Pentax 2.1 manual

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Thank you for purchasing the PENTAX Digital Camera. This is the manual for “PENTAX PH O TO Browser 2.1” and “PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.1”, software fo r your Windows PC or Macintosh for enjoying images created with your camera. Pl ease read the separate camera operating manual and this manual b efore using your camera, “PENTAX PHOTO Brows[...]

1 Enjoy in g Your D igi tal Came ra Pic ture s ....... .... ..... .... .... ..... 2 What You Ca n Do with PENTAX PHOTO Br owser 2.1 ...... 4 Software Provi ded ................. ........... ........... ........... ............ ........... ...........4 System Req uirements ................ ............ ........... ........... ........... ...........[...]

2 Enjoying Your Digital Camera Pictures You can use a com puter to organi ze and ed it the p ictures capt ured with your di gital ca mera. You can tran sfer you r images us ing a b uilt-in card slot + PC card adapte r or a card reader. • Remove th e card fr om the camer a. When transf errin g image s on the card t o a co mputer with another dev i[...]

3 You c an u se y our e- mai l sof tw are to at tac h an d se nd i mag es by e-ma il, or post th e images on your web site. Use your im age data • See the operat ing ma nual of yo ur e-m ail softwa re for deta ils on how t o make atta chme nts t o e- mai ls. • See the o per at ing manu al of th e sof tw are you are us ing for det ails on how to[...]

4 What You Can Do with PE NTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 PENTA X PHOTO Brows er 2.1 i s soft ware for viewing, prin ting and managing image s take n on y our digi tal came ra and save d on your compu ter. When yo u sele ct a fo lder contai ning sav ed im ages, those im ages compa tible with P ENTAX PH OTO Br owser 2 .1 autom atica lly a ppear as thumbn ail[...]

5 PENTAX PHOTO Labora tory 2.1 Performs color separa tion p rocessin g and oth er proc essing on CC D RAW image data record ed in PENTA X digital cam era dedic ated format, ther eby enabling image s t o be sa ved so a s to ap pear o n com mercial ly-av ailab le image vi ewing and editin g soft ware. PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.1 can a lso be r un a[...]

6 USB Connection • Macintosh with Mac OS 9.01/9.2/X (Ver. 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3) preinstalled. • USB po rt must b e stan dard equi pment. * Ins tallatio n of the USB dri ver is not nec essary. Application Softwar e <PENT AX PH OTO B rowser 2.1 and PE NTAX P HOTO Labor atory 2.1 > (9 langu ages: Engli sh, Frenc h, Ge rman, Spanish , Itali an,[...]

7 Installing the Software Here is the procedu re for i nstalli ng PEN TAX PHOT O Bro wser 2.1 and PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.1 . PENTAX PHO TO Brows er 2.1 and PEN TAX PHO TO Labor atory 2.1 can be instal led on top of ea rlier ver sio ns of this software s uppl ied with w and J . When mu ltiple ac counts hav e been se tup in Wi ndows 20 00/XP or [...]

8 4 Click [PENTAX Digital Camera Utilit y]. 5 Select your applic able language in the Select Language screen and cli ck [OK ]. 6 The instal ler st arts. Cl ick [Next ]. Some op erating en vironm ents selec t the la nguage aut omatic ally. Co ntinue with the insta llation in s tep 6 . The insta ller star ts.[...]

9 7 Confirm th e folder name in the Destinati on Folder to which the program files are t o be install ed. Click [Next ] if no need to change. 8 Click [Next ] to begi n the inst allat ion. Copying of the program files begins. 9 A message appears after install ation of the software is finished. Click [Finish] to exi t the inst allation program. The i[...]

10 Ple ase c lick [Pro duct Regi stra tio n] on th e softw are sele ction scr een in step 4 (p.8). A world map for Internet Product Registrati on is dis played. If your PC i s co nnected to the Inte rnet, click the disp layed count ry or r egion and then foll ow the ins truction s to regis ter your pr oduct. Thank you v ery much for you r coopera t[...]

11 1 Turn your Maci ntosh on. Close any other software that is open. 2 Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW34) into the CD-ROM drive on your Macintosh. 3 Double-click the CD-ROM (S- SW34) icon. The contents of the CD-ROM are displayed. 4 Double-click t he [PENTAX Inst aller ] icon . The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears. 5 You can choose t he lan[...]

