When using custom white balance the custom setting could be automatically deactivated under certain circumstances - this is no longer the case.

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1 FlexColor 4.5.3b3 - read me Please note that this is public beta software. It is considered quite stable but of course it's beta status indicates that you may run into various issues. Making backups of all 3f files used for production work is always a good idea! Feedback is very welcome - please send to publicbeta@hasselblad.dk. We cannot give you individual answers to any questions you may have but we do read all your comments. Changes since 4.5.2: Universal build This means that it will run native on the new Intel Mac's taking full advantage of their processing power. The exact same application will also still be able to run on PowerPC Mac's - for this particular release you should note that at least OS is required. This doesn't automatically mean that final won't run on 10.2.x but it would actually be interesting to get some feedback on this subject. Are there anybody out there still on 10.2? CF series back firmware R139 Fixes issues with usage of flash sync mode. Fixes had an issue with updating the Finder icons on 3f files - they could only be written on creation. On files created by importing images from an image bank or DNG's this had the side effect that the icons were very dark. This has been fixed. A problem leading to incorrect dimensions for 16-shot images has been fixed. An issue with pixel errors in multishot highlights has also been corrected. When using custom white balance the custom setting could be automatically deactivated under certain circumstances - this is no longer the case. Also the custom white balance feature was inadvertently available when using a CF back even though this feature has not been implemented for the new generation backs yet. FlexColor read me Changes since 4.5.1: CF series back firmware R138 Fixes a tilt sensor related issue and adds some improvements in the raw image correction. Support for long 3f file names FlexColor now has full support for long file names. The previous limit of 31 characters for the full 3f name is gone - you can now use names with up to 200 characters. Be aware that for instance Appleshare volumes on a Windows server might not be able to support the long names though! FlexColor read me Changes since 4.5: APO lens optimization This correction is now automatically applied for captures made with an H2 or H2D camera on a CF series back, provided that you're using an H-series lens. It should be noted that the actual correction is applied at the time of saving final images or using the detail view - the raw file itself is not affected. CF back firmware R135

2 This firmware release includes a number of improvements. The most important one is the improved tethered burst rate - it's now comparable to shooting untethered. Support for using flash sync plus using the V-adapter has now been included. Misc 2 potential crashing issues has been fixed. Update issues when zooming the detail and thumbnails windows has been fixed. A problem with saving JPEG previews of files with long names has been resolved. In general saving files with names longer than 31 characters has been enabled. Finally settings are checked for the presence of the old Ixpress Default profile which should no longer be used since it doesn't match the new color handling. Therefore if you open an image that has the input profile specified as Ixpress Default you'll get a a warning about this and Hasselblad RGB will be used instead. Note that the file as such is left untouched and therefore you'll get the same warning the next time you open it unless you update it's default setting. Likewise you'll get the same warning and substitution when choosing an old setting that uses Ixpress Default. In other situations where warnings are not practical, like for instance batch saving, the substitution will occur without a warning. FlexColor read me Please refer to the compatibility section if you need to work with old 3f files generated by version 4.0.x or earlier. It should also be noted that version 4.5 and onwards will not support devices which have a native SCSI interface - even if these devices are connected via a SCSI to FireWire converter. New features compared to V 4.0.x This is a quick overview. For an in depth description please refer to the 4.5 manual addendum. General Detail window improvements First of all the views can now expand to a size of 900x900 pixels instead of the old limit of 300x300. One thing you should note here is that update speed is directly proportional with the number of pixels shown so updating a 900x900 view is 9 times slower than 300x300! When picking the detail view location you'll see that the feedback has changed. Instead of showing lo-res in the detail view you'll see a transparent rectangle following the mouse and indicating the location of the detail view. This change has made it possible to keep the tool active after picking so you can go ahead and pick another location without clicking in the detail view again. When loading a new image unlocked detail views are now updated automatically. If you lock a detail view and load a new image you can update another detail view with data from the new image hereby comparing details of up to 4 different images. Detail views that are not from the currently shown image are labeled with the image name. If you have more than one detail view you can option click in the preview window to open identical selections in all views. This can be useful for comparing settings and different images. For detail views made from 3f files you can hold down space and drag the detail images to relocate the position. Also new is that in the detail view not only will you get color readouts but you can also use the

