The SILKYPIX® display is composed of the following elements.

(1)	Main window

The Menu Bar is an interface from which you can select and execute various operations from the SILKYPIX menu.
Sub-menus for each menu item are displayed in dropdown form when you click on an item from the Menu Bar.
Each item on the Menu Bar is an entry point to locating menu items. They are categorized so that menu items are easy to find.

*	Here you can assign short-cut keys to any functions you may select. Please refer to "9.4 Key Settings" to learn how to set keys.

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File (F)

Menu items related to files are found here.

	Open File(O)	Open RAW data and JPEG/TIFF images for development processing as single files.
	Open folder(D)	Open RAW data and JPEG/TIFF images within the designated folder.
	One scene development(S)	Develop one selected scene and save it to a file.
	Close	Close all developed scenes.
	Print(P)	Print selected scenes.
	Load development parameter®	Read development parameters saved in files.
	Save development parameter	Save development parameters for a selected scene to a file.
	Delete reserved scene(E)	Delete a scene that was reserved for deletion.
	Copy reserved scene(C)	Copy a scene that was reserved for copying.
	Move reserved scene(M)	Move a scene that was reserved for moving.
	Batch development for reserved scene(V)	Perform batch development for reserved scenes.
	Delete selected scene	Delete selected scenes.
	Copy selected scene	Copy selected scenes.
	Move selected scene	Move selected scenes.
	Batch rename	Rename selected scenes as a batch.
	Batch development for selected scene	Perform batch development for selected scenes.
	Immediately register selected scenes to batch development	Register selected scenes as jobs for batch development.
	Close selected scene	Close selected scenes.
	Exit(X)	Close SILKYPIX.
	Plug-ins	Execute plug-ins.
	File access history	Display history of files that have been edited.
	Folder access history	Display history of folders that have been edited.

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Edit(E)

Operations of the type that change the status of scenes for processing are found here.

	Undo hirtory(U)	Return to the editing state of the previous development parameter.
	Redo history(R)	Advance to the next position of the history state.
	Select all scenes	Select all scenes for processing.
	Select Reserved / Marked scenes.	Select all scenes set as Reserved / Marked.
	Invert selection	Invert status of selected scenes.
	Copy development parameters(C)	Copy development parameters of a selected scene to the paste buffer.
	Paste development parameters(P)	Paste development parameters copied to the paste buffer to selected scenes.
	Paste partial development parameters	Paste a part of development parameters copied to the paste buffer to selected scenes.
	Partial paste for image property	Paste edited status of image properties copied to the paste buffer to selected scenes.
	Initialize development parameters(O)	Initialize development parameters of the selected scenes to default.
	Rotate CW +90deg	Rotate selected scene 90degree clockwise.
	Rotate CCW -90deg	Rotate selected scene 90degree counterclockwise.

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Operation

Items related to preview window operations are found here.

	Fitted display	Always fit display to size of preview display.
	Zoom tool	Resize and move preview display with zoom tools.
	Loupe tool	Resize and move preview display with loupe tools.
	Palm tool	Resize and move preview display with palm tools.
	Exposure bias tool	Adjust exposure of designated preview display to standard.
	Black level tools	Adjust black levels based on designated points in preview display.
	Gray balance tool	Adjust white balance of designated preview display to standard.
	Skin color tool	Adjust exposure and white balance using designated skin color tools in preview display.
	Rotation tool	Use rotation tools to correct inclination of image in preview display.
	Transverse chromatic aberration tool	Use transverse chromatic aberration tools to correct transverse chromatic aberrations in preview display.
	Spotting tool	Use spotting tools to correct images and remove spots.
	Setting for trimming	Set areas for trimming on image in preview display.

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View(V)

Items related to Main Control and Sub-control are found here.

