KONICA MINOLTA DiMAGE X User Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

9224-2766-21 H-B109 (V11)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS..................................................................................................4

BEFORE YOU BEGIN.....................................................................................................6

TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL..............................................................................6

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows

).......................................................................8

INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Windows®)...............................................................10

INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Macintosh) ..............................................................13

STARTING THE SOFTWARE.......................................................................................16

For Windows ............................................................................................................16

For Macintosh ..........................................................................................................17

USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS..................................................................18

To Display Thumbnails of All Images in the Folder..................................................19

To Display a Thumbnail of a Certain Image in the Folder .......................................21

To Open Minolta-RAW Files.....................................................................................23

To Save in the Minolta-RAW File Format (RAW File Processing) ...........................28

To Rotate, Flip and Sort Thumbnails .......................................................................30

To Change the Image Size ......................................................................................31

To Display the Image (Recording) Information ........................................................32

To Delete Thumbnails ..............................................................................................33

USING THE SOFTWARE – COLOR MATCHING........................................................34

USING THE SOFTWARE – SAVING IMAGES.............................................................38

To Save an Image File .............................................................................................38

To Save Multiple Images at One Time.....................................................................41

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COLOR CORRECTION................................................................................................46

Corrections using the tone curves ...........................................................................47

To Draw a Free Hand Tone Curve ...........................................................................48

To Correct Images Using the “Black Point” Button...................................................49

To Correct Images Using the “White Point” Button ..................................................50

To Correct Images Using the “Gray Point” Button....................................................51

Histogram Correction – Auto Setting .......................................................................52

Histogram Correction – To Correct RGB Channels Separately ...............................53

To Correct Brightness, Contrast and Color Balance................................................54

To Correct Hue, Saturation and Lightness...............................................................56

Variation Correction .................................................................................................58

Variation Correction – Color Balance.......................................................................59

Variation Correction – Brightness & Contrast ..........................................................60

Variation Correction – Saturation.............................................................................61

To Undo the Correction............................................................................................62

To Redo the Canceled Correction............................................................................62

To Undo All Color Corrections .................................................................................62

Snapshot..................................................................................................................63

Color Correction Job................................................................................................64

To Compare the Pre/Post Correction Images..........................................................66

To Display the Whole Post-Correction Image ..........................................................67

Thumbnail Number Display......................................................................................68

RGB Value Display...................................................................................................69

SHARPNESS................................................................................................................70

QUITING THE SOFTWARE..........................................................................................72

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL

• This manual assumes that your 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 drivers have been installed, and are operating properly.

• In general, the descriptions in this manual are illustrated by the displays for the Windows® version.

There are no major differences between the displays for the Windows® and Macintosh versions except for some of the button layouts and other cosmetic features.

• This manual assumes the use of a two- button, right- handed mouse for Windows®. The terms

‘click’ and ‘double-click’ refer to a single or double click of the left mouse button. The term ‘drag’ refers to the action of holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN

• If you are using Macintosh OS, the term ‘Command Key’ refers to the key located next 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 found in Windows® command names.

Example No. 1: The File command appears as “File” on Windows® and “File” on Macintosh menus,

but in this manual it is shown as merely as “File.”

Example No. 2: The Save command appears as “Save” on Windows® and “Save” on Macintosh

menus, but in this manual it is shown merely as “Save.”

