It makes sense to read this section first if new to Silkypix... How to Handle SILKYPIX Perfectly...145 Silkypix Pro PDF Contents Page Index 0. 0.Overview and Introduction...9 0.1. Section Names...9 0.1.1. Entire SILKYPIX Display...9 0.1.2. Menu bar...10 0.1.3. Tool bar...13 0.1.4. Main Control...14 0.1.5. Sub-control...15 0.1.6. Sub-control icon...15 0.1.7. How to Operate GUI...16 0.2. What is SILKYPIX?...16 0.2.1. Basic Image Adjustment Items...17 0.2.2. Features of SILKYPIX...17 0.3. Difference to Other Photo Retouching Software...18 0.4. Differences with conventional products...20 0.4.1. Development processing / Output processing...20 0.4.2. Displays...20 0.4.3. Operations / GUI...20 0.4.4. Other...21 1. Startup...22 1.1. Installation and Execution...22 1.1.1. Windows Version: Installation and Execution...22 1.2. Trial and Registration of Product Key...23 1.2.1. Beginning Trial...23 1.2.2. How to Register Product Key...24 1.2.2.1. Online Registration of Product Key...24 1.2.2.2. Offline Registration of Product Key...25 1.2.2.3. Note for Offline Registration...28 1.2.3. Product Key Registration Cancellation...28 1.2.4. Inquiries Regarding Product Key Registration...29 1.3. Operation in Windows Vista...30 1.3.1. Reason to execute program as administrator...30 1.3.2. Note when using program in Windows Vista...30 1.3.3. Program Compatibility Assistant...30 2. Designating image files for processing...32 2.1. Opening File...32 2.1.1. Selecting from dialogs...32 2.1.2. Selecting from file history...32 2.1.3. Designating by drag and drop...32 2.2. Opening Folder...33 2.2.1. Selecting from dialogs...33 2.2.1.1. Load from Sub-folder...33 2.2.2. Selecting from folder history...33 2.2.3. Assign Using Drag & Drop...33 2.3. When RAW data does not open as expected...34 2.4. How to Handle JPEG/TIFF Image...34 2.4.1. Color temperature of JPEG / TIFF images...34 2.4.2. Sharpness/Noise Reduction for JPEG/TIFF Processing...35 2.4.3. Feature that cannot be Used for JPEG/TIFF...35 3. Display modes and scene operations...36 3.1. Switching Display Modes...36 3.2. Preview window...37 3.2.1. Multi preview...37 3.2.1.1. Operation Methods...37 3.2.1.2. Selecting Reference Preview Scenes...38 3.2.2. Changing operation modes and display position / magnification...39 3.2.2.1. Changing preview display position and magnification...39 3.2.2.2. Change display position / magnification with the mouse...40 3.2.3. Outline Preview...41 3.2.4. Formal Development Preview...41 3.2.5. Grid Display...42 3.2.5.1. Moving Grid Position...42 3.2.5.2. Grid Setting...42 3.3. Thumbnail window...42 Contents 1
3.3.1. Selecting Multiple Scenes...42 3.3.2. Operation for Multiple Scenes...43 3.3.3. Sorting Thumbnail...43 3.3.3.1. Control description...43 3.4. Operations for selected scenes...44 3.4.1. Reservations / Marks...44 3.4.2. Protect...45 3.4.3. Switching to previous scene...46 3.4.4. Rotating images...46 3.4.5. Sorting display of scenes for processing...46 3.5. Arranging parameter controls and sub-controls...47 3.5.1. Location of Parameter Controls...47 3.5.2. Location of Thumbnail Window in Combination Display Mode...47 3.5.3. Location of Sub-Controls...47 3.5.4. Grouping Floating Windows...47 3.5.5. Registration and restoration of control location...48 3.5.5.1. Registering window position...48 3.5.5.2. Restoring window position...48 3.6. Turning floating window display on / off...48 3.7. Icons that show status of scene...48 4. How to Adjust Development Parameter...49 4.1. "Parameter Control" and "Sub-control"...49 4.1.1. Taste...49 4.1.1.1. All category tastes...50 4.1.1.2. Other tastes...51 4.1.1.3. Adding Taste...51 4.1.1.4. Customizing Taste...52 4.1.1.5. Applying Tastes to Multiple Scenes...53 4.1.2. How to Operate GUI...53 4.1.2.1. Cloakroom...53 4.2. Sub-control...53 