Processing Raw Images - Minolta DiMAGE Viewer Instruction Manual

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. First the color mode of the
image should be selected; if black and white is chosen, the white-balance and filter controls are not
available.
White balance controls the overall
color of the image. The drop-down
b
menu automatically applies the camera
setting used when the image was cap-
tured or balances it to a specific light
source. The preset white-balance set-
a
tings vary between camera model.
Click on the manual-setting check box
for fine control over white balance. The
grey-point dropper tool can be used to
c
balance the image in reference to a
neutral point within the image area.
The color-temperature and CC index
slider and text box can be used to
enter the color temperature of the
scene when the image was recorded.
Before adjusting white balance, set the
filter and saturation sliders to zero (0)
so that image color can be judged
accurately.
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