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1. Color Management Pre Process Files OUTPUT FOLDER PAMA ni ZT FORMAT Quality a 85 Progressive B Optimized PM Export current settings to INI file Save workflow INPUT FOLDER ses emo Pi Select input folder Show or hide adjustments menu ColorEQ i Resolution Add adjustments to workflow Past Process Files Select output folder A E Automatic Color Correction Automatic Color Correction Remove adjustment from workflow Automatic color correction fixes color balance exposure and contrast problems automatically in single step Automatic color correction uses separate layers for white balance exposure and Fix Automatically White Balance Exposure and Contrast Problems contrast adjustments Layer based solution gives you a freedom to tune all color correction adjustments as you want Automatic Color Correction O Automatic a Only White Balance D Only Exposure and Color Correction Correction Contrast Correction If you don t use automatic correction you can still adjust white balance exposure contrast and correction intensity settings manually How to Tune Automatic Color Correction If you are not satisfied with Automata s automatic color correction results you can easily tune You can adjust how much corrected results by adjusting Color Correction Intensity pm image and original image are mixed value 0 100 This value adjusts how much pixel a color2. SERVER AUTOMATA ad USER MANUAL v 1 0 SoftColor Oy SoftColor Oy Copyright 2011 SoftColor Oy All rights reserved The owner or authorized user of a valid copy of SoftColor software may reproduce this publication for the purpose of learning to use such software No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes such as selling copies of this publication or for providing paid for support services Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this manual is accurate SoftColor Oy is not responsible for printing or clerical errors Because SoftColor Oy frequently releases new versions and updates to its system software applications and Internet sites images shown in this book may be slightly different from what you see on your screen Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Adobe Adobe RGB Photoshop and PostScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the U S and or other countries UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation SoftColor Oy assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products CONTENTS SoftC
3. CMYK Automata has support for v4 and v2 profiles Automata can operate with multiple digital image and camera RAW formats Automata handles conversions between image formats and color spaces Embedded meta data is transferred between input and output images if output image format has support for embedded metadata How to Process Images with Server Automata How Make a Workflow and Process Images 1 Create a new workflow 4 New Workflow INPUT FOLDER 2 Select input folder in workflow editor ORIGINAL FILES Deere 3 Select adjustments for workflow 4 Select output folder and fo rm at OUTPUT FORMAT Quality PES Progressiv 5 Save workflow and close workflow editor 6 Enable workflow 7 Copy or move files to input folder 8 Get processed images from output folder Manage Background Processing Manage Server Automata service j start stop SoftColor Server Automata FF y Stop all workflows and shutdown Automata service Supported digital image and camera RAW formats JPEG JPEG2000 TIFF PSD PNG BMPPGM PPM JPEG XR DNG CRW CR2 MRW NEF RAF ORF PER SRE ARW Supported JPEG color spaces RGB GrayScale YCbCr CMYK YCbCrK Supported TIFF types Packbits JPEG LZW CCITT G 3 and G 4 ZIP with RGB CMYK B W CIELab PhotoEQ saves image files to following formats JPEG TIFF PNG PSD BMP PSD files are saved with two layers Original Image Improved
4. Image Workflow Management SoftColor Server Automata Workflow Management If you close Workflow Management application Automata will continue working on the background Server Automata runs image t M processing as Windows service This Administrator rights means that you can log out from UAC are required to CI Windows and image processing manage workflows in T continues on the background Windows Vista and a Create a new workflow SofiColor Server Automata Windows 7 e Manage Server Automata service start stop Select which workflows are shown Workflow s name Processing status Current status Current adjustments Open input or output folder Enabl disabl nable or disable in Windows Explorer workflow Show workflows details Edit workflow s Create new workflow from Delete workflow without stopping adjustments current adjustments A Workflow Editor Set Workflow s name Select what Automata will do with original files after processing Keep Leave files to input folder Copy Copy files to the selected folder Move Move files to the selected folder Delete Delete files after processing Select output format Import settings from INI file softcolor Automata Workflow Editor AMABA OY TOOLS amp ADJUSTMENTS Click Adjustment to Add It into Your Workflow Automatic gt Exposure amp Color Correction Y Contrast
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7. Automata reads automatically original image embedded profile and uses it while images are presented on the display Remove adjustment from workflow Current icc profile Color Management Convert to ICC profile IsSOnewspaper26v4 icc ICC profile Ei ens pu Select icc profile which is File N used in conversion Rendering Perceptual Relative colorimetric Intent GH Saturation Absolute colorimetric Compensation Select if black point Select rendering intent compensation is used or not Remove adjustment Select resizing type from workflow Resize E set Pixel Width Height Set Maxium Pixel Width Height Width to edited image If Height not defined then new height will be calculated automatically aspect ratio saved Height to edited image If width Height 768 l l not defined then new width will be calculated automatically aspect ratio saved Hn 1024 Resize Maximum width for landscape image width gt height Doesn t affect to portrait images aspect jano 1024 MS Max Landscape Width BPE ratio saved Scales down improved image width if it is more than Max Width value aspect ratio saved E Set Pixel Width Height Set Maxium Pixel Width Height Scale Max Heiaht ME Ss Max Portrait Height 768 Maximum height for portrait Scales down improved image height image height gt width Doesn t if it is more than Max Height value affect
