Asus 1B32-4G Tablet User Manual
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1. COLOR CORRECTION To Draw a Free Hand Tone Curve 1 Click the Tone Curves Histogram Correction button 2 Select the desired tone curve channel to correct from the Channel drop down list Tone Curves and Histogram Channel RGB x del Input 3 Click the Draw Tone Curves button and then move the mouse cursor over the tone curve The mouse cursor changes to a pen shape 4 Drag the mouse to draw the tone curve The tone curve correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area If the drawn tone curve is discontinuous click the Smooth Tone Curves button to smoothen it 42 COLOR CORRECTION To Correct Images Using the Black Point Button You can correct images by specifying the shadow point the point that you wish to reproduce in black on the preview image in the corrected image display area wa Input Output s p Black Point Value White Point Value 2 R p R 255 G fo G 1255 B fo B 1255 Input 3 maa cores Output 4 1 Double click the Black Point button The Point Value Setting window figure left appears Initial values of black point values are all set to zero for R G and B deep black Type values for the shadow point correction in the Black Point Value fields and then click OK Click the Black Point button2. If you move the Lightness control the lightness of the entire image is adjusted Adjusted Color Sample After Corrections hue You can enter values from 180 through 180 for Hue and from 100 through 100 for Saturation and Lightness The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 50 Hue Saturation Lightness Conmection Auto Settina Reset COLOR CORRECTION If you click Auto Setting Saturation will be automatically corrected focusing on conspicuous parts of the image and holding Hue and Lightness as they are You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Hue Saturation Lightness Correction window by clicking Reset The preview image in the corrected image display area will return to the original status where no corrections are performed 51 COLOR CORRECTION Variation Correction You can perform corrections of Color Balance Brightness amp Contrast and Saturation while checking the finishing the image after corrections on simulation images 1 Click the Variation Correction button The Variation window figure lower left appears 2 DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness i 0 oaa 2 Select the desired variation option from the drop down list of the Select Varia
3. on If you click the button it becomes smaller If you move the mouse pointer over the preview image the mouse cursor changes to a hand shape You can scroll the preview image to see the other part of the image by dragging it with the hand shaped mouse cursor You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the sharpness correction window by clicking Reset The Degree to be slide bar control is reset to the O location and it is shown as 0 in the right hand box About Image Frequency High Frequency Low Frequency a certain fixed width in a image Within a certain fixed width in a image when the brightness change is shown as the left hand figure the number of waves included within a certain fixed width is called Frequency high j The part where peaks and troughs appear frequently creating o fine pitches as the upper left hand figure shows is called High a Frequency and within the same width the part where peaks z and troughs appear less frequently creating coarse pitches as 8 the lower left hand figure shows is called Low Frequency law Therefore you can get the target effect by selecting the frequency contained the most in the part where you wish to high emphasize with the Frequency to be slide bar control It is recommended to work on your image while checking the preview image in the sharpness correction window because the frequency with which y
4. 98 98 Second Edition you must install the driver software from the attached CD ROM to execute the above operation If you use Mac OS 8 6 you must first download the dedicated driver software from Apple Computer s Web site and then install it on your Macintosh See the digital camera s instruction manual about how to install the software or download the software If you use Windows 95 NT4 0 you can not execute the above operation however the software also runs on Windows 95 NT4 0 So you can still use this software to image files after copying those files in your selected folder from the CF card by using a CF card reader 1 Set the CF card to the digital camera according to the digital camera s instructions Set the digital camera to the computer connection mode and then connect it to your computer using the USB cable 2 Start the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility application software The main window of the utility appears 18 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Display Thumbnails of All Images in the Folder DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility 3 Click the Load All Images button of r the main window The OS operating system standard folder selection Irumhnai Color Conection Sharpness dialog box appears The left hand figure is for 3 Windows Select Folder xl 4 Select the folder where image files are Colg Matching H 3 gA Deskop stored and then click Select gw Ko
5. If you use Windows follow the procedure below 1 Select the Use ICC profile option from the Output Color Space drop down list 33 USING THE SOFTWARE COLOR MATCHING 2 Click Load The Windows standard file open dialog box appears oven a z e Oc re A mb22y15 itm A appd 518 icm A mnb22g18 icm Dian eee 2 mnb22g21 icm A gendy318 1cm A mnebug15 icm A gend9322 irm 8 mnebuigta irm Hitachi Compatible 9300K G2 2 km mmnebuy2 ium 21x Look inc C coke adud 522 ium Fies of type Colne Management Profile ICM X Cancel Fie name Diaword Compatibte 3300K G2 Ziem 3 Select your color monitor s ICC profile and then click Open ICC profiles are normally stored in the following folders if your system startup disk drive is C e Windows 95 98 98SE Me C Windows System Color e Windows NT4 0 C WINNT system32 Color e Windows 2000 C WINNT system32 spool drivers color 34 USING THE SOFTWARE COLOR MATCHING If you use Macintosh follow the procedure below 1 Select the Use ICC profile option from the Output Color Space pop up menu Monitor ICC Profile Name j 2 Click Choose of the folder selection Monitor iccrrories a S GO dialog box or Open of the file Date Modified E Appie 12 RGB Standara 2 25 1998 selection dialog box A 13 RGB St 2 25 1998 P
6. Sharpness tab the following sharpness correction window appears You can set the frequency to be emphasized or the degree to be emphasized while checking those effects on the preview image _DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility sioj xi 9 73 Yo Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness Frequency to be Low Frequency Deges to be pasa m rapt foe Joxa F Preview Reset 1 Drag the Frequency to be slide bar control with the mouse to select the frequency that you wish to emphasize the sharpness You can not set the control between graduations 2 Drag the Degree to be slide bar control with the mouse to select the degree that you wish to emphasize the sharpness Or type the value directly in the right hand box You can not set the control between graduations only in the case of Windows You can set the value by 0 1 at a time within the range of 0 0 through 2 0 The slide bar control is linked to the value in the box If you change either one the other value location is also changed correspondingly 64 SHARPNESS If you check the Preview checkbox you can execute the real time reflection of the correction effect to the preview image in the sharpness correction window You can select display magnification out of six options 100 66 7 50 33 3 25 and 16 7 If you click the button under the preview image the display magnification of the preview image becomes larger
