Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto DiMAGE H-A106 del fabbricante Minolta
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INSTR UCTION MANU AL E 9224-2766-21 H-A106.
- 2 - • This instruction manual ma y not be copied either in par t or in its entirety without the prior per mission of Minolta Co ., Ltd. © 2001 Minolta Co ., Ltd. • Ev er y precaution has been taken to ensure the accur acy of this material Please contact Minolta if you ha ve any questions , find an y mistak es or notice missing inf ormation.
- 3 - This instruction manual does not provide instructions f or the basic operation of the personal computers, or the basic oper ation of Windows® or Mac OS oper ating systems. Please ref er to the man ual that came with y our computer f or inf or mation on the abov e mentioned topics.
- 4 - T ABLE OF CONTENTS T ABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................4 BEFORE Y OU BEGIN..........................................................................................
- 5 - T ABLE OF CONTENTS COLOR CORRECTION ................................................................................................40 Corrections using the tone cur ves ...........................................................................
- 6 - BEFORE Y OU BEGIN TERMS USED IN THIS MANU AL • This manual assumes that y our computer’ s operating system (Windo ws®95/98/98 Second Edition/Me/2000/NT 4.0 or Mac OS) as well as other necessary software such as de vice drivers hav e been installed, and are operating properly .
- 7 - BEFORE Y OU BEGIN • If you are using Macintosh OS , the ter m ‘Command K ey’ ref ers to the key located ne xt to the Space Bar . • Command names shown in this man ual which are common both to the Windows® and Macintosh systems do not indicate any of the shor tcut ke ys found in Windows® command names .
- 8 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windo ws ® ) The system requirements f or the operation of this softw are are as shown belo w: IBM PC/A T and their compatible computers CPU Intel P entium® Processor 133MHz or higher OS Windows®2000 Prof essional, Windows®Me , Windows®98 / 98 Second Edition, Windoes®95, Windows®NT4.
- 9 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Macintosh) The system requirements f or the operation of this softw are are as shown belo w: Apple Macintosh Series computers CPU P owerPC 100MHz or higher (e xcept a non-Macintosh Mac OS-compatib le computer) OS Mac OS 8.6 / 9 / 9.
- 10 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windo ws ® ) F ollow the procedure belo w to install the softw are on your Windows PC . RAM stationed programs such as anti-virus progr ams or installation monitoring programs ma y cause the installer to f ail.
- 11 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windows ® ) The “License Agreement” (figure-left) appears. Read the entire “License Agreement” carefully before continuing the installation If you do not ag ree to the terms of the “License Agreement”, clic k “No”.
- 12 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windo ws ® ) Click “Next >”, and the “Select Program F older” window (figure-left) will appear . 7. The name of the pr ogram f older where y ou will add the pr ogram icon is shown in the windo w . Click “Next >” to add the icon in the default (rever sed) f older .
- 13 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Macintosh) F ollow the procedure belo w to install the softw are on your Macintosh computer . Functional e xpansion progr ams such as anti-virus programs or control panel documents ma y cause the installer to f ail.
- 14 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Macintosh) 6. Clic k “Next >>” 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 ag ree to the terms of the “License Agreement”, clic k “No”.
- 15 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Macintosh) 8. Make sure that y ou ha ve selected a pr oper f older f or installation, and then c lic k “Next >>”.
- 16 - ST AR TING THE SOFTW ARE F or Windows ® : 1. T urn on y our PC to start Windows®. 2. Select “Star t” “Pr ograms(P)” “DiMA GE Image Vie wer Utility” “DiMA GE Image Viewer Utility”. The main window of the utility (figure-left) appears .
- 17 - ST ARTING THE SOFTW ARE F or Macintosh: 1. T urn on y our Macintosh to start Mac OS. 2. Open the f older where y ou installed the application software (the f older that y ou selected or created during the software installation), and open the “DiMA GE Image Viewer Utility” folder in the same wa y .
- 18 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS This software reads all image files (or one file) in the selected f older , and displa ys their thumbnails (100 x 75 pix els) on the screen.
- 19 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Displa y Thumbnails of All Images in the Folder: 3. Clic k the “Load All Images” button of the main window . The OS (operating system) standard f older selection dialog bo x appears. (The left-hand figure is for Windows ® .
- 20 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS 5. Image files in the selected f older are read, and their thumbnails are displa yed (figure-left). * If Minolta-RA W files (image files with the .mrw e xtension) e xist in the selected f older , the “Open the Minolta-RA W File” windo w appears e v ery time the software reads it in.
- 21 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Displa y a Thumbnail of a Cer tain Image in the Folder: (continued from page 18, Oper ation 2 ) 3. Clic k the “Load an Image” button in the main window . The OS (operating system) standard f older selection dialog bo x appears.
- 22 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS * If you selected a Minolta-RA W file (image file with the .mrw extension), the “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window appears when the softw are reads it in. The file will be processed to the image format that can be displa y ed on the monitor , and its thumbnail will be display ed.
