You can select a TIFF file type from following three types.

RGB Exif-TIFF (8-bit)
RGB TIFF 8-bit
RGB TIFF 16-bit

You can select a JPEG file type from the following three types and specify the quality coefficient.
Regarding the quality coefficient, a smaller value makes the smaller file that records lower quality image, and a larger value makes the larger file that records higher quality image.

Exif-JPEG (YCC422)
Exif-JPEG (YCC420)
JPEG (YCC444)

The recorded "resolution" in JPEG and TIFF is defined here. The default setting is 300dpi. Even if you increase the dpi setting, the resolution of an outputted picture does not change at all. The value set here is recorded in EXIF information, and used as a standard to convert it into an actual size when the image is displayed or is printed.
If a software is not compatible with the dpi information, this setting does not have any meaning. If you do not understand this setting well, please use the default setting.

You can specify whether to record the ICC profile which indicates colorspace into an output JPEG/TIFF file. It is checked in the default.
If you are using the photo retouching software which is compatible with color management, namely, a recorded profile, it can transfer the colorspace information correctly.

This setting allows you not to record the information into a JPEG/TIFF file, which is the information about taking a photograph and the development parameter of SILKYPIX®.
This setting is not checked in the default.
The photography information is recorded in the information tag of EXIF, which includes all data of the photography and the time and date. The development parameter of SILKYPIX® is stored in "Makernote" tag of the EXIF information.
Please use this setting if you do not want to disclose the information about taking the photograph and developing with SILKYPIX®.

This setting allows you not to record the thumbnail into a JPEG/TIFF file, This setting is not checked in the default.

This setting allows you not to record the orientation information to the "Orientation" tag of EXIF. This setting is not checked in the default.

This setting is specified to record "CustomRendered" tag of EXIF as "Custom" or "Normal". This setting is checked in the default.
When this setting is checked, it is recorded as 'Custom process' to the 'CustomRendered' tag. It indicates the special processing was performed, and a next process is expected to disable or minimize any further processing.
When this setting is not checked, it is recorded as 'Normal process' to the 'CustomRendered' tag. It doesn't expect like the above to a next process.

If this setting is checked, for example, the image processings such as the automatic correction will not be performed when requesting the print of the photograph by the DPE service.
If you expect some image processing to a next process, please remove the check of this setting.
Since SILKYPIX® presupposes the output of the complete image which incorporated the intention of the user, it expects a next process to disable or minimize any further processing in the default setting.

You can specify whether to record the rotated image or to record the non-rotated image.
When this setting is checked, a developed image will be rotated as same orientation as a preview image.
When this setting is not checked, a developed image will not be rotated. In this case, the orientation information is separately recorded in the EXIF information if the "Not record orientation" described above is not checked.

When you use the software which is compatible with the orientation information (like this software), the picture will be displayed which is rotated with the orientation information. In this case, you cannot distinguish the differences whether this setting is checked or not.
If you disable this setting, all developed images will be same orientation. It is useful when you use the same action of the photo-retouching software at a later stage.

You can specify the working colorspace and the output colorspace. Regardless of the colorspace which has been set as a development parameter, you can execute development with the colorspace of "sRGB" or "Adobe RGB."
It is useful, for example, if you would like to print out with "Adobe RGB" colorspace and also save JPEG files for web site with "sRGB" colorspace, you need not change each development parameter.

%N	...	Basename of the RAW data file ("Basename" means a part of filename except the extension)
%I	...	ISO Speed
%L	...	Focal Length
%F	...	F Number
%T	...	Shutter Speed
%Y	...	Date Time - Year (2 digit)
%y	...	Date Time - Year (4 digit)
%M	...	Date Time - Month
%D	...	Date Time - Day
%h	...	Date Time - Hour
%m	...	Date Time - Minute
%s	...	Date Time - Seconds
%%	...	Method of describing '%'

If "color management" is enabled, you can specify a monitor profile by the following two ways.
(1) Use the default monitor profile set in the OS. About how to specify a monitor profile to the OS, refer to your OS manual.
(2) Select a monitor profile (ICC/ICM file) from files. You should specify a monitor profile that is defined in XYZ-RGB format.

