Minolta DiMAGE Viewer - Manual (Page 4)

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System requirements .............................................................................................................................6
DiMAGE Viewer system requirements ......................................................................................6
QuickTime system requirements ...............................................................................................7
Before installing the DiMAGE Viewer ........................................................................................7
Installation ......................................................................................................................................8
Installing the DiMAGE Viewer - Windows..................................................................................8
Installing the DiMAGE Viewer - Macintosh..............................................................................10
Starting up the Viewer ..........................................................................................................................12
Starting up the Viewer - Windows ...........................................................................................12
Starting up the Viewer - Macintosh .........................................................................................13
Importing and editing images...............................................................................................................14
Loading image files..................................................................................................................14
Updating the thumbnail window ..............................................................................................14
Opening audio files..................................................................................................................15
Changing the display format....................................................................................................16
Changing the thumbnail format ...............................................................................................17
Sorting image files...................................................................................................................18
Selecting thumbnails ...............................................................................................................18
Renaming single files ..............................................................................................................19
Renaming multiple files ...........................................................................................................19
Creating folders .......................................................................................................................20
Moving images to another folder .............................................................................................21
Copying images to another folder............................................................................................22
Cut, copy, paste, and delete - Windows ..................................................................................23
Cut, copy, paste, and delete - Macintosh ................................................................................23
Displaying and saving image information ................................................................................24
Image information setup ..........................................................................................................25
Editing the subject line ............................................................................................................25
Basic image processing .......................................................................................................................26
Image-correction window.........................................................................................................26
Tool bars .....................................................................................................................27
Displaying images in the image-correction window.................................................................28
Flip and rotate images.............................................................................................................29
Controlling the image display ..................................................................................................30
Fit-to-window button....................................................................................................30
Resizing the viewer window........................................................................................30
Grab tool .....................................................................................................................31
Magnifying tool............................................................................................................31
Menu options ..............................................................................................................31
Variation palette.......................................................................................................................32
Brightness, contrast, and color-balance palette ......................................................................33
An introduction to color............................................................................................................35
Comparing pre- and post correction images ...........................................................................36
Undoing and redoing an image correction ..............................................................................37
Processing images of text and line art ...................................................................................37
Data imprinting ........................................................................................................................38
Saving images ....................................................................................................................................40
Resizing an image to be saved ...............................................................................................40
Saving an image......................................................................................................................40
Changing the image name or format.......................................................................................41
Printing ....................................................................................................................................42
Creating an index sheet...........................................................................................................44
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