	Thumbnail mode	Switch to thumbnail display mode.
	Combination mode	Switch to combination display mode.
	Preview mode	Switch to preview display mode.
	Multi preview	Divide preview window into two windows and compare images.
	Open folder.	Open RAW data and JPEG/TIFF images within the designated folder.
	Previous scene	Move selected scene to previous scene.
	Next scene	Move selected scene to next scene.
	Display magnification(Z)	Set magnification of display in preview window.
	Display warning	Display highlight warning, shadow warning and out of gamut warning.
	Highlighting areas for spotting	Highlight areas for modifying images with "Spotting tools."
	Display grid	Turn grid display in preview display on / off.
	Sort thumbnail	Set rule for thumbnail display order and sort thumbnails.
	Select scenes for operation	Select scenes to be displayed from within scenes for processing.
	Histogram(H)	Turn "Histogram" sub-control on / off.
	Image Property	Turn "Image Property" sub-control on / off.
	Editing history	Turn "Editing History" sub-control on / off.
	Batch development status	Turn "Batch Development Status" sub-control on / off.
	White balance adjustment	Turn "White Balance Adjustment" sub-control on / off.
	Tone curve(T)	Turn "Tone Curve" sub-control on / off.
	Highlight controller	Turn "Highlight Controller" sub-control on / off.
	Fine color controller	Turn "Fine Color Controller" sub-control on / off.
	Lens aberration controller	Turn "Lens Aberration Controller" sub-control on / off.
	Rotation/Digital shift	Turn "Rotation / Digital Shift" sub-control on / off.
	Display setting(D)	Make settings related to display.

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Parameter(P)

Items related to development parameters are found here.

	Copy development parameters(C)	Copy development parameters for a selected scene to paste buffer.
	Paste development parameters(P)	Paste development parameters copied to paste buffer to selected scene.
	Paste partial development parameters	Paste a part of development parameters copied to paste buffer to selected scene.
	Partial paste for image property	Paste edited status of image properties copied to paste buffer to selected scene.
	Initialize development parameters	Initialize development parameters of selected scene to default.
	Initialize trimming area	Initialize trimming area of selected scene to default.
	Append new taste	Add / register development parameters of selected scene as taste.
	Edit taste	Edit registered taste.
	Load development parameter(R)	Read development parameters saved to file.
	Save development parameter	Save development parameters of selected scene to file.
	Rotate CW +90deg	Rotate selected scene 90degree clockwise.
	Rotate CW -90deg	Rotate selected scene 90degree counterclockwise.
	Copy development parameter to Cloakroom.	Copy development parameters of a selected scene to temporarily register buffer.
	Paste development parameter from Cloakroom	Paste development parameters copied to temporary register buffer to selected scene.
	Paste latest editing parameters	Paste latest automatically stored editing parameters to selected scene.
	Default parameter setting	Set a registered taste as default parameter.

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Development(D)

Items related to development processing are found here.

	One scene development	Develop one selected scene and save to a file.
	Batch development for reserved scene	Perform batch development for reserved scenes.
	Batch development for selected scene	Perform batch development for selected scenes.
	Immediately register selected scenes to batch development	Register selected scenes to batch development job.
	Batch development status	Turn "Batch Development Status" sub-control on / off.
	Setting for developed image(E)	Make settings related to saving files of developed images.
	Batch development settings	Make settings for batch development.

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Option(O)

Items related to settings are found here.

	Setting for developed image(E)	Adjust settings related to saving files of developed images.
	Display setting(D)	Adjust settings related to displays.
	Function setting(F)	Adjust settings related to overall SILKYPIX functions.
	Key customization(K)	Assign SILKYPIX functions to short-cut keys.
	Default parameter setting	Set a registered taste as default parameter.
	Imprinting the date for printing setting	Edit data for imprinting date for printing.
	Imprinting the date for file output setting	Edit data for imprinting date for file output.
	Importing settings	Import settings from various setting files saved to file.
	Exporting settings	Export various settings to setting file.
	Registering Window Positions	Saves current window and control box positions.
	Restore Window Positions	Recalls current window and control box positions.
	Option

	Delete access history	Delete access history of files and folders for processing.
	Initialize location of controls	Initialize sub-control display location and status.
	Select Skin	Select SILKYPIX skin.
	Display Start Screen	Turn start screen on / off.

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Help(H)

Items related to help and SILKYPIX are found here.

	Open software manual(H)	Display this manual.
	Display SILKYPIX WEB Site	Display SILKYPIX web site.
	Registration	Start product key registration.
	Clear product key registration	Clear product key registration.
	Trouble shooting	This is a function for overcoming troubles by following instructions and operations from our company's support desk.

	Initialize user configuration file	Initialize SILKYPIX user configuration files.
	Delete temporary file	Delete temporary files prepared for high-speed SILKYPIX processing.
	Transmitting error report	Send error report to our company's server.
	Test registration	Perform a test to see if it is possible to do an on-line registration of the product key.
	Setting for troubleshooting	Adjust settings for troubleshooting.

Version information

Display SILKYPIX version information and customer's license information.

