Canon EOS SL1 18 User Manual

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Picture Style File Creating Software
Picture Style Editor
Ver. 1.13
Instruction Manual
Content of this Instruction Manual
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Introduction
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Preparing
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Basic
Windows
Pre-adjustments
Image
Characteristics
Preferences
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Introduction

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Picture Style Editor (hereinafter, “PSE”) is software that allows you to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save the edited results as original Picture Style files.
What is a Picture Style file?
A Picture Style file (extension “.PF2” or “.PF3”) is an extended function of a Picture Style. It differs from the seven preset Picture Styles (Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful and Monochrome) and provides image characteristics that are effective in a very limited number of scenes. You can further expand your photographic expression by using a Picture Style file effective for a specific scene.
Main Features of PSE
With PSE, you can use the functions below to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save the edited results as original Picture Style files (extension “.PF2” or “.PF3”).
Select a Picture Style to be used as a basis for your imagesSet the [Sharpness], [Contrast], [Color saturation] and [Color tone]Make adjustments to a specific colorAdjust the brightness and contrast (gamma characteristic)
In addition, you can register your saved original Picture Style files on a camera with the Picture Style function and then apply those styles to shot images. You can also use Digital Photo Professional (hereinafter, “DPP”) to apply the styles to RAW images.
Color Management
Use PSE in a computer environment with color management. Also, set the profile of the monitor you are using and the color space of the sample image to be used to perform the adjustments, etc. in the preferences window (p.19).

System Requirements

OS Mac OS X 10.6 to 10.8
Computer Macintosh with one of the above OS installed
CPU Intel processor* RAM Minimum 1GB
Display
*1 Core2 Duo or higher is recommended.
This software program is not compatible with UFS (UNIX File System)
formatted disks.
Check the Canon Web site for the latest system requirements,
including supported OS versions.
Resolution: 1024 × 768 or more Colors: Thousands or more
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Sample Images for Adjustment

PSE enables you to use RAW images shot with EOS DIGITAL cameras* (excluding the EOS DCS1 and EOS DCS3) as sample images for adjustment. You can then save the completed adjustments as original Picture Style files.
* Compatible with RAW images shot with EOS D6000 or EOS D2000
that have been converted to RAW images using the CR2 Converter and have the “.CR2” extension. For information on CR2 Converter, refer to Canon Web site.
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Introduction ................................................................ 2
Introduction
Specifying the Color on the Color Wheel................ 16
System Requirements................................................ 2
Sample Images for Adjustment .................................. 2
Preparing Sample Images.......................................... 4
Starting up PSE.......................................................... 4
Opening a Sample Image .......................................... 4
Basic Windows........................................................... 5
Main Window ................................................................ 5
Enlarging a Specific Area ......................................... 6
Adjusting While Comparing with the Original Image.. 6
Navigator Window......................................................... 7
Setting the Warning Indicators.................................. 7
Tool Palette................................................................... 8
Pre-adjusting the Images ........................................... 9
Correcting the Brightness ............................................. 9
Correcting the White Balance....................................... 9
Making Basic Adjustments to Image
Characteristics ......................................................... 10
Specifying the Color by Entering the Color Value .. 16
Displaying the Adjustment Color List and its Functions .
Overlapped Range of Effect of Adjusted
Colors .....................................................................
Deleting an Adjusted Color..................................... 16
Color Display Mode .................................................... 17
Adjusting the Gamma Characteristic for Luminosity... 17
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Saving the Adjustments as a Picture Style File ....... 18
Using a Picture Style File ........................................ 18
Registering a Picture Style File to the Camera........... 18
Using a Picture Style File with DPP............................ 18
Preferences ............................................................. 19
Quitting PSE ............................................................ 19
Reference ................................................................ 20
Troubleshooting.......................................................... 20
Deleting the Software (Uninstalling) ........................... 20
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Selecting a Picture Style to Be Used as a Basis ....... 10
Using a Downloaded Picture Style File Effective for the
Scene.....................................................................
Setting Sharpness, Contrast, Color Saturation and Color
Tone...........................................................................
Adjusting the Gamma Characteristic for RGB ........... 11
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Adjusting Color......................................................... 12
Making Minute Adjustments to Color ....................... 13
Specifying the Color Directly...................................... 16
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Preparing Sample Images

You can also start up PSE from the camera software “EOS Utility”. Refer to the “Function for Use with the Accessories” of “Reference” in “EOS Utility Instruction Manual” (PDF electronic manual) for details.
Drag and drop
If you open an image as a sample image with PSE, the shot
settings on the camera will appear in the image. However, the Auto Lighting Optimizer settings will not appear.
If you adjust a RAW image in DPP and then open it as a sample
image with PSE, the adjustments made in DPP will not appear in the image.
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PSE uses a sample image to perform the various adjustments and save the adjusted results as an original Picture Style file. For this reason, a sample image (p.2) to be used for this purpose needs to be prepared in advance and saved on your computer.
The settings performed in PSE are saved as a Picture Style file (p.18) which is separate from the sample image, and the sample image used to perform the adjustments is not affected at all.

Starting up PSE

Click the [Picture Style Editor] icon in the Dock.
The main window (Description on the right) appears when PSE
starts up.

Opening a Sample Image

Open a sample image and perform various adjustments with that image as a basis.
Noise reduction to the sample images may be applied by PSE included in EOS Solution Disk Ver.26 or later.
Drag and drop a sample image to the main window.
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The sample image is displayed in the main window with the
camera settings at the time of shooting.
The [Tool palette] appears.
Preferences
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Basic Windows

Main Window
Full view
Normal screen
Before and after adjustment comparison display (Top/bottom split)
(p.6)
Image rotation (90 degree increments to the left or right)
Before and after adjustment comparison display (Left/right split) (p.6)
Display magnification (5 ratios: 12.5%, 25%, 50%, 100% and 200%)
100% (actual pixel size) view
Color values of the cursor position (Before adjustment/after adjustment/ difference between before and after adjustment) (8-bit conversion)
Work color space display (p.19)
Cursor coordinates position
Color display mode (p.17)
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You can select the display magnification and the display method, etc. of the sample image.
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Enlarging a Specific Area
Double-click
[ ] (Top/bottom split) display [ ] (Left/right split) display
The image before adjustment
is displayed at the top, and that after adjustment at the bottom.
The image before adjustment
is displayed on the left, and that after adjustment on the right.
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You can enlarge a specific area in the main window to 100%.
In the main window, double-click the area you want to enlarge.
Adjusting While Comparing with the Original Image
You can display before and after versions of an adjusted image in the same window and perform adjustments while checking the adjustment results.
Select [ ] or [ ].
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The area you double-clicked is enlarged to 100% (actual pixel
size). If you wait for a while, it changes to a clearer display.
To change the display position, drag on the image or drag the
enlargement display position (p.7) in the [Navigator] window.
Double-click again to revert to the full view.
The images are displayed split top and bottom or left and right.
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