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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL 9222-7300-11 SY-A306/ME-0306...
  • Page 3 Every precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this material. Contact Minolta if you have any questions. Minolta is not responsible for any loss or damage caused by the use of this software. This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the prior permission...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    ABLE OF CONTENTS System requirements ...6 DiMAGE Viewer system requirements ...6 QuickTime system requirements ...7 Before installing the DiMAGE Viewer ...7 Installation ...8 Installing the DiMAGE Viewer - Windows...8 Installing the DiMAGE Viewer - Macintosh...10 Starting up the Viewer ...12 Starting up the Viewer - Windows ...12...
  • Page 5 Advanced setup...80 Customizing the viewer - Preferences...80 Color matching - Color preferences ...82 Using printer ICC profiles ...84 Using monitor ICC profiles ...85 About DiMAGE Viewer ICC profiles...85 ICC profile locations ...86 Viewer notes ...87 Uninstalling the DiMAGE Viewer ...87 Copying Job files ...88...

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    QuickTime 5 or later QuickTime 4 or later Refer to the DiMAGE Viewer CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh operating system requirements. The requirements are printed on the CD-ROM disk. Compatibility with Windows XP is with the Home or Professional editions only.

  • Page 7: Quicktime System Requirements

    If you are upgrading the DiMAGE Viewer from a version earlier than 2.2, see page 88 on how to save any Job file which may have been created. The procedure must be completed before installing the new Viewer version.

  • Page 8: Installation

    Insert the DiMAGE Viewer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The DiMAGE Viewer Installer window will open automatically. The installer window varies with the camera model. Click the “Starting up the DiMAGE Viewer installer” button to begin installation. The welcome window will open. Click “Next>” to con- tinue.
  • Page 9 To install the software in the default location - F:\Program Files\DiMAGE Viewer, click “Next >.” To install the soft- ware in a different location, click browse button to display the folder selection window. Specify the directory in which to install the software.

  • Page 10: Installing The Dimage Viewer - Macintosh

    INSTALLING THE DIMAGE VIEWER - MACINTOSH Turn on the computer to start the operating system. When the desktop appears, insert the DiMAGE Viewer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. The contents of the CD-ROM appear automatically. If the contents do not appear, double-click the CD-ROM icon to open it.
  • Page 11 A window will appear when the software has been installed. Click “Finish” to exit the installer. The location for the DiMAGE Viewer files must be specified. Click the reference button. Confirm the installation location on the installer screen. Click “Next >>”...

  • Page 12: Starting Up The Viewer

    STARTING UP THE VIEWER - WINDOWS The utility will start up and the thumbnail win- dow will be displayed. STARTING UP THE VIEWER Select the DiMAGE Viewer from the DiMAGE Viewer folder in the program option of the start menu.

  • Page 13: Starting Up The Viewer - Macintosh

    STARTING UP THE VIEWER - MACINTOSH Open the DiMAGE Viewer folder. Double-click the DiMAGE Viewer icon to start up the appli- cation. The main window of the utility will be displayed.

  • Page 14: Importing And Editing Images

    Select the update option from the view menu to update the DiMAGE Viewer. IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGES Images can be loaded directly from a digital camera or from image folders saved in the computer.

  • Page 15: Opening Audio Files

    OPENING AUDIO FILES Voice memos, audio captions, and audio recordings made with the camera can be played back with the DiMAGE Viewer. To con- firm if your camera can make audio record- ings, refer to the instruction manual. After set-...

  • Page 16: Changing The Display Format

    CHANGING THE DISPLAY FORMAT The contents of a folder can be displayed as thumbnail images, icons, or in a list with file data. To change the display format, simply press the appropriate button located on the tool bar. IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGES Thumbnail display button Icon display button List display button...

  • Page 17: Changing The Thumbnail Format

    CHANGING THE THUMBNAIL FORMAT The thumbnail format can be changed. Four format are available: large, medi- um, small, and medium with data. To change the format, highlight the Thumbnail Preferences option on the view menu to display the format options. Highlight and click the desired thumbnail format;...

  • Page 18: Sorting Image Files

    SORTING IMAGE FILES Image files can be sorted by name, date, extension, or subject line in ascending or descending order. This function works with the thumbnail, icon, or list displays (p. 16). To sort the displayed images, use the sort menu or the sort-by drop-down menu on the tool bar. Simply highlight the sorting category with the mouse.