8. age editing and color management workflow automation on server side Automata loads automatically new and changed files from input folder After processing it saves images to output folder You can create multiple workflows with different input output folder combinations Automata uses non destructive layer based processing for color and image adjustments Automata s automatic color correction algorithm corrects white balance exposure and contrast problems from original image in single step Automata reads multiple digital image and camera RAW formats Automata saves edited image to JPEG TIFF PNG BMP and PSD formats If PSD format is used Automata saves original and edited images into same file as separate layers Automata has full support for standard ICC profile based color management and it supports embedded profiles Automata manages embedded EXIF IPTC and XMP meta data CA Color Management 6 Multiple formats Automata has tools and filters for resizing cropping rotating straightening sharping and de noising the original image Image editing in Automata is non destructive and layer based operation Image editing tools and filters can be used together with color correction or separately Automata has support for standard ICC profile based color management and loading and saving embedded ICC profiles Automata can convert and render between different color spaces for example conversion from RGB to
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11. n be Windows executable exe Windows batch file bat or PowerShell script psl Remove adjustment from workflow Pre Process Files with Command ais Execute command for each image commad input output es Ea Output file format extension O pa tif File name extension for output parameters file name Select command for pre processing Automata will execute command with following parameters commad input path filename output path filename selected extension mi Post Process Images with Command With Post Process tool you can execute selected application or batch script file for every file after they are processed by Automata Pre Processing command can be Windows executable exe Windows batch file bat or PowerShell script psl Remove adjustment from workflow Post Process Images with Command Execute command for each image commad input output Select command for post processing Automata will execute command with following parameters commad input path filename output path filename ili 4 Registering Automata Trial Version After installing Automata starts in 30 days fully working trial mode After 30 days trial Automata software will be locked and Register SoftColor Automata window is shown when you start the application To continue working with Automata software you need to buy a license key You can activate Automata trial version by buying lic
12. olor Automata Automata Overview Processing Images Workflow Management Workflow Editor Registering Trial Version Automatic Updates Adjustments Automatic Color Correction Color Management Automatic Sharpening b XMP Metadata Acknowledgments License Agreement Exposure amp D Contrast m Resize A Rotate Unsharp Masking Pre Process Files ColorEQ Resolution 3 Flip amp Mirror De Noise Post Process Files Y SoftColor Server Automata Overview SoftColor Server Automata Workflow Management ICC No Conv paz CI Eve tore me one ICC No Conversion COL Dre toare E me one La Automatic Automata process images automatically on the background It loads new and changed files from input folder after that it process and saves to output folder You can create multiple workflows with different input output folder combinations You can also chain Automata s workflows to work together CEE Color Correction a a o rs Automata s automatic color correction algorithm corrects color balance exposure and contrast problems from original image in single step White balance exposure and contrast adjustments are processed as separate layers This gives full control to fine tune automatic correction intensity and other color correction adjustments Tu Image Editing SoftColor Server Automata is a tool for color correction im
13. ours Remove adjustment from workflow Automatic Sharpening E Enhances image by increasing the sharpness of detected objects contours Do sharpening to the edited image E Unsharp Masking Unsharp masking filter which increases the contrast of the edges between pixels of different colors in an image Remove adjustment from workflow Amount 0 500 Radius 250 pixels Threshold 0 255 Lg De Noise With Automta you can use automatic noise removing filter or blur filter to remove unwanted noise from edited image Blur filter performs gaussian blur filtering Remove adjustment from workflow De Moise p3 Noise removing Adjust noise removing filter to the edited image Adjust blur filter to the edited image A Add XMP Metadata With XMP configuration you can include XMP data to processed image JPEG TIFF PSD XMP data is read from xmp file and store to image Remove adjustment from workflow Add XMP Metata to Image Files p Include XMP metadata from file Select XMP file Ly Pre Process Images with Command With Pre Process tool you can execute selected application or batch script file for every file which are located inside input folder before Automata will process file Automata loads output file which selected command has processed Pre Process command will get all files as input parameter also them which are not supported by Automata Pre Processing command ca
