Minolta DIMAGE VIEWER 2.1 Bedienerhandbuch

INSTRUCTION MANUALE9222-7300-11 MM-A209

The license agreement appears. If you accept the agreement, click“Yes” to continue the installation routine.• Read the entire license agreement carefu

11The location for the DiMAGE Viewer files must be specified. Clickthe reference button.Confirm the installation location on the installer screen. Cli

12STARTING UP THE VIEWERStarting up the Viewer – WindowsSelect the DiMAGE Viewer from theDiMAGE Viewer folder in the programoption of the start menu.T

13Starting up the Viewer – MacintoshOpen the DiMAGE Viewer folder.Double-click the DiMAGE Viewericon to start up the application. Themain window of th

14IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGESImages can be loaded directly from a digital camera or from imagefolders saved in the computer. Simply use the folder tr

15Opening audio filesVoice memos, audio captions, and audiorecordings made with the camera can beplayed back with the DiMAGE Viewer. To con-firm if yo

16IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGESChanging the display formatThe contents of a folder can be displayed as thumbnail images, icons, or in a list with file

17Changing the thumbnail formatThe thumbnail format can bechanged. Four format are available:large, medium, small, and mediumwith data.To change the f

18IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGESSorting image filesImage files can be sorted by name, date, or extension in ascending or descending order. This func-tio

19Renaming multiple filesMultiple files can be renamed in the thumbnail, icon, or list displays (p. 16).Click on the thumbnail borders or file icon to

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20IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGESNew folders can be created to store images. Clickon the desired location for the new folder. In thisexample the new fold

21Moving images to another folderMultiple files can be moved from one folder to another.Click on the thumbnail borders or file icon to select theimage

22IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGESCopying images to another folderMultiple files can be copied from one folder to another.Click on the thumbnail borders o

23Cut, copy, paste, and delete – WindowsWhen a delete command is given, a confirma-tion screen will appear. Clicking the yes buttonwill execute the co

Image information can be saved as a special text file. Simplyselect single or multiple thumbnails and then select the save-image-information option fr

25Image information setupThe Exif information displayed in the imageinformation window can be edited. Select theimage-information-setup option from th

26BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGThe image-correction window displays the utility’s image-processing tools. Adjustments to color, con-trast, brightness, and sa

27Brightness, contrast, and color-balance button (p. 36)Image number display (p. 28)Fit-to-window but-ton (p. 30)Reset-all button (p. 39)Redo button (

In the index display, an image can automatically beloaded into the image-correction window. Simply dou-ble-click on a thumbnail or icon to display the

29Flip and rotate imagesOriginal imageFlip – when an image is flipped, itwill create a mirror image.Rotate – the rotate-right button rotates thethumbn

3BEFORE YOU BEGINBefore installing the DiMAGE Viewer software, read the data-transfer section in the camera manual.This section details how to connect

30BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGNormally, an image is displayed based on its size and resolution. When the image is toolarge for the display area, clicking th

The display image can be enlarged or reduced.Click the magnifying button on the tool bar orselect Magnifying Tool from the cursor option onthe view me

32BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGThe variation palette allows an image to be corrected by comparing it to other slightly correctedimages surrounding it. This i

33Six images with a slight color correction are displayed around a thumbnail of the original image. Formore about color, see page 38.Drag the variatio

34BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGDrag the variation-step slide bar, or enter the correc-tion level into the text box to set the degree of correc-tion.• The ini

35Drag the variation-step slide bar, or enter the correc-tion level into the text box to set the degree of correc-tion.• The initial setting is 10. Th

36BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGBrightness, contrast, and color-balance paletteClicking the auto-setting button corrects the brightness and con-trast automati

37Comparing pre- and post correction imagesClicking the comparison display button divides the image display area in two. The originalimage is on the l

38BASIC IMAGE PROCESSINGIn photography, red, green, and blue are the primary colors. The secondary colors, cyan, magenta,and yellow, are made from com

Images of black text or line art on whitebackgrounds can be processed tosharpen detail and reduce unevenillumination. Only images with horizontaland v

4TABLE OF CONTENTSSystem requirements ...

40SAVING IMAGESTo resize the displayed image, click the image-size but-ton. The image size window will open.Enter the new width or height value in the

41Saving an imageIn the save-as dialog box, specify the location to savethe file (1).Enter the file name without an extension (2).Specify the file for

42PRINTINGPrinting imagesWith the image to be printed displayed in thecorrection window, click the print button orselect the print option from the fil

43PositionThe image can be positioned within the printing area. Simply click on the appropriate radio buttons.Changes are immediately displayed in the

44ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGRGB value displayLoad image-correction Job button (p. 63)Save image-correction Job button (p. 62)Snapshot button (p. 61)Hue

45Click the tone-curve/histogram button to display the palette.The tone curve / histogram paletteReset buttonAuto-setting buttonOutput shadow and high

46ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGClick the arrow next to the channel box to select the channelfrom the drop-down menu.• To make adjustments to the color bal

