Utilizing Adjustment Contents (Recipe)

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Utilizing Adjustment Contents (Recipe)

All the adjustment contents (recipe) made using the tool palette can be saved as an individual recipe file (extension ".vrd") and loaded and applied to another image. You can edit images efficiently by selecting and adjusting one image from images shot with the same shooting environment and batch applying the adjustment results to a large number of images.

  • Contents adjusted using the tool palette can be handled individually as a recipe file (extension ".vrd").

  • The adjustment contents of JPEG or TIFF images can be saved as a recipe file (extension ".vrd") and loaded and applied to another image in the same way as with RAW images. (Editing JPEG and TIFF Images, Applying Editing Contents to Another Image)

Additional information
  • Recipe data includes tool palette contents
  • Recipe data includes adjustments made with the tool palette ([RAW], [RGB], [NR/ALO] and [Lens]). For this reason, other editing content such as trimming or dust-erasure (copy stamp) is not included in the recipe data.
  • Recipes adjusted with the [RAW] tool palette can only be applied to RAW images
  • Adjustments in the [RAW] tool palette, which can only be made for RAW images, are not applied to a JPEG or TIFF image even if they are pasted.

Saving Recipes as a File

  1. Select an edited image, and then select the [Edit] menu → [Save recipe in file].

    • The [Save recipe in file] dialog box appears.

  2. Select the destination folder, enter a file name, and then click the [Save] button.


Check the contents of a recipe file by pasting to an image

When you do not know the contents of a recipe file, paste it to an image and check the settings in the tool palette. When only a few settings are adjusted, we recommend you use a file name that describes the contents or that you separately record the adjustments as text information.

Loading and Pasting Recipes

  1. Select the image to which a recipe is to be applied, and then select the [Edit] menu → [Read and paste recipe from file].

    • The [Open] dialog box appears.

  2. Select a recipe and click the [Open] button.

    • The recipe is applied to the image.

Copying a Recipe and Applying to Another Image

You can copy a recipe of an edited image and then apply it to another image.

  1. Select the image from which a recipe is to be copied and then select the [Edit] menu → [Copy recipe to clipboard].

    • The recipe is copied.

  2. Select the image to which the recipe is to be applied and then select the [Edit] menu → [Paste recipe to selected image].

    • The recipe is applied to the image.