12 6 Click the OS select ion but ton that corresponds to your OS. Follow the instructions on the sc reen and continue with the install ation. Ple ase c lick [Pro duct Regi stra tio n] on th e softwa re selec tion sc reen in s tep 6 ( p. 12 ) . A world map for Internet Product Registrati on is dis played. If your Mac intosh i s connected to the Inte[...]

13 Savi ng I mages on Y our C omp uter Here is the pr ocedure for saving i mages captured with y our digi tal camera onto your compute r. This sec tion d escrib es the me thod for savin g image s by conne cting your camera and co mputer wi th the US B ca ble, as we ll as other me thods. L is u sed as a n ex ample here . Whe n usi ng w , [T ra ns fe[...]

14 6 Press the 4 button on the camera. 1 Turn your PC on. 2 Turn off your camera and use the USB cable to connect your camer a and your PC. Confirm that an SD Memory Card is inserted into your camera. 3 Turn your c amera on. The camera is recognized as a [Removable Disk] in [My Computer]. • Do not co nnect the cam era to y our com pute r while [P[...]

15 Windows XP is u sed as a n exam ple he re. 1 Click [My Computer] from the start menu. 2 Double-cli ck the [Removable Disk] icon. 3 Double-cli ck the [DCIM] icon. The [XXXPENTX] (XX X is a three-digi t number) folder appears. The camera image files are in this folder. 4 Drag and drop the [XXX PE NTX ] fold er in to an y desired folder , such as t[...]

16 Window s X P 1 Double-cli ck the [Safely Remov e Ha rdwar e] ico n in th e task bar. The [Safely Remove Hardware] screen appears. 2 Confirm that [USB Mass Storage Device] is sel ected and the n click [ Stop]. The [Stop a Hardware device] screen appears. 3 Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [OK]. A message appears indicating that the hard[...]

17 Window s Me /200 0 1 Double-cli ck the [Unplug or Eject Hardware] icon i n the task bar. The [Unplug or Eject Hardware] screen appears. 2 Confirm that [USB Mass Storage Device] is sel ected and the n click [ Stop]. The [Stop a Hardware device] screen appears. 3 Select [USB Mass Storage Device] and click [OK]. A message appears indicating that th[...]

18 L is used as an example here. When using w , [Trans fer Mode] does not need to be set. Go to “Connecti ng the Camera and Macintosh” (p.19). 1 Press the 3 but ton on the camera. The [ A Rec. Mode] menu or the [ Q Playback] menu appears. 2 Press the four -way control ler ( 5 ) to display the [ H Set -up] menu. 3 Use the four-way con troller ( [...]

19 1 Turn on your Macintosh. 2 Turn off your camera and use the USB cable to connect your camer a and your Maci ntosh. Confirm that an SD Memory Card is inserted into your camera. 3 Turn your c amera on. Your camera is recognized on the desktop as [NO_NAME (or the volume label of the SD Memory Card if one is registered)]. You can change the folder [...]

20 Mac OS X (Ver . 10.2) i s used a s an exam ple he re. 1 Double-click t he [NO_NAME] icon on t he desktop. 2 Double-cli ck the [DCIM] icon. The [XXXPENTX] (XX X is a three-digi t number) folder appears. The camera image files are in this folder. 3 Double-cli ck the [Maci ntosh HD] icon on the desktop. This opens the [Macintosh HD] folder. Saving [...]

21 4 Drag and drop the [XXX PE NTX ] fold er in to an y desired folder , such as the [Mac in tosh HD] fo lder . The camera images are saved into the [Macintosh HD] folder as an entire folder. 1 Drag [NO_NAME (or the volume labe l name on the S D Memory Card)] on the deskt op to the t rash can. 2 Turn off the camera and disconnect t he USB cable fro[...]

22 PENTA X PHOTO Bro wser 2.1 This sec tion de scrib es open ing an d closin g PENTA X PHOT O Brows er 2.1 and view ing the PENTAX PHOTO B rowser 2.1 windo w, and expl ains its function s. 1 Select t he start menu on the desktop. 2 Select [PENTAX PHOTO Browser] fr om [PENTAX Digita l Ca mera Util ity ] in t he program menu. PENTAX PHOTO B rowser 2.[...]

23 1 Double-cli ck the [PENTAX Digital Camer a Utility] fo lder in [Applicati ons] on the hard di sk. 2 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Browser] progr am icon. PENTAX PHOTO B rowser 2.1 is opened and the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window appears. Closing PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 Sele ct [ Quit PENT AX P HO TO Bro wse r] in [P ENTA X PHO TO Bro wser ][...]

