Hasselblad CF DIGITAL CAMERA BACK RANGE, User Manual

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The FlexColor Setup Philosophy
In the traditional prepress environment, where photographs are captured
on film and then scanned, the professional scanner operator requires
extensive education and experience to make all of the settings required to
obtain good results. The operator examines each original and, applying
his or her experience, enters a "best guess" of what all the settings should
be for that particular type of original. Then the operator checks the
preview and makes fine tuning adjustments. However, when shooting
directly to digital, the photographer needs to be able to make these same
decisions.
FlexColor
simplifies this process by enabling you to save a library of
setups that you use most frequently. Nearly all
FlexColor
settings,
including all settings in the
Setup
,
Gradations
,
Histogram
, and
Texture
windows, are saved in each setup file.
Each time you make a capture, select the closest setup from the
Setup
menu, define the crop, click on the
Auto
button, and you are 98 to 100% of
the way to a perfect image capture (provided that you have neutralized
the colors of your image - see "Neutralizing Colors" on page 98 for
details).
FlexColor
is delivered with several generic setups to get you started
quickly. Use the
Setup
pop-up menu to choose a setup that is appropriate
for your original. The name of each setup indicates its intended use.
Start by using the generic setups. If you want to develop your own setup
library, begin with the closest of the available generic setups, modify it,
and save it with a new name.
Managing Setups
To create a new setup, click on the
New
button. A window will appear in
which you can name the new setup. All of the settings currently applied in
the
Setup
,
Gradations
,
Histogram
, and
Texture
windows will be saved in
the new file.
Software Reference - FlexColor 4.0 for Camera Backs
The Setup Window
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The FlexColor Setup Philosophy