The PENTAX PHOTO Browser window layout:
- Tree view:
Internal data on your computer appears here as a folder tree.
Select the folder containing saved image files here.
Also, the tree view handles operations such as creating new folders,
erasing folders or moving/copying folders. (Applies only to Windows)
- Thumbnail pane:
Images in the folder selected in the tree view appear here as thumbnails.
The size of thumbnails can be selected from four sizes. When a thumbnail
image is selected in the thumbnail pane, the image appears in the preview
pane and the image data appears in the image data pane.
- Preview pane:
An image selected in the thumbnail pane appears in this view.
- Image data pane:
The image information for the image selected in the thumbnail pane
appears here.
Performs color separation processing and other processing on CCD RAW
image data recorded in PENTAX digital camera dedicated format,
enabling them to appear on commercially available image viewing and
editing software.
When you click the [Custom Processing] button, a
RAW processing conditions setting panel appears
at the bottom of the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory
window. When you click each item (White Balance,
Tone Curve / Histogram, Sensitivity / Contrast /
Saturation / Sharpness), each setting panel is
displayed. Set each item in its setting panel.
The available
save formats are JPEG (5 levels), TIFF 8-bit, and TIFF 16-bit. Select
the save format using the appropriate toolbar
button.
Setting the Sensitivity / Contrast / Saturation / Sharpness
Adjusts the sensitivity of development processing.
+ : The image becomes brighter.
- : The image becomes darker.
Adjusts the contrast between light and shadow.
+ : Increases contrast between light and shadow.
+ : Decreases contrast between light and shadow.
Adjusts the strength of the colors after RAW data development.
+ : The colors become stronger.
- : The colors become weaker.
Adjusts the sharpness of the edges.
+ : Image contour is enhanced.
- : Image contour is softened.
White Balance settings panel with the preset selections shown. You can select the
Camera Setting, use a preset, select a gray point from the image or manually set the
color temperature. The
changes made will be shown realtime in the preview window.
Tone curve:
The relationship between the input level and output level is set
using a graph (Up to 16 points.).
If the graph is left clicked, the line on the graph moves to that
spot and the point can be set.
The point can be released by right clicking (Windows only).
Histogram (Brightness) displays the light distribution when combining RGB.
Histogram (R) Displays the light distribution for R (Red).
Histogram (G) Displays the light distribution for G (Green).
Histogram (B) Displays the light distribution for B (Blue).
Reset Deletes the tone curve settings, and returns to a straight line.
PENTAX REMOTE Assistant
This software has an additional function that controls the camera from a
computer. To use PENTAX REMOTE Assistant, you will need to purchase
and install PENTAX REMOTE Assistant separately.
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory and PENTAX REMOTE Assistant can also
be run as standalone applications.
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