24 This secti on explai ns the P ENTAX PHO TO Brows er 2.1 windo w layout, names an d funct ions. Each pan e can be resi zed from side to side a nd up an d down. Drag or double- click the Addr ess b ar, Folder tree pan e, Imag e data p ane or Preview pa ne to r emove i t from the browser window and move it to a differen t positio n. Alte rnatively [...]

25 Address bar The addres s of the curr ently di spla yed fol der a ppears here. Double-c lick the a ddres s bar t o remove it fr om the b rowser window and move it t o a different posit ion. ( For Maci ntosh, click the Ad dress b ar or drag the margin to remo ve the Addres s bar.) Folder tree pane Internal data on your c omputer a ppears h ere as [...]

26 *1: Proces sing d etails w hen usi ng PENTAX PHO TO Labora tory 2. 1 appe ar. *2: Info rmatio n on the c amera ’s firmw are appear s for c aptured image s. Status bar The sta tus of PENTAX PHOTO Brows er 2.1 appears . The foll owing ite ms app ear: • Number of obj ects in the se lected folder, total folde r si ze (not i ncludi ng subfolde rs[...]

27 This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Browse r 2.1. For Maci ntosh, the men u bar app ears at t he top o f the des ktop. Menu Bar File men u Create New Folder This cre ates a new f older i n the loca tion s pecif ied on the Folder tree pa ne. (p.7 3) Open This open s the selec ted fol der. Fo r an image selected in [...]

28 Vie w m enu Tool Bar T his sh ows or h ides the Too l bar. Folder T ree This sh ows or h ides the Fol der tree pane. Previ ew This sh ows or h ides the Prev iew pan e. Addre ss Bar This sh ows or h ides the Addre ss bar. Statu s Bar This sh ows or h ides the Status b ar. Image Da ta This shows or hides the Image dat a pane. Default Po sitio n Th[...]

29 *1: PENTAX REMOTE As sist ant is not inclu ded in the CD-ROM (S- SW34). Th e latest v ersion c an be dow nloaded from th e PENTAX webs ite. This me nu func tion can be us ed if PENT AX REMOTE Assist ant is al ready install ed. Tool menu Save Image Data List Use the c heck bo xes to save the imag e data from multipl e folde rs into one C SV forma[...]

30 Frequentl y used fu nctio ns are pro vided as Tool ba r buttons . You can execute these func tions ea sily fr om the Tool ba r. Double-c lick the Too l bar to remove it from the browse r window and mov e it to a di fferent pos ition. Tool Bar Number Icon (bu tton) Con tent 1 Back This ope ns the previous ly op ened f older. 2 Forw ar d This ope [...]

31 8 Copy This co pies t he sel ected fil e or fol der. (p.6 7) 9 Paste This co pies t he cut or c opied file or folder i nto the selecte d fold er. (p.67) 10 Delete This del etes t he selec ted fil e or fol der. (p.7 0) 11 View Imag e The sele cted i mage file a ppears in the ma in image v iew wind ow. (p.38 ) 12 Filt er Click to sele ct the type [...]

32 18 Details Image de tails appear in the Thu mbnai l pane withou t an imag e. 19 Default Po sition This retu rns the w indow l ayout of P ENTAX PHOTO Browser 2 .1 to th e default settin gs. 20 Slidesh ow Selected or che cked im ages app ear in o rder. (p.49) 21 Save Im age Data List... This sav es additi onal in formation fo r all spe cifie d PEN[...]

33 Menu bar This exec utes functions or sets vari ous se ttings of the mai n image wi ndow. Main Ima ge Windo w File men u View Brow ser T his s how s the f ile brow sin g scr een . Open This ope ns the [O pen] dialo g to sele ct the fi le to open . If a che ck ma rk is nex t to “O pen in ne w wind ow”, a new M ain imag e view w indo w opens an[...]

34 Print This pri nts the c urrent imag e. (p.52 ) Prope rties Image fi le dat a appe ars. (p.44) Clos e This cl oses the ma in image win dow. Vie w m enu Tool Bar This sho ws or hides th e Tool bar. Image Data This sho ws or hi des th e Imag e data pan e. Previ ous Image The previo us im age appea rs whe n there a re mult iple images in the m ain [...]