7. Snapshot button 40 686968089 6 Store a color correction job button Select a color correction job button Pre post correction comparison button Whole image button Thumbnail number display RGB value display Snapshot display area Corrected image display area COLOR CORRECTION Corrections using the tone curves 1 Click the Tone Curves Histogram Correction button The Tone Curves and Histogram window figure below appears Tone Curves and Histogram m Channel rce wa Input 189 Output 170 Z la E Input jo fioo 255 Dutput ar as 9 Auto Settina f 2 Select the desired tone curve channel to correct from the Channel drop down list If you select the RGB channel each color will be corrected based on the same ratio If you select R Q or B you can correct each color separately You can also select the channel from your keyboard shortcut Ctrl Command for Macintosh key O zero RGB Ctrl Command for Macintosh key 1 gt R Ctrl Command for Macintosh key 2 gt G Ctrl Command for Macintosh key 3 gt B Move the mouse cursor over the tone curve and then drag it to the location where you wish to make corrections The tone curve correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 41
8. for details If you use Windows 95 NT 4 0 you can not execute the above operation because USB pots are not normally supported however you can still operate image files copied on PC hard disks since the software also runs on Windows 95 NT 4 0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Macintosh The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below Apple Macintosh Series computers PowerPC 100MHz or higher CPU except a non Macintosh Mac OS compatible computer os Mac OS 8 6 9 9 0 2 9 0 4 9 1 RAM 64MB or more of free memory Hard Disk Space 100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace after the software installation Resolution 640 dots X 480 dots or higher Monitor 1024 dots X 768 dots or higher is recommrnded Color Depth 24 bit Color or higher CD ROM Drive Required for software installation Interface Standard built in USB port You need a USB port when you connect a USB mass storage class supported digital camera such as DIMAGE 7 or DIMAGE 5 to your Macintosh with a USB cable and use a CF card in the digital camera as a removable media with this software If you use Mac OS 8 6 you must first download the dedicated driver software from Apple Computer s Web site and then install the downloaded software on your Macintosh to execute this operation See the digital camera s instruction manual for details If you do not download install the dedicated driver s
9. it For example if you type image_01 jpg as the filename to save an image file in theTIFF format the image file will be saved as image_01 jpg tif 4 Select the type of image file to save from the Save as type drop down list File Type pop up menu for Macintosh Select either TIFF or JPEG If you selected JPEG set the compression ratio within the range of 1 High Image through 100 Low Image by dragging the slide bar with the mouse Save as ype JPEG J oa FileType Pes 3 Compression lt 20 Compression j 50 High Image Low imags High Image Quality Low Image Quality a Coe EJ 5 Click Save 97 USING THE SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGES To Save Multiple Images at One Time 1 Select the thumbnails that you wish to save If you wish to select more than 2 thumbnail images click those thumbnail images while holding the Ctrl key Command key for Macintosh If you wish to select more than 2 thumbnail images listed continuously click the first and the last thumbnail images while holding the Shift key shift key for Macintosh If you wish to cancel the selection click the selected image again while holding the Ctrl key Command key for Macintosh DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility 2 Click the Save an Image button in the main window The OS operating system standard destination folder
10. software closes the Open the Minolta RAW File window without reading Minolta RAW files and the procedure is put back to the main window If you click Save instead of OK you can save Minolta RAW files with names and in folders of your choice according to the setting in the Open the Minolta RAW File window See the next page for details The following options are available for more professional image processes If you click OK while holding the Ctrl key for Windows or the Command key for Macintosh the sharpness setting in the Open the Minolta RAW File window will become invalid and images without sharpness corrections are thumbnailed If you click OK while holding the Ctrl and Shift keys for Windows or the Command and Shift keys for Macintosh simultaneously images without sharpness corrections and with the linear Y value Y 1 are thumbnailed The contrast adjustment also becomes invalid at this time Moreover even if you have checked the Color Matching ON the setting becomes invalid 26 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Save in the Minolta RAW File Format If you click Save instead of OK in the Open the Seven E Tensor A A ES Minolta RAW File window the OS operating 1a Pacx00015 miw system standard file save dialog appears The left hand figure is for Windows If you select the place folder t
11. the other value will be changed automatically according to the width height ratio of the current before re sizing image When you re size the image you can only reduce the size You can not enlarge the current image Click OK The image will be actually re sized when you save it See page 36 29 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Display the Image Recording Information DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility 1 Select the thumbnail for which you wish to see image information and Pa a Pa then click the Image Information Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness button in the main window 4 Date of Recording Time of Recording and various information during recording are displayed figure lower left CaA 2001 04 20 Click OK to close the Image Information window Time of 13 23 37 Lens Focal Length 0 0 mm Shutter Speed 1 20 Aperture F35 Sensitivity 0 Exposure Compensation 0 0 Metering Method MultiSegment Flash Burst No 30 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Delete Thumbnails 1 Select the thumbnailed image that ECE Ss you wish to delete in the thumbnail Thumbnail Color Conection Shares lel zjarm S display area of the main window 2 Press the Delete key on your keyboard The selected thumbnail will be deleted This only removes the selected thumbnail from the thumbnail display area of the main
12. window and does not have any influence on the actual image file The image file exists as it is 31 USING THE SOFTWARE COLOR MATCHING The color matching function of this software is to reproduce a subject s color on your monitor screen or on the specified color space If you wish to reproduce a subject for photography as close to original colors as possible you should select the Color Matching ON option If you selected the Color Matching ON option the software will reproduce images as close to the subjects original colors as possible Images will be reproduced in different colors from those on the electronic viewfinder or on the LCD monitor during recording If you correct images using the digital camera s functions such as Digital Effect Control during recording those corrections will be reflected in the images excluding Minolta RAW images files Therefore if you wish to capture images reproduced as close to the subjects original colors as possible do not use the correction function of the digital camera during recording 1 Click the Load All Images or the Load an Image button and then check the Color Matching ON option of the Select Folder window or the OS standard dialog box to open an image file Select Folder x Open ray x Desktop Color Matching Look jn a Test Sampie al a IE My Computer i ig 3 Floppy A Mec ON Pict0007
13. AGE Image Viewer Utility folder in the same way 3 Double click the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility software application icon O DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility B Double click the DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility 3 items 695 7 MB available software application icon the icon circled in the left hand figure DSCIPLibrary MCMLibraryDSC The main window of the utility appears J emona Conee Correction Sharpness Bie Sort we 17 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS This software reads all image files or one file in the selected folder and displays their thumbnails 100 x 75 pixels on the screen If image files are Minolta RAW files image files with the mrw extension they will be processed to the image format that can be displayed on the monitor and their thumbnails 100 x 75 pixels will be displayed Since the software also has color matching capability you can select the output color space when image files are read so that you can control colors for the monitor or the color space that you use Note Subsequent parts of this document assume the following three items The computer and digital camera are connected by the USB cable The computer recognizes the CF card in the digital camera as a removable disk or a removable media Images in the removable disk or the removable media are directly handled by this software If you use Windows
