User manual FM SOFTWARE CANON 350D CSPRO PLUGIN

[. . . ] When using Photoshop Elements 1 and 2, Photoshop 6. 0 or 7. 0, it will only work with 8-bit files. The 350D CSpro Plugin is a new sharpening technology specific designed to accommodate Canon 350D SLR files. This plugin is compatible with JPEG files straight from the camera or TIFF/JPEG files converted from RAW files. Although 350D CSpro's interface appears simple and intuitive, complexity makes this plugin very smart: It provides everything from haloless sharpening, edgesharpening, luminance sharpening, mode sharpening, and more with just the press of a button. There are pre-designed intensity levels, and options to reduce color noise from high ISO files. [. . . ] High ISO File: This option should be used with "grainy" files. (It's not recommended to combine "Sharpen fine detail" with this setting). Sharpening Level: You have the option of choosing from Level 1 to Level 5. (Level 3 is the default sharpening intensity. ) Level 1 provides the lightest custom sharpening effect and Level 5 the highest. (However, this is NOT recommended for optimal results since the pre-selected intensities were carefully designed for the 350D. ) After choosing your desired sharpening intensity, you will be able to "preview" the results on your original file by clicking on the Apply button. When you finish running the plugin you will see the results of the selected intensity. At that point you also have an option to tweak the intensity of the sharpening effect by decreasing from 100 to 0. (Zero will be the original state of the image before applying the plugin and 100 is the result after applying the plugin -- so you have all of the options in between to work with). For example, if you would like to see half of the sharpening effect, move the "Intensity Tweak" slider from 100 to 50 and you will be able to preview the tweaked results on your file. If you desire to experiment with different intensities, click on Undo and your file will be brought to the original state. Sharpen fine detail (slower): This setting can be used with any Intensity level and will sharpen very fine detail in your images. However, it will make the plugin run slower (especially with 16-bit files), but is recommended when maximum sharpening is desired. It works great with landscape images but it's not recommended to be combined with the "High ISO File" setting. Halo Settings: The default halo setting is "Normal Halo" and it's the best compromise between detail sharpening and halo size. Under "Normal Halo", the plugin will already provide minimal halo around high contrast areas and therefore it's my recommended setting. However, if you would like to tweak this setting and sacrifice some sharpening for an even smaller or non-existent halo, select "Low Halo" or even the 0% halo option. Reduce color noise: Check this setting if you desire to reduce color noise from your files during sharpening. This setting is recommended when editing High ISO files but can be used with Low ISO files as well. "Reduce color noise" is included with this custom sharpening plugin because in some cases it will improve the sharpening results. Levels and sharpening Tweak option: The Levels and sharpening Tweak option is for advanced users only. It provides photographers with the flexibility to fine tune a pre-selected 350D CSpro intensity. After selecting an intensity level and checking the Levels and Sharpening Tweak option, the 350D CSpro plugin will stop twice. The first stop will be a "Levels" window. These controls are very powerful and geared for the advanced user. With this feature you can fine tune what gets sharpened on your photograph. Here's how: you will have 3 Input Levels sliders, 2 Output Levels sliders and the eyedropper tools to work with. [. . . ] All you need to do is create a simple action in Photoshop to open the 350D CSpro plugin automatically, instead of having to go through using the Automate menu every time. Here's how to do it: Go to the Actions palette, click on the new action icon, or you can use the fly out menu (it looks like a little triangle at the top of the palette), then select new action. You will be prompted by the dialog box to name the action and assign this new action an `F' key command. After you name the action and set the F key, your next step is to use the `Insert Menu Item' command in the Actions palette fly-out menu. [. . . ]