35 Tool bar Frequentl y used fu nctio ns are pro vided as Tool ba r buttons . You can execute these func tions ea sily fr om the Tool ba r. Remove the check ma rk next to [Tool Ba r] on the [View] menu to hide th e Tool ba r. Tool menu Auto Image Fix This au tomati cally adjusts the bri ghtnes s, co ntrast and col or tone. Sel ect Strong o r Sligh [...]

36 Number Icon (bu tton) Content 1 View Browser This sh ows the fil e brow sing sc ree n. 2 Open This op ens th e [Open] dialo g to s elect the file to open. If a chec k mark is nex t to “Op en in new window”, a new Main im age view wind ow ope ns and the s elec ted im age appea rs wh en a fi le is selecte d and [Open] is c licke d. 3 Save as T[...]

37 Image V iew Area The ima ge selec ted in t he Thumbn ail pa ne of PENT AX PHO TO Br owser 2.1 appear s. Image d ata pan e The ima ge data appears for the i mage ap pearing in the ima ge vi ew area. Remove th e check m ark ne xt to [Ima ge Data ] on th e [View] m enu to hide the Image d ata pan e. Place th e curso r over a cel l divid ing line a [...]

38 Display the im ages saved on yo ur comp uter. 1 Open PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1. Viewing Images[...]

39 2 In the folder tr ee, select the folder containing th e image file to view . Images in the selected folder appear as thumb nails in the Thumbnail pane. 3 Select an image in the Thumbnail pane. Select one of the follo wing methods for viewing an image: • Click the image to view. The image is f ramed in blue. Hold down the Ctrl key or Shift key[...]

40 • Click the image to view and then select [Check Selected Image] - [Invert Selection] from the [Edit ] menu. 4 Select [Open] fr om the [File] menu or click the icon on the Tool bar. The main image window op ens and the image appears. Double-click the image file to v iew in the Thumbnail pane. The main image window opens and the image ap pears [...]

41 The ima ge in the im age vi ew area ca n be ro tated 90 °, 180°, o r 270° to th e right (clock wise) or left (co unterclockwi se). 1 Select [ Rotate View ( Clockwise 90°)] or [Rotate Vi ew (Countercloc kwise 90°) ] from the [Vie w] menu in the mai n image window. Alternati vely, click the or icon on the Tool bar. The image appears rotated. [...]

42 You can change the im age vi ew mag nific ation of the im age ap pearing i n the im age view a rea. 1 Select [ Fit t o Window], [Enlarge], [Reduce] or [L ife size] from the [ View] menu in the main image window. Alternati vely, click the , , or icon on the Tool bar. The image view magnification c an be adjusted from 1/16 to 4 times. Enlarged vie[...]

43 Reduced view You can al so enlar ge or redu ce the view by directl y inputting the nume rical value of the magnificat ion in the View Magnificat ion box on the Tool bar.[...]

44 You ca n set whet her to show or hide the To ol bar and im age data pane in the main i mage w indow. 1 Select [Tool Bar] or [Image Data] from th e [View] menu in the main imag e window and uncheck the i tem. The Tool bar or image data pane is hidden. You can displa y file data for th e imag e file appearin g in th e main image window. (p.74 ) Hi[...]

45 You can save the dis played i mage using any of the following file for mats. RAW data c an be saved with any of the se formats to view the i mage with image processi ng so ftware. JPEG : JPE G image w ith im age data TIFF (8 bi t) : TIFF im age wit h image data TIFF (16bi t) : High q uality TIF F imag e with imag e data BITMAP : BM P image w ith[...]

46 Data of the d isplay ed image i s rotate d 90° left o r right. Rot ation o f the image may take time d epending o n the s ize of th e image . A warning message ap pears whe n clos ing the ma in image win dow witho ut saving the im age or when cli cking . 1 Select [ Rotate Image], [Counter clockwise 90°] or [Clockwise 9 0°] f rom the [Tool ] m[...]

47 3 Specify [Save i n], [Fil e name] and [Sav e as type], and t hen click [ Save]. The image is rotated and saved.[...]

48 Use the che ck boxes to save the image data fro m multiple fold ers into on e CSV form at file . If no im ages ar e sele cted or c hecked, all the image data in the cu rrent fo lder is save d. 1 Select [Save I mage Data List] from t he [Tool] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window or click the icon on the Tool bar. The [Save Image Data List[...]

