Sinar CaptureShop 5.4.2™ Features CaptureShop was designed to guide you step-by-step through the entire workflow, from initial composition to saving the final image. The Interface is familiar to any Adobe PhotoShop™ user. Most controls are logically divided into three categories – Capture, Process, and Export. Individual controls can be turned into floating windows. You can save and recall multiple custom window arrangements. You can easily show and hide plug-ins in the Controls palettes, showing only the plug-ins you use. Uses the Mac OS X standard locations for storing application preferences and settings. Global application preferences are stored in the user´s preferences folder - they are user specific. Sinar CaptureShop supports multitasking, multithreading and multiprocessor operations. Thanks to this, a new image can be captured before the previously taken image is processed. An acoustic signal notifies the user that the application is ready to capture a new image. Photographers have the flexibility of user-selectable color spaces. In addition to sRGB, users can select to work within other color spaces, such as ColorMatch RGB and Adobe RGB (1998). CaptureShop offers options for printer-specific file export via Color Sync (ICC) using device-specific ICC CMYK printer profiles contained in the ColorSync Profiles folder. CaptureShop supports a workflow based on ICC profiles, including the use of ICC input profiles. As an alternative to input profiles CaptureShop also supports color calibrations known from previous CaptureShop versions. The user can install additional input profiles and color calibrations directly from the Input profile plug-in in CaptureShop. The scaling of images may be applied during the export of the image. The desired dimensions and resolution of the exported image can be entered in the Scale Image Module. Additionally, you may also apply different scaling values in the horizontal and vertical directions to change its proportions. The Camera Setup dialog appears when you first launch CaptureShop after installation. CaptureShop is also hot-pluggable, allowing you to disconnect and reconnect the Sinarback without quitting the program. Image focusing can be performed by means of the Live image (if applicable with the used digital back). A focus indicator is displayed at the bottom of the Live image window. All images can be handled right on the Contact sheet - without the need to open them! If a thumbnail is selected, any parameter can be changed in the Process panel. The thumbnail reflects the current state of the image. The Contact sheet includes a file browser that easily guides through mounted volumes. While in the Contact sheet screen, the size of the displayed thumbnails can be adjusted at any time anxd all Process and Export settings are displayed when an image is selected. All Process and Export functions can be applied to images in the Contact sheet directly and the Info and Neutral Choosers can be used. Also while in the Contact sheet, details can be looked at quickly using the Quick-zoom function. Crop frames are also displayed in the Contact sheet, and the Crop and Scale settings can be batch-applied to multiple images. With the Arrow tool you can select a thumbnail and then - You can set the neutral point - You can check the RGB values - View a section in 100% view with the loupe - Scroll the contact sheet with the Hand tool The contents of the Contact Sheet window can be printed using the Page Setup and Print options under the File menu. There is an Exposure Warning (Tone Ranger) plug-in which allows for highlighting under- and over-exposed areas in the inage at the same time. The Color Alchemist plug-in includes also the Adaptive Color Compensation option for preventing unwanted local color gradients. A Navigator module gives a quick overview of the current image and allows moving the part of the image displayed in the Image and Detail windows. Also, the Zoom Tool enables you to enlarge the image displayed in the Image window up to 1600% Support for Microscanning (16-shot). Available exclusively in the Sinarback H Digital Camera Backs - Sinarback 23H, 43H, 44H, 54H -, this patented technique shifts the CCD sensor in half-pixel increments for each of 16 exposures, capturing information that previously fell between pixels. Microscanning, like the 4-shot imaging technique, produces actual (non-interpolated) color information and files of up to 510 MB (16-bit RGB) with outstanding sharpness and detail. Many windows include a help button with a question mark. When clicking on this button, CaptureShop automatically starts the selected internet browser and displays the corresponding information in the Online help.

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