Canon picture style editor Instruction Manual for Windows
Introduction
Picture Style File Creating Software
Picture Style Editor
Instruction Manual
O Content of this Instruction Manual
O PSE is used for Picture Style Editor.
O In this manual, the windows used in the
examples are from Windows XP.
O ` indicates the selection procedure of the menu.
(Example: [File] menu ` [Exit].)
O Square brackets are used to indicate items such
as menu names, button names and window
names that appear on the computer screen.
O Text inside < > indicates a key on the keyboard.
O ** indicates a reference page.
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before use.
O : Marks additional information you may find
helpful.
Ver. 1.5
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Preparing
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Basic
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Image
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Saving
Preferences
Reference
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Introduction
Picture Style Editor (hereinafter, “PSE”) is software that a llows you to edit
Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save the edited
results as original Picture Style files.
O What is a Picture Style file?
A Picture Style file (extension “.PF2”) is an extended function of a
Picture Style. It differs from the 6 preset Picture Styles (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.
O 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”).
O Select a Picture Style to be used as a basis for your images
O Set the [Sharpness], [Contrast], [Color saturation] and [Color tone]
O Make minute adjustments to a specific color
O Adjust the brightness and contrast (gamma characteristic)
In addition, you can register your saved original Picture S tyle files on
a camera with the Picture Style function and then apply those styles
to shot images. You can also use Digital Photo Professional to apply
the styles to RAW images.
O 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.16).
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System Requirements
OS
Computer
CPU 1.3GHz Pentium or higher
RAM Minimum 1GB
Display
*1Compatible with 32-bit/64-bit systems for all versions except Starter
Edition (Also compatible with Service Pack 1)
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Compatible with Service Pack 2/Service Pack 3
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*
.NET Framework is Microsoft software. It is installed together with
PSE.
Windows Vista*
Windows XP Professional/Home Edition*
PC with one of the above OS preinstalled (Upgraded
machines not supported)
* .NET Framework 2.0 or later is required.*
Screen resolution: 1024 × 768 pixels or more
Color quality: Medium (16 bit) 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’s web site.
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Introduction ................................................................ 2
Overlapping with the Range of Effect of Adjusted Colors
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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........................................... 8
Correcting the Brightness............................................. 8
Correcting the White Balance....................................... 9
Deleting an Adjusted Color..................................... 13
Color Display Mode.................................................... 14
Adjusting Brightness and Contrast (Gamma
Characteristic) ............................................................
Saving the Adjustments as a Picture Style File....... 15
Using a Picture Style File ........................................ 15
Registering a Picture Style File to the Camera........... 15
Using a Picture Style File with DPP............................ 15
Preferences............................................................. 16
Exiting PSE.............................................................. 16
Reference................................................................ 17
Troubleshooting.......................................................... 17
Deleting the Software (Uninstalling)........................... 17
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Setting the Image Characteristics.............................. 9
Selecting a Picture Style to Be Used as a Basis .......... 9
Using a Downloaded Picture Style File Effective for the
Scene.....................................................................
Setting Sharpness, Contrast, Color Saturation and Color
Tone...........................................................................
Making Minute Adjustments to Color......................... 11
Specifying the Color Directly...................................... 13
Specifying the Color on the Color Wheel............... 13
Specifying the Color by Entering the Color Value.. 13
Displaying the Adjustment Color List and its Functions..
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Preferences
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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
O If you adjust a RAW image in Digital Photo Professional
(hereinafter, “DPP”) and then open it as a sample image with
PSE, the adjustments made in DPP will not appear in the image.
O If you open a RAW image, which has had the Auto Lighting
Optimizer settings set in the camera or DPP, as a sample image
with PSE, the Auto Lighting Optimizer settings set in the camera
or DPP will not appear in the image.
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.15)
which is separate from the sample image, and the sample image used
to perform the adjustments itself is not affected at all.
Opening a Sample Image
Open a sample image and perform various adjustments with that image
as a basis.
Drag and drop a sample image to the main window.
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Preparing
a Sample
Starting up PSE
Double-click the [Picture Style Editor] icon on the
desktop.
¿ The main window (Description on the right) appears when PSE
starts up.
¿ The sample image is displayed in the main window with the
camera settings at the time of shooting.
¿ The [Tool palette] appears.
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Basic
Windows
Pre-adjustments
Image
Characteristics
Saving
Preferences
Reference
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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 units 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.16)
Cursor coordinates
position
Color display mode (p.8, p.14)
You can select the display magnification and the display method, etc. of the sample image.
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