49 This secti on exp lains how to set up and ope rate the s lidesho w. 1 Select an image or folder in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window. 2 Select [Slid eshow] from the [View] menu or click the icon on t he Tool bar. The Slideshow screen and Slideshow control pan el open. Continuous Image Playback in a Slideshow Slideshow sc reen Slidesh ow co ntr[...]

50 3 Press the Play button. The slideshow starts. When vi ewing the s lidesho w, sele ct between a singl e window an d a dual window . Addition ally , view the slid eshow in s ingl e full sc reen or dual full screen mode (on ly if the co mputer is comp atibl e with du al scr een disp lay) . Set the s lideshow order fro m the [S lidesho w] tab on th[...]

51 Select f rom o ne of the four display pattern s below . Image display order for dual window When usin g dual win dow or dua l full scree n, selec t the dis play patter n for image s on th e primary and s econdar y moni tors. Slideshow A A Single window Single full screen Secondary B Primary A B A Dual w indow Dual f ull scr een n+2 n+2 n+3 n+3 n[...]

52 When pr inting image files, s elect be tween Pr int Index and P rint Ph oto. 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the images to pri nt. 2 Selec t [Pri nt] from the [File ] menu . Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar. The [Print] dialog appears. Print ing a n Im age Print Index Prints a thumbnai l and i[...]

53 3 Select the [Pri nt Index] tab. 4 Make the layout and caption sett ings. Ite m Description Previ ew This disp lays a prev iew usi ng the specifie d sett ings. Layout Select from thre e lay out pat terns. Numb er of imag es pe r page From the list, speci fy the n umber of images to prin t on one pag e. Capti on The cap tion sett ings a re exp la[...]

54 5 Click [OK]. Printing starts. 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the images to pri nt. 2 Selec t [Pri nt] from the [File ] menu . Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar. The [Print] dialog appears. • The im age size is ca lculated autom atical ly from the m argins , numbe r of images, and cap tion s[...]

55 3 Select the [Pri nt photo] tab. 4 Make the layout and caption sett ings. Ite m Description Previ ew This disp lays a prev iew usi ng the specifie d sett ings. Layout Select from thre e lay out pat terns. Layout 1: Normal pri nting (with n o margins depen ding on th e print er) Layout 2: Layo ut prin ting Layout 3: Partiti on prin ting (printing[...]

56 5 Click [OK]. Printing starts. Posi tion Sele ct the positi on of the image in the prin ting area from the list. Space (Ve rtical )/Space (Horiz ontal) Set the v ertical a nd hori zontal s pace i n mm. Fit t o page This s etting uses the printin g ar ea most e ffecti vely. Check t his to all ow the i mage to b e rotate d 90° as needed to fit t [...]

57 Use Page Setu p to set printi ng option s such as margins , headers/ footer s, and numbe r of copi es. 1 Select [Page Setup] from the [File ] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window or c lick [Page Setup] on t he [Print] dialog . The [Page Setup] dialog appears. 2 Make the settings. Using Page Setup Ite m Descripti on Margin s Left, Right, U[...]

58 3 Click [OK]. The page setup information is set. Check th e printer s etting s and cha nge the settin gs as ne eded. Refer to th e printer u ser’s man ual for details on printer s ettings. 1 Click [Print Setup] on the [Print] or [Page Setup] di alog. The [Print Setup] dialog appears. Position Sets h eader/fo oter p osition. Select from Do Not [...]

59 2 Make the settings. 3 Click [OK]. The printer setup information is set. Ite m Description Name Select t he prin ter to u se from the list . Click [ Network] to select a printe r on the ne twork. Clic k [Prope rties] to make a dvanced printer settin gs. Paper Size Selec t pa per si ze. Sour ce Select pape r f eed ing meth od. Orient ation Se ts [...]

60 Here, you can set the P ENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 start up settings , such as the in itial image view si ze, thu mbnail caption viewi ng, and RAW file view format . 1 Select [Option s] from the [Tool] menu in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar. The [Options] dialog appears. Changing the PENTAX PHOTO[...]

61 [General] t ab se ttings Change the start up sett ings for PENTAX P HOTO Browser 2 .1 in th e [General] tab. Ite m Description Folder a t Startup From the follo wing , select t he fold er to op en when starting the pr ogram. Last f old er use d: This open s the f older th at wa s last u sed in PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1. Desk top: This opens t he [...]