Icons for functions that are frequently used are located in the tool bar.

*	Many functions that can be selected here can be assigned short-cut keys. Please see "9.4 Key Settings" for how to set keys.

The main control section can be classified into the following five parts.

The main control section can be classified into the following eight operations according to purpose.

Sub-controls are controls for detailed adjustments to development parameters.
Located on the tab page of parameter control or displayed as a floating window, each category of development parameters has separate sub-controls. (*1)

Selection / adjustment to parameters through sub-controls are mainly composed of controls for adjusting numerical values using sliders and edit boxes, dropdown lists and check boxes.

Please see "0.1.7. How to Operate GUI" for operation methods.

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As an example, "Sharpness" and "Noise reduction" exist as separate sub-controls, but they share the same development parameter category.

(1)	Histogram	This is a sub-control that displays a selected scene's histogram.
(2)	Image Property	This is a sub-control that displays image properties. You can edit a part of the image information.
(3)	White balance adjustment	This is a sub-control for adjusting the white balance according to feeling.
(4)	Tone curve	This is a sub-control for minute tone adjustments with the tone curve. It has a level bias function.
(5)	Highlight controller	This is a sub-control that adjusts the tint and gradation of parts saturated by color. This is a sub-control that adjusts the tint and gradation of parts saturated by color.
(6)	Fine color controller	This is a sub-control for performing hue / chroma / brightness adjustments for each color hue.
(7)	Lens aberration controller	This is a sub-control for compensating for shading (when surrounding light quality is low), and distortion, as well as chromatic aberration of magnification.
(8)	Rotation/Digital shift	This is a sub-control for rotating images and performing digital shifts that simulate the effects of shifted lenses.
(9)	Editing history	This is a sub-control for displaying editing history of development parameters, returning to prior editing conditions and displaying preview windows for comparison with prior editing conditions.

Various GUI controls are located in parameter controls and sub-controls, but common methods of operation are explained here.

(1)	Slider control

(2)	Edit control

In this software, you can adjust various parameters of development procedure. Basic development parameters will be introduced here.

(1)	Exposure bias	You can adjust parameters at the development process with SILKYPIX® Developer Studio Pro 5 and obtain the same effect when using the function of the camera. Also, you can use a high-precision "automatic exposure bias" feature, which makes it possible to drive into correct exposure quickly.
(2)	White balance adjustment	You can obtain results comparable to photographs taken with appropriate white balance settings on your camera by adjusting parameters when you develop them. You can also obtain results comparable to photographs taken using color temperature conversion filters by adjusting parameters when you develop them.
(3)	Sharpness / Noise Reduction Adjustments	You can emphasize the outline of a shot image, or change the noise reduction during the development process.
(4)	Tone Adjustment	You can change the tone of the target scene (soft or hard, etc.) during the development process.
(5)	Saturation Adjustment	The "color mode" enables you to treat an image like changing reversal film, even after taking a photograph,
(6)	Lens aberration controller	You can correct or reduce shading (when surrounding light quality is low), distortion and magnification aberrations from a peculiar lens, and create images of a higher quality.
(7)	Rotation/Digital shift	If you find pictures you took with a camera that was tilted, you can adjust the angle by using the "rotation" function after taking a photograph. In addition, the "Digital shift" function has the same effect as using a shift lens which enables you to control the perspective and to shoot a building effectively.

When you store image data as RAW data and use this software to develop them, you don't have to worry much about adjustments during taking the picture because you can do most corrections at the development process stage. The merits of recording and saving to RAW data compared with saving in JPEG / TIFF are that information is not processed and the amount of information recorded is much richer.

It is also possible to readjust photographs recorded and saved as JPEG / TIFF with this software. However, compared to RAW data, there is less information recorded because JPEG / TIFF images convert to a special color space (sRGB, Adobe RGB, etc.) and color gradation converts to 8bit = 256 steps.
Therefore, if you readjust photographs saved as JPEG / TIFF, the breadth of adjustments are narrowed and deterioration of the image from the adjustments becomes greater.
In order to adjust images while maintaining high image quality, it is necessary to save the RAW data when taking the photograph.

By saving to RAW data and developing with this software, you will be able to obtain very similar results when developing after taking the photograph, as when color and image quality are adjusted at the time the photograph was taken.
SILKYPIX ® greatly shortens the time spent shooting and increases the chance of capturing that important "moment" on the camera.

In addition, with the adoption of a high development algorithm, SILKYPIX ® has the following features.

