PROCESSING RAW IMAGES
Certain digital cameras, such as the DiMAGE 7Hi, or DiMAGE A1, use a special file format called Minolta-RAW. This file can only be read and processed by the DiMAGE Viewer software. To open a RAW file, simply double click on it in the thumbnail display
The open dialog box is used to define the parameters for the image. First the color mode of the image should be selected; if black and white is chosen, the white-balance and filter controls are not available.
White balance controls the overall color of the image. The drop-down menu automatically applies the camera setting used when the image was cap- tured or balances it to a specific light source. The preset white-balance set- tings vary between camera model.
Click on the manual-setting check box for fine control over white balance. The grey-point dropper tool can be used to balance the image in reference to a neutral point within the image area. The color-temperature and CC index slider and text box can be used to enter the color temperature of the scene when the image was recorded.
Before adjusting white balance, set the filter and saturation sliders to zero (0) so that image color can be judged accurately.
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ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING
