Using Bibble 5. Bibble 5 Pro. Photographic Workflow at the Speed of Light. Version 5.2.0

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1 Using Bibble 5 Version Bibble 5 Pro Photographic Workflow at the Speed of Light

2 Using Bibble 5 Photographic Workflow at the Speed of Light Version By Bibble Labs, Inc. Bibble 5 is designed to provide the fastest Photographic Workflow, allowing you to get the most from your camera's images with more built-in tools than any other Workflow application, the fastest RAW conversion speed, and the most flexible workflow. Bibble 5 is also a fully featured image organizer and digital asset manager, allowing you to catalog, browse, and search through your digital photographs. Bibble 5 runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems, and supports the native RAW file formats from most digital cameras as well as JPEG and TIFF images. Bibble 5 provides powerful image editing tools in a flexible application to speed you through your photographic workflow. This guide introduces key concepts of Bibble Pro and Bibble Lite, and explains each feature and tool within the application.

3 Using Bibble Bibble Labs, Inc. All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of the publisher. Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners. Bibble Labs make no claim to these trademarks. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it. In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document. Printed: January 2011 in The United States

4 Table of Contents Chapter I Background 8 1 Introduction Getting... Started 11 3 Pro versus... Lite 14 4 Bibble 5... Interface 16 5 Understanding... Image Editing 19 6 Understanding... the Library 21 7 Understanding... Output Generation 23 8 Trial Version... & Unlocking Bibble Requirements Supported... Image Formats About Image... Size 28 Chapter II Library and Catalogs 30 1 Import Options Importing... Images 34 3 Managing... your Library 37 4 Not Using... the Library 40 5 Portable... Catalogs 41 Chapter III File System Mode 44 1 Working... in File System Mode 45 2 Watched... Folders 47 Chapter IV Editing Images 49 1 About Adjustment... Tools 50 2 Basic Adjustments Color Tools Tone Tools Detail Tools Metadata... Tools 63 7 Plugins Selective... Adjustments 66 9 Heal & Clone Cropping... & Straightening Adjustment... Presets Copy &... Paste Image Settings Custom... Default & Import Settings 80 4

5 14 Edit History Chapter V Organizing, Keywords and Metadata 84 1 Versions Stacks Thumbnail... Indicators 89 4 Sorting... and Filtering Images 90 5 Labels,... Ratings, and Tags 91 6 About Keywords Working... with Keywords 94 8 Working... with Metadata 97 9 Finding... Images With Metadata Metadata... in Output Images Reloading... Metadata 102 Chapter VI Creating Output Images Single... Image Output Working... With Batches Managing... Batches Batch Output... Settings Batch Web... Gallery Output Batch Copy... Output 115 Chapter VII Printing Working... With Print Batches Managing... Print Batches Print Settings Print Layouts Chapter VIII Adjusting the Interface Layout... Options Magnifier... & Metadata Popup Slide Shows Chapter IX Application Preferences General... Preferences Display... Preferences Color Management... Preferences Import... & Cache Preferences Renaming... Preferences Sequence... Preferences Keyboard... Preferences 140 5

6 8 Soft Proofing... Preferences Watched... Folder Preferences Copy Sets... Preferences Defaults... Preferences Crop Preferences Performance... Preferences 146 Chapter X Additional Information Recent... Changes Rename... Formats Metadata... Tags File Locations Command... Line Options Custom... Print Layouts About... Color Management License... Information 162 Index 6 165

7 Chapter I Background

8 Using Bibble 5 Background What is Bibble 5? Bibble 5 is a fast, flexible photographic workflow application. Bibble 5 is designed to help you optimize your digital photographic images and to help you organize and catalog those images. It allows you to adjust and optimize your images very quickly, and to batch adjust and convert these images to prints, send via , share on the web or edit or view in other applications. Bibble 5 provides three major categories of features: Asset Management, Image Editing, and Output Generation. Asset Management is the means to catalog your digital photographic assets (called Master Files), view and add metadata to these assets, and search and browse based on that metadata. As your volume of digital photographs grows from hundreds to thousands of images, maintaining a coherent and organized library of those photographs becomes quite critical. Bibble 5 provides all the tools needed to catalog your current photographs, to search and to browse through those catalogs quickly and efficiently. Image Adjustment & Optimizing is the process of applying color management and correction, exposure adjustment, and other creative image editing tools to your original photographs, enabling you to optimize your photographs in the least amount of time. Bibble 5 offers image adjustment tools that operate on entire images (like exposure compensation or white balance) and also offers Selective Editing to allow you to adjust regions or smaller portions of your images. Output Generation will take the previews you see in Bibble and create new image files that you can print, share on the web, and access in other applications. Bibble 5's powerful Batch Conversion system helps automate this process. What can Bibble 5 do? Bibble 5 can help organize your photographic catalog, importing images and assigning keywords and other metadata to your images to help you quickly find the images you are looking for. Bibble 5 can improve your images, optimizing exposure and color, white balance and detail, lower digital noise or sensor imperfections, remove optical distortion or many, many other things. Bibble 5 can prepare your files in many formats for optimized output, for many different output rendering intents. 8

9 Background What is Photographic Workflow? Photographic Workflow refers to all the activities that occur between the initial image capture and the final destination of your photograph. Photographers have very different workflows, depending on the volume of shooting they do and what the photographs will be used for. Your workflow might be as simple as downloading images from your camera's memory card and printing them on a printer attached to your computer. Or, it may include the addition of keywords and star ratings to search and sort your images, image adjustments and corrections, backup and archiving, printing locally and sharing your photography on the web or sending your files to printing service bureaus or pre-press facilities for final printing. Bibble 5 supports a wide range of workflow options and working styles to ensure that you can get the best quality from your photographs in the least amount of time. 9

10 Using Bibble Introduction This guide introduces key concepts of Bibble 5 Pro, and explains each feature and tool within the application. Quick Start Guide Just want to get started right way? This brief chapter will show you how. Bibble 5 Interface Introduces key concepts of Bibble 5, hardware and software requirements, supported image formats, and other background information. About the Library How to get images into Bibble, and various options associated with the Library and Cataloging images. Editing Images Working with images and Bibble 5's editing tools, ensuring you get the best image quality from every exposure. Output Images Applying image adjustments, and getting files out of Bibble. Organizing, Keywords, and Metadata Using Keywords and other Metadata to help organize your image catalog, so you can find your images quickly. Versions, Stacks, and Views Working with multiple versions of a single image file, stacking similar images to reduce clutter, and working with Bibble 5's views. Adjusting the Interface and Application Preferences Adapt Bibble 5 to conform to your working style instead of changing how you work. 10

11 Background 1.2 Getting Started This section will introduce the key concepts of Bibble 5 and get you stared quickly. The general process of working in Bibble follows the following steps: 1. Select a folder containing images you want to edit. This can be an existing folder on your computer, a Bibble 5 Catalog folder, or a search or metadata folder. 2. Select one or more images to edit. 3. Make the adjustments you want to optimize your photo 4. Export the images using a Batch Output or with the File -> Save Image As... menu option The Thumbnail Panel shows all the supported images for the container that is selected in the Browse Panel. So the first step is to select a Folder that contains the images you want to get started with. Step One: Selecting a Folder Images are stored either on your computer in a folder, or within your Bibble 5 Catalog, or both. You can find your images by using the Catalog or File System Tabs in the Browse Panel. Simply click through the folders in your Catalog, or use the Search or Browse tools to find the images you want to work with. Clicking on a Folder name will load thumbnails for all the Versions in that folder into the Thumbnail Panel. Select the File System Tab Select the folder that contains your image files Step Two: Selecting Versions To view or adjust images in Bibble 5, you need to select them first. The selected Versions will appear in the Preview Panel, where you can view and edit your images. Select A Version to View or Edit The Thumbnail Panel in Bibble 5 will show thumbnails for all the Versions in the folder you have selected. Click on a thumbnail to display a larger view of that Version in the Preview Panel. The adjustment tools will change to the settings for that Version, and adjusting the tools will change the settings on that Version. Select the thumbnail you want to work on Selecting Many Versions You can also select more than one Version, to work on several Versions at once, or to compare and select the best image out of many similar images. 11