14. File on Windows and File on Macintosh menus but in this manual it is shown as merely as File Example No 2 The Save command appears as Save on Windows and Save on Macintosh menus but in this manual it is shown merely as Save SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below IBM PC AT and their compatible computers CPU Intel Pentium Processor 133MHz or higher Windows 2000 Professional Windows Me os Windows 98 98 Second Edition Windoes 95 Windows NT4 0 Service Pack 6 or later RAM A minimum of 64MB of RAM gt 100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace Hard Disk Space after the software installation Resolution VGA 640 X 480 dots or higher Monitor XGA 1024 X 768 dots or hjgher is recommrnded Color Depth True Color 24 bit or higher CD ROM Drive Required for software installation Interface USB port that each PC maker guarantees to operate without problem You need a USB port when you connect a USB mass storage class supported digital camera such as DIMAGE 7 or DIMAGE 5 to your PC with a USB cable and use a CF card in the digital camera as a removable disc with this software If you use Windows 98 98 Second Edition you must install the USB driver software in the attached CD ROM to execute this operation See the digital camera s instruction manual
15. MIN The essentials of imaging www minoltaeurope com D i MAG E Image Viewer Utility 9224 2766 21 H A106 E INSTRUCTION MANUAL e This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the prior permission of Minolta Co Ltd 2001 Minolta Co Ltd e Every precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this material Please contact Minolta if you have any questions find any mistakes or notice missing information e Minolta cannot accept responsibility for any loss damage or other problems caused by use of this software e With the exception of personal home or equivalent use No part of book magazine music or other copyrighted material may be used copied or revised without the prior permission of the author or copyright holder This instruction manual does not provide instructions for the basic operation of the personal computers or the basic operation of Windows or Mac OS operating systems Please refer to the manual that came with your computer for information on the above mentioned topics Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries of Microsoft Corporation The official name of Windows is Microsoft Windows Operating System Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Apple the Apple logo Macintosh Power Macintosh Mac OS and the Mac OS logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Ot
16. Mac OS standard folder selection dialog box figure below will appear Select the folder where you wish to install the software and then click Choose at the bottom right hand corner of the dialog box Open Utility Installer SS OA 1 30 01 1 29 01 D GB System Folger Tedy o Gea Con 14 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Macintosh Utility Installer MINSLIA DIMAG Ep ce Viewer Utility Utility Installer MINSLIA P I MAG Ejeo Viewer Utility 8 Make sure that you have selected a proper folder for installation and then click Next gt gt The software installation starts Follow the instructions shown on the screen When the software installation has been completed the window shown in the lower left hand corner Operation 9 appears 9 Click Quit The software installation procedure is complete 15 STARTING THE SOFTWARE For Windows 1 Turn on your PC to start Windows 2 Select Start Programs P DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility gt DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility The main window of the utility figure left appears pond sa ree ad 16 STARTING THE SOFTWARE For Macintosh 1 Turn on your Macintosh to start Mac OS 2 Open the folder where you installed the application software the folder that you selected or created during the software installation and open the DiM
17. N To Display the Whole Post Correction Image Click the Whole Image button DIMAGE Imaye iewer Utility 5 xj 23 3 Co Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness BHASA aT ie A The whole post correction image is expanded or shrunken according to the main window size and displayed in the corrected image display area If you click the Whole Image button again it returns to the original sized image 61 COLOR CORRECTION Thumbnail Number Display If you selected the image folder see page 19 the total number of images in the folder and the frame number of the image currently displayed frame number of the image total number of images in the currently displayed opened folder DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness i R 91 91 OO 2 7 j Aea kale a a r amp 108 108 If you click lt 4 the previous frame is displayed If you click gt the next frame is displayed 62 COLOR CORRECTION RGB Value Display The RGB values are displayed for the current mouse pointer location on the preview image in the corrected image display area DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness e 22 e G ae aff P 91 91 2 7 gt G 108 108 tenes SB 74 74 63 SHARPNESS If you click the
18. OM do not appear automatically double click the CD ROM icon on the desktop named DiMAGE Software to open it 3 Double click the Utility folder to open it and then double click the English folder The DiMAGE Software Installer icon appears 4 Double click the DiMAGE Software Installer icon The Installer program starts and the initial window appears Francais Espanol DIMAGE Software Installer icon 13 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Macintosh PACK COND Utility Installer 6 MINSLIA DiMAGEp ace Viewer Utility CAREFULLY READ THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BELOW BEFORE OPENING THIS PACKAGED SOFTWARE OPENING THIS AGE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO THE TERMS AND ITION BELOW IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM YOU SHOULD PROMPTLY RETURN THE PACKAGE UNOPENED This is a license agreement and not an agreement for sale Utility Installer MINSLIA DIMAG jp Viewer Litility Click Next gt gt in the Installer s initial window The License Agreement figure left appears Read the entire License Agreement carefully before continuing the installation If you do not agree to the terms of the License Agreement click No The installation procedure will be terminated Click Yes The window that lets you select a destination folder of the software figure left appears If you click Reference the
19. The mouse cursor changes to a syringe shape Click the shadow point the point that you wish to reproduce in black on the preview image in the corrected image display area The image is corrected so that the clicked point becomes a shadow point The shadow point color will be the Black Point Value entered at Operation 2 The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 43 COLOR CORRECTION To Correct Images Using the White Point Button You can correct images by specifying the highlight point the point that you wish to reproduce in white on the preview image in the corrected image display area 5 1 wa Input Output s A p Black Point Value White Point Value 2 H je RA 1255 G jo G 255 B jo B 1255 Input 3 aua Cen Output 4 Double click the White Point button The Point Value Setting window figure left appears Initial values of white point values are all set to 255 for R G and B pure white Type values for the highlight point correction in White Point Value fields and then click OK Click the White Point button The mouse cursor changes to a syringe shape Click the highlight point the point that you wish to reproduce in white on the preview image in the corrected image display area The image is corrected so that the clicked point becomes a highlight poi