  • Page 19: Renaming Single Files

    RENAMING SINGLE FILES Single files can be renamed in the thumbnail, icon, or list displays (p. 16). When rewriting file names, always include the original file extension. Click on the thumbnail, icon, or file name to highlight it. Click on the file name to activate the cursor or select rename from the edit menu.

  • Page 20: Creating Folders

    CREATING FOLDERS Click on the new-folder button on the tool bar or select new folder from the file menu. The new folder will be created in the specified location. The folder name can be changed with the keyboard. IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGES New folders can be created to store images.

  • Page 21: Moving Images To Another Folder

    MOVING IMAGES TO ANOTHER FOLDER Click on the move-to-folder button on the tool bar or select the move-to-folder option from the edit menu. The move-to-folder window will open. In the move-to-folder window, click on the destination folder. Click the select button to move the specified images to the des- ignated folder.

  • Page 22: Copying Images To Another Folder

    COPYING IMAGES TO ANOTHER FOLDER Click on the copy-to-folder button on the tool bar or select the copy-to-folder option from the edit menu. The copy-to- folder window will open. In the copy-to-folder window, click on the destination folder. Click the select button to copy the specified images to the designated folder If an image has an attached audio, or thumbnail file, those files will also be copied.

  • Page 23: Cut, Copy, Paste, And Delete - Windows

    CUT, COPY, PASTE, AND DELETE - WINDOWS The tool bar and edit menu can be used to cut, copy, paste, and delete folders and single or multiple images. These func- tions affect any audio or thumbnail files attached to an image. The delete key on the keyboard will also delete folders and images.

  • Page 24: Displaying And Saving Image Information

    DISPLAYING AND SAVING IMAGE INFORMATION IMPORTING AND EDITING IMAGES With an image selected in the thumbnail window, click the image-information button. If more than one thumbnail image is selected, one window for each image will open. To close the window, click the close button in the top right cor- ner.

  • Page 25: Image Information Setup

    IMAGE INFORMATION SETUP The Exif information displayed in the image infor- mation window can be edited. Select the image- information-setup option from the file menu to open the setup window. Click on the item to be added to or removed from the image information display and click the appropriate move button.

  • Page 26: Basic Image Processing

    ASIC IMAGE PROCESSING IMAGE-CORRECTION WINDOW The image-correction window displays the utility’s image-processing tools. Adjustments to color, con- trast, brightness, and saturation can be made. This section contains details on the basic image-pro- cessing tools. For descriptions of the advanced tools, see pages 46 though 73. Tool bars Snapshot dis- play area (p.

  • Page 27: Tool Bars

    Tool bars Index-display button (p. 28) Magnifying button (p. 31) Variation button (p. 32) Brightness, contrast, and color-balance button (p. 33) Grab button (p. 31) Rotate-left button (p. 29) Rotate-right button (p. 29) Flip-horizontal button (p. 29) Comparison-display button (p. 36) Reset-all button (p.

  • Page 28: Displaying Images In The Image-Correction Window

    DISPLAYING IMAGES IN THE IMAGE-CORRECTION WINDOW The color-correction window will display the image number and the total number of images loaded. Clicking on the arrows on each side of the display will load the previous or next image. Image number of the image currently displayed Total number of images loaded in the utility Click to display the previous image Click to display the next image...

  • Page 29: Flip And Rotate Images

    FLIP AND ROTATE IMAGES The orientation of the displayed image can be changed with the flip and rotate buttons on the tool bar or with the tool menu. Any changes to image orientation will be applied to the thumbnail image in the index display.

  • Page 30: Controlling The Image Display

    CONTROLLING THE IMAGE DISPLAY Fit-to-window button Normally, an image is displayed based on its size and resolution. When the image is too large for the display area, clicking the fit-to-window button will automatically resize the image to fit the display area. Clicking the button again displays the image at its original size.

  • Page 31: Grab Tool

    Grab tool When an image is larger than the display area, the grab tool can be used to scroll the image. Click the grab button on the tool bar or select Grab Tool from the cursor option on the view menu. Click and drag on the image to scroll.

  • Page 32: Variation Palette

    VARIATION PALETTE The variation palette allows an image to be corrected by comparing it to other slightly corrected images surrounding it. This is an easy method to correct images for individuals who are inexperi- enced in image processing or photofinishing. Click the variation button or select Variation from the image-correction option on the cor- rection menu to display the palette.
  • Page 33 Checking the display-limit check box will indicate when any of the image values exceed 0 (black limit) or 255 (white limit) with the complementary color. For example, if the blue area of the image exceeds those values, the limit is displayed with the complementary color, yellow. Click the close button to close the palette to apply any image corrections.