3 shadow,highlight and neutralization tools. To use the currently selected tool in the detail view you need to hold down the option key. Batch modify of settings You now have the option of specifying exactly which part of a setting will be updated in a batch modification. This is done via a number of check boxes - please note that if none of the boxes are checked nothing will be updated! Midtone slider The RGB histogram now has a midtone slider. The functionality corresponds to what you find in PS and at the same time it also replaces the old gamma slider which in fact did the same thing. The only difference is that the neutral value for the midtone slider is 1.0 instead of 2.0 for the gamma slider. Something that might seem a bit confusing right now is that for scans the default midtone setting is 1.2 (corresponding to the old 2.2) but this happens to be what the current scanner input profiles are optimized for. This might change in the final 4.5 release. As a side effect of introducing the new slider the shadow and highlight values can now be entered directly. Furthermore in camera mode a new f-stop button will let you select whether to display the highlight and shadow values as f-stops or as approval levels 3 approval levels have been implemented - green, yellow and red. Apart from the fact that there's now 3 levels instead of 2 the overall functionality remains the same, it's simply a way of marking your images. In the thumbnails and import windows the old Approve button has been substituted with 3 separate buttons - one for each level. Underneath these you'll find matching filter buttons that allows you to specify which levels should be shown. If none or all of these buttons are pressed all images will be shown - otherwise only those matching the active buttons will be visible. Note that you can use the keys '1' to '3' as shortcuts for changing approval level in the thumbnail, import or preview window. In the preference window you can specify the initial approval level for new images. Selecting Auto will set the level to yellow if over- or underexposed otherwise it will be set to green. Tool keyboard shortcuts The following shortcuts can now be used to select corresponding tools: c: Crop tool n: Neutralization tool s: Shadow picker h: Highlight picker d: Detail View picker Camera features New color engine This version uses our new revised color engine for all Ixpress captures. It's important to notice that a new input profile named Hasselblad RGB must be used in relation to the new color handling. For new captures everything should automatically work provided that you use one of the standard presets or manually specify the usage of the Hasselblad RGB profile. It's also possible to test the new color engine on existing captures. First of all you need to make sure that the input profile is changed to Hasselblad RGB. Apart from that you should also make sure that the midtone slider setting is 1.0 instead of the 1.2 that corresponds to the old V 4

4 presets. A further extension to the color handling is that for Ixpress camera captures you now have the option of selecting a special Reproduction mode. This will give you a linear film curve and a color handling that will aim for the most accurate reproduction possible. This setting will be particularly useful for things like art reproduction. Do note that the linear film curve makes correct exposure very important. Reproduction mode can be selected via a check box in the color correction tool window. White balance sliders In the preview window a white balance preset menu and sliders for color temperature and tint have been added. Operation is pretty much equivalent to that of Camera Raw. It should be noted that the Auto option has not been implemented yet! The white balance popup menu includes Create/Delete Preset items allowing you to store custom white balance settings. Also old style neutralization presets made with previous versions will be transferred automatically. One thing to note about the usage of the "old" neutralization presets is that since these were device dependent they will only be useful in this version if they were made with an Ixpress otherwise you might as well discard them. Compared to the old neutralization handling there is a major change in concept - the white balance has now become part of the image setting just like any other correction adjustments. In V4.0 and older neutralization was global for the 3f file. Exposure Correction Also in the preview window you'll find a new exposure correction slider that will adjust by +- 2 f- stops. You should be aware that this is a much better way of adjusting exposure level compared to dragging the highlight point or adjusting curves or gamma. One issue right now is that darkening images with this slider can lead to colored highlights. Load dialog - initial setting It is now possible to select the initial setting for imported images when importing via the Load function. Processed camera images The principle of processed 3f camera files has been abandoned since it isn't really compatible with the new white balance handling. The only real benefit of working with processed files is that it enables you to watch a hires image in the preview window. At a later stage we intend to implement this feature without it being based on having to store a hires image in the 3f file. For now - and in 4.5 final the preview window can only show the lo-res image. This is somewhat compensated by the detail window improvements mentioned above. It's possible to work with older processed files but the processed data itself will not give you any benefits. Therefore when opening these you'll be presented with a dialog that gives you the possibility of unprocessing in order to reduce file size. Scanner features 3f Scan window This is now a modeless window that can be opened via the 3f button or from the Window menu. A number of features has been added - these are further described in the 4.5 manual addendum: 1) You now have the option of creating job folders automatically for each new 3f Scan session 2) Optionally final TIFF files can be saved automatically after the 3f scan has finished

5 3) It's now possible to specify a crop bleed parameter 4) Scan size can be adjusted to fit given output dimensions Another new feature is the 3f Scan log which holds a list of all 3f scans made Enhanced scanner profiles New scanner profiles are installed with this release - please note that these assume a midtone setting of 1.0 while the old profiles are matched to a midtone setting of 1.2. Compatibility To keep things simple we really recommend that you don't switch camera files back and forth between 4.5 and previous versions - work on copies in 4.5 instead. However if you do switch camera files between versions you may need to take extra steps to keep the lo-res preview up to date. The first time you open a 3f camera file captured with 4.0.x or earlier a conversion of the lo-res preview data will take place automatically. When this has been done and you switch back to using 4.0 the preview will appear much too dark - this can be fixed by doing a neutralization in 4.0. Likewise if an image has been switched both back and forth to 4.5 again the preview will look much too bright in 4.5. In this case the preview can be updated by holding down option and cmd while using the neutralization picker. The software requires at least OS X All Hasselblad/Imacon products with a Firewire interface are supported. For usage with a scanner we recommend at least 256 MB RAM - while camera usage requires at least 512 MB - when performing micro step captures you should have at least 1.5GB of RAM installed - for the 528C at least 2GB. Please note that 3f files generated by version 4.5.x can not be used by earlier versions.