20. ange of 1 through 20 If you check the Display Limit checkbox parts of simulation images that exceeded their display limits 0 or 255 will be reversed when you correct Brightness amp Contrast You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Brightness amp Contrast variation by clicking Reset The current image in the center and eight simulation images will return to the status when this Variation window appeared for the first time Display Limit checkbox 54 COLOR CORRECTION Variation Correction Saturation Adjust Correction Level slide bar foul Saturation x fio I Display Lime Display Limit checkbox Less Saturation More Saturation Reset If you selected the Saturation variation option showing the Current image in the center two other simulation images are displayed in the horizontal direction where each simulation image has been corrected by one level Less and More to the Current image If you click one desired simulation image newly simulated images are displayed by replacing the current image with the selected simulation image If you drag the control of the Adjust Correction Level slide bar with the mouse you can change the degree of the correction by one level from the initial value 10 to another within the range of 1 through 20 If you check the Display L
21. bpe TFF X Cancel High Image Low Image 2 Click the Save an Image button in the main window The OS operating system standard file save dialog appears The figure in the lower left hand is for Windows and that in the lower right hand for Macintosh Utility_4_D7Ss304 p CY Digicom _uiilitysottng A Digi tem utilitysonp L Tompe image CY Sontwore rec version FileType TIFF Compression gt 2I High Image Quality Low Image Quality a Cancel Save J 36 USING THE SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGES 3 Select the location to save the image file from the Save in drop down list the pop up menu on the top of the dialog for Macintosh and then type the file name to save in the textbox next to File name Name for Macintosh If you do not type the extension here the corresponding extension to the type of image file that you will select in the following Operation 4 will be automatically added at the end of the filename tif for TIFF or jpg for JPEG Therefore in the case of Macintosh type the filename not more than 27 characters if you type the filename of more than 28 characters the warning message will be displayed and you will not be able to save the image file due to the Mac OS restriction on the number of characters that you can use to a filename If you attach the extension not corresponding to the type of image file the correct extension will be automatically added to
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23. ey Wine C W Prcx0008 ey Data 0 Output Color Space 2 Win C fence x Pianon Removable Disk F CI Deim C toners Monitor ICC Profle Name C Mise As Filename P2001 5 crew wn B Root G Fies otiosi Supported Fie z Cancel E Printers zy Gn Consol Paral xj EE HeehngON Odi Coka Soara finco E Cem cma iim 32 USING THE SOFTWARE COLOR MATCHING 2 Select the desired color space from the Output Color Space drop down list Output Color Space sRGB 7 Color atchRGB AdobeRGB Wide Range RGB NTSC CIE RGB Use ICC profile PICTOO14 JPG If you wish to reproduce images on your monitor as close to the subjects original colors as possible select the Use ICC profile option from the Output Color Space drop down list and then set the ICC profile of your monitor properly ICC profiles are the files that describe color monitors color reproduction characteristics and they are provided by the monitor manufacturers See your color monitor s instruction manual about how to install the ICC profile You can create color monitor ICC profiles by using one of the profile creation tools on the market You can also create them by the OS attached Monitor Adjustment Assistant function for Macintosh or by Adobe Gamma included in Adobe PhotoShop version 5 0 or later for Windows You may be also able to download them from the Web site of the monitor manufacturers
24. files are Minolta RAW files image files with the mrw extension the following Open the Minolta RAW File window appears before thumbnails are displayed Open the Minota RAW File ad White Balance Setting when recording Ad Sehantion Ukon HIHigh Contant Ukon HHA Shapnert C Soft Nomi C Had Minolta RAW files are in image file format for more professional image processing than TIFF or JPEG that DIMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 supports Therefore corrections such as white balance saturation contrast or sharpness set by the digital camera during recording are not reflected to recorded images They are just recorded as file header information You can modify the header information of recorded Minolta RAW files by using this software to display thumbnails to save files or to save them with different names 23 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Open Minolta RAW Files continued x White Balance Senna when recording PICTOO0I MAW Coe JL sae _cont_ white balance selection menu saturation adjustment slide bar contrast adjustment slide bar sharpness selection radio button preview image Select the white balance to apply to Minolta RAW files Adjust the saturation level between L low and H high The digital camera setting during recording is reflected right after the above window is dis played If you have checked the color matchi
25. h color balance for Red R Magenta M Blue B Cyan C Green G and Yellow Y You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Color Balance variation by clicking Reset The current image in the center and six simulation images will return to the status when this Variation window appeared for the first time 53 COLOR CORRECTION Variation Correction Brightness amp Contrast Adjust Correction Level slide bar m B Saa Brightness amp Contrast ed fio I Display Lime Less Brightness Less Less Brightness Less Brightness More Less Contrast More Contrast More Brightness Less More Brightness Reset If you selected the Brightness amp Contrast variation option showing the Current image in the center eight other simulation images are displayed where each simulation image has been corrected by one level Less Current and More for Brightness holding the same status in the horizontal direction and for Contrast in the vertical direction to the Current image If you click one desired simulation image newly simulated images are displayed by replacing the current image with the selected simulation image If you drag the control of the Adjust Correction Level slide bar with the mouse you can change the degree of the correction by one level from the initial value 10 to another within the r
26. her company and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS eaa e cles af teal a arae Ae scaescuacatedscesscedecetdieaaterenctad 4 BEFORE YOU BE GIN a e a ara aae ae aeaaea eaea aaae a aa A aapa aapi akaieie 6 TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL 00 cccceeccceeeeeeeeeeteeeeeneeeeeaeeeseaeeeeeaeeseeeeeeeaeeeseaees 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WindOws cccscccssseeceeeeeesseeeeeeeeeseeesesneeeenseeeesneeeneeeees 8 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE WindOWS ccccscccseeeeeseseeesseeeeneeeeesneeeenseeeesseeeneeees 10 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Macintosh sseeccesseeseeeeeeeseeeseeeeeneeeeesseeeeneeees 13 STARTING THE SOFTWARE cceccceseeeeseeeeeeeeeeesnaeeeeeeeeesaaeseneeeeeseaesasseeeenseeseseaeensees 16 FOr WINGOWS 32 siersSice5 detours inate Given e A aa edie tie TAAA 16 For Macintosh raien a ia tein ieee AAKA ae debie eesti 17 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILG ccccsccssseeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeesnaeeenseeeeeseeeeneeees 18 To Display Thumbnails of All Images in the Folder 19 To Display a Thumbnail of a Certain Image in the Folder ccececseeeeeeeeeeees 21 To Open Minolta RAW FileS cccccccseeceeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaeeeseaeeeseaeeeseaeeeseeeeseeeeseaeeeeaas 23 To Save in the Minolta RAW File Format cccccccceesseeeeeeseeeseneeeeeneeeseneeeseeaeeeeaes 27 To Rotate Flip and Sort Thumbnails cccescceeeseseeeeeeee