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15. to landscape images aspect ratio saved aspect ratio saved Resize E Set Pixel Width Height 6 Set Maxium Pixel Width Height Scales improved image width and height aspect ratio saved Scales down or up image size aspect ratio saved pS Resolution With Automata s resolution tool you adjust dots per inch DPI resolution If you changes images resolution new resolution is updated to output image metadata Remove adjustment from workflow Resample images to resolution Set image s DPl resolution When cropping is done the cropped area outside selection will be removed from image Remove adjustment from workflow Crop images by width Cropping width ratio width height 4 Rotate With Automata s Rotate tools you can rotate and fix image s horizontal orientation by using Straighten adjustment Rotate image clockwise Rotate image counter clockwise Remove adjustment from workflow Rotate 00 180 270 Do r br xr Disable automatic orientation adjustment Disable automatic orientation adjustment Straighten and Crop edited image SG Flip and Mirror Flip image vertically Flip and Mirror 5 Filip 69 Enabled 0 Disabled G Mirror Enabled Disabled Flip image horizontally Remove adjustment from workflow E Automatic Sharpening Automatic sharpening filter which enhances image by increasing the sharpness of detected objects cont
16. tomata includes a tool for automatic software If there is new version available release notes are shown You can updates You can download and install latest version of software ie ie i re Si start update process by clicking Start Update button You have automatically with Automata Software Updates tool to shut down Automata software before updating You can start it from Start Menu Automata Software Updates icon oft_olor Automata Software Update Available A version 1 0 0 0 of SoftColor Automata is available Release Nokes Automata 1 0 Initial Release In Windows Vista and Windows 7 software update activates UAC controls You will need to have administrator rights to update Automata software with automatic software update tool All Automata 1 X updates are free for registered users Acknowledgments SoftColor Automata software utilize the following copyrighted material the use of which is hereby acknowledged Some Icons are Copyright Yusuke Kamiyamane All rights reserved Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3 0 license http p yusukekamiyamane com Tango Desktop Icons The color palette is public domain The icon theme is also available as public domain since the 0 8 90 release http tango freedesktop org Tango_lcon_Library JEDIVisual Component Library Mozilla public license http jvcl delphi jedi org Graphics32 Mozilla Public License http graphics32 org
17. values of color corrected image are mixed with original image You can also increase or decrease exposure and contrast values for Adjust color correction intensity This intensity value automatic correction If you want to change adjusts how much pixel color values of color corrected white balance you can use ColorEQ tool image are mixed with original image Color correction intensity is the easiest way to tune automatic color correction results Color Correction Intensity value is available if you have selected any of color correction adjustment SD Exposure and Contrast Non linear adjustments for exposure and contrast Remove adjustment from workflow Increase or decrease contrast in edited image Increase or decrease exposure in edited image Color Equalizer Use Color Equalizer s sliders to adjust current white balance of edited image You can increase or decrease certain color tones by adjusting Color Equalizer s sliders Remove adjustment from workflow or aor ECE CLES ECE RESCUES ECE sor so y Color Management With Convert to ICC Profile tool you can select icc profile which defines target color space for saved images You can also set rendering intent method which is used during conversion and usage of black point compensation Selected icc profile is embedded to the saved image If you are not using icc profile conversion original image s icc profile is embedded to the saved image
18. wiki LittleCms Copyright C 1998 2010 Marti Maria http www littlecms com Icms is distributed under the MIT license agreement Inno Setup SoftColor Toolbox installer is built using Inno Setup free installer for MS Windows Copyright C 1997 2010 Jordan Russell All rights reserved Portions Copyright C 2000 2010 Martijn Laan All rights reserved http www jrsoftware org isinfo php http www jrsoftware org files is license txt DCRAW dcraw c Dave Coffin s raw photo decoder Copyright 1997 2010 by Dave Coffin Compiled without GPL code http cybercom net dcoffin dcraw JPEG http www ijg org This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group PNG http www libpng org PNG Development Group Copyright c 1995 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat Group 42 Inc Copyright c 1996 1997 Andreas Dilger Copyright c 1998 1999 Glenn Randers Pehrson TIFF Lib TIFF http www ibtiff org Copyright c 1988 1997 Sam Leffler Copyright c 1991 1997 Silicon Graphics Inc ImageEn VCL http www hicomponents com HiComponents All rights reserved ImageEn is free Now ImageEn and derived products like lEvolution ImageEnASP ImageEnCMD and ImageEn ActiveX is free for commercial and non commercial use It is still not possible to create derived components or libraries while creating final applications is granted for free JPEG2000 http www ece uvic ca mdadams jasper This software
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