  • Page 34: Brightness, Contrast, And Color-Balance Palette

    BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, AND COLOR-BALANCE PALETTE Click the brightness, contrast, color-bal- ance button or select Brightness, Contrast, Color Balance from the image-correction option on the correction menu to display the palette. Drag the brightness, contrast, or color sliders, or enter specific values in the corresponding text box to make corrections.

  • Page 35: An Introduction To Color

    AN INTRODUCTION TO COLOR In photography, red, green, and blue are the primary colors. The secondary colors, cyan, magenta, and yellow, are made from combin- ing the primary colors: cyan = blue + green, MAGENTA YELLOW magenta = blue + red, and yellow = red + green.

  • Page 36: Comparing Pre And Post Correction Images

    COMPARING PRE AND POST CORRECTION IMAGES Clicking the comparison display button divides the image display area in two. The original image is on the left and the corrected image is on the right. To display the corrected image only, click the comparison display button again. Original image Changes made with the magnifying tool, grab tool, or scroll bars on one image will be applied to the other.

  • Page 37: Undoing And Redoing An Image Correction

    UNDOING AND REDOING AN IMAGE CORRECTION Click the undo button to cancel the last image correction applied to the image. Image cor- rections can continue to be undone as far as the computer memory capacity allows. Click the redo button to reapply the last image correction canceled with the undo button. Click the reset-all button to cancel all image corrections applied to the image.

  • Page 38: Data Imprinting

    DATA IMPRINTING The date and time of record- ing, file name, and the subject line can be imprinted into the image. To add a subject line to an image, see page 25. Select the imprinting-setup option from the tool menu to open the setup dialog box.
  • Page 39 The font color can be specified. Click the font- color button to open the color dialog box. 48 colors are available. Click on the color sample to select it. Custom samples can be created; click the define-custom-colors button to open the palette.

  • Page 40: Saving Images

    AVING IMAGES RESIZING AN IMAGE TO BE SAVED Enter the new width or height value in the text boxes. Only one value needs to be entered, the other value will adjust automatically to keep the image proportions unchanged. The dimensions cannot exceed 5120 X 3840 pixels.

  • Page 41: Changing The Image Name Or Format

    CHANGING THE IMAGE NAME OR FORMAT To save an image file under a new name or in a new file format, select the save-as option from the file menu. The save-as dialog box will open. Specify the location to save the file. Enter the file name without an extension.

  • Page 42: Printing

    RINTING With the image to be printed displayed in the correction window, click the print button or select the print option from the file menu to open the print setup window. PRINTING...
  • Page 43 Position The image can be positioned within the printing area. Simply click on the appropriate radio buttons. Changes are immediately displayed in the preview area. Size Clicking the top radio button allows manual adjustments based on printing resolution or dimensions. Enter the print resolution or one of the dimensions in the text box and click the apply button;...

  • Page 44: Creating An Index Sheet

    CREATING AN INDEX SHEET Multiple images can be laid out in index sheets. Select the images in the thumbnail display choose the create-index-sheet option from the tool menu. Click the save but- ton to save the index sheet as a file.
  • Page 45 Select from the following setting to lay out the index sheets. All changes are reflected in the preview display. Rows x Column - to lay out the images in a specified number of horizontal rows and vertical columns. Size - to select the pixel dimensions of the index sheet. The greater the number of pixels, the fine the image resolution and the larger the file size.

  • Page 46: Advanced Image Processing

    DVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING This section covers the advanced image-processing tools in the DiMAGE Viewer. Adjustments to color, contrast, brightness, hue, and saturation can be made. Functions to view and save image cor- rections are also available. The basic image-processing section on pages 26 through 39 should be read before continuing.

  • Page 47: The Tone Curve / Histogram Palette

    THE TONE-CURVE / HISTOGRAM PALETTE Click the tone-curve/histogram button to display the palette. Channel list box Color-histogram button Smooth curve button Freehand curve button Tone curve White, gray, and black- point buttons Apply button Histogram Input shadow, gamma, and highlight text boxes Input shadow, gamma, and highlight sliders Output shadow and high-...

  • Page 48: Using The Tone Curve

    USING THE TONE CURVE ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING Click the arrow next to the channel box to select the channel from the drop-down menu. To make adjustments to the color balance of the image, select the appropriate color channel. To adjust the contrast or brightness of the image without affect- ing the color, select the RGB channel.