27. imit checkbox parts of simulation images that exceeded their display limits 0 or 255 will be reversed when you corrected Saturation You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Saturation variation by clicking Reset The current image in the center and two simulation images will return to the status when this Variation window appeared for the first time 55 COLOR CORRECTION To Undo the Correction DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Click the Undo button You can cancel the current image correction and return the image to the previous status You can keep cancelling corrections you made by clicking the button repeatedly as far as your computer memory Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness capacity allows Bl 1e 9 c rao To Redo the Canceled Correction Click the Redo button You can perform the canceled operation again Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness zmz oC To Undo All Color Corrections DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Click the Reset All button You can cancel all color corrections Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness zee e 56 COLOR CORRECTION Snapshot You can save the preview image displayed in the corrected image display area temporarily in the snapshot display area If you save the snapshot at each phase of correction you can quickly preview the image under each correction statu
28. isplayed See page 23 of this document for details Thumbnails for animation files files with the avi extension will not be displayed See the DIMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 instruction manual about Minolta RAW files If you selected a folder folder where image files exist on the computer hard disk rather than a folder in the CF card only following kinds of image files can be read and displayed as thumbnails Image files recorded by DIMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 excluding animations Minolta RAW files stored by this software JPEG and TIFF files stored by this software 20 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Display a Thumbnail of a Certain Image in the Folder continued from page 18 Operation 2 DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Onn Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness y EEEE E E Ta Pict0015 miw Fenaa P0007 o On Flerotipe Suported Fil xl Cancel F Color MatchingON Output Coke Space fizo z tosi o execute the color matching process click here and select the output color space from the drop down list or specify he monitor ICC profile See page 32 for details about the color matching process 3 Click the Load an Image button in the main window The OS operating system standard folder selection dialog box appears The left hand figure is for Windows Select the image file that you wish to see and click Open In case
29. l and the Output Level ranges in the Histogram palette in the corrected image display area where the color level distribution of the preview image is displayed The color level is divided into 256 levels from O through 255 Input fo foo oss Oupa J Auto Setting Recet You can find the Input Level Setting slide bar under the Histogram palette and the Output Level Setting slide bar under the Input Level Setting slide bar The Input Level Setting slide bar has three kinds of controls 4 or A buttons the Upper Limit Setting control right the Gamma Setting control middle and the Lower Limit Setting control left The Output Level Setting slide bar has two kinds of controls 4 or A buttons the Upper Limit Setting control right and the Lower Limit Setting control left You can correct images by dragging each control with the mouse or typing an appropriate number in each box of the Input and the Output fields directly For example if you take away the deep black and the pure white parts where no picture elements exist by sliding the Upper Level Setting control a little to the left and the Lower Level Setting control a little to the right as the histogram figure in the left hand shows you will be able to create a rich colored image making the best use of the color levels that the image primarily has Click Auto Setti
30. naaeeeeeenneeeeeena 62 RGB Value Display c cccccccessseeeeeneeeeeseeeeeeeeeceaeeeseaeeeseaaeeseaeeeseaeeeseaeeseaeesesaeeenaas 63 SHARPNESS wizie22cosccse E E FE 64 QUITING THE SOFTWARE ccccseeceeeeceeseeeeneeeeescaeeeneneeeseaessaseeeeeeeseaneeeenseeeesseeeneenees 66 BEFORE YOU BEGIN TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL This manual assumes that your computer s operating system Windows 95 98 98 Second Edition Me 2000 NT 4 0 or Mac OS as well as other necessary software such as device drivers have been installed and are operating properly In general the descriptions in this manual are illustrated by the displays for the Windows version There are no major differences between the displays for the Windows and Macintosh versions except for some of the button layouts and other cosmetic features This manual assumes the use of a two button right handed mouse for Windows The terms click and double click refer to a single or double click of the left mouse button The term drag refers to the action of holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse BEFORE YOU BEGIN e If you are using Macintosh OS the term Command Key refers to the key located next to the Space Bar e Command names shown in this manual which are common both to the Windows and Macintosh systems do not indicate any of the shortcut keys found in Windows command names Example No 1 The File command appears as
31. neeeeeeeenseeeessssaeeeessseaeeees 28 To Change the Image Size cccceeceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeseaeeeseaeeeseaeeeseeeeseeeetenaeeeeaas 29 To Display the Image Recording Information ccccccceseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeteeetenaeeeeaes 30 To Delete Thumbnails 200 0 eee ee eeeeee eee eeeeaeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeaaaeeeeeeeaaeeeeseeeaaeeeeeeeaeeees 31 USING THE SOFTWARE COLOR MATCHING j cseccessessseeeeeeeeeesseeeenseeeesseeeeneeeees 32 USING THE SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGE cccseccessceeseeeeeeseeeesneeeenseeeesseeeeneeeees 36 To Save an Image File c cccecsceceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeseaeeeseaeeeseaeesseaeeesenaeeesaas 36 To Save Multiple Images at One Time cc ccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeeeeneeeeeeeeeseeeetseaeeeeaas 38 TABLE OF CONTENTS COLOR CORRECTION a a ea raaa aa r tessidacdenate cucsveseacerddsseseunacezsaescauntends 40 Corrections using the tone CUIVES sessessisesitssiieerittrittsrireintsirnetinstrensrinsernnern 41 To Draw a Free Hand Tone Curve cccccccccssceccessssceeesssneeeeeesnneeeeessseeeeeessneeeeenss 42 To Correct Images Using the Black Point Button eeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeerrerrrrerreeereeene 43 To Correct Images Using the White Point Button ccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaees 44 To Correct Images Using the Gray Point BUtton cccceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaees 45 Histogram Correction Auto Setting cccceceeeeeee
32. ng This will automatically take away the parts where no information picture elements exist from the histogram and correct the image to use every color level from 0 through 255 The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 46 COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction To Correct RGB Channels Separately Tone Curves and Histogram 1 Click the RGB Histograms button The Tone Curves and Histogram window is expanded to the right and each histogram for R G and B figure lower left appears You can close the histogram for each channel by click the RGB Histograms button again 2 Drag the Upper Limit Setting A in the right hand and the Lower Limit Setting A in the left hand controls of the Input Level slide bar with the mouse for each channel or type an appropriate number in each box of the Input Level and the Output Level fields directly The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area c You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Tone Curves and Histogram window by clicking Reset The preview image in the corrected image display area inne will return to the original status where no corrections are jo fico f5 performed Outpt P Ajo CD 47 COLOR CORRECTION To Correct Brightnes