4.3. Exposure Bias...54 4.3.1. Auto Exposure Bias...55 4.3.2. Fine-Tuning Exposure Bias...55 4.3.3. Exposure Bias Tool...55 4.3.4. Dodging Adjustments...55 4.4. White Balance...56 4.4.1. Adjusting White Balance with Taste...57 4.4.2. Auto White Balance...57 4.4.3. Color Temperature and Color Deflection...57 4.4.4. Gray Balance Tool...58 4.4.5. Skin Color Tool...58 4.4.6. Dark Adjustment...58 4.4.7. White Balance Adjustment...59 4.4.8. Summary of Color and Adjustment...61 4.5. Tone Adjustment...62 4.5.1. Adjusting Tone with Taste...62 4.5.2. Fine-Tuning Tone...62 4.5.3. Tone Curve...63 4.5.3.1. Selecting a Taste...64 4.5.3.2. Editing Points...64 4.5.3.3. Control explanation...64 4.6. Color Adjustment...65 4.6.1. Adjusting Saturation with Taste...65 4.6.2. Fine-Tuning Saturation...65 4.6.3. Selecting Color Mode...65 4.6.3.1. Standard Color...65 4.6.3.2. Memory Color...65 4.6.3.3. Portrait Color...66 4.6.3.4. Film Color...66 4.7. Sharpness/Noise Reduction...66 4.7.1. Adjusting Sharpness with Taste...66 4.7.2. Sharpness Adjustment...66 4.7.3. Noise Reduction Adjustment...67 4.7.3.1. False Color Control...67 4.7.3.2. Neat noise...67 4.7.3.3. Noise Reduction...68 4.7.3.4. Noise Canceller...68 4.7.3.4.1. Noise Level...68 4.7.3.4.2. Noise Cancel...68 Contents 2
4.8. Development...68 4.8.1. Demosaic Sharp Adjustment...68 4.8.2. Resolution Plus...69 4.8.3. Colorspace...69 4.8.3.1. Input Colorspace...69 4.8.3.2. Output Colorspace...69 4.8.4. JPEG/TIFF Processing Mode...70 4.8.5. Reserved Development...70 4.8.6. One scene development...70 4.9. Highlight Controller...70 4.9.1. Emphasis on Chroma/Luminance...70 4.9.2. Emphasis on Saturation/Hue...71 4.9.3. Luminance Restoration...72 4.9.4. Dynamic Range...73 4.9.4.1. Method for Effectively Utilizing Dynamic Range...74 4.10. Fine Color Control...74 4.10.1. Adjustments using the color circle...75 4.10.2. [Adjusting with the sliders]...75 4.10.3. Methods and Notes on Utilizing Fine Color Controller...76 4.11. Lens Aberration Controller...77 4.11.1. Shading (Peripheral Brightness Reduction) Correction...77 4.11.1.1. Angle of View...77 4.11.1.2. Correction Ratio for Amount of Light...77 4.11.1.3. Detail of Shading Reduction...77 4.11.2. Distortion Correction...78 4.11.2.1. Distortion Rate...78 4.11.2.2. Center/Edge Control...78 4.11.3. Transverse Chromatic Aberration Correction...79 4.11.3.1. R Rate...79 4.11.3.2. B Rate...79 4.11.3.3. Transverse Chromatic Aberration Tool...80 4.12. Rotation/Digital Shift...81 4.12.1. Rotation...81 4.12.1.1. Rotation Tool...81 4.12.2. Digital Shift...81 4.13. Trimming...82 4.13.1. How to Operate Handle in Trimming Area...83 4.13.2. How to Operate "Setting for trimming" Dialog...83 4.13.3. Trimming Tool...84 4.13.4. Expansion of Trimming...84 4.14. Spotting tool...84 4.14.1. How to Erase Spots...84 4.14.2. Operation Methods...84 4.14.2.1. Operation Modes...85 4.14.2.2. Tool effects...85 4.14.2.3. Display Spotting Areas...85 4.14.2.4. Initializing Spotting Area...85 4.14.2.5. Adjusting Correction Size...85 4.14.2.6. Changing Display Location / Magnification...86 4.14.3. Notes...86 4.15. Image properties...86 4.15.1. File information...87 4.15.2. Data information...87 4.15.3. Image information...87 4.15.4. IPTC...87 4.15.5. Editing Items...88 4.15.6. Edit Item Dialog...88 4.15.7. Datetime...88 4.15.8. IPTC Information Taste...88 4.15.9. Register lens name...88 4.16. Editing history...89 4.16.1. "Editing History" Sub-control...89 4.16.1.1. Operation Methods...89 4.17. Other...89 4.17.1. Setting On / Off...89 4.17.2. Compatible mode...89 5. Saving Development Process and Development Results...91 5.1. One Scene Development...91 5.1.1. Saving Files...92 5.1.2. Settings...92 Contents 3