- 23 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Open Minolta-RA W Files: If the selected image files are Minolta-RA W files (image files with the .mrw extension), the f ollowing “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window appears bef ore thumbnails are displa y ed.
- 24 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Open Minolta-RA W Files: (continued) 1 2 3 4 5 white balance selection menu 1 Select the white balance to apply to Minolta-RA W files. saturation adjustment slide bar 2 Adjust the saturation le v el between L (lo w) and H (high).
- 25 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS 1. Select a white balance option to apply fr om the white balance selection menu. 2. Adjust the saturation and contrast level with slide bar s if necessary , and then select the sharpness level.
- 26 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS 3. Clic k “OK”. Image files are processed accor ding to the setting in the “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window , and thumbnails of Minolta-RA W files are display ed in the main window . The “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window will close automaticall y .
- 27 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Sa ve in the Minolta-RA W File Format: If you clic k “Save” instead of “OK” in the “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window , the OS (operating system) standard file sav e dialog appears. (The left- hand figure is f or Windows ® .
- 28 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Rotate, Flip and Sort Thumbnails: Sor ting-Order Switch button Sor ting-T arget Specification list bo x Flip-V er tical button Flip-Horizontal button Rota.
- 29 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Change the Image Size: 1. Select the thumbnail that y ou wish to re-size , and then clic k the “Image Size” b utton in the main window . The “Image Size” window appears . 2. T ype the width or the height value of the re-sized image in pixels.
- 30 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Displa y the Ima ge (Recording) Inf ormation: 1. Select the thumbnail f or which y ou wish to see image inf ormation, and then c lic k the “Image Information” b utton in the main window .
- 31 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Delete Thumbnails: 1. Select the (thumbnailed) image that y ou wish to delete in the thumbnail displa y area of the main window . 2. Press the “Delete” key on y our keyboar d. The selected thumbnail will be deleted.
- 32 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – COLOR MA TCHING The color matching function of this software is to repr oduce a subject’ s color on your monitor screen or on the specified color space. If y ou wish to reproduce a subject f or photography as close to original color s as possible, you should select the “Color Matching ON” option.
- 33 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – COLOR MA TCHING 2. Select the desired color space fr om the “Output Color Space” drop-do wn list. If y ou wish to reproduce ima ges on your monitor as c lose to the .
- 34 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – COLOR MA TCHING 2. Clic k “Load…”. The Windows ® standard file open dialog bo x appears. 3. Select y our color monitor’ s ICC profile, and then clic k “Open”.
- 35 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – COLOR MA TCHING If you use Macintosh, f ollow the procedure below . 1. Select the “Use ICC profile” option from the “Output Color Space” pop-up menu. 2. Clic k “Choose” of the folder selection dialog bo x or “Open” of the file selection dialog bo x.
- 36 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – SA VING IMA GES The f ollowing describes how to sa ve thumbnailed images as image files in your desired location. T o Sa ve an Image File: 1. Select the thumbnail that y ou wish to sa ve . 2. Clic k the “Save an Image” button in the main window .
- 37 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – SA VING IMA GES 3. Select the location to save the ima ge file from the “Sa ve in:” drop-do wn list (the pop-up menu on the top of the dialog f or Macintosh), and then type the file name to save in the te xtbo x next to “File name:” (“Name:” for Macintosh).
- 38 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – SA VING IMA GES T o Sa ve Multiple Images at One Time: 1. Select the thumbnails that y ou wish to sa ve . If you wish to select more than 2 (thumbnail) images , clic k those (thumbnail) images while holding the “Ctrl” key (“Command” ke y f or Macintosh).
- 39 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – SA VING IMA GES 3. Select the destination f older to save ima ges. 4. Select the type of image files to save fr om the “File T ype:” dr op-down list (“File T ype:” pop-up menu for Macintosh). Select either “TIFF” or “JPEG” .
- 40 - COLOR CORRECTION If you clic k the “Color Correction” tab, the f ollowing “Color Correction” window appears. Y ou can add various corrections (retouches) using tone cur ves and histog rams , or corrections of brightness, color balance, saturation, lightness and so on.
- 41 - COLOR CORRECTION Corrections using the tone curves 1. Clic k the “T one Curves/Histogram Correction” button. The “T one Cur ves and Histog ram” window (figure-below) appears . 2. Select the desired tone curve channel to correct fr om the “Channel” drop- down list.
- 42 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Dra w a Free Hand T one Curve: 1. Clic k the “T one Curves/Histogram Correction” button. 2. Select the desired tone curve channel to correct fr om the “Channel” drop- down list. 3. Clic k the “Draw T one Curves” b utton, and then mo ve the mouse cursor o ver the tone curve .
- 43 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Images Using the “Blac k P oint” Button: Y ou can correct images by specifying the shadow point (the point that y ou wish to reproduce in b lac k) on the pre vie w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Double-c lic k the “Blac k P oint” button.
