerService ini C Documents and Settings All Usersiapplication DataiSoftColori Toolbox File contains configurations which are started automatically when computer starts edit Start and Stop DirectoryServerService exe Service is started automatilly when computer starts with this software you can stop and start service manually You need to restart service to activate changes in DirectoryServerService ini The SoftColorDirectoryServerService service is starting The SoftColorDirectoryServerService service is starting The SoftColorDirectoryServerService service was started successfully By clicking Edit button DirectoryServerService ini will be opened to notepad exe for editing If DirectoryServerService ini is missing template will be created automatically workflowstostart configFile1 c config1 ini configFile2 c config2 ini configFile3 c config3 ini lf you make modifications to DirectoryServerService ini you have to restart service to activate them SoftColor Toolbox User Manual 14 Customize Processing Settings Custom processing settings are stored to separate INI configuration files and it is given as a parameter to softcolor exe softcolor4folder exe or directoryserv
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