47Drawing tone curves by freehandClick the freehand-curve button (1).• The mouse pointer changes to the pencil tool whenplaced in the tone-curve box.T

This is a simple technique to make a subject hidden in the shadowsbrighter. Unlike the brightness level control (page 36), this methodof correction wi

The contrast of an image can be changed.The light blue 45° line on the tone-curvegraph represents the original contrast ofthe image. Making the angle

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50ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGAdvanced image corrections can be made by specifying a white, black, and gray point within theimage. Locating an appropriat

51Click the gray-point button.• The gray point controls the color of theimage.Click a neutral area of the image to bedefined as the gray point.• The a

52ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGThe white and black-point values are set to 255 and 0 for each RGB level. Changing these valuesallow the calibration of an

53Tone curve / histogram auto settingClick the auto-setting button.• The change is immediately reflected in the displayed image.• The auto-setting fun

54ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGThe color histograms can be displayed with the channel list box or with keyboard shortcuts. Whileholding the shift key (Win

55The highlight level, shadow level, and gamma can be set manually. The histogram can be used tomaximise the distribution of the pixels in the image.

56ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGHue, saturation, and lightness paletteThis palette adjusts the image in reference to the HSB color model. These controls ca

57Hue correctionsChanges in hue rotate the original colorvalues though a color space and reassignsa new hue depending on the new positionin the color

58ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGThe apparent sharpness of the image can be increased. Sharpness is very subtle, but can have apowerful effect on overall im

59Frequency slider – affects the sharpness of image details. The high frequency setting maximizesresolution, and the low-frequency setting maximizes a

6SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSIBM PC/AT compatible computers133MHz Pentium processor or higher64MB or more of RAM(128MB or more with Windows XP)200MB or more of

60ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGSaving a portion of an image – Area marqueeAn area of an image can be selected and savedas a separate image file.Click on t

61Tracking image corrections – snapshot buttonImage corrections can be stored temporarily as a thumbnail next to the displayed image.Simply click the

62ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGAll corrections applied to an image can be saved as an image-correction Job. The Job can be loadedinto the utility at any t

63Click on an image-correction Job thumbnail toselect it. Click “OK” to apply the Job to the dis-played image.• Jobs are loaded into the snapshot disp

Certain digital cameras, such as the DiMAGE 7Hi or DiMAGE 7, use a special file format calledMinolta-RAW. This file can only be read and processed by

Click on the gray-point button (a) to calibrate the white balance to a point within the image; the cursorwill change to the gray-point dropper tool. W

66ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSINGClick the save button on the tool bar or select the save option from the file menu to save the dis-played image. In the sav

67Saving RAW JobsRAW processing settings can be saved and appliedto other images.After all setting have been made on the open-Minolta-RAW-file dialog

Except for RAW processing, the settings in thedialog box are applied equally to all images. If RAWimages are included in the batch, they can beprocess

Specify the file type of theimages (2). If saved in the TIFFformat, the bit length must beselected (3): 24 bit or 48 bit.Once saved as 24 bit, imagesc

7RAM-stationed programs such as anti-virus or installation-monitoring software may cause the installerto fail. Remove or disable these programs before

70MOVIE ENHANCERQuickTime must be installed on thecomputer system for the Movie Enhancerto be used. For QuickTime and systemrequirements, see page 7.T

The Movie Enhancer can minimize flicker in 640 X 480 (VGA) or smaller movie files. General flickereffects the overall image area evenly. Localized fli

72MOVIE ENHANCEREditing movie filesThe Movie Enhancer can join movie clips together, cut sections from a clip, or copy sections fromone clip to anothe

7312Select the paste-frame option from the menu to complete the operation.On the second movie clip, use the jog slider to locate the point to paste th

The image quality of a 640 X 480 (VGA) or smaller movieclip can be adjusted. If both flicker correction and imagecorrection is applied to the same mov

Color corrects the overall color cast of an image. The higher the level, the greater the color balance isshifted toward neutral. Contrast controls the

The application software to open stillimages, movie clips, and audio filescan be specified in the preferencesdialog box. To open the dialog box,select

77The create-application-link function links another image-processing application to the DiMAGEViewer. When the link is made, the application icon is

78ADVANCED SETUPColor matching – Color preferencesSelect the color-preferences option from thefile menu to open the dialog box.In the dialog box, clic

79Apple RGB – widely used in DTP. It is the standard color space in many common graphic arts anddesign applications: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc

8INSTALLATIONClick the “Starting up the DiMAGE Viewer installer” buttonto begin installation.Installing the DiMAGE Viewer – WindowsIn the example belo

80ADVANCED SETUPUsing device ICC profilesICC profiles can be found in the following locations:Windows 98/98SE/Me: [Windows] folder > [System] folde

81ICC profiles for specific monitors or printers are available from the manufacturer. These may bedownloaded from the manufacturer’s web site. See the

82ADVANCED SETUPMicrosoft and Windows are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries ofMicrosoft Corporation. The official name of

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9To install the software in the default location – F:\ProgramFiles\DiMAGE Viewer, click “Next >.”• To install the software in a different location,