  • Page 49: Drawing Tone Curves By Freehand

    DRAWING TONE CURVES BY FREEHAND Click the freehand-curve button (1). The mouse point- er changes to the pencil tool when placed in the tone- curve box. Click and drag the pointer to draw a new curve. Extreme image manipulations are possible with the freehand curve tool.

  • Page 50: A Short Guide To Tone-Curve Corrections

    A SHORT GUIDE TO TONE-CURVE CORRECTIONS Highlights Mid- tones Shadows Input Bring out detail in the shadows With the RGB channel selected, place the smooth-curve cursor on the center of the curve. Click and drag the curve up. Look at the displayed image to judge the result.

  • Page 51: Correcting Color

    Increasing contrast The contrast of an image can be changed. The light blue 45° line on the tone-curve graph represents the original contrast of the image. Making the angle of the tone curve greater than 45° will increase the contrast of the image. Making the angle less than 45°...

  • Page 52: White, Black, And Gray-Point Corrections

    WHITE, BLACK, AND GRAY-POINT CORRECTIONS On the tone-curve / histogram palette, corrections can be made by specifying a white, black, and gray point within the image. Locating an appropriate neutral area within the image is critical to correctly calibrate the software. When the dropper tool is selected, the RGB display is active and can be used to evaluate the image area.
  • Page 53 Click the gray-point button. The grey point controls the color of the image. With the dropper tool, click a neutral area of the image to be defined as the gray point. The area used to calibrate the gray point must be neutral. The brightness level of the area is not important, but if the area has a definite color, the image will not be color balanced correctly.

  • Page 54: Setting The White And Black-Point Values

    SETTING THE WHITE AND BLACK-POINT VALUES The white and black-point values are set to 255 and 0 for each RGB level. Changing these values allow the calibration of an image with no true white or black. This is an advanced image-processing tool.

  • Page 55: Tone-Curve / Histogram Auto Setting

    TONE-CURVE / HISTOGRAM AUTO SET- TING Click the auto-setting button. The change is immediately reflect- ed in the displayed image. The auto-setting function automatically adjusts the tone curve and histogram to maximize image data. The darkest pixels in the image are set to a black level for 0, the brightest pixels are set to a white level of 255, and the rest of the pixels are distributed between them equally.

  • Page 56: Histogram Corrections

    HISTOGRAM CORRECTIONS The histogram indicates the distribution of pixels with specific brightness and color values of the dis- played image. Using the histogram can maximize the output of the image data. Changes made with the histogram are also displayed on the tone curve. Input shadow slider Input highlight slider Input gamma slider...
  • Page 57 The highlight level, shadow level, and gamma can be set manually. The histogram can be used to maximize the distribution of the pixels in the image. All the levels on the histogram are displayed numerically to the right of the sliders. These numbers can be changed with the keyboard. The gamma slider defines the mid-tones of the image.

  • Page 58: A Short Guide To Histogram Corrections

    A SHORT GUIDE TO HISTOGRAM CORRECTIONS This guide shows simple corrections that can be made with a histogram. Unlike the the tone curve, the histogram provides information on a specific image. This can used to evaluate the image and make adjustments accordingly. The histogram of the cherry blossoms shows a gap at the right and the flowers look a little grey.
  • Page 59 The gamma slider can be used to change the relative distribution of the tones in the image. By mov- ing the gamma slider to the left toward the shadows, the image becomes lighter. By moving the gamma slider in the opposite direction, the image becomes darker. However, unlike the brightness control in the brightness, contrast, and color-balance palette (p.

  • Page 60: Hue, Saturation, And Lightness Palette

    HUE, SATURATION, AND LIGHTNESS PALETTE This palette adjusts the image in reference to the HSB color model. These controls can be used to manipulate the color image rather than producing a realistic representation. The HSB color model defines color based upon human perception rather than photographic process- es.

  • Page 61: Hue Correction Example

    HUE CORRECTION EXAMPLE Original color space New color space Two color spaces are displayed at the bot- tom of the palette. The top bar indicates the color space of the original image. The bot- tom bar displays the relative shift to the color space.