62 [View] tab settings Change the Main Im age View window s etting s in the [ View] t ab. Ite m Description Image Data Pane Height Sets the heigh t of the Image dat a pane that ap pears when the ma in image window open s. Last si ze sp ecif ied: Sets Imag e data pan e height to be the sa me as the pr evious h eight wh en the main i mage v iew windo[...]

63 Showing M ultiple Images When m ultipl e images are se lecte d in th e Thumbna il pane , select the vi ewin g method in the main image view window. Single window: Images appear in one main image view window . Click the icons on the Main imag e view window Tool bar to switch the image view. Separate w indow: Images appea r in mu ltiple main im ag[...]

64 [Frame Advance] t ab settings Change the main i mage vie w window fr ame advan ce se ttings i n the [Frame Adva nce] tab. Ite m Description View At tributes to Maint ain Selects view attri butes to maintai n during f rame advanc e. Multi ple attribu tes may be sel ected . Zoom : View magnifi catio n rate is m ainta ined. Positio n : Po sition is[...]

65 [Slideshow] tab settings Change the slid eshow set tings in the [Slide show] tab. (p.49) Ite m Description Slid eshow Se ttings Se t the p attern wh en vie wing sl idesh ows. Single w indow : View s lideshow in a si ngle w indow . Dual wind ow: View slid eshow i n two windows (prima ry and second ary). Single f ull sc reen: View s lid esho w f u[...]

66 2 After makin g your sel ections, click [O K]. The options are set and the [Options] dialog closes . Click [Reset] to return all options to default s ettings. Frame Ad vance During Dual View Set the re fresh m ethod w hen vi ewing t wo imag es simul taneou sly. ( p.51) Advanc e in or der: Frame s advance in orde r. The secondary windo w show s o[...]

67 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the thumbnai l image to move or copy. 2 Select [Cut] or [ Copy] from the [Edit ] menu. Alternati vely, click the or icon on the Tool bar. 3 Specify the des tinati on folder for moving or copyi ng in the Folder tree pane. Managing Image Files and Folders Moving/Copying I mage [...]

68 4 Selec t [P aste ] from the [Ed it] me nu. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar.[...]

69 The image file is mo ved or copied to the specified folder. • You ca n also m ove an im age by draggin g and dropp ing a thu mbnai l image t o the desti nation folder. To cop y, hold do wn the Ct rl key whil e you drag an d drop th e file. (For Ma cintos h, hold do wn the Opt ion key while you drag and drop th e file.) • Use the s ame proced[...]

70 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the thumbnai l image to delete. Alternati vely, select the fo lder to del ete i n the Folder tree pane. 2 Select [Delet e] from the [Edit ] menu. Alternati vely, click the icon on the Tool bar. A delete confirmation screen appears. 3 Click [Yes]. The image file or folder is d[...]

71 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the thumbnai l image to be renamed. Alternati vely, sele ct the folder to be renamed in the Folder tree pane. 2 Select [Rename] from the [File] menu. Alternati vely, directl y click the fi le or folder name in the Thumbnail pane or Folder tree pane. The file or folder name is[...]

72 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select or check the thumbnail images to be renamed. Select [Select All ] from the [Edit] menu to sel ect all images in the Thumbnail pane. Images from more than one folder cannot be s elected. 2 Select [Rename All] fr om the [File] menu. Alternati vely, click the button from the too[...]

73 4 Click [OK]. All files are renamed to the speci fied name. 1 In the Folder tree pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the fol der where to create a new folder . Alternati vely, sele ct the Thumbnail pane. 2 Select [Create New Folder] from the [Fil e] menu. A new folder is created u nder the s pecified folder or in the Thum bnail p[...]

74 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the thumbnai l image for which propertie s are to be shown. Alternati vely, in the Fo lder tre e pane, select the fol der for which propert ies are t o be shown. 2 Select [Propert ies] fr om the [File] me nu. The [XXX Properties] dialog appears. 3 Confirm the content. 4 Click[...]

75 1 In the Thumbnail pane of the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window, select the thumbnai l image for which propertie s are to be shown. Alternati vely, in the Fo lder tre e pane, select the fol der for which propert ies are t o be shown. 2 Select [Propert ies] fr om the [File] me nu. The [XXX Info] dialog appears. 3 Confirm the content. 4 Click the b[...]

