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Companion Processing Software

for SIGMA Digital Cameras

Version 3.2

For Macintosh

Summary of Contents for PHOTO PRO 3.2

Page 1: ...S SI IG GM MA A P Ph ho ot to o P Pr ro o U Us se er r G Gu ui id de e Companion Processing Software for SIGMA Digital Cameras Version 3 2 For Macintosh...

Page 2: ...esults Warning Do not play the included CD ROM s in an Audio CD ROM player Listening to the included CD ROM with headphones on a music CD player can cause hearing loss Playing the included CD ROM on a...

Page 3: ...of software 7 2 2 Setting up your monitor 8 Verifying monitor brightness gamma and color 8 Using a pre existing monitor profile 8 Choosing the best monitor resolution for your screen size 8 3 3 B BE...

Page 4: ...19 Renaming images outside of SIGMA Photo Pro 19 5 5 Selecting images 19 Selecting one image 19 Selecting multiple images 19 5 6 Marking Locking Rotating images in Main and Review Windows 20 Rotating...

Page 5: ...s with a specific setting applied 27 Saving Current Unsaved Settings 27 In the case of displayed images files are JPEG or TIFF format 28 File Mode Reviewing images without adjustment 28 Auto Reviewing...

Page 6: ...te Balance setting in an X3F file 41 8 6 Saving and applying custom settings 42 Applying settings from the Adjustment Controls Palette 42 Saving application settings 42 Deleting application settings 4...

Page 7: ...SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 1 1 1 I I N N T T R R O O D D U U C C T T I I O O N N In this section you will learn The main features of SIGMA Photo Pro How this manual works...

Page 8: ...ete images from camera or computer Print Slide Show Change file name Adjustment Mode Palette Adjust image Exposure Compensation Contrast Shadow Highlight Sharpness Saturation and Fill Light Adjust col...

Page 9: ...Save Images As button p 31 to process and save X3F images in TIFF or JPEG formats Use Edit Buttons p 20 to rotate mark lock or delete selected images Clicking Copy camera images button p 14 transfers...

Page 10: ...t Click on the left or right arrow button p 24 to increase or decrease magnification of the loupe SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 4 Press the Fit in button p 25 to resize the image to fit window Press the...

Page 11: ...Menu Choice Keyboard Equivalents are shown as follows Cmd Letter or Symbol Cmd is an abbreviation for Command key on a Macintosh keyboard Navigating the on screen version of the manual To view the SIG...

Page 12: ...SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 6 2 2 C C O O M M P P U U T T E E R R S S E E T T U U P P In this section you will learn How to install SIGMA Photo Pro on your computer How to set up your monitor...

Page 13: ...nnection CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Installing and uninstalling of software Install SIGMA Photo Pro To install SIGMA Photo Pro please proceed as follows 1 Insert SIGMA Photo Pro CD ROM into your CD ROM d...

Page 14: ...ange so check your monitor s performance periodically Consult your monitor documentation and perform calibration adjustments as recommended by the manufacturer Using a pre existing monitor profile For...

Page 15: ...SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 9 3 3 B B E E F F O O R R E E Y Y O O U U B B E E G G I I N N In this section you will learn How to connect your camera to your computer How to start up SIGMA Photo Pro...

Page 16: ...ing connected to the computer Connecting the camera SD14 DP1 Connect your SD14 or DP1 to computer and turn the camera on The SD14 DP1 is indicated as a Removable Disk Volume SD14 DP1 is mounted to des...

Page 17: ...launch SIGMA Photo Pro without connecting a camera by double clicking on the SIGMA Photo Pro icon The Main Window will appear and the last folder you worked in will be selected in the Computer Pane An...

Page 18: ...S F F E E R R R R I I N N G G I I M M A A G G E E In this section you will learn How to copy images from your camera to your computer How to erase the images from the CF SD Card as you copy SIGMA Pho...

Page 19: ...s If you wish to create a new folder within the existing folders or volumes please select File New Folder in the Main Window 2 Open the SIGMA folder from DCIM folder created by the camera and select t...

Page 20: ...ific images only select or mark the images Images marked on the camera remain marked when viewed in SIGMA Photo Pro 4 Click on the Copy Camera Images button The following dialog box will appear Source...

Page 21: ...5 M M A A N N A A G G I I N N G G I I M M A A G G E E S S In this section you will learn How to display view and sort images How to select and move images How to rename images How to mark lock and rot...

Page 22: ...mages directly from the camera when the Camera Pane is selected or images from folders when the Computer Pane is selected Note that the selected pane title will be highlighted in blue The Main Window...

Page 23: ...M Ma ai in n W Wi in nd do ow w Viewing images stored on the camera Click anywhere on the Camera Pane to display camera images The Camera Pane title will be highlighted in blue and the images on the c...

Page 24: ...ew Small Thumbnail Medium Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail Small thumbnails with details Click on the button or select View Thumbnails with Details in the Main Window menu Sorting and filtering thumbnails...

Page 25: ...must be retained in order for the file to be recognized by SIGMA Photo Pro as the original Processed files will have the file extensions TIF and JPG and these also must remain unchanged Note Do not c...

Page 26: ...ing to your computer Select one or more images and click the Mark button or select Mark from Edit menu to mark Select one or more marked images and click the Mark button or select Unmark from Edit men...