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows®)

The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below:

IBM PC/AT and their compatible computers

CPU Intel Pentium® Processor 133MHz or higher

Windows®2000 Professional, Windows®Me,

Windows®98 / 98 Second Edition, Windoes®95,

Windows®NT4.0 (Service Pack 6 or later)

RAM A minimum of 64MB of RAM

Hard Disk Space

100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace

after the software installation

Monitor

Resolution: VGA (640 X 480 dots) or higher

XGA (1024 X 768 dots) or hjgher is recommrnded

Color Depth: True Color (24 bit) or higher

CD-ROM Drive Required for software installation

Interface USB port* that each PC maker guarantees to operate without problem

* You need a USB port when you connect a USB mass storage class supported digital camera such as DiMAGE 7 or DiMAGE 5 to your PC with a USB cable and use (a CF card in) the digital camera as a removable disc with this software. If you use Windows®98/98 Second Edition, you must install the USB driver software in the attached CD-ROM to execute this operation. (See the digital camera’s instruction manual for details.) If you use Windows®95/NT 4.0, you can not execute the above operation (because USB pots are not normally supported), however, you can still operate image files copied on PC hard disks since the software also runs on Windows®95/NT 4.0.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Macintosh)

The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below:

Apple Macintosh Series computers

CPU

PowerPC 100MHz or higher

(except a non-Macintosh Mac OS-compatible computer)

OS Mac OS 8.6 / 9 / 9.0.2 / 9.0.4 / 9.1

RAM 64MB or more of free memory

Hard Disk Space

100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace

after the software installation

Monitor

Resolution: 640 dots X 480 dots or higher

1024 dots X 768 dots or higher is recommrnded

Color Depth: 24 bit Color or higher

CD-ROM Drive Required for software installation

Interface Standard built-in USB port*

* You need a USB port when you connect a USB mass storage class supported digital camera such as DiMAGE 7 or DiMAGE 5 to your Macintosh with a USB cable and use (a CF card in) the digital camera as a removable media with this software. If you use Mac OS 8.6, you must first download the dedicated driver software from Apple Computer’s Web site, and then install the downloaded software on your Macintosh to execute this operation. (See the digital camera’s instruction manual for details.) If you do not download/install the dedicated driver software, you can not execute the above operation, however, you can still operate image files copied on Macintosh hard disks since the software also runs on Mac OS 8.6.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Windows®)

Follow the procedure below to install the software on your Windows PC.

RAM stationed programs such as anti-virus programs or installation monitoring programs may cause the installer to fail. Uninstall those programs from your system or temporarily disable them before starting the installation, and then put them back on your system after completing the installation.

For Windows®:

* In the procedure below, the hard disk drive for system startup is assumed as “drive C”, and the CD-ROM

drive as “drive D”.

• You should install the software on the Windows

2000/NT4.0 PC with the Administrator privilege.

1. Turn on your PC to start Windows®.

2. Insert the attached “DiMAGE Software CD-ROM” into the CD-ROM drive.

After a short time, the “DiMAGE Installer Menu” window (figure-left) appears.

3. Click the “Starting up the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility installer” button.

The “InstallShield Wizard” program starts automatically, and the “Welcome” window appears.

See the digital camera’s instruction manual for details of the “Starting up the USB device driver installer” (this button is active if you use Windows

98/98 Second Edition) or the “Starting up

the QuickTime installer” button.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Windows®)

The “License Agreement” (figure-left) appears. Read the entire “License Agreement” carefully before continuing the installation

If you do not agree to the terms of the “License Agreement”, click “No”.The installation procedure will be terminated.

The window that lets you select a destination folder of the software (figure-left) appears.

5. Click “Yes”.

6. To install the software in the default folder (C:\Program Files\DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility), click “Next >”.

Subsequent parts of this document assume that the software has been installed in the default folder described above.

To install the software in a different folder, click “Browse…”The “Choose Folder” window will appear. Select the folder where you wish to install the software, and then click “OK”.

4. Click “Next >”.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Windows®)

Click “Next >”, and the “Select Program Folder” window (figure-left) will appear.

7. The name of the program folder where you will add the program icon is shown in the window. Click “Next >” to add the icon in the default (reversed) folder.

To add the program icon in a new folder, type the folder name in the box under “Program Folders:” and then click “Next >”.To add the program icon in an existing folder, select the folder from the folder list in the box under the “Existing Folders:” and click “Next>”.

