Adjusting Dynamic Range; Using A Picture Style File - Canon 40D - EOS 40D DSLR Instruction Manual

Adjusting Dynamic Range

Dynamic range (width of gradation expression) from dark points to bright
points in an image can be adjusted.
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The horizontal axis shows the input level and the vertical axis
shows the output level.
A Picture Style file is an extended function of Picture Style. It is a file that
offers effective image characteristics for an image shot in an extremely
limited scene. With DPP, you can apply a Picture Style file to a RAW
image.
You can use a Picture Style file effective for the scene, downloaded from
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the Canon's web site or your original Picture Style file created with
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"Picture Style Editor" (Picture Style file creating software). When using a
Picture Style file, save it to your computer beforehand.
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Using a Picture Style File

Select the image to which a Picture Style file is to be
applied.
Click the [Browse] button.
The [Open] dialog box appears.
Select a Picture Style file.
The Picture Style file you selected is applied to an image.
The Picture Style files that you can apply to the camera are files with
the ".PF2" extension only. Furthermore, you cannot apply Picture
Style files with the extension ".PSE" to an image; however if such a
file is registered in the camera and the image is shot, the image will
display correctly.
Introduction
Contents at
a Glance
1
Basic
Operation
2
Advanced
Operation
Advanced 3
Image Editing
and Printing
Processing 4
Large Numbers
of Images
5
Editing JPEG
Images
Reference
Index
45