Canon EOS 40D Picture Style Editor Windows - Page 3

Introduction Picture Style Editor (hereinafter, "PSE") is software that allows you to edit Picture Style to your unique image characteristics and save them 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 them as original Picture Style files (extension ".PF2"). O Select a Picture Style to be used as a basis for your images O Set the [Color Tone], [Color saturation], [Contrast] and [Sharpness] 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 that has Picture Style settings 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 Display Windows Vista Minimum 1GB Windows XP, 2000 Minimum 512MB 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. Introduction Create Picture Style Files Reference Images for Adjustment With PSE, you can use RAW images from the following camera models as sample images for adjustment and save them as original Picture Style files. EOS 40D 2