User manual DXO OPTICS PRO V5.2

[. . . ] Table of content toc 1 Introduction to DxO Optics Pro v5 A typical image enhancement session `Select' "Prepare" `Process' `Review' How to go further The Main Program Overview & Preferences File / Edit / Workspace / Help Menus The Select Tab The Prepare Tab The Process Tab The Review Tab DxO Optics Pro plug-in for Adobe® PhotoshopTM DxO Optics Pro plug-in for Adobe® LightroomTM 0 1 2 DxO Optics Pro v5 Reference Manual 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 toc Table of Contents 4 Introduction to DxO Optics Pro v5 4 A quick session overview 4 First in your workflow!Chapter 1 Chapter 6 16 17 How to go further 2 0 1 2 16 Your workflow & one final note Chapter 7 The Main Program Overview & Preferences 5 A typical image enhancement session 5 The Photographic Workflow 6 Ultimate flexibility and ease of use Chapter 2 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 `Select' Add Your Photos from Various Sources Adding images Import plug-ins The Project window Star-ranking and Stacking The thumbnails and their buttons Fully automatic mode "Prepare" Sort and Fine-Tune Your Images A new look and a more powerful workflow A gradual complexity Control and corrections palettes Adapting your workflow The Correction Palettes `Process' The Whole Batch The `Process' tab Output formats Start the process `Review' Chapter 8 17 Three Basic Concepts 17 Concept #1: DxO Optics Pro is part of a larger post-production workflow. 18 Concept #2: DxO Optics Pro is made up of correction modules and each image is treated as a unique file within a project. 18 Suggested DxO Optics Pro Workflows 20 Output file formats 3 4 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 24 File / Edit / Workspace / Help Menus File Menu Edit menu Program Preferences: The General tab Program Preferences: The Module ambiguity tab Workspace Menu Workspace menu Help menu The Workspace Tabs The Select Tab Select Tab Screen File System icon Windows version Macintosh version Project Database icon Content window The Project Window Thumbnail Icons Module Information Icons Ranking Stacking Right Clicking 5 6 7 Chapter 3 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 8 9 10 11 Chapter 9 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 28 28 29 29 Chapter 4 13 13 13 13 14 12 13 Chapter 5 15 15 Control the Results 15 Check the before and after 14 toc Chapter 10 30 30 31 31 31 32 33 33 33 34 35 37 37 40 42 44 47 50 The Prepare Tab The Preview Window Force parallel (horizontal) Force parallel (vertical) Force rectangle The Correction Palettes Overall Correction Palette workspace Move/Zoom Palette Histogram Palette Edit EXIF Palette Preset Editor Palette Four correction palettes: Light, Color, Geometry and Detail. [. . . ] Once you draw the line and release the left mouse button, the picture will be rotated to reflect the new horizon. NEW ICON - Force Parallel (Horizontal) ­ see the next section NEW ICON - Force Parallel (Vertical) ­ see the next section NEW ICON - Rectangle ­ see the next section TIP: To quickly leave the Force Parallel and Rectangle modes, click on the `After' icon. Also, depending on how much correction you make with these tools, you will probably need to crop the image to reset clean edges of the image. · Before image ­ displays the thumbnail image chosen in the lower Project window in the Preview window as your camera shot it without any Optics Pro corrections. To see the as shot image, simply click and hold the left mouse button down. The original `As shot' image will be displayed. When you release the mouse button, the corrected image with default processing settings will be displayed. This is an excellent way to do a quick check on optical corrections automatically made by the program to see if they meet your needs. Move viewport ­ When clicked, a hand icon replaces the standard mouse arrow and allows you to grab (by clicking and holding down the left mouse button) and move a magnified image in the Preview window so you can examine individual parts of the entire image. Please note that when you move to a different area of your image, that depending on the image rendering speed of your system, a clear, sharp image may take several seconds to be redisplayed. Zoom viewport ­ When clicked, you can move the mouse cursor over a specific part of your image and clicking will automatically zoom into that area of the image. Crop ­ When clicked, the mouse cursor turns into a cross-hair cursor allowing you to crop the image in the Preview window. The boundaries of the cropped image will be shown with a black dashed line. If you would like to quickly leave the crop mode, click on one of the other buttons on the toolbar. Anti-dust tool ­ allows you to "paint" a point or a line (whose thickness can be adjusted) over a dust shadow or a blemish detail you want to erase. After you draw a point or a line, it becomes selectable (if you click again on it with the anti-dust tool). You can then remove it by pressing the `Del' key on your keyboard's numeric keypad. Of course, once you erase dust and blemishes on one image, you can make a preset out of it and reuse this setting on other images. Note: When you first click on the dust tool, two picture images will be displayed in the Preview window. The left hand image is the before image (where you will make your correction) and the right hand picture is the after image. You will need to use the zoom slider and Move viewport button to · · · 3 4 5 6 · · · · Multi-Point Color Balance Tool (MPCB) ­ allows you to readjust the color of up to 4 color points on the selected image. White balance color picker ­ allows you select which point on the image in the Preview window should be used as the white reference point for the image. After ­ displays the processed (corrected) image in the Preview window. This is an accurate display of how this image will look when you process it later during the `Process' phase of your DxO Optics Pro workflow. Please remember that some corrections can not be displayed in zoom factors less than 75%. [. . . ] When you click on this icon, two images will be displayed in the Review window. You can even zoom in to the same area of both pictures to compare results. 56 0 1 2 Zoom Slider: Note the zoom slider in the upper right hand corner of the Review window. By moving the slider to the left, you can reduce the magnification of the selected image in the window. Move the slider to the right and the magnification of the image is increased. [. . . ]