User manual POLAROID PDC-3000

[. . . ] Polaroid Digital Camera PDC-3000 User's Guide for PowerMac/PowerPC or Windows applications © Copyright Polaroid Corporation 1997. All rights reserved. "Polaroid", "PDC" and "IQA" are trademarks of Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA, U. S. A. All other product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners. The embedded PDC-3000 compression software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. The embedded PDC-3000 file management software is based in part on SanDisk Host Developer's Tool Kit Ver. [. . . ] Enabling IQA and choosing IQA options To enable or disable individual IQA corrections or specify destinations for pictures being transferred individually as described in Transferring pictures to your computer one at a time on page 128, click the IQA Settings button in the preview window. The IQA Settings box appears. IQA. BMP Using the PDC-3000 with your PowerMac/PowerPC 135 To display a similar box for choosing default IQA settings (used when transferring pictures without using the preview window or when transferring multiple pictures as described on page 131), click the Default IQA Settings button in the Set Preferences window. Specifying a source profile IQA processing optimizes your pictures to suit the specific imaging characteristics of the source (the PDC-3000 camera). You indicate this source in the IQA Setup or Default IQA Settings box. (The PDC software automatically makes this choice based on the PDC-3000 camera settings recorded with the picture when it was taken. ) Specifying a monitor profile In the Monitor drop-down list, select the monitor (usually your current monitor) you will use to view the preview pictures on your system. This allows IQA to optimize the way it displays preview pictures on your system. Using the PDC-3000 with your PowerMac/PowerPC 136 Specifying a destination profile In the Destination box, choose the ultimate destination of the picture (a monitor for on-screen presentations, for example, or a printer with a particular resolution setting for reports or memos). This choice allows IQA to optimize the picture for the imaging characteristics of the monitor or printer. Note: When you print the picture, be sure to choose the same printer and settings you selected. Also be sure all the other printer options are set according to Required printer settings for IQA on page 237. If your printer is not listed in the Destination box, choose the generic monitor setting ("Mon Macintosh generic. icc"). If this choice produces unsatisfactory results when you print, experiment with printer choices in the same family as your printer. You can also check the Polaroid site on the World Wide Web (http://www. polaroid. com) for additional printer profiles to download. If none of these options produces satisfactory results, you may need to disable IQA processing in the preview window or the Set Preferences window. Using the PDC-3000 with your PowerMac/PowerPC 137 IQA correction choices IQA provides the following types of image quality correction, and you can choose them in any combination to suit the pictures you are transferring to your computer: · Auto Exposure (brightness) Automatically corrects for overexposure or under-exposure. · Dodge and Burn (highlight and shadow detail) Enhances highlights by slightly darkening washed-out highlights and slightly lightening dark shadow areas that lack detail. · Match Sharpness Optimizes image sharpness for the selected source and destination devices. · Noise Reduction (removing specks and other small image imperfections) Reduces image noise to the optimum level for the selected source and destination devices. · Cast Removal Provides the following selections for correcting the color bias (the overall tint) of the current picture: None Disables Cast Removal (no change in cast). Pastel Uses mostly light-colored pixels to determine and correct the color bias. Using the PDC-3000 with your PowerMac/PowerPC 138 Gray World Uses all the pixels in the picture to determine and correct the color bias. Bright World Uses the brighter pixels to determine and correct the color bias. Moving the slider left decreases saturation, and moving it right increases saturation. Placing the slider it the center position leaves saturation unaffected. Choosing a file format When transferring pictures from the PDC-3000 camera directly to disk as described in the previous section, you have a choice of two file formats for the transferred pictures: TIFF and PDN. [. . . ] Polaroid grants to you the right to use one copy of the accompanying Polaroid Software on a single terminal connected to a single computer (i. e. , with a single CPU). You may not network the Software or otherwise use it on more than one computer or computer terminal at the same time. The Software is owned by Polaroid or its suppliers and is protected by United States Copyright Laws and International Treaty provisions. Therefore, you must treat the Software like any other copyrighted material (e. g. , a book or musical recording) except that you may either (a) make one copy of the Software solely for backup or archival purposes, or (b) transfer the Software to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes. [. . . ]