User manual KONICA MINOLTA S304 DIMAGE IMAGE VIEWER UTILITY

[. . . ] 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. · This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the prior permission of Minolta Co. , Ltd. · 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. · Minolta cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or other problems caused by use of this software. [. . . ] 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. 5. Click "Save". - 32 - - 33 - 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). USING THE SOFTWARE ­ SAVING IMAGES 3. Select the type of image files to save from the "File Type:" dropdown 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. 2. Click the "Save an Image" button in the main window. The OS (operating system) standard (destination) folder selection dialog appears. (The figure in the lower left-hand is for Windows®, and that in the lower right-hand for Macintosh. ) 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. 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). - 34 - - 35 - 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 COLOR CORRECTION Corrections using the tone curves 1. Click the "Tone Curves/Histogram Correction" button. The "Tone Curves and Histogram" window (figure-below) appears. 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", "G" or "B", you can correct each color separately. "Ctrl" ("Command" for Macintosh) key + 0 (zero) RGB "Ctrl" ("Command" for Macintosh) key + 1 "Ctrl" ("Command" for Macintosh) key + 2 "Ctrl" ("Command" for Macintosh) key + 3 15 1 2 R G B 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 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 Snapshot button 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 3. 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. 3 4 5 6 7 8 (continued - 36 - 37 - ) COLOR CORRECTION To Draw a Free Hand Tone Curve: 1. Select the desired tone curve channel to correct from the "Channel" drop-down list. [. . . ] 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. 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. [. . . ]