33. ng process option when you opened the folder file this slide bar is inactive Adjust the contrast level between L low and H high The digital camera setting during recording is reflected right after the above window is dis played If you checked the Color Matching ON checkbox when you opened the folder file this slide bar is inactive Select the sharpness level out of three options The equivalent radio button to the digital camera setting during recording has been checked right after the above window is displayed If you used the Portrait or Night portrait option of the digital subject program selection these radio buttons are inac tive Processes from through are executed to Minolta RAW files and then thin out images 320 x 240 pixels are displayed If you check the Preview checkbox in the lower left hand corner of the window you can execute the real time processing of through to Minolta RAW files 24 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS 1 Select a white balance option to apply from the white balance selection menu If you select Setting when recording the white balance set by the digital camera is applied Pee including AUTO and CUSTOM l Setting when recording v Setting when recording Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent Sa L Low H High 2 Adjust the saturation and contrast level with slide bars if necessary and then select the sha
34. npai F Color Matohna UN oe Shee For Windows m Data D Mlulput Color Space A 2 ay Wind EF aces Click the plus sign located on the left of the T Era F disk icon described as Removable Disk a al Monitor ICC Profile Name Click the plus sign located on the left of the 2 Roni G folder named Dcim E Printers gad 3 Control Panel g Select the folder named 100mIt03 for DIMAGE 7 Select p cance 100mIt04 for DIMAGE 5 For Macintosh Double click the removable media icon described To execute the color matching process as Unknown click here and select the output color Double click the folder icon named Dcim space from the drop down list or specify the monitor ICC profile Select the folder named 100mIt03 for DIMAGE 7 100mlt04 for DIMAGE 5 and then click Choose See page 32 for details about the color in the bottom of the dialog box matching process 19 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS 5 Image files in the selected folder are raem read and their thumbnails are Thumbral Color Comeetion Shasness ajejnlzja n z displayed figure left If Minolta RAW files image files with the mrw extension exist in the selected folder the Open the Minolta RAW File window appears every time the software reads it in Those files will be processed to the image format that can be displayed on the monitor and their thumbnails will be d
35. nt The highlight point color will be the White Point Value entered at Operation 2 The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 44 COLOR CORRECTION To Correct Images Using the Gray Point Button You can correct images by specifying the gray point the point that you wish to reproduce in monochrome on the preview image in the corrected image display area Tone Curves and Histogram Channel Fie _ Ee E ey ee Output Input oS aE Input fo fi oo fas Output Po Es Auto Settina Reset f 1 Click the Gray Point button The mouse cursor changes to a syringe shape Click the point that you wish to reproduce in monochrome gray on the preview image in the corrected image display area The image is corrected so that the clicked point keeps the brightness as it is and becomes monochrome gray with a well proportioned color balance The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area If you click and hold keep pressing the mouse button the Apply button the histogram after correction performed by one of the point buttons appears When you release the mouse button the histogram before the correction appears again 45 COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction Auto Setting You can correct images by specifying the Input Leve
36. o P pienia arisia The folder selection or the file selection dialog box is E ne 16 RGE Standard 2 25 1998 closed automatically and the Mac OS standard file E Appie 21 AGB Page white 2 25 1998 Apple 21 RGB Stancard 2 25 1998 E Appie Color sw Pro 1 27 1994 M Annia Calor Stet Ora Sh 142741004 al Cece Cisse open dialog box figure left appears v 3 Select your color monitor s ICC profile and then click Choose If you save images thumbnails displayed with the Color Matching ON function set to active the ICC profile of the color space selected by the color matching function is embedded to those saved TIFF JPEG files as the tag information If you open those image files by applications with color matching functions e g Adobe Photoshop version 5 0 or later embedded profile information is read and correct color information is transferred to applications See application software manuals for details 35 USING THE SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGES The following describes how to save thumbnailed images as image files in your desired location To Save an Image File 1 Select the thumbnail that you wish to save DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility safe Co Thumbnail Color Conection Sharpness 4 Save s zix Save jnt 9 My Pictures 5 5 al j Ba J Retouched Images Scanned Images Test Sample File name Fictooo Save as
37. o save the file type the file name and click Save in the dialog box the image will be saved with the typed file name and in the selected folder as Minolta RAW file according to the setting in the Open the Minolta RAW File Fie pame Picton window Save abe Meota Rew MAW x Cancel f If you saved it with a different name from that of the opened Minolta RAW file a thumbnail file file with thm extension with the same file name as the saved file will be created automatically If you saved it with the same name and in the same folder as the opened Minolta RAW file the header information will be updated and saved If the TIFF file with the same name already exists in the folder to save the warning message Tiff files and Minolta RAW Files cannot be saved with the same name will appear In this case you should either change the folder or save the file with a different name from that of the TIFF file continued gt 27 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Rotate Flip and Sort Thumbnails DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Conection Sharpness a E ple E Sort Name Sorting Order Switch button Sorting Target Specification list box Flip Vertical button Flip Horizontal button Rotate Clockwise button Rotate Flip Sorting Rotate Counterclockwise button Select a thumbnail and click either the Ro
38. of Windows follow Removable Disk Dcim folder from the drop down list of the Look in selection box until the folder named 100mIt03 for DiMAGE 7 is displayed in the box 100mIt04 for DiMAGE 5 In case of Macintosh follow untitled removable media Dcim folder from the pop up menu in the top of the dialog box until the folder named 100mIt03 for DIMAGE 7 is displayed in the box 100mIt04 for DIMAGE 5 21 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS If you selected a Minolta RAW file image file with the mrw extension the Open the Minolta RAW File window appears when the software reads it in The file will be processed to the image format that can be displayed on the monitor and its thumbnail will be displayed See page 23 of this document for details Thumbnails for animation files files with the avi extension will not be displayed See the DIMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 instruction manual about Minolta RAW files If you selected an image file copied in a certain folder on the computer hard disk rather than a file in the CF card only the following kinds of image files can be read and displayed as thumbnails Image files recorded by DIMAGE 7 DiMAGE 5 excluding animations Minolta RAW files stored by this software JPEG and TIFF files stored by this software 22 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Open Minolta RAW Files If the selected image
39. oftware you can not execute the above operation however you can still operate image files copied on Macintosh hard disks since the software also runs on Mac OS 8 6 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Windows Follow the procedure below to install the software on your Windows PC RAM stationed programs such as anti virus programs or installation monitoring programs may cause the installer to fail Uninstall those programs from your system or temporarily disable them before starting the installation and then put them back on your system after completing the installation For Windows In the procedure below the hard disk drive for system startup is assumed as drive C and the CD ROM drive as drive D e You should install the software on the Windows 2000 NT4 0 PC with the Administrator privilege 1 Turn on your PC to start Windows 2 Insert the attached DiMAGE Software CD ROM into the CD ROM drive After a short time the DIMAGE Installer Menu window figure left appears MINSLTA m a N 3 Click the Starting up the DIMAGE i 7 Image Viewer Utility installer button e aiir Aa The InstallShield Wizard program starts automatically and the Welcome window appears See the digital camera s instruction manual for details of the Starting up the USB device driver CE J E installer this button is active if you use Windows 98 98 Second Edition or the Starting u