If this setting is checked, the "Grid setting" dialog will be displayed while the grid is displayed. This setting is valid in the default.
It is possible to change the grid position by using the [CTRL] key + drag even if the "Grid setting" dialog is not displayed.

If this setting is checked, the grid is automatically displayed in a few seconds while editing rotation/digital shift parameters. This setting is valid in the default.

If you check this setting, "Formal Development Preview" is not displayed when displaying preview image smaller than 100%. And the parameter adjustment becomes able to be lightly done.
But you should make a display magnification equal to or more than 100% when you would like to confirm the effect of "Sharpness" or "Noise reduction".
This setting is effective for the PC that has few built-in memories (less than roughly 1GB) or a notebook PC.

When rotating the image of JPEG/TIFF/DNG files, there are two ways to record the rotation information. You can specify whether or not to overwrite rotation information in the original file.

• Save to the parameter file (Never modify the original file)

• Modify the tag (Modify the original file)

* Software must be compatible with rotation information which is recorded in the orientation tag of EXIF.

You can set a "brightness level" at the point where you click with the "Exposure bias tool". The exposure bias is adjusted to meet the brightness level as you set here.
The "brightness level" means a value on a linear basis (photo energy) at the point you click. In other words, it is a value before adjusting contrast, gamma and tone curve.
Therefore, even if you set 50%, a pixel value at the point does not become 127. The pixel value becomes the brightness level that is displayed on a display. which is processed with contrast, gamma and tone curve.

Please consider that this value is treated as the image sensor level on the RAW data.
For example, when setting this value as 18% and using the exposure bias tool by clicking on the "18% gray card" portion, you can obtain the exposure bias value that the pixel value on the RAW data is treated as 18% gray level.
You can obtain almost the same result as a case of determining an exposure bias by using an exposure meter.

If setting this value 85% even when not using a gray card, you can adjust an exposure bias to a certain level easily by clicking the brightest portion such as a white paper with the \nohit"Exposure bias tool", because the reflectance of a white paper is approximately between 80 to 90%.}
You can reproduce the brightness which is the same as the other scene at the same point by applying this technique, when taking multiple photographs of the same scene.

You can set a threshold value to execute the highlight warning. This value must be specified as a ratio to the maximum pixel value of the developed image.

You can set a threshold value to execute the shadow warning. This value must be specified as a ratio to the maximum pixel value of the developed image.

You can specify whether or not to save their information automatically when changing a development parameter and rotation information.
If this setting is not checked, the modified development parameters and rotation information are lost when this software is finished or when a new file or folder is selected.
If this setting is checked, data files (spd, spi) for SILKYPIX® are created automatically into the "SILKYPIX_DS" sub folder on the folder in which a RAW data file exists.
When this setting is not checked or a storage media is write-protected, these folders and files are not created.

You can select this option to operate a RAW data file only.
When this setting is not checked, RAW/JPEG/TIFF files are displayed together.
When this setting is checked, only a RAW data file is displayed.

* When this setting is checked, you cannot operate the RAW data file of EOS-1D or EOS-1Ds, because the extension of their RAW data file is "TIF" that is same as a TIFF image file.

You can select the operation of double-clicking on a folder in the "Select folder" dialog.
When this setting is checked, you can decide the folder to open by double-clicking.
When this setting is not checked, you can open or close the folder on the tree view by double-clicking. In another word, it is an operation for the tree view in this case.

The eyedropper tool consists of "Exposure bias tool", "Gray balance tool", "Skin color tool", "Chromatic aberration tool" and "Add point tool for Tone curve".
When this setting is checked, an operation mode does not change even if you specify a point or area with these tools once. And you can continue to operate with the same tool.
When this setting is not checked, these tools function as a one shot tool. And operation mode will be changed to the previous mode after using a tool.
In addition, when you use these tools with [SHIFT] key, the "one shot" and the "continuous operation" function oppositely to the setting.

