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9224-2766-21 H-A106 INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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• This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the prior permission of Minolta Co., Ltd. © 2001 Minolta Co., Ltd. • Every precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this material Please contact Minolta if you have any questions, find any mistakes or notice missing information. • Minolta cannot accept responsibility for any loss, damage or other problems caused by use of this software. • With the exception of personal, home or equivalent use No par
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This instruction manual does not provide instructions for the basic operation of the personal computers, or the basic operation of Windows® or Mac OS operating systems. Please refer to the manual that came with your computer for information on the above mentioned topics. • Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries of Microsoft Corporation. • The official name of Windows® is Microsoft® Windows® Operating System. • Pentium® is a registered trademark
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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 )
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TABLE OF CONTENTS COLOR CORRECTION................................................................................................40 Corrections using the tone curves ...........................................................................41 To Draw a Free Hand Tone Curve ...........................................................................42 To Correct Images Using the “Black Point” Button...................................................43 To Correct Images Using the “White Point” Bu
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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 layo
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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®
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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, OS Windows®98 / 98 Second Edition, Windoes®95, Windows®NT4.0 (Service Pack 6 or later) RAM A minimum of 64MB of RAM 100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace Hard Disk Space after the software installation Resolution: VGA (640 X 480 dots) or hig
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Macintosh) The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below: Apple Macintosh Series computers PowerPC 100MHz or higher CPU (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 100MB or more of free hard disk space for use as workspace Hard Disk Space after the software installation Resolution: 640 dots X 480 dots or higher Monitor 1024 dots X 768 dots or higher is recommrnded
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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
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® INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE (Windows ) 4. Click “Next >”. 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. 5. Click “Yes”. The window that lets you select a destination folder of the software (figure-left) appears. 6. To install the software in the default folder (C:\Program Files\DiMAGE Image Viewer U
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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 un
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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 o
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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
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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. - 15 -
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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. - 16 -
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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 left- hand figure). The main window of
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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. If image files are Minolta-RAW files (image files with the .mrw extension), they will be processed to the image format that can be displayed on the monitor, and their thumbnails (100 x 75 pixels) will be displayed. Since the software also has color matching capability, you can select the output color space when image files are re
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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 : 1 Click the plus (+) sign located on the left of the disk icon described as Removable Disk. 2 Click the plus (+) sign located on the left of the folder n
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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, the “Open the Minolta-RAW File” window appears every time the software reads it in. Those files will be processed to the image format that can be displayed on the monitor, and their thumbnails will be displayed. See page 23 of this document for details. * Thumbnails for animatio
