Canon EOS 30D Picture Style Editor 1.3 for Windows 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. 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 the original Picture Style files you have saved to a camera with a Picture Style function and apply them to shot images. You can also use Digital Photo Professional or RAW Image Task to apply them 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 Windows Vista*1 OS Windows XP Professional/Home Edition*2 Windows 2000 Professional*3 PC with one of the above OS preinstalled (Upgraded Computer machines not supported) * .NET Framework 2.0 or later is required.*4 CPU Windows Vista 1.3GHz Pentium or higher Windows XP, 2000 750MHz Pentium or higher RAM Windows Vista Minimum 1GB Windows XP, 2000 Minimum 512MB Display Screen resolution: 1024 × 768 pixels or more Color quality: Medium (16 bit) or more *1 Compatible with 32-bit/64-bit systems for all versions except Starter Edition *2 Compatible with Service Pack 2 *3 Compatible with Service Pack 4 *4 .NET Framework is Microsoft software. It is installed together with PSE. Sample Images for Adjustment With PSE, you can use RAW images from the following camera models as sample images for adjustment and save the adjusted results as original Picture Style files. EOS-1Ds Mark III EOS-1D Mark III EOS-1D Mark II N EOS-1Ds Mark II EOS-1D Mark II EOS-1Ds EOS-1D EOS 5D EOS 40D EOS 30D EOS 20D EOS 10D EOS DIGITAL REBEL EOS DIGITAL REBEL EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi/450D XTi/400D DIGITAL XT/350D DIGITAL EOS DIGITAL REBEL EOS 1000D /300D DIGITAL EOS D60 EOS D30 EOS D6000* EOS D2000* * Images converted to RAW images that have the ".CR2" extension in CR2 Converter. 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