Example of a Tone Curve Operation
Makes medium tones brighter

Makes medium tones darker

Makes tones harder

Makes tones softer

About the RGB Tool Palette

You can adjust images with the tool palette by switching between the [RAW], [RGB] and [NR/Lens/ALO] tab sheets according to your editing requirements.

The [RGB] tool palette functions are the same as ordinary image editing software, such as tone curve adjustment that is explained here, with which you can adjust RAW images.

However, because the adjustment width of the adjustment functions in the [RGB] tool palette is wider than the [RAW] tool palette, the image color may be saturated, or the image quality may deteriorate if you adjust too much. Therefore we recommend for functions other than tone curve adjustment and automatic adjustment (p.30), that you adjust images using the same functions available in the [RAW] tool palette. Refer to Chapter 5 for explanations on functions of the [RGB] tool palette other than tone curve adjustment.

Using the tool palette

We recommend that as a general principle you edit RAW images using the [RAW] tool palette. However, where the adjustment width with the [RAW] tool palette is not wide enough and you wish to use the special functions in the [RGB] tool palette, we recommend that you adjust your images at the necessary lowest limit with the [RGB] tool palette after having completed basic adjustment with the [RAW] tool palette.

Use the adjustment function of the [NR/Lens/ALO] tool palette (p.109) when applying the Auto Lighting Optimizer (p.56), reducing noise (p.57) or correcting aberration (p.58) after you have made any required adjustments with the [RAW] and [RGB] tool palettes.