5.1.2.1. One Scene Development Taste...92 5.1.2.2. Basic Settings...92 5.1.2.3. Enhancing Setting...93 5.1.2.4. Preview...93 5.2. Batch development...93 5.2.1. Batch Development Tastes...94 5.2.2. Basic Settings...94 5.2.3. Enhancing Setting...95 5.2.4. Other settings...95 5.2.5. Batch development status...95 5.2.5.1. Waiting...95 5.2.5.2. Processing complete...96 5.2.5.3. Pausing and restarting batch development...96 5.3. Settings for development and saving...96 5.3.1. Basic Settings...96 5.3.1.1. File Type to be Saved...96 5.3.1.2. Setting for developed image...96 5.3.1.3. Size of Image...97 5.3.1.3.1. Fit to Designated Size...97 5.3.2. Enhancing Setting...97 5.3.2.1. Imprinting the date...97 5.3.2.2. Unsharp mask...98 5.3.2.2.1. Amount...98 5.3.2.2.2. Radius...98 5.3.2.2.3. Threshold...98 6. Useful Functions for Adjustment...100 6.1. Highlight/Shadow/Outside of Color Gamut Warnings...100 6.2. Histogram...101 6.2.1. Display of Histogram...102 6.3. Shortcut Keys and Function Keys...102 6.3.1. Operating Menu...102 6.3.1.1. File...102 6.3.1.2. Edit...102 6.3.1.3. Operation...103 6.3.1.4. Display...103 6.3.1.5. Parameter...103 6.3.1.6. Development...103 6.3.1.7. Help...103 6.3.2. Using Context Menu...103 6.3.2.1. Display Magnification...103 6.3.2.2. Mark...104 6.3.2.3. Development...104 6.3.2.4. Change of Scene...104 6.3.3. Shortcut Key List...104 6.4. How to Use Cloakroom...105 6.4.1. Copy Development Parameter...105 6.4.2. Save Development Parameter Temporarily...105 6.4.3. Compare Development Parameter...106 7. Development Parameter Operation...107 7.1. Copy Development Parameter...107 7.1.1. Paste Development Parameter...107 7.1.2. Paste Partial Development Parameter...107 7.1.3. Partial paste for image property...107 7.1.4. Special handling of pasted development parameters...108 7.1.4.1. Paste Trimming Area...108 7.1.4.2. Pasting digital shift...108 7.1.4.3. Turning on and off...108 7.2. Save Development Parameter...108 7.3. Load Development Parameter...108 7.4. Initialize Development Parameter...109 7.5. Cloakroom of Development Parameter...109 7.5.1. Pasting latest editing parameters...110 7.6. Set Development Parameter to Multiple Scenes...110 7.7. Operation for Multiple Scenes...110 7.8. Select Taste...111 7.9. Add Taste...111 7.10. Default Parameter Setting...112 8. File Operation...113 Contents 4
8.1. Delete Procedures...113 8.1.1. Delete Reserved Scene...113 8.1.2. Delete Selected Scene...114 8.2. Copy/Move Procedures...114 8.2.1. Copy/Move Reserved Scene...114 8.2.2. Copy/Move Selected Scene...115 8.3. Files to be Deleted, Copied, or Moved...115 8.4. Rename/Batch Rename...115 8.4.1. Rename...116 8.4.2. Batch rename...116 8.5. Printing 118 8.5.1. Basic Setting...118 8.5.1.1. Print Format...118 8.5.1.2. Print Range...119 8.5.1.3. Image arrangement...119 8.5.1.3.1. Automatic arrangement...119 8.5.1.3.2. Optional arrangements...119 8.5.1.4. Other...120 8.5.2. Expanded settings 1...120 8.5.2.1. Color management...120 8.5.2.1.1. Perform color management...120 8.5.2.1.2. Color management on the printer side...121 8.5.3. Expanded settings 2...121 8.5.3.1. Unsharp Mask...121 8.5.3.2. Imprinting the date...122 8.5.4. Print Preview of Multiple Scenes...123 9. Option and Setting...124 9.1. Setting for Developed Image...124 9.1.1. Taste...124 9.1.2. Setting of File Type...124 9.1.3. Default Folder to Save...126 9.1.4. Option for JPEG/TIFF...126 9.1.5. Development Policy...127 9.1.5.1. Method for Rotation Processing...127 9.1.5.2. Output colorspace...127 9.1.6. Default Filename to Save...128 9.2. Display Setting...129 9.2.1. Color Management...129 9.2.1.1. Monitor Profile...129 9.2.2. Display format in parameter controls...130 9.2.3. Thumbnail Mode...130 9.2.4. Preview Mode...130 9.2.4.1. Preview Mode...130 9.2.4.2. Double-click operations...130 9.2.4.3. Grid Setting...131 9.2.4.4. Operations in preview display mode when opening folders...131 9.2.5. Other...131 9.3. Function Setting...131 9.3.1. Setting...131 9.3.1.1. Saving Rotation for JPEG/TIFF/DNG...131 9.3.1.2. Setting up Exposure Bias Tool...132 9.3.1.3. Setting up Highlight Warning...132 9.3.1.4. Setting up Shadow Warning...133 9.3.1.5. Tooltip...133 9.3.1.6. Operate RAW Data Files Only...133 9.3.2. Operation...133 9.3.3. Performance...134 9.3.3.1. Cache Setting...134 9.3.3.2. Specify Temporary Folder...134 9.4. Key customization...134 9.4.1. GUI Operation methods...135 9.4.2. How to assign keys...136 9.4.3. Keys that can be assigned...136 9.4.3.1 Reserved Keys...136 9.5. Default Parameter Setting...137 9.6. Imprinting the date for printing setting...137 9.6.1. Edit imprinting the date data...138 9.6.1.1. Layer settings...138 9.6.1.2. Character settings...138 9.6.1.3. Image settings...140 Contents 5
9.6.1.4. Base size...140 9.7. Importing and exporting settings...141 9.7.1. Export...141 9.7.2. Import...141 9.8. Option Feature...141 9.8.1. Delete Access History...141 9.8.2. Initializing Location of Control...141 9.8.3. Select Skin...141 9.8.4. Start screen is displayed...142 9.9. Setting for Troubleshooting...142 9.9.1. Initialize user configuration file...142 9.9.2. Transmitting error report...142 9.9.3. Test registration...143 9.9.4. Troubleshooting for Windows...143 9.9.4.1. Disable Parallel Processing When Developing...143 9.9.4.2. To Develop Slowly...143 9.9.4.3. Delete Manufacturer Name of EXIF Information...144 9.9.4.4. Restrict file access...144 10. How to Handle SILKYPIX Perfectly...145 10.1. Techniques...145 10.1.1. Speed up Refreshing of Preview...145 10.1.2. Utilizing Difference between Exposure Biases of Camera and SILKYPIX...145 10.1.3. Utilizing Difference between ISO Speed Adjustment of Camera and Exposure Bias of SILKYPIX..146 10.1.4. Relationship between Demosaic Sharp and Picture Quality...146 10.1.5. Adjustment for Over-saturation...147 10.1.6. Color Gamut and Adjustment Outside of Gamut...148 10.1.7. Sharpening Image...149 10.1.8. Creating Extremely Clear Image...150 10.1.9. How to Take Advantage of Dynamic Range...151 10.1.10. How to Use Sharp and Unsharp Mask...151 10.2. Photographic Techniques...152 10.2.1. Photography without Backlight Compensation...152 10.2.2. Should RAW be Photographed in Underexposed?...152 10.2.3. Turning Exposure Compensation Dial into ISO Speed Dial...153 10.2.4. Appropriate Exposure for RAW Photography...153 10.3. Advanced Techniques...153 10.3.1. Desensitizing at Development...153 10.3.2. Linearity and Saturation of Image Sensor...154 10.4. Knowledge...154 10.4.1. Color Temperature and Color Deflection...155 10.4.2. Exif Information...155 10.4.3. Files Created Automatically...155 10.4.3.1. Development Parameter File and Collateral Information File...156 10.4.3.2. Virtual storage files...156 10.4.3.3. Cache file...156 10.4.3.4. Other...156 10.4.4. DNG (Digital Negative) format compatibility...156 10.4.4.1. DNG Overview...156 10.4.4.2. DNG Files Available with this Software...157 10.4.5. Color management...157 10.4.5.1. What is color management?...158 10.4.5.2. Color space and color profile...158 10.4.5.3. Color management performed on SILKYPIX...159 10.4.5.4. Color management on monitor displays...160 10.4.5.5. Color management for print output...160 10.4.5.6. Restrictions to color management...161 10.4.5.7. "srgb" vs "Adobe RGB"...162 10.4.5.8. Trouble shooting...162 10.4.6. Thermal Runaway...163 11. Supported Camera List...165 12. Troubleshooting...170 12.1. How to check the software version and your registered information...170 12.2. Troubleshooting for "Registration of Product Key"...170 12.2.1. List of Error Dialog Displayed by "Registration of Product Key"...170 13. License Agreement...170 Contents 6