40. ou can get the optimum effect depends on subjects for photography or image sizes ss uyfuq 65 QUITING THE SOFTWARE Click the Close box in the main window the X button on the upper right hand corner of the main window for Windows and the L button on the far left corner of the title bar for Macintosh The main window is closed and the software quits DIMAGE She Thumbnail Color Correction tal gt a Sort Name a 66 9224 2766 21 H A106
41. p the QuickTime installer button Starting up the USB device diver imtaler Stating up the QuickTime imtaler To access the CD ROM Fineh 10 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Windows InstallShield Wizard E license Agreement Please sead the folurin koense agement carefully kys Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the resl of the ageemeri his it a icense agreement and not an agreement for sale Minaka owns or has been Irom other owners copyngtite n the let programs Sultrrare You obtan fights to the intellectual croperty in the Software other than the icense granted to you the Soltmare under thes agreement The tiie to the enclosed copy ol the copy Software and anp copy made from is retained by Mincha ce such other comers 1 UCENSE fou may 1 instal ard use the Soltrrare on only one computer at any one Sme make a copy of the Software for backup cr istaliation purposes oriy in support of the and intended use of the Software z Do you accept all the terme of the pr License Agreement Il you choose No the setup wil chose TOEAU MACE boson Toren UIA you man OAS UR OTARA Back Yes No InstallShield Wizard E Choose Destination acation Select folder wiheve Setup r rotal ex y Setup wal risal DIMAGE Image Viewer Utity in the fllowang folder To instal to this folder cick Newt To install to a diferant folder chick Drowee and celect arihes foldes Destination Folder C Prog
42. ram Fies DIMAGE Image Viewer Utity Browse ee ERG _ coe 5 Click Next gt The License Agreement figure left appears Read the entire License Agreement carefully before continuing the installation If you do not agree to the terms of the License Agreement click No The installation procedure will be terminated Click Yes The window that lets you select a destination folder of the software figure left appears 6 To install the software in the default folder C Program Files DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility click Next gt Subsequent parts of this document assume that the software has been installed in the default folder described above To install the software in a different folder click Browse The Choose Folder window will appear Select the folder where you wish to install the software and then click OK siie INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Windows Install heold Wizard E Click Next gt and the Select Program Folder araea f 4 window figure left will appear Setup will add program icons to the Program Folder isted below You may type a new leider naene oF oninct orm hom the masing folkiees ket Chek Next to cordra rogram Folders 7 The name of the program folder where you will add the program icon is shown in the window Click Next gt to add the icon in the default reversed folder In
43. rately If you save multiple images at one time those filenames will be original names without original extensions plus specified file type tif for TIFF and jpg for JPEG In the case of Macintosh files without extensions those extensions will be added to the ends of the original names Therefore you can not save multiple files that have the same names excluding extensions at one time because same filenames can not exist in one folder The warning message Selecting a few files with the same name will be displayed 5 Click OK click Choose for Macintosh 39 COLOR CORRECTION If you click the Color Correction tab the following Color Correction window appears You can add various corrections retouches using tone curves and histograms or corrections of brightness color balance saturation lightness and so on oe MAGE 2 Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness R 128 128 ad A le Ez a a M I gt G 128 128 amro n B 128 128 8 e Tone curves histogram correction button Brightness contrast and color balance correction button Hue saturation and lightness correction button Variation correction button Undo previous operation button Redo canceled operation button Reset all color corrections button
44. rpness level You do not need to do these operations if you Saturahon open Minolta RAW files with the saturation the A EAE contrast and the sharpness level set by the Hen High digital camera during recording cities If you check the Preview checkbox you can 3 an execute the real time reflection of the adjusted L Low HiHigh contents to preview images Sharpness If you click Reset you can clear all settings you set C Sot Nomal C Had in this dialog box ICTOOT If you checked the Color Matching ON checkbox Preview when you opened the folder file saturation and contrast slide bars are inactive If you used the Portrait or Night portrait option of the digital subject program sellection the sharpness buttons are inactive 25 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS 3 Click OK Image files are processed according to the setting in the Open the Minolta RAW File window and thumbnails of Minolta RAW files are displayed in the main window The Open the Minolta RAW File window will close automatically If you changed the saturation contrast or sharpness level at the operation 2 in the previous page the following message will appear If you click Yes the N cial Wiehe ea header information of the Minolta RAW file you are E ve previewing will be replaced and the thumbnail will be displayed If you click Cancel instead of OK the
45. s Click the Snapshot button DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Gaz The current preview image is temporarily r saved and thumbnailed in the snapshot Slrale maol i display area Tanta Cole Conection Sharpness If you click one of the thumbnails in the f se R 228 228 snapshot display area you can preview the image in the corrected image display area You can add images in the snapshot display area as far as your computer memory capacity allows If you wish to delete thumbnails in the snapshot display area select the thumbnail to delete and then press the Delete key press the Command and D keys simultaneously in the case of Macintosh If you quit the software all images in the snapshot display area are deleted 57 COLOR CORRECTION Color Correction Job You can register color correction contents in each correction window as the Color Correction Job If you have a fixed correction pattern to some extent you can easily perform the fixed color correction pattern by registering the series of correction contents as the color correction job and simply selecting the job Ca Sharpness ol oa apa Store a Color Correction Job xj Job Name For _HP_Upload Cancel Perform desired corrections to the preview image in the Correction Image Display area Click the Store a Color Correction Job button The S
46. s Contrast and Color Balance 1 Click the Brightness Contrast and Color Balance Correction button 3 E al s Dal The Brightness Contrast and Color Balance Correction window figure lower left appears Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness 2 Drag the control of each slide bar with the mouse or type an appropriate number in each box For each control the farther you move the control to the right from the center the larger a positive number you type in the box is the larger the effect of the correction is On the contrary the farther you move the control to the left from the center the larger a negative number absolute value you type in the box is the larger pe the effect of the opposite correction is For example p po Red R fo the farther you move the control of Brightness to je je Brightness _ Green G Blue B the left from the center the darker the entire image becomes Or the farther you move the Green G control to the left from the center the less green element the image has and the entire image Aito Setting Reest becomes purplish You can enter a number from 100 through 100 The correction result will be reflected in the preview image in the corrected image display area 48 Brightness Contrast Red R Green G Blue B COLOR CORRECTION If you click Auto Set