Page 27: ...TIFF and X3F images can be deleted Images can also be recovered from your computer s recycle bin or trash can Note Read only media such as a CD ROM will not be able to proceed the above action 5 5 8...

Page 28: ...ction you will learn How to open a Review Window How to view different images in the Review Window How to view details using the Magnification How to check shadows and highlights with the warning mask...

Page 29: ...ocess and save images individually Review images with different adjustment settings Access Adjustment Controls for custom processing Mark lock rotate or delete images Navigate through other images on...

Page 30: ...mage in the folder Whenever you switch folders in the Main Window both Navigation buttons will be disabled until you replace the image in the Review Window with an image from the new folder Selecting...

Page 31: ...esent Red Green and Blue values in a 5 by 5 pixel sample in the center of the loupe For additional information on color refer to Section 8 3 Making Color Adjustments 6 6 4 4 U Us si in ng g t th he e...

Page 32: ...pper right corner of the Review Window animates while the image is processing When the animation stops the display will update to a higher resolution reflecting the current adjustment mode To select a...

Page 33: ...rrent Unsaved Settings When Current Unsaved Setting is displayed in the pop down menu the adjustment settings reflect whatever is currently displayed in Adjustment Controls Current Unsaved Setting wil...

Page 34: ...e Adjustment Controls Auto Mode sets these controls for each image automatically If you want to further adjust the Auto setting update any of the settings in the Adjustment Controls Pallet Note that t...

Page 35: ...res additional computer memory so the program may run more slowly with multiple windows open To optimize program performance close Review Windows when not in use Using multiple Review Windows to compa...

Page 36: ...o User Guide 30 7 7 P P R R O O C C E E S S S S I I N N G G S S A A V V I I N N G G In this section you will learn How to process and save images How to choose resolution file type and color space for...

Page 37: ...of images 1 Select the folder containing the X3F images you wish to process 2 You can process the entire folder selected images or marked images 3 Select or mark specific thumbnails if desired 4 Click...

Page 38: ...image to process press the Save Image As button The following dialog box appears Destination You can select a folder on your computer to store the processaed images or change the name of the processae...

Page 39: ...on one half or double the number of pixels in each dimension for your processed image to JPEG or TIFF For more information see Section 10 2 remove Adjustment Settings Three setting options are availab...

Page 40: ...A G G E E S S In this section you will learn How to use the Adjustment Controls palette How to make tonal adjustments How to make color adjustments How to use the Histogram How to set the Warning Mask...

Page 41: ...When multiple Review Windows are open the palette settings will reflect the current topmost active Review Window Opening and closing the Adjustment Controls Palette To open Adjustment Controls click o...

Page 42: ...re The Exposure Compensation slider affects the overall brightness of an image as if the original exposure had been changed Use this control for slightly under or overexposed images Each 0 1 increment...

Page 43: ...ty of detail in your image The higher the number the stronger the sharpness The range of the Sharpness slider is 2 0 to 2 0 X3 Fill Light X3F files only The Fill Light slider affects tone correction b...

Page 44: ...panel click the title button or Maximize Minimize button The Color Adjustment Eyedropper Click the Reset button to restore color adjustments to default no adjustment settings The Cyan Magenta and Yell...

Page 45: ...rget ring towards cyan on the opposite side of red in the Color Wheel Using the Color Adjustment Eyedropper to adjust color Use the Color Adjustment Eyedropper to let SIGMA Photo Pro create neutral gr...

Page 46: ...h The scale in which these values are measured is between 0 blackest shadow and 255 whitest highlight Enabling disabling and setting values for the Warning Masks To turn the warning masks on and off c...

Page 47: ...ndescent tungsten lighting Fluorescent Select this setting when taking pictures indoors under fluorescent lighting Flash Select this setting when taking pictures with th Sigma EF 500 DG flash Auto Sel...

Page 48: ...application settings To delete a saved setting click on the Delete Setting button located at the bottom of the Adjustment Mode Panel The Delete Setting dialog box will appear Click on the name of the...

Page 49: ...Guide 43 9 9 G G E E T T T T I I N N G G I I M M A A G G E E I I N N F F O O In this section you will learn How to find image info in the Main and Review Windows How to open an Image Info Window for a...

Page 50: ...ndow In addition to text information single images will also display icons in the information field indicating marked status locked status and transfer status If the selected image is a TIFF or JPEG p...

Page 51: ...he Title Bar upper left hand corner or on the Close button at the bottom of the window There are three sections in the Information Window The top section contains general information about your file N...

Page 52: ...SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 46 1 1 0 0 P P R R I I N N T T I I N N G G A A N N D D S S L L I I D D E E S S H H O O W W In this section you will find How to print images How to proceed slideshow...

Page 53: ...on the right side Paper size Print Setup Window Print Preview Window Print Setup window Source You are able to select images you want to print from All Images Marked Images or Selected Images Adjustm...

Page 54: ...the print size of the images if the image size is larger that paper size selected from print set up menu If you print larger than 8x10 inch please select Fit To Printable Area Auto Rotate Check Auto R...

Page 55: ...p if you wish to repeat Slide Show Transition Select transition how to replace from pop down menu You can also select Swipe Ripple Page Curl Mod Flash Dissolve Disintegrate with Mask Copy Machine from...

Page 56: ...flashlight will appear from the center before showing the next image Dissolve One image will dissolve into the next Disintegrate with Mask The next image will be displayed through the shape of spotted...

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