Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto H-A106 del fabbricante Minolta
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INSTRUCTION MANU AL E 9224-2766-21 H-A106.
- 2 - • This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the pr ior permission of Minolta Co., Ltd. © 2001 Minolta Co ., Ltd. • Every precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this material Please contact Minolta if you ha ve an y questions, find any mistak es or notice missing inf ormation.
- 3 - This instruction manual does not provide instructions for the basic oper ation of the personal computers, or the basic operation of Windows® or Mac OS operating systems. Please ref er to the manual that came with y our computer for 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 (Windows®95/98/98 Second Edition/Me/2000/NT 4.0 or Mac OS) as well as other necessary software such as device driv ers hav e been installed, and are operating properly .
- 7 - BEFORE Y OU BEGIN • If you are using Macintosh OS , the term ‘Command K ey’ refers to the k ey located ne xt to the Space Bar . • Command names shown in this manual which are common both to the Windows® and Macintosh systems do not indicate any of the shortcut keys f ound in Windows® command names .
- 8 - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windo ws ® ) The system requirements for the oper ation of this software are as shown belo w: IBM PC/A T and their compatible computer s 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 for the oper ation of this software are as shown belo w: Apple Macintosh Series computers CPU P ow erPC 100MHz or higher (except a non-Macintosh Mac OS-compatib le computer) OS Mac OS 8.6 / 9 / 9.
- 10 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windows ® ) Follo w the procedure below to install the softw are on your Windows PC . RAM stationed programs such as anti-virus programs or installation monitoring progr ams ma y cause the installer to fail.
- 11 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windows ® ) The “License Ag reement” (figure-left) appears. Read the entire “License Ag reement” carefully before continuing the installation If you do not agree to the terms of the “License Agreement”, click “No”.
- 12 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Windows ® ) Click “Ne xt >”, and the “Select Prog ram F older” window (figure-left) will appear . 7. The name of the program 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 (reversed) folder .
- 13 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Macintosh) Follo w the procedure below to install the softw are on your Macintosh computer . Functional e xpansion programs 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. Click “Next >>” in the Installer’ s initial window . The “License Ag reement” (figure-left) appears. Read the entire “License Ag reement” carefully before continuing the installation.
- 15 - INST ALLING THE SOFTW ARE (Macintosh) 8. Make sure that you ha ve selected a proper f older f or installation, and then clic k “Next >>”. The software installation starts. Follow the instructions shown on the screen. When the software installation has been completed, the window shown in the lo wer left-hand corner (Operation 9.
- 16 - ST AR TING THE SOFTW ARE F or Windows ® : 1. T urn on your PC to start Windows®. 2. Select “Start” “Programs(P)” “DiMA GE Image Viewer 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 your Macintosh to start Mac OS. 2. Open the folder where y ou installed the application software (the folder that you 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 pixels) on the screen.
- 19 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Display Thumbnails of All Ima ges in the Folder: 3. Click the “Load All Images” button of the main window . The OS (operating system) standard f older selection dialog box appears . (The left-hand figure is for Windows ® .
- 20 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS 5. Image files in the selected folder are read, and their thumbnails are display ed (figure-left). * If Minolta-RA W files (image files with the .mrw extension) e xist in the selected folder , the “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window appears ev ery time the software reads it in.
- 21 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Display a Thumbnail of a Certain Image in the Folder: (continued from page 18, Operation 2 ) 3. Click the “Load an Image” button in the main window . The OS (operating system) standard f older selection dialog box 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 software reads it in. The file will be processed to the image format that can be display ed on the monitor , and its thumbnail will be displayed.
- 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 e xtension), the follo wing “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window appears before thumbnails are displa yed.
- 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 vel 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. Click “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 displayed in the main window . The “Open the Minolta-RA W File” window will c lose automatically .
- 27 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Save 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 for Windows ® .
- 28 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Rotate, Flip and Sor t Thumbnails: Sor ting-Order Switch button Sor ting-T arget Specification list box Flip-V er tical button Flip-Horizontal button Rota.
- 29 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Change the Image Siz e: 1. Select the thumbnail that you wish to re-size, and then c lic k the “Image Size” button in the main windo w . The “Image Siz e” 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 Display the Ima ge (Recording) Inf ormation: 1. Select the thumbnail for whic h you wish to see image information, and then clic k the “Image Information” button in the main windo w .
- 31 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – THUMBNAILS T o Delete Thumbnails: 1. Select the (thumbnailed) image that you wish to delete in the thumbnail display area of the main windo w . 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 reproduce a subject’ s color on your monitor screen or on the specified color space. If you wish to repr oduce a subject for photograph y 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 from the “Output Color Space” drop-down list. If you wish to repr oduce images on your monitor as c lose to the sub.
- 34 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – COLOR MA TCHING 2. Click “Load…”. The Windows ® standard file open dialog bo x appears. 3. Select your 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 belo w . 1. Select the “Use ICC profile” option from the “Output Color Space” pop-up menu. 2. Click “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 follo wing describes how to sav e thumbnailed images as image files in your desired location. T o Save an Ima ge File: 1. Select the thumbnail that y ou wish to save. 2. Click the “Save an Ima ge” 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 “Save in:” drop-down 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 Save Multiple Ima ges at One Time: 1. Select the thumbnails that y ou wish to save. If you wish to select more than 2 (thumbnail) images , click those (thumbnail) images while holding the “Ctrl” k ey (“Command” key f or Macintosh).