76 PENTA X PHOTO Labor ato ry 2.1 PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.1 is softwa re for c olor s eparatio n processi ng and other pr ocessi ng of CC D RAW imag e data r ecord ed in a PENTAX d igital c amera ded icate d format. Th e proces sing of RAW da ta enables images to be viewed on comm erci ally-a vail able imag e vie wing and editi ng sof tware. Th[...]

77 1 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Labor atory] f older in [PENTAX Digital Camer a Utility] on the hard disk. 2 Double-click t he [PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory] program icon. PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.1 is opened, and the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.1 window appears. Closing PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2.1 Select [Quit PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory] in [PE NTAX P[...]

78 This secti on explain s the PENTA X PHOTO Labora tory 2.1 window layout, names, an d func tions. PENTA X PHOTO Labor atory 2.1 is ma de up o f five pan els. The pa nels a ppear i n i ndepend ent wind ows a nd m ay be placed anywh ere on the sc reen. Sel ect [Arran ge Windows ] from the [View] m enu to al ign the panels. Four panel s, no t includ[...]

79 Main panel This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Laborato ry 2.1. For Ma cintosh, the Mai n pane l only c ontain s the To ol bar . The Me nu bar appears at the t op of the desktop . Previ ew pan el View the s elected RAW i mage in four st eps, show spec ified areas enlarge d, and p review adj ustmen ts from th e oth[...]

80 Exit This clo ses PENTAX PH OTO Laboratory 2.1. (For Macintosh, select [Exit PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory ] on the [PENTAX PH OTO Laboratory] menu. ) Vie w m enu Full Auto Process ing All RAW image s are p rocesse d usin g spe cified s ettings . All panels , excep t the Preview panel, are hi dden. (p.86) Custo m Processin g This perform s processi ng[...]

81 This executes function s or sets vari ous settings of PENTA X PHOTO Laborato ry 2.1. Image Mode Select ty pes of image m odifica tions. When Fu ll Auto Proc essi ng i s set, imag es ar e pro ces sed u sing indivi dual fi le se ttings . When i n Custo m Process ing mode, a ll im ages a re proc essed usin g the s elect ed process ing m ode. So me [...]

82 2 Save This pe rforms R AW imag e data processi ng and saves it with th e speci fie d save mod e and ima ge size . ( p.91) 3 Full Auto Proc essi ng This ap pears wh en Full Au to Proce ssing is s et. Performs p rocessi ng usi ng the p rocessin g cond itions set in t he RAW file. Click to select or from the p ull-down menu . Custom Proc essi ng T[...]

83 This sho ws a pr eview of the RAW file . 11 Options This is used to change the PENTAX PHOT O Laborato ry 2.1 s etting s. ( p.94) 12 Help This shows PENTAX PHOTO Laborato ry 2.1 help content s. Preview Panel Number Icon (bu tton) Con tent 1 Displa y Size Click to s elect the si ze of t he image data in the prev iew from the p ull -dow n me nu. Se[...]

84 1 Click the button in the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 2. 1 window. The [Open] dialog appears. 2 Specify the file name of a RAW image file to display and click t he [Open] button. 4 When multi ple image s are selec ted, sele ct the image to disp lay fro m the lis t. 5 First Im age When multi ple image s are selec ted, the preview of the firs t ima ge[...]

85 A RAW image appears in the P review panel of the PENTAX P HOTO Laboratory 2.1 window. Select multipl e image files to open mul tiple images at the same ti me. Click the , , , or button on the Tool bar to preview the des ired image. 1 Select a RAW image in the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 2.1 window. 2 Select [PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory] on the [Tool ] menu[...]

86 Sele ct an Im age mo de to ea sily proc ess RAW imag es acco rdin g to shoot ing co nditions . When in Full Auto Pr ocessi ng mode , RAW images ar e proc esse d using the I mag e mod e sel ect ed at th e ti me of c apt ure. This se ttin g can not be chang ed in PE NTAX PHOT O Labor ator y 2.1. When in C usto m Pr oces sing mo de, t he Imag e mo [...]

87 Set ind ividual proces sing condit ions to cre ate uni que i mage modifica tions . 1 Select [Custom Process ing] from the [View] menu, or click on the icon on the Tool bar and then click (Custom Processing) on the drop-down lis t. The Main panel, Preview panel, White bal ance panel, Tone panel, and Other settings panel appear. Setting RAW Image [...]

