The Showfoto Handbook The Showfoto Handbook 2 Contents 1 Introduction 13 1.1 Background . 13 1.1.1 About Showfoto . 13 1.1.2 Reporting Bugs . 13 1.1.3 Support . 13 1.1.4 Getting Involved . 13 1.2 Supported Image Formats . 14 1.2.1 Introduction . 14 1.2.2 Still Image Compression . 14 1.2.3 JPEG . 14 1.2.4 TIFF . 15 1.2.5 PNG . 15 1.2.6 PGF . 15 1.2.7 RAW . 15 2 The Showfoto sidebar 17 2.1 The Showfoto Right Sidebar . 17 2.1.1 Introduction to the Right Sidebar . 17 2.1.2 Properties . 17 2.1.3 Metadata . 18 2.1.3.1 EXIF Tags . 19 2.1.3.1.1 What is EXIF . 19 2.1.3.1.2 How to Use EXIF Viewer . 19 2.1.3.2 Makernote Tags . 20 2.1.3.2.1 What is Makernote . 20 2.1.3.2.2 How to Use Makernote Viewer . 20 2.1.3.3 IPTC Tags . 20 2.1.3.3.1 What is IPTC . 20 2.1.3.3.2 How to Use IPTC Viewer . 21 2.1.3.4 XMP Tags . 21 2.1.3.4.1 What is XMP . 21 2.1.3.4.2 How to Use XMP Viewer . 21 2.1.4 Colors . 21 The Showfoto Handbook 2.1.4.1 Histogram Viewer . 21 2.1.4.2 How To Use an Histogram . 23 2.1.5 Maps . 25 2.1.6 Captions . 26 2.1.6.1 Introduction . 26 2.1.6.2 Comment View . 27 2.1.6.3 Date & Time . 27 2.1.6.4 Rating . 28 2.1.6.5 Tag Tree . 28 2.1.6.6 Information View . 28 2.1.7 Versions view . 28 2.1.8 Filters . 30 2.1.9 Tools view . 31 2.1.9.1 Sidebar Tools of the Image Editor . 31 3 Using Showfoto 32 3.1 Photographic Editing - Workflow . 32 3.1.1 Image Editing/Workflow Tools . 32 3.1.1.1 A Standard Workflow Proposal . 32 3.1.1.2 Introduction to common editing tools features . 33 3.1.1.3 The Showfoto tool set . 34 3.1.2 Processing RAW image files, RAW work-flow . 35 3.1.3 Color editing tools . 35 3.1.3.1 Encoding Depth . 35 3.1.3.2 Color Management . 35 3.1.3.3 Introduction . 35 3.1.3.4 Black and White Conversion Filters . 38 3.1.3.4.1 The Legacy Black and White Films Emulation . 38 3.1.3.4.2 Simulate Infrared Film . 42 3.1.3.5 Correcting Colors . 43 3.1.3.6 Introduction . 45 3.1.3.6.1 Using Adjust Curves . 46 3.1.3.6.2 The Adjust Curves in action . 47 3.1.3.7 Introduction . 48 3.1.3.7.1 Using the Adjust Levels tool . 49 3.1.3.7.2 The Adjust Levels tool in action . 50 3.1.3.8 Correcting Exposure . 51 3.1.3.9 Introduction . 52 3.1.3.9.1 Using the Channel Mixer . 52 3.1.3.9.2 The channel mixer in action . 53 3.1.3.10 Introduction . 53 3.1.3.10.1 Using the Whitebalance Tool . 54 4 The Showfoto Handbook 3.1.3.11 Color Negative Tool . 56 3.1.4 Image Enhancement . 56 3.1.4.1 Introduction . 56 3.1.4.1.1 Using the lens distortion tool . 56 3.1.4.1.2 The lens distortion tool in action . 58 3.1.4.2 Introduction . 58 3.1.4.2.1 Create the Black Frames . 59 3.1.4.2.2 Using the hotpixel tool . 59 3.1.4.2.3 The hotpixels tool in action . 60 3.1.4.3 Improve Photos exposure with Local Contrast Tool . 60 3.1.4.4 Introduction . 61 3.1.4.4.1 Using the Noisereduction Tool . 62 3.1.4.4.2 Noisereduction in action . 63 3.1.4.5 Softening a Photograph . 64 3.1.4.6 Introduction . 65 3.1.4.6.1 Using the Restoration tool . 65 3.1.4.6.2 The Restoration tool in action . 67 3.1.4.7 Introduction . 68 3.1.4.7.1 Using the vignetting correction tool . 69 3.1.4.7.2 The vignetting correction tool in action . 70 3.1.4.8 Introduction . 71 3.1.4.8.1 Using the Inpainting tool . 72 3.1.4.8.2 The Inpainting tool in action . 73 3.1.4.9 Remove Red Eyes in a Photograph . 74 3.1.4.10 Introduction . 75 3.1.4.10.1 Adjusting Sharpness . 75 3.1.4.10.2 Unblurring a Photograph . 75 3.1.4.10.3 Reducing Graininess In a Photograph . 76 3.1.4.10.4 Softening a Photograph . 76 3.1.4.10.5 The Unsharp Masking Filter . 76 3.1.4.10.6 The Unsharp Mask in action . 77 3.1.4.10.7 Refocus a Photograph . 78 3.1.4.10.8 Using the Refocus Tool . 79 3.1.4.10.9 Refocus comparison with other techniques . 80 3.1.4.11 Lens Auto Correction Tool . 82 3.1.5 Image transformation tools . 82 3.1.5.1 Cropping a Photograph . 82 3.1.5.1.1 Manual Crop . 82 3.1.5.1.2 Auto Crop . 83 3.1.5.1.3 Proportional Crop . 83 5 The Showfoto Handbook 3.1.5.1.4 Composition Guide . 85 3.1.5.2 Introduction . 89 3.1.5.2.1 Free Rotation Tool . 89 3.1.5.2.2 Free Rotation action . 90 3.1.5.3 Introduction . 90 3.1.5.3.1 Using the Perspective Adjustment . ..