12 Using Bibble 5 To Preview several images, simply select several thumbnails in the Thumbnail Panel. There are several ways to select several images: Hold down the CTRL key (Command key on Mac's) while clicking thumbnails. Each thumbnail you CTRL +Click (or Command+Click) will be added to the selection and will be added to the Preview Panel. Hold down the SHIFT key, then click two thumbnails. All thumbnails between the two thumbnails you clicked will be added to the selection. The last image you select is called the "Active" image - this is the image that is shown in the Preview Panel, and this image's settings will appear in the Tools Panel. Making changes to the image adjustment tools will apply these new settings to the Active image and will update the preview window to show the results of your changes. You can preview many Versions at once by clicking on the Single/Multi View toggle button. The Preview Panel will adjust the size and layout of all the preview images, allowing you to quickly compare and view many Versions at once. This is very useful in selecting between several Versions that are similar, or comparing multiple Versions of the same image. While in Multi-Image mode, metadata adjustments like ratings and keywords, as well as pasting settings, and deleting versions will apply only to the single Active Image. Step three: Editing in Bibble 5 Editing images in Bibble is easy: just click and drag any of the image adjustment tools in the Tool Panel and the 'Active' image will be adjusted according to the changes you make. Start making image adjustments You can undo any change you make by pressing CRTL+Z (Command+Z on a Mac), or selecting Edit -> Undo, and redo adjustments using CTRL+Y or Edit -> Redo. The adjustments you make to your images are automatically saved, so your can proceed from image to image quickly without needing to stop and save your changes as you go. See the Chapter on Editing Images to learn the details of the many image editing tools available in Bibble 5. Step Four: Exporting Images Once your images look great, you'll need to Output them before you can share your work on the web, over , or before you edit the images further in other applications. Use the Output Tab on the Browser Panel to export one or more images. Or, if you just want to quickly make JPEG images from the versions you've been working on in Bibble, just select the images you want to Export, and press 'F'. That will send all the selected images to the Full Size JPEG Output Batch. The Chapter on Creating Output Images goes into more detail on this topic. Moving On Now that you have mastered the basics, you can move on to more advanced topics, like: Building a Library or Working from the File System 12

13 Background Learn more about image editing, including Selective Editing Adjusting the Interface 13

14 Using Bibble Pro versus Lite Bibble 5 Pro and Bibble 5 Lite share many of the same image adjustment tools and much of the same underlying design. Bibble 5 Pro is designed for high-volume workflow, allowing the fastest and most complete workflow and image editing options that professional and advanced amateurs demand. Bibble 5 Lite lacks some of the more sophisticated and advanced image editing tools, while still providing Asset Management and Selective Editing capabilities. Bibble 5 Pro and Bibble 5 Lite are distributed as a single application - the license key you purchase determines which features are accessible. Pro Lite Maximum Layers per Image 11 3 Maximum Heal / Clone Circle Regions Maximum Regions per Layer Asset Management Maximum Number of Open Catalogs Advanced Importing Options Image Editing Tools Basic Image Adjustment Tools Advanced Image Adjustment Tools 3rd Party Plugins Noise Ninja Registered Custom Color Correction Tool Selective Editing Apply essentially any image adjustment in Layers Heal & Clone using Regions Create Regions using Curves, Polygons, and Circles Create Regions using a Brush Workflow Features Maximum Number of Images open in Multi-Image Mode Watched Folder Support Background Printing Support 14

15 Background Pro Lite Unlim ited 5 Custom Default Settings by Camera Model Multiple file output options per batch Color Management Options Fully Color-managed Workflow Custom Working Space Selection Configurable Output Color Space Soft-Proofing Support Metadata Options Import and view Metadata Assign Keywords and Keyword Hierarchies, and manage Keywords Add, Edit, and Manage Basic Metadata fields and templates Includes Caption, Description, Rating, Labels, Tags Add, Edit, and Manage Advanced Metadata fields and templates Includes all IPTC Core fields Max Number of Metadata Sets Licensing Cross Platform support for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux See System Requirements for details Multi-platform license One license is usable on ALL platforms Single-platform license Choose any one platform at purchase time and receive an unlock code only for that platform. 15