- 39 - USING THE SOFTW ARE – SA VING IMA GES 3. Select the destination folder to sa ve images. 4. Select the type of image files to save fr om the “File T ype:” drop-do wn 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 curves and histograms, or corrections of brightness, color balance , saturation, lightness and so on.
- 41 - COLOR CORRECTION Corrections using the tone curves 1. Click the “T one Cur ves/Histogram Correction” button. The “T one Cur ves and Histogr am” window (figure-below) appears . 2. Select the desired tone curve channel to correct from the “Channel” drop- down list.
- 42 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Draw a Free Hand T one Cur ve: 1. Click the “T one Cur ves/Histogram Correction” button. 2. Select the desired tone curve channel to correct from the “Channel” drop- down list. 3. Click the “Draw T one Curves” button, and then move the mouse cur sor over the tone curve .
- 43 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Images Using the “Black P oint” Button: Y ou can correct images by specifying the shadow point (the point that y ou wish to reproduce in blac k) on the previe w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Double-c lick the “Black P oint” b utton.
- 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 previe w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Double-c lick the “White P oint” button.
- 45 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Images Using the “Gray 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 previe w image in the corrected image displa y area. 1. Click the “Gray P oint” button.
- 46 - COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction – A uto Setting: Y ou can correct images by specifying the “Input Lev el” and the “Output Lev el” ranges in the “Histogram” palette in the corrected image display area, where the color le vel distribution of the pre view image is display ed.
- 47 - COLOR CORRECTION Histogram Correction – T o Correct RGB Channels Separately: 1. Click the “RGB Histograms” button. The “T one Cur ves and Histogr am” window is expanded to the right and each histogr am for “R”, “G” and “B” (figure-lower left) appears .
- 48 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance: 1. Click the “Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance Correction” button. The “Brightness, Contr ast and Color Balance Correction” window (figure-low er left) appears. 2.
- 49 - COLOR CORRECTION If you clic k “ A uto Setting ”, “Br ightness” and “Contrast” will be automatically adjusted based on the lightness information 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 clicking “ Reset ”.
- 50 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Correct Hue, Saturation and Lightness: 1. Click the “Hue, Saturation and Lightness Correction” button. The “Hue , Saturation, Lightness Correction” window (figure-lower left) appears . 2. Drag the contr ol of each slide bar with the mouse, or type an appropriate number in each bo x.
- 51 - COLOR CORRECTION If you clic k “ A uto Setting ”, “Saturation” will be automatically corrected focusing on conspicuous parts of the image and holding “Hue” and “Lightness” as the y are. Y ou can cancel all kinds of correction performed in the “Hue, Saturation, Lightness Correction” window by clicking “ Reset ”.
- 52 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction: Y ou can perform corrections of “Color Balance”, “Br ightness & Contrast” and “Satur ation” while checking the finishing (the image after corrections) on simulation images. 1. Click the “V ariation Correction” button.
- 53 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction – Color Balance: “Adjust Correction Lev el” slide bar “Display Limit” checkbo x If you selected the “Color Balance” variation option , showi.
- 54 - COLOR CORRECTION “Adjust Correction Lev el” slide bar “Display Limit” checkbo x V ariation Correction – Brightness & Contrast: If you selected the “Brightness & Contrast” .
- 55 - COLOR CORRECTION V ariation Correction – Saturation: “Adjust Correction Lev el” slide bar “Display Limit” checkbo x If you selected the “Saturation” variation option , showing the.
- 56 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Undo the Correction: Click the “Undo” button. Y ou can cancel the current image correction and return the image to the previous status. Y ou can keep 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 save the pre view image display ed in the corrected image display area tempor arily in the snapshot display area. If y ou sav e 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 fix ed correction patter n (to som.
- 59 - COLOR CORRECTION T o apply the registered color correction job to other images, perf orm the following operations: 1. Display the ima ge that you wish to apply the series of color corrections in the “Correction Image Display” area. 2. Click the “Select a Color Correction Job” button.
- 60 - COLOR CORRECTION T o Compare the Pre/P ost Correction Imag es: Click 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 Display the Whole P ost-Correction Image: Click the “Whole Image” button. The whole post-correction image is expanded or shrunk en according to the main window size , and display ed in the corrected image displa y area.
- 62 - COLOR CORRECTION Thumbnail Number Display: 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. frame number of the image currently display ed total number of images in the (opened) folder If you c lick “ ”, the previous frame is displayed.
- 63 - COLOR CORRECTION RGB V alue Display: The RGB values are displa y ed for the current mouse pointer location on the pre view image in the corrected image display area.
- 64 - SHARPNESS If you clic k the “Sharpness” tab , the follo wing sharpness correction window appears. Y ou can set the frequency to be emphasized or the degree to be emphasiz ed while checking those eff ects on the pre view image.
- 65 - SHARPNESS If you chec k the “Preview” chec kbo x, you can e xecute the real time reflection of the correction eff ect to the previe w image in the sharpness correction window . Y ou can select display magnification out of six options; 100%, 66.
- 66 - QUITING THE SOFTW ARE Click the “Close” box in the main window (the “X” button on the upper right-hand corner of the main window for Windo ws®, and the “ ” button on the far left corner of the title bar for Macintosh). The main window is closed and the software quits .
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