ZoomBrowser EX 5.6 (contd.)
(Note that this section is from our EOS 5D review, as nothing of significance has changed).
RAW Image Task
Select one or more RAW images then click on the 'Process RAW Images...' option to launch the RAW IMAGE Task window. The main window is has a straightforward layout, the main viewing window in the middle, above this a toolbar, and the menu bar. On the left are thumbnails of the RAW images to be converted (you can batch convert images with the same development conditions if required). Output formats are JPEG and TIFF (8/16-bit). RAW Image Task isn't quick by any standards, any adjustment to a setting means a two or three second delay (even on a fast PC). This is primarily because RIT is designed to exactly emulate the camera's image processing pipeline (give exactly the same results as the camera).
In addition to this main window there are also four floating windows; Image Quality ADjustment, Properties, Histogram and Navigator.
|Image Quality Adjustment - allows you to make changes to the 'development conditions' for the image (including Picture Style)||Properties - displays shooting information about the current image, allows you to embed a comment into the RAW file|
|Histogram - A luminance value or RGB histogram of the current image||Navigator - if the image is magnified the navigator indicates the displayed area and can be used to scroll the view|
RAW adjustments which can be applied from the Image Quality Adjustment window:
|Digital Exposure Comp.||+/- 2.0 EV in 0.1 EV steps|
|White balance||Auto, Presets (6), Kelvin, White Point|
|White balance fine tuning||Blue - Amber & Green - Magenta|
|Picture Style||Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome|
|Sharpness||0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7|
|Contrast||-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4|
|Color saturation||-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4|
|Color tone||-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4|
|B/W filter (in mono mode)||None, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green|
|B/W toning (in mono mode)||None, Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green|
|Color space||sRGB, Adobe RGB|