You can set whether to confirm or not when you delete a file.
If this setting is not checked, you need to confirm when you delete a file.
If this setting is checked, you can delete a file without confirmation.

You can enable cache for preview and cache preview images of the previous and next scenes of the selected scene into cache memory.
This is effective when you check details on a picture by switching two pictures on the preview screen.
When you check this setting, memory space for cache increases. When you use a PC with little memory, please uncheck this function.

• Only previous and next scene cache

• Maximize the use of Cache

If you enable the "Maximize the use of Cache" setting, please prepare enough memory space for caching. You need at least 1GByte memory in your PC and equal or more than 2GByte memory is recommended.

You can specify the folder in which this software creates a virtual storage file. Please check "Specify the temporary folder" checkbox, and specify a folder by clicking the [Refer] button.

If you can specify a folder in a physically different drive from the drive which OS is installed, performance may improve.
When you specify a drive, you should specify the drive which has sufficient free storage space and also runs at as high speed as possible.

Avoids problems that some device drivers of a certain storage device cannot access files with the memory-mapped method.

In order to achieve smooth operation even during complicated processing, SILKYPIX® has adopted multithread processing and multiprocessing in a positive way and achieved high performance by operating microprocessors with high efficiency.
As the result, there is a possibility that SILKYPIX® decreases performance of the other software which are running simultaneously because the microprocessors are handling heavy loads during development processing.
In addition, because the microprocessors are handling heavy loads, hardware operational failure has been reported. For example, a high temperature warning because of increased temperature of the processors, unstable operation, rebooting a PC and so forth.
In order to avoid these trouble, this setting controls microprocessor activity ratio and limits temperature rise.
Furthermore, if you want to specify more enhanced setting for limiting temperature rise, refer to '9.4.1.3 To Develop Slowly'.
Also, in order to run other software comfortably while executing batch development, refer to '5.2.5 Low Priority Development'.

This setting aims for verifying trouble of CPU thermal runaway caused by temperature rise.
When this setting is checked, all development processes such as creating preview and thumbnail, 1-scene development, batch development and so forth are executed slowly.
By executing development process slowly and reducing the amount of load placed on CPU, heat generation of CPU can be controlled.
If the thermal runaway occurs while executing development process and changing development parameters, you should check this setting.

If the thermal runaway does not occur when you check this setting, there may be a problem about the countermeasure of heating in your PC environment.
If you continue to use a PC in this condition, the thermal runaway may give some damage to your PC, for example, break the data recorded in a hard disk.

[Thermal Runaway]

This setting aims for avoiding the trouble which the EXIF information is displayed incorrectly by some other software like an EXIF viewer tool.

In order to achieve smooth operation even during complicated processing, SILKYPIX® has adopted multithread processing and multiprocessing in a positive way and achieved high performance by operating microprocessors with high efficiency.
As the result, there is a possibility that SILKYPIX® decreases the other software's operations that are running simultaneously because the microprocessors are handling heavy loads during development processing.
This setting is used when you want to reduce slowdown of other software's processing speed during development processing, or to avoid any trouble causing errors during development processing.

This is the same feature as Windows. Please refer to '9.4.1.3 To Develop Slowly'.

This setting aims for avoiding the trouble which the EXIF information is displayed incorrectly by some other software like an EXIF viewer tool.

Select a function from the [Function] list at the left side of the dialog at first.
Next, select a key to assign to the selected function from the [Key assignment to the function] list at the right side of the dialog.
Click the [Apply] button to assign the key to the selected function.

Select a function from the [Function] list at the left side of the dialog at first.
Click the [Default] button and then click the [Apply] button, to initialize the key setting of the selected function.

Click the [Init all] button to initialize all key's settings to the default.