(1)	High resolution, High resolving power

(2)	Advanced color separation

(3)	Less false color

(4)	Color noise reduction at high sensitive photography

(5)	Hue control for highlight area

(6)	Real color reproducibility with high linearity

(7)	Highlight reproduction control by the "dynamic range compression"

Original image data is never changed, so you don't have to worry about losing it even if you make a wrong operation.
The basic design of this software is to "not modify RAW data files."
If JPEG files recorded on a camera are processed with photo retouching software or digital camera editing software, there is a chance that the original image will be overwritten, but with this software the original data file is not modified. (*1)

In photo retouching software, images are processed through independent procedures, proceeding in order, one by one.
For example, if you want to change brightness and then adjust color balance, you have to create the image with a new brightness level and then adjust color balance of the newly created picture image. Adjustment work proceeds while checking each result.
If it is necessary to make minute adjustments to brightness after adjusting the color balance, then you have to choose to either start over again from the beginning or make the image at that time even brighter. Using the first method will not degrade the quality of the image, but it is that much more trouble. The second method is accompanied by image degradation.
Always having to start over again is not actually realistic, and in most cases a certain degree of image degradation is allowed and work proceeds. The user's technique is shown in how he or she lessens degradation in image quality and adjusts the image to fit the purpose.

With this software, image processing always takes place in the optimal order after reading the RAW data. If development parameters are determined, development results will be the same and there will be no degradation to image quality, whatever sequence is employed until adjustments are concluded.
Whether you adjust the white balance after adjusting exposure or adjusting exposure after adjusting the white balance, if the final parameters are the same, the results will be the same.
Therefore, you can change the parameters a number of times until you are satisfied with the result.

If you make adjustments through photo retouching software, the adjustment procedures will have an influence on image quality.
You have to decide which one should be adjusted first, brightness or color balance. You also have to consider when you should adjust: Sharpness, Tone curve, and Colorspace for working or the Lens aberration controller.
Always performing these in the optimal procedure demands a high degree of knowledge which to the lay person may result in excessive image quality deterioration.
In addition, even if procedures are appropriate, there are times when gradation or a part of the color gamut is lost due to the combination of procedures.

This software is designed so that image degradation like that through other photo retouching software will not occur, through internal processing that appropriately combines high-grade pipeline image processing that can transmit pixels brighter than pure white.
Leave the image processing order up to SILKYPIX ®. Whatever order the adjustments made to development parameter are performed, SILKYPIX ® will output development results of the highest quality through optimal image processing.

Development parameters are automatically read and updated for each scene, and are managed in a file separate from the RAW data. (*2)Therefore, you can later readjust development parameters from the previous adjustment results.
Development parameters are also concealed in JPEG / TIFF images that saved developments. The development parameters buried in these developments can be viewed with this software and applied to other images for processing. (*3) (*4)
If you have the developed JPEG / TIFF images and the original RAW data, the development parameters for the development results can be read and minute adjustments can be made from the previous adjustment results at any time.

After image processing based on parameters that were set is complete, photo retouching software performs the next image processing, so image processing is complete at the stage when all adjustments have been completed. With this method, in order to go through multiple image processes, you must wait until the previous process is complete, which means that there is a lot of wait time until image processing is complete.

With this software, development processing is gathered for later and can be processed as a batch. You can use a workflow in which development parameters are set while looking at a preview image and development processing is performed later in a batch.
In order to efficiently adjust images, a preview image makes full use of simple image processing and partial development processing, and it is displayed quickly. Even if one image processing has not completely finished, there are many times when making the next adjustment to development parameters is possible, so less time is wasted waiting for the next development parameter to take effect.
Even if a certain amount of time is necessary for actual development processing under the final development parameters, the work can be performed efficiently until the development parameters take effect.
This workflow shows its power when processing large quantities of pictures at the same time.

Greatly enhanced performance in noise processing
Inclusion of fringe removal function
Inclusion of HDR function
Improved white balance
Auto white balance with two directions you can choose from
Compensation for mixed lighting
Modification of movements in adjustment of shaded areas
Black level tools
Improved color modes
Expanded parameter adjustments
Dynamic default

Large displays for controls and icons
Improved fine color controller
Improved preview display
Flashing preview frames while rendering

Changing GUI of exposure corrections
Select images from folder tree

Native correspondence to 64bitOS
Correspondence to Unicode
Correspondence to Exif 2.3
GPS information editing within image property