After you click “Next >”, the software installation will start. When the software installation has been completed, a completion window of “InstallShield Wizard” (figureleft) appears.

8. Click “Finish”, then click “Finish” in the DiMAGE Installer Menu window.

The software installation procedure is complete.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Macintosh)

Follow the procedure below to install the software on your Macintosh computer.

Functional expansion programs such as anti-virus programs or control panel documents may cause the installer to fail. Remove those programs/documents from your system using the utility such as the functional expansion manager or temporarily disable them before starting the installation, and then put them back on your system after completing the installation.

For Macintosh:

1. Turn on your Macintosh to start Mac OS.

2. When the desktop appears, insert the attached “DiMAGE software CD-ROM” into the CD-ROM drive.

The contents of the CD-ROM appear automatically.

3. Double-click the “Utility” folder to open it, and then double-click the “English” folder.

The “DiMAGE Software Installer” icon appears.

4. Double-click the “DiMAGE Software Installer” icon.

The Installer program starts and the initial window appears.

“DiMAGE Software Installer” icon

When the contents of the CD-ROM do not appear automatically, double-click the CD-ROM icon on the desktop (named “DiMAGE Software”) to open it.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Macintosh)

6. Click “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 agree to the terms of the “License Agreement”, click “No”.The installation procedure will be terminated.

7. Click “Yes”.

The window that lets you select a destination folder of the software (figure-left) appears.

If you click “Reference”, the Mac OS standard folder selection dialog box (figure-below) will appear. Select the folder where you wish to install the software, and then click “Choose” at the bottom right-hand corner of the dialog box.

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INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Macintosh)

8. Make sure that you have selected a proper folder for installation, and then click “Next >>”.

The software installation starts. Follow the instructions shown on the screen.

When the software installation has been completed, the window shown in the lower left-hand corner (Operation 9.) appears.

9. Click “Quit”.

The software installation procedure is complete.

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STARTING THE SOFTWARE

For Windows®:

1. Turn on your PC to start Windows®.

2. Select “Start” “Programs(P)” “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility” “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility”.

The main window of the utility (figure-left) appears.

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STARTING THE SOFTWARE

For Macintosh:

1. Turn on your Macintosh to start Mac OS.

2. Open the folder where you installed the application software (the folder that you selected or created during the software installation), and open the “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility” folder in the same way.

3. Double-click the “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility” software application icon.

Double-click the “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility” software application icon (the icon circled in the lefthand figure).

The main window of the utility appears.

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USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS

This software reads all image files (or one file) in the selected folder, and displays their thumbnails (100 x 75 pixels) on the screen. Since the software also has color matching capability, you can select the output color space when image files are read so that you can control colors for the monitor or the color space that you use.

Note: Subsequent parts of this document assume the following three items:

The computer and digital camera are connected by the USB cable. The computer recognizes the CF card in the digital camera as a “removable

disk (or a removable media)”.

Images in the “removable disk (or the removable media)” are (directly)

handled by this software.

If you use Windows

98/98 Second Edition, you must install the driver software from the attached CD-ROM to execute the above operation. If you use Mac OS 8.6, you must first download the dedicated driver software from Apple Computer’s Web site and then install it on your Macintosh. See the digital camera’s instruction manual about how to install the software or download the software. If you use Windows

95/NT4.0, you can not execute the above operation, however, the software also runs on Windows

95/NT4.0. So, you can still use this software to image files after copying those files in your selected folder from the CF card by using a CF card reader.

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1. Set the CF card to the digital camera according to the digital camera’s instructions. Set the digital camera to the computer connection mode, and then connect it to your computer using the USB cable.

2. Start the “DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility” application software.

The main window of the utility appears.

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USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS

To Display Thumbnails of All Images in the Folder:

3. Click the “Load All Images” button of the main window.

The OS (operating system) standard folder selection dialog box appears. (The left-hand figure is for Windows®.)