  • Page 62: Sharpness

    SHARPNESS The apparent sharpness of the image can be increased. Sharpness is a very subtle, but can have a powerful affect on overall image quality. Click the sharpness button or select Sharpness from the image-correction option in the correction menu to open the palette. Reduce and enlarge buttons The preview image can be scrolled using the mouse.
  • Page 63 Frequency slider - affects the sharpness of image details. The high frequency setting maximizes res- olution, and the low-frequency setting maximizes acutance. The optimal frequency setting will vary from image to image. It is recommended to view the image at various magnifications to judge the results.

  • Page 64: Area Marquee - Saving Or Printing A Portion Of An Image

    AREA MARQUEE - SAVING OR PRINTING A PORTION OF AN IMAGE An area of an image can be selected and saved as a separate image file or printed. The marquee can also be used to specify the area used for data imprinting (p. 38). Click on the area-marquee button on the tool bar or select the area marquee from the cursor option of the view menu.

  • Page 65: Tracking Image Corrections - Snapshot Button

    TRACKING IMAGE CORRECTIONS - SNAPSHOT BUTTON Image corrections can be stored temporarily as a thumbnail next to the displayed image. Simply click the snapshot button on the tool bar or select the snapshot option from the cor- rection menu to create a thumbnail with the current image corrections. To return to a previous image correction, click on the corresponding thumb-...

  • Page 66: Saving Image Corrections

    SAVING IMAGE CORRECTIONS All corrections applied to an image can be saved as an image-correction Job. The Job can be loaded into the utility at any time and applied to different images. This is a time-saving function when a large number of images need too be processed with the same correction settings.

  • Page 67: Loading Image-Correction Jobs

    LOADING IMAGE-CORRECTION JOBS Display the image to be corrected in the image-correction window. Click the load image-correction Job button or select the load-image-correction-Job option from the correc- tion menu to load a saved image-correction set- ting. Click on an image-correction Job thumbnail to select it. Click the OK button to apply the Job to the displayed image.

  • Page 68: Processing Raw Images

    Certain digital cameras, such as the DiMAGE 7Hi, or DiMAGE A1, use a special file format called Minolta-RAW. This file can only be read and processed by the DiMAGE Viewer software. To open a RAW file, simply double click on it in the thumbnail display The open dialog box is used to define the parameters for the image.
  • Page 69 A Minolta color meter can be used to measure the approximate color temperature of a scene when the RAW image is captured. The recorded color temperature and CC index value from the meter can be entered in the text boxes to set the white balance.

  • Page 70: Saving Raw Images

    SAVING RAW IMAGES Click the save button on the tool bar or select the save option from the file menu to save the dis- played image. In the save-as window, specify the location to save the file (1). Enter the file name without an extension (2).

  • Page 71: Saving Raw Jobs

    RAW processing settings can be saved and applied to other images. After all setting have been made on the open- Minolta-RAW-file dialog box, click the save-RAW-Job button. Enter the name of the Job in the save-RAW- Job window and click save.

  • Page 72: Batch Processing

    BATCH PROCESSING Multiple images can be processed and saved at one time. Highlight the images to be processed on the thumbnail display and then select the batch-pro- cessing option from the tools menu. The batch-pro- cessing dialog box will open. Except for RAW processing, the settings in the dia- log box are applied equally to all images.
  • Page 73 Click the OK button to begin processing. The save-in dialog box will open. Select the location to save the images on the folder tree (1). Specify the file type of the images (2). If saved in the TIFF format, the bit length must be selected (3): 24 bit or 48 bit.

  • Page 74: Movie Enhancer

    To open a movie file in this application, simply double click on the thumbnail in the DiMAGE Viewer thumbnail display. To play the movie clip back, use the controls at the bottom of the screen. Only MOV or AVI for- mat images can be opened.

  • Page 75: Flicker Correction

    FLICKER CORRECTION The Movie Enhancer can minimize flicker in 640 X 480 (VGA) or smaller movie files. General flicker effects the overall image area evenly. Localized flicker is isolated to only a portion of the image area; a scene with natural light and fluorescent lighting may only show flicker in the area illuminated by the fluorescent lights.

  • Page 76: Editing Movie Files

    EDITING MOVIE FILES The Movie Enhancer can join movie clips together, cut sections from a clip, or copy sections from one clip to another with the edit menu. Open the necessary movie files in the main window with the file menu. Splicing two movie clips Click on the first movie clip to select it;...

  • Page 77: Copying Sections From Movie To Another

    Copying sections from one movie to another In the first movie file, use the jog slider to locate the beginning of the section to be pasted. While pressing the shift key, drag the jog slider to mark the frames in the section (1); the slider bar darkens to indicate the selected section.