47. selection dialog appears The figure in the Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness lower left hand is for Windows and that in the lower y Save in xj Desktop By My Compter E My Documents BY Poue nteenet Explores i Network Neighborhood C Online Services Fie Type TIFF 7 High Image Low Image ca right hand for Macintosh Choose a Folder Gy tainty A_DTSS304 D QY Digian UtilitySon Eog D C disitamUtiiitySont Jo gt Lampie imaz b CY Sortvare rue version FileType CHEN Compression 21 High Image Quality Low image Quality o Kew open cancer Cwe 38 USING THE SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGES 3 Select the destination folder to save images 4 Select the type of image files to save from the File Type drop down list File Type pop up menu for Macintosh Select either TIFF or JPEG If you selected JPEG set the compression ratio within the range of 1 High Image through 100 Low Image by dragging the slide bar using a mouse File Type JPEG a FileType res i R gt Compression 70 Compression 2 High Image Quality Low Image Quality High Image Low Image __ p J ea o Kew _ancel_ choose p All images selected at Operation 1 in the previous page will be saved as image files with the file type and the compression ratio specified in this window You can not specify those to each image sepa
48. staliSheokd Wizard To add the program icon in a new folder type the InstallShield Wizard Complete folder name in the box under Program Folders and then click Next gt To add the program icon in an existing folder select the folder from the folder list in the box under the Existing Folders and click Next gt After you click Next gt the software installation will start When the software installation has been completed a completion window of InstallShield Wizard figure Ca j left appears 8 Click Finish then click Finish in the DIMAGE Installer Menu window The software installation procedure is complete frishad instaling DIMAGE Image Vierer Uy on 12 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Macintosh Follow the procedure below to install the software on your Macintosh computer Functional expansion programs such as anti virus programs or control panel documents may cause the installer to fail Remove those programs documents from your system using the utility such as the functional expansion manager or temporarily disable them before starting the installation and then put them back on your system after completing the installation For Macintosh 1 Turn on your Macintosh to start Mac OS 2 When the desktop appears insert the attached DiMAGE software CD ROM into the CD ROM drive The contents of the CD ROM appear automatically When the contents of the CD R
49. tate Counterclockwise or the Rotate clockwise button If you click the Rotate Counterclockwise button once the thumbnail will be rotated by 90 degrees counterclockwise If you click the Rotate Clockwise button once the thumbnail will be rotated by 90 degrees clockwise Select a thumbnail and click either the Flip Horizontal or the Flip Vertical button If you click the Flip Horizontal button the thumbnail will be flipped horizontally If you click the Flip Vertical button the thumbnail will be flipped vertically Click the Sorting Target Specification list box and select either Name or Date The sorting order switches between Ascending and Descending every time you click the Sorting Order Switch button 28 USING THE SOFTWARE THUMBNAILS To Change the Image Size DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility Thumbnail Color Correction Sharpness y Image Size x PICT0001 JPG OK r Current Image ance Width 2576 Pixels Height 360 Pixels Size 71 MB Resized Image Width 2576 Pixels Height 1960 Pixels Size 7 1 MB Select the thumbnail that you wish to re size and then click the Image Size button in the main window The Image Size window appears Type the width or the height value of the re sized image in pixels If you change either the width or the height value
50. ting Brightness and Contrast will be automatically adjusted based on the lightness information holding the RGB color balance You can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the Brightness Contrast and Color Balance Correction window by clicking Reset The preview image in the corrected image display area will return to the original status where no corrections are performed 49 COLOR CORRECTION To Correct Hue Saturation and Lightness DIMAGE Image Viewer Utility 1 Click the Hue Saturation and Lightness Correction button The Hue Saturation Lightness Correction window figure lower left appears 2 Drag the control of each slide bar with the mouse or type an appropriate number in each box If you move the Hue control the hue shown by the Adjusted Color Sample Before Corrections in red blue and green changes to the status shown by the Adjusted Color Sample After Corrections The farther you move the Saturation control to the right from the center the larger a positive number you type in the box is the more vivid the image becomes The farther you move it to the left from the center the larger a negative number absolute value Saturation Lightness jo Auto Setting Adjusted Color Sample you type in the box is the less vivid the image aD Corrections becomes and it raises the screen effect ue
51. tions combo box You can choose one out of three kinds Color Mand a Balance Brightness amp Contrast and Saturation E fro I Display Lirit f A variety of images appear depending on the selected variation option see page 53 through 55 Current Less Saturation More Saturation Select Variations combo box 52 COLOR CORRECTION Variation Correction Color Balance Adjust Correction Level slide bar i Co i os Display Limit checkbox Green G Red fA Blue B Magenta M Reset If you selected the Color Balance variation option showing the Current image in the center six other simulation images are displayed for Red R Magenta M Blue B Cyan C Green G and Yellow Y where each simulation image has been corrected by one level up to the Current image If you click one desired simulation image newly simulated images are displayed by replacing the current image with the selected simulation image If you drag the control of the Adjust Correction Level slide bar with the mouse you can change the degree of the correction by one level from the initial value 10 to another within the range of 1 through 20 If you check the Display Limit checkbox parts of simulation images that exceeded their display limits 0 or 255 will be reversed when you correct eac
52. tore a Color Correction Job window appears Type the job name and then click OK The series of the correction contents performed at Operation 1 are registered as a color correction job 58 COLOR CORRECTION To apply the registered color correction job to other images perform the following operations De Sharpness ojaa Pace ae Select a Color Correction Job x Color Correction Job Original Image 1 Display the image that you wish to apply the series of color corrections in the Correction Image Display area Click the Select a Color Correction Job button The Select a Color Correction Job window appears Select the color correction job that you wish to apply and then click OK The series of registered correction contents are applied to the preview image currently displayed 59 COLOR CORRECTION To Compare the Pre Post Correction Images Click the Pre Post Correction Comparison button DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility loj x a 22 Thumbnail Culx Conection Sharpness You can check the correction result by comparison with the pre correction image that appears in the left with the post correction image in the right If you click the Pre Post Correction Comparison button again the pre correction image disappears and only the post correction image remains 60 COLOR CORRECTIO
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