Canon EOS Rebel T1i Picture Style Editor 1.5 for Macintosh Instruction Manual - Page 3

Introduction Picture Style Editor (hereinafter, "PSE") is software that allows you to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save the edited results as original Picture Style files. O What is a Picture Style file? A Picture Style file (extension ".PF2") is an extended function of a Picture Style. It differs from the 6 preset Picture Styles (Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful and Monochrome) and provides image characteristics that are effective in a very limited number of scenes. You can further expand your photographic expression by using a Picture Style file effective for a specific scene. O Main Features of PSE With PSE, you can use the functions below to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save the edited results as original Picture Style files (extension ".PF2"). O Select a Picture Style to be used as a basis for your images O Set the [Sharpness], [Contrast], [Color saturation] and [Color tone] O Make minute adjustments to a specific color O Adjust the brightness and contrast (gamma characteristic) In addition, you can register your saved original Picture Style files on a camera with the Picture Style function and then apply those styles to shot images. You can also use Digital Photo Professional to apply the styles to RAW images. O Color management Use PSE in a computer environment with color management. Also, set the profile of the monitor you are using and the color space of the sample image to be used to perform the adjustments, etc. in the preferences window (p.16). System Requirements OS Mac OS X 10.4 to 10.5 Computer Macintosh with one of the above OS installed CPU PowerPC G4, G5 or Intel processor RAM Minimum 1GB Display Resolution: 1024 × 768 or more Colors: Thousands or more O This software program is not compatible with UFS (UNIX File System) formatted disks. Sample Images for Adjustment PSE enables you to use RAW images shot with EOS DIGITAL cameras* (excluding the EOS DCS1 and EOS DCS3) as sample images for adjustment. You can then save the completed adjustments as original Picture Style files. * Compatible with RAW images shot with EOS D6000 or EOS D2000 that have been converted to RAW images using the CR2 Converter and have the ".CR2" extension. For information on CR2 Converter, refer to Canon's web site. Introduction Contents Preparing a Sample Basic Windows Pre-adjustments Image Characteristics Saving Preferences Reference 2