- 44 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Images Using the “White P oint” Button: Y ou can correct images by specifying the highlight point (the point that you wish to reproduce in white) on the pre vie w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Double-c lic k the “White P oint” button.
- 45 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Images Using the “Gra y P oint” Button: Y ou can correct images by specifying the gra y point (the point that you wish to reproduce in monochrome) on the pre vie w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Clic k the “Gray P oint” button.
- 46 - COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction – A uto Setting: Y ou can correct images by specifying the “Input Le vel” and the “Output Le v el” ranges in the “Histogram” palette in the corrected image displa y area, where the color le v el distribution of the pre view image is displa y ed.
- 47 - COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction – T o Correct RGB Channels Separately: 1. Clic k the “RGB Histograms” button. The “T one Cur ves and Histog ram” window is e xpanded to the right and each histogram f or “R”, “G” and “B” (figure-lower left) appears .
- 48 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance: 1. Clic k the “Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance Correction” button. The “Br ightness, Contr ast and Color Balance Correction” window (figure-lo wer left) appears .
- 49 - COLOR CORRECTION If you clic k “ A uto Setting ”, “Brightness” and “Contrast” will be automatically adjusted based on the lightness inf ormation holding the RGB color balance. Y ou can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the “Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance Correction” window b y clic king “ Reset ”.
- 50 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Hue, Saturation and Lightness: 1. Clic k the “Hue , Saturation and Lightness Correction” button. The “Hue, Saturation, Lightness Correction” window (figure-low er left) appears. 2. Drag the contr ol of eac h slide bar with the mouse, or type an appropriate number in eac h bo x.
- 51 - COLOR CORRECTION If you clic k “ A uto Setting ”, “Saturation” will be automatically corrected f ocusing on conspicuous par ts of the image and holding “Hue” and “Lightness” as they are. Y ou can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the “Hue, Satur ation, Lightness Correction” window b y clicking “ Reset ”.
- 52 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction: Y ou can perform corrections of “Color Balance”, “Br ightness & Contrast” and “Saturation” while checking the finishing (the image after corrections) on simulation images . 1. Clic k the “V ariation Correction” button.
- 53 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction – Color Balance: “Adjust Correction Le v el” slide bar “Displa y Limit” checkbo x If you selected the “Color Balance” variation option , sho.
- 54 - COLOR CORRECTION “Adjust Correction Le v el” slide bar “Displa y Limit” checkbo x V ariation Correction – Brightness & Contrast: If you selected the “Brightness & Contrast.
- 55 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction – Saturation: “Adjust Correction Le v el” slide bar “Displa y Limit” checkbo x If you selected the “Saturation” variation option , sho wing .
- 56 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Undo the Correction: Clic k the “Undo” button. Y ou can cancel the current image correction and retur n the image to the pre vious status. Y ou can k eep cancelling corrections you made b y clicking the button repeatedly as f ar as your computer memory capacity allows .
- 57 - COLOR CORRECTION Snapshot: Y ou can sav e the pre vie w image displa y ed in the corrected image displa y area temporarily in the snapshot displa y area. If you sa ve the snapshot at each phase of correction, you can quic kly previe w the image under each correction status.
- 58 - COLOR CORRECTION Color Correction Job: Y ou can register color correction contents in each correction window as the “Color Correction Job”. If you hav e a fixed correction pattern (to some .
- 59 - COLOR CORRECTION T o apply the registered color correction job to other images, perf or m the follo wing operations: 1. Displa y the image that y ou wish to apply the series of color corrections in the “Correction Image Display” area. 2. Clic k the “Select a Color Correction Job” b utton.
- 60 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Compare the Pre/P ost Correction Images: Clic k the “Pre/P ost Correction Comparison” button. Y ou 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.
- 61 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Displa y the Whole P ost-Correction Image: Clic k the “Whole Image” button. The whole post-correction image is e xpanded or shrunken according to the main windo w size , and displa y ed in the corrected image displa y area.
- 62 - COLOR CORRECTION Thumbnail Number Displa y: If you selected the image f older (see page 19), the total number of images in the f older and the frame number of the image currently displa yed.
- 63 - COLOR CORRECTION RGB V alue Displa y: The RGB v alues are displa y ed f or the current mouse pointer location on the pre vie w image in the corrected image displa y area.
- 64 - SHARPNESS If you clic k the “Sharpness” tab , the f ollowing sharpness correction window appears. Y ou can set the frequency to be emphasized or the deg ree to be emphasized while chec king those eff ects on the previe w image.
- 65 - SHARPNESS If you chec k the “Preview” chec kbo x, y ou can e x ecute the real time reflection of the correction effect to the pre vie w image in the shar pness correction window . Y ou can select display magnification out of six options; 100%, 66.
- 66 - QUITING THE SOFTW ARE Clic k the “Close” bo x in the main window (the “X” button on the upper right-hand corner of the main window f or Windows®, and the “ ” b utton on the far left corner of the title bar f or Macintosh). The main window is closed and the softw are quits.
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