4. Select the folder where image files are stored, and then click “Select”.

For Windows®:

Click the plus (+) sign located on the left of the disk icon described as Removable Disk.

Click the plus (+) sign located on the left of the folder named Dcim.

Select the folder named 100mlt03 for DiMAGE 7, 100mlt04 for DiMAGE 5.

For Macintosh:

Double-click the removable media icon described as Unknown.

Double-click the folder icon named Dcim. Select the folder named 100mlt03 for DiMAGE 7,

100mlt04 for DiMAGE 5, and then click “Choose” in the bottom of the dialog box.

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To execute the color matching process, click here and select the output color space from the drop-down list (or specify the monitor ICC profile).

See page 34 for details about the color matching (process).

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USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS

5. Image files in the selected folder are read, and their thumbnails are displayed (figure-left).

* If Minolta-RAW files (image files with the .mrw

extension) exist in the selected folder, thumbnail filenames of Minolta-RAW files that the “RAW File Processing” (see page 23) has not been performed are shown in “red”.

* If you click a thumbnail of a Minolta-RAW file and

then click the “RAW File Process” button, the “Open the Minolta-RAW File” window appears so that you can adjust its saturation, contrast or sharpness. See page 24 of this document for details.

* Thumbnails for animation files (files with the .avi

extension) will not be displayed.

* See the DiMAGE 7/DiMAGE 5 instruction manual

about “Minolta-RAW files”.

If you selected a folder (folder where image files exist) on the computer hard disk rather than a folder in the CF card, only following kinds of image files can be read and displayed as thumbnails.

Image files recorded by DiMAGE 7/DiMAGE 5/DiMAGE S304 (excluding animations). Minolta-RAW files stored by this software. JPEG and TIFF files stored by this software.

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If many image files exist in the selected folder and the display area is filled with those thumbnails when they are loaded, the display area is scrolled downward automatically to show all of them within that area (the thumbnail of the last loaded image file is displayed at the last place).

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USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS

To 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 folder selection dialog box appears. (The left-hand figure is for Windows

4. Select the image file that you wish to see, and click “Open”.

In case of Windows®, follow “Removable Disk”, “Dcim (folder)” from the drop-down list of the “Look in:” selection box until the folder named “100mlt03” (for DiMAGE 7) is displayed in the box (“100mlt04” for DiMAGE 5).

In case of Macintosh, follow “untitled (removable media)”, “Dcim (folder)” from the pop-up menu in the top of the dialog box until the folder named “100mlt03” (for DiMAGE 7) is displayed in the box (“100mlt04” for DiMAGE 5).

To execute the color matching process, click here and select the output color space from the drop-down list (or specify the monitor ICC profile).

See page 34 for details about the color matching (process).

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USING THE SOFTWARE – THUMBNAILS

* If you select Minolta-RAW files (image files with the .mrw extension), thumbnail filenames of Minolta-RAW

files that the “RAW File Processing” (see page 23) has not been performed are shown in “red”.

* If you click a thumbnail of a Minolta-RAW file and then click the “RAW File Process” button, the “Open the

Minolta-RAW File” window appears so that you can adjust its saturation, contrast or sharpness. See page 24 of this document for details.

* Thumbnails for animation files (files with the .avi extension) will not be displayed. * See the DiMAGE 7/DiMAGE 5 instruction manual about “Minolta-RAW files”.

If you selected an image file copied in a certain folder on the computer hard disk rather than a file in the CF card, only the following kinds of image files can be read and displayed as thumbnails.

Image files recorded by DiMAGE 7/DiMAGE 5/DiMAGES304 (excluding animations). Minolta-RAW files stored by this software. JPEG and TIFF files stored by this software.

If JPEG or TIFF files are retouched and overwritten with image processing applications that do not support Exif files such as Adobe®Photoshop®, they can not be read or displayed in the DiMAGE Image Viewer Utility (an error message “File not supported” appears).

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