User manual SIGMA PHOTO PRO 4.1 FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide Companion Processing Software for SIGMA Digital Cameras Version 4. 1 For Macintosh I M P O R T A N T : Please Read Before You Start Thank you very much for purchasing this SIGMA product. To receive maximum performance and enjoyment, and to not cause any injury or damage, please read this instruction manual carefully before using this product. Notices · Do not reproduce this manual in any form in whole or in part without prior permission. · Although we have made all possible efforts to produce a very accurate manual, if you find any mistakes, please contact our customer support. [. . . ] The Camera Pane title will be highlighted in blue and the images on the camera will be displayed in the Thumbnail Pane. View images stored on your computer Click on the Computer Pane to select the last folder viewed. The Computer Pane title will be highlighted and the images in the folder will appear in the Thumbnail Pane. If the last folder viewed has been deleted, the Computer Pane will be highlighted, but no folder will be selected. If no images appear in the Thumbnail Pane, this indicates that no X3F images were detected on the camera, or no TIFF, JPEG, or X3F images were found in the selected folder. If your computer is connected to a computer network, click "Network" to access files on another computer. SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 17 5 MANAGING IMAGES 5. 3 Different ways to view thumbnails Changing the size and style of thumbnails Click on the Thumbnail buttons at the bottom of the Main Window to view thumbnails with or without text, and at different sizes. Thumbnail Zoom Slider To change thumbnail size, please drag the blue ball or click the button of both sides. You can also adjust them by selecting View > Small Thumbnail, Medium Thumbnail or Large Thumbnail. Small thumbnails with details Click on the button or select View > Thumbnails with Details in the Main Window menu. Sorting and filtering thumbnails Sorting and filtering options for thumbnails are located under View in the Main Window menu. Use these selections or their keyboard equivalents to display specific groupings in the Thumbnail Pane. View only X3F, JPEG or TIFF files in drive or folder Choose to filter images that you have marked or locked Order images in the Thumbnail Pane according to different attributes Reverse the order in the Thumbnail Pane or Refresh the Thumbnail Pane view SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 18 5 MANAGING IMAGES 5. 4 Renaming images Renaming images Ctrl + click over the thumbnail to display contextual menus and select Rename. Batch renaming The 'Batch Rename' dialog box allows all selected images in a folder to be renamed. Select images and click on the File in the Main Window and select Batch Rename. Enter a descriptive name, which will be used for all images in the Rename box followed by a number to Start with #. If a new file name already exists in the folder then an error message will be displayed. Please only change the a filename after copying them to your computer. On a PC, if you rename your files outside of the application, the file extension (. X3F) must be retained in order for the file to be recognized by SIGMA Photo Pro as the original. Processed files will have the file extensions . TIF and . JPG, and these also must remain unchanged. If the extension is changed, file is not identified properly by Sigma Photo Pro 5. 5 Selecting images Selecting one image Click once on a thumbnail to select an image. Double-clicking selects and then displays the image in a Review Window. Selecting multiple images Use the following conventions to select and deselect thumbnails using your mouse: · · · · · Shift + click on thumbnails for contiguous (range) selection Cmd + click on thumbnails for non-contiguous (random) selection Cmd + A to select all thumbnails Click in an empty space or Edit / Deselect All to deselect all thumbnails. Cmd+ Shift + I to invert current selection of thumbnails The following Main Window menu selections and keyboard shortcuts are also available to select and deselect thumbnails: SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 19 5 MANAGING IMAGES 5. 6 Marking, Locking, & Rotating images in Main and Review Windows Rotating images Use the Rotate buttons or rotate CW/CCW from Edit menu to change the vertical or horizontal orientation of thumbnails. Images rotated on the camera will remain rotated after transferring to your computer. [. . . ] Then you can use the word processing program's print function to print the text. If you choose to save these text files in your SIGMA Photo Pro image folders for easy access later, note that they will not be visible from within SIGMA Photo Pro, but you can continue to open and print them from your word processing application. SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 45 10 PRINTING AND SLIDESHOW In this section you will find. . . · How to print images · How to proceed slideshow SIGMA Photo Pro User Guide 46 10 PRINTING AND SLIDESHOW 10. 1 Printing images in the Main or Review windows To print images, click Print Button in the Main or Review Window or select file->print. When you proceed with printing from the Main Window, the following dialog box will appear. Print Setup Window is inscribed on the left side of this dialog box and Print preview window is inscribed on the right side. [. . . ]