88 2 Enter sett ings i n each setti ng panel . The settings are reflected in the Preview panel. There are two ways to reflect the settings. (p.94) • Reflect the settings im mediately in real time. • Reflect the settings when clicking the icon o n the Preview panel. Setting the White bala nce Ite m Content White Bal anc e Se ttin gs Selec t fr o[...]

89 Setting the Tone c urve/Histog ram Color tempe rature This c an be s et when sele cting [Color tem peratu re setting ] with [Ov erride] from [White Balance Se ttings]. Color tempe rature: Slide th e bar to set the color temper ature or select the se tting f rom the list. Select from betwee n 2500K to 10000K (in Kelv in). Fine tun e: Use Fine tun[...]

90 Setting the Sensitivity /Contrast/Satura tion/Sharpness Set these using the Ot her settings panel. Ite m Content Sens itivity Ch anges the se nsitivi ty of p rocess ing. + : T he ima ge becom es bright er. – : The image becomes darke r. Contra st Adjusts the c ontrast between light and s hadow. + : Increases co ntrast between light a nd sh ado[...]

91 You can save the ima ge fil es which have bee n Ful l Auto pr ocesse d or Custom pr ocess ed. Spe cify the save for mat a nd image s ize when sav ing image fil es. S ave imag es in JPEG f ormat with on e of five d ifferent compre ssio n rates, or in TIFF -8 or TIF F-16 fo rmat. As the comp ress ion rate in crea ses, the file size de crea ses, bu[...]

92 2 Select [Sav e Size] from the [ Tool] menu, or clic k on the right of the icon to select t he save size. 3 Select [Save] from the [Tool] menu or c lick the icon on the Tool bar. The [Save as] dialog appears. 4 Specify the f ile name and save desti nation, and th en click [Save]. The image file is saved.[...]

93 All current a djustm en t combin ation ca n be sa ved as a parame ter file. Sa ved adju stm ent can th en b e a pplie d to oth er R AW im ages for proce ssing . 1 Click [Save Adjustment s] from the [Tool] menu on the Main panel or cli ck the icon. The [Save Adjustments] dialog a ppears. 2 Specify the f ile name and save desti nation, and th en c[...]

94 3 Select a folder and paramete r file name, and then click [Ope n] . The current RAW image is processed by the recall ed adjustment. 1 Select [Opti ons] from the [Tool] menu on the Main panel or click t he icon on the Tool bar. The [Options] dialog appears. 2 Click the [General ] tab. Change the settings as needed. Changing the PENTAX PHOTO Labo[...]

95 Ite m Content Folder t o Use Sele ct from on e of tw o folders to use . Folder w ith o rigina l file: The folde r with RAW d ata is us ed. Alwa ys us e th is fo lder : Click [Brow se] to d ispla y the [ Browse fo r Folder ] dialog, a nd the n sele ct the fol der to use. Stat us at St art up Selec t th e st atu s at star tu p. Stat us at las t ex[...]

96 3 Click the [Advanced] tab. Change the settings as needed. Ite m Content Color Space Select fro m [sRGB] or [Ado beRGB] fo r the color sp ace that sets t he color ra nge. sRGB: This is curr ently the m ost co mmon color spac e setting and is comp atible with mo st mo nitors and image p roces sing soft ware. AdobeR GB: This offe rs a wid er range[...]

97 4 After set ting each i tem, cl ick [OK]. The options are set, and the dialog closes. Click [Reset] to return all options to default s ettings. Ite m Content Refresh Pr eview Real tim e: Set this t o appl y proc essi ng condit ions t o the prev iew imag e upon eac h cha nge made to [Custom Pr ocessin g] sett ings. Refresh b utton: Set this t o a[...]

98 Glossary AdobeRGB This col or space i s reco mmende d for com mercia l printing and doc ument creatio n by A dobe S ystems (US). It s col or repr oductio n rang e is lar ger than sRG B and adeq uately covers the color reproduc tion ran ge for printin g. The refore, color d ata onl y rep roducib le on a pr inter a re not lost when edi ting o n a [...]

99 Lossless r otati on Beca use JPE G uses irrever sible c ompr ession (d ata is lost d uring compre ssio n), the qu ality of JPEG imag es dete riorat es when uncompr essed, r otated and then s aved. Lossless rotation , however , can be used to r otate JPE G images without recompr essing the d ata. Ex if and other data ar e mainta ined. Ima ges for[...]

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