  • Page 78: Correcting Movie Images

    CORRECTING MOVIE IMAGES The image quality of a 640 X 480 (VGA) or smaller movie clip can be adjusted. If both flicker correction and image cor- rection is applied to the same movie clip, the flicker correc- tion processing should be done first. With the movie dis- played in the movie enhancer, select the image-correction option from the correction menu to open the palette.
  • Page 79 Color corrects the overall color cast of an image. The higher the level, the greater the color balance is shifted toward neutral. Contrast controls the relative brightness levels. The higher the level, the brighter the highlights and the darker the shadows. Saturation controls the vividness of colors. Sharpness controls the sharpness of image details.

  • Page 80: Advanced Setup

    The default application setup speci- fies the software used to open cer- tain files. When a thumbnail is double clicked in the DiMAGE Viewer, it will be opened in the specified applica- tion.
  • Page 81 The create-application-link function links another image-processing application to the DiMAGE Viewer. When the link is made, the application icon is displayed in the thumbnail window. To create the link, click the view button; the open dialog box will be displayed. Select the new applica- tion and click the open button.

  • Page 82: Color Matching - Color Preferences

    Original Color Space (sRGB), the color space of the camera image is not converted to a standard color space. The DiMAGE Viewer, monitor, and printer interprets the color as Adobe RGB for repro- duction purposes, but does not convert the original camera color space.
  • Page 83 SMPTE-C - the current television broadcasting standard used in the United States. PAL/SECAM - the current television broadcasting standard used in Europe. ColorMatch RGB - this standard has a wide color space and is ideal for use with Radius Press View monitors, which are commonly used in prepress production.

  • Page 84: Using Printer Icc Profiles

    USING PRINTER ICC PROFILES Specific printer ICC profiles can be used with the DiMAGE Viewer. Select the color-preferences option from the file menu to open the dialog box. In the dialog box, click the color-matching-on and printer-ICC-profile check boxes. Click on the printer ICC profile load button to display the open window.

  • Page 85: Using Monitor Icc Profiles

    Generic monitor and printer profiles are supplied with the DiMAGE Viewer. In Windows, the profiles folder is located in the DiMAGE Viewer application folder. The profiles are in the following location in a Macintosh: [System]>[Preferences]>[7300]>[Profiles]; or for Mac OS X: [Library]>[Preferences]>[7300]>[Profiles].

  • Page 86: Icc Profile Locations

    ICC PROFILE LOCATIONS ICC profiles can be found in the following locations: Windows 98, 98SE, Me Windows Windows 2000 WINNT Windows XP Windows Mac OS 9 System folder Mac OS X Library ICC profiles for a specific monitors or printers are available from the manufacturer. These may be downloaded from the manufacturer’s web site.

  • Page 87: Viewer Notes

    Documents and XP and settings Windows 98, 98SE, and Me Windows Macintosh As well as the DiMAGE Viewer application folder, the following files and folders should also be delet- Mac OS 9 System System Mac OS X Library Library Users...

  • Page 88: Copying Job Files

    (XP) routine in the control panel. 4. Install the new DiMAGE Viewer. See page 8. 5. While logging on as a user, launch the DiMAGE Viewer once and close it to create the necessary folders. 6. Open the Prefs folder that was copied from the old DiMAGE Viewer application to show the ImageCorrectJob and MRWCorrectJob folders.
  • Page 89 3. Delete the old DiMAGE Viewer application folder. 4. Install the new DiMAGE Viewer. See page 10. 5. While logging on as a user, launch the DiMAGE Viewer once and close it to create the necessary folders. 6. Open the Prefs folder that was copied from the old DiMAGE Viewer application. Copy all the files with an .icj and .mrj extension to the following location: /Users/(logon user...

  • Page 90: Embedded Camera Color Profiles

    Original Color Space (sRGB) or Original Color Space (Adobe RGB) in the color preference window, the DiMAGE Viewer can determine the color space embedded in the image and adjust accordingly. If the color space is not embedded in the image, the color space must be set manually for both color spaces, see color matching on page 82.
  • Page 92 We offer support for our digital products 24 hours per day on www.minoltasupport.com. Camera know-how, image composition, digital image editing: dis- cover more about Minolta’s new internet world and visit www.minoltaphotoworld.com ©2003 Minolta Co., Ltd. under the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention. 1AG6P1P1616-- Printed in Japan 2.2.0 9222-7300-11 SY-A306...

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