16 Using Bibble Bibble 5 Interface The Bibble 5 interface is divided into the following sections: Menu Bar This is at the top of the application, and contains the following Menus. It is used to access common functions and features that apply to the whole Bibble 5 application (like configuring Preferences, Opening images, viewing the online Help files, unlocking Bibble 5, etc. Browse Panel The Browse Panel is where you go to get images into and out of Bibble 5. On the left of the screen, this panel has tabs for your Library view, File System View, and Output. The Browse Panel can be hidden so that more room is available for viewing your images. Just click the left arrow at the top of the Browse Panel tabs to hide or show this Panel Tool Tab Panel On the right side of the application, this panel contains all of the image adjustment tools, organized into separate tool tabs. Each tab has one or more panels, and any of these panels can be "Pinned" to make that panel visible regardless of what tab you are viewing. The Tool Tab Panel can be hidden so that more room is available for viewing your images. Just click the left arrow at the top of the Tool Tab Panel tabs to hide or show this Panel. Thumbnail Panel At the top of the main Bibble window, this panel shows thumbnails for the folder, container, search or browse category selected with the Browse Panel. All the images in the folder are initially visible in the Thumbnail Panel, but you can filter the thumbnail panel to show only images that match a specific set of criteria. This panel contains the following toolbars: Sort & Filter Toolbar The Sort & Filter Toolbar contains the following buttons, from left to right: Sort Chooser - Shows and allows changing the current thumbnail sort order. The example is sorted by Version name. 16

17 Background Sort Direction - Shows and allows changing of the current sort direction. The example is sorted in Ascending order. Filter - Opens or closed the Filter tool - used to limit which thumbnails from the current container are shown in the thumbnail panel Metadata Toolbars The Metadata Toolbars are three separate but very similar toolbars, and include the following buttons, from left to right: Rating - Sets the Star Rating of all selected Versions. Color Label - Sets the Color Label of all selected Versions. Pick - Sets all selected Versions to 'Pick' status. Reject - Sets all selected Versions to Reject' status. NOTE: these indicators will show the value of the Active Version, but will apply changes made by this toolbar to all selected versions in Single Image mode, but only to the Active Version in Multi-Image mode Thumbnail Zoom Toolbar The Thumbnail Zoom Toolbar contains a single slider to set the zoom level for the Thumbnail Panel. View Mode Toolbar The View Mode Toolbar allows you to quickly switch between various window layouts and viewing modes. From left to right, these icons will: Toggle Full Screen Mode - Maximizes Bibble 5 and hides the top Window Title Bar. Toggle Orientation - Switches between Landscape and Portrait layouts. Image View Mode - Hides the Thumbnail Panel to make the Preview Panel as large as possible. Standard Mode - Reveals both the Preview Panel and the Thumbnail Panel. Thumbnail Mode - Hides the Preview Panel to allow quick browsing through many thumbnails. Soft Proof Toggle - Enables or disables Soft Proofing, and allows the selection of a Soft Proof profile Preview Panel This is the main workspace in Bibble 5. It shows a preview image for the currently selected thumbnail or thumbnails, and allows you to see the image adjustments that you make to your image. You can zoom into or out of the selected images, and you can view one or two or many images at once. This panel contains the following Toolbars: Layer Toolbar The Layer Toolbar has the following controls, from left to right: Layers - Opens or Closes the Layer Manager. Current Layer Selector - shows or changes the current layer. Add - adds a new layer, and changes to that new layer. Region Cursor Selection - shows or changes the current cursor tool to a region cursor, including: Circle, Polygon, Curve, Brush. 17

18 Using Bibble 5 Bibble Toolbar The Bibble Toolbar contains the following buttons, from left to right: Pan & Zoom Cursor - Allows you to pan and zoom a Preview image. Simply click and drag to Pan, or hold CTRL (CMD on a Mac) while scrolling your mouse wheel to zoom. You must be zoomed to a higher zoom that 'Fit' for Panning to have an effect. Note: you can temporarily switch to the Pan & Zoom cursor by pressing the spacebar. White Balance Dropper - After picking the white balance dropper, click in your image to set the white balance. Click on a portion of your image that should be neutral in color to set the while balance. Crop Cursor - Click to open the Cropping Window to see, change or apply a crop. Straighten Cursor - After clicking the Straighten cursor, click and drag along a line in your image that should be either vertical or horizontal. Region Cursors - Circle, Polygon, Curve, and Brush - Allows you to create or edit Regions. See the section on Selective Adjustments for more details. Slideshow - Opens the Slideshow window. Multi-View Toggle - Toggles the Preview Panel to show either a single (off) or multiple (on) Preview images if more than one thumbnail is selected. Multi-View Lock - Toggles the locking of the Pan position and Zoom level of multiple preview images. With this on (locked), zooming or panning one of the preview windows will also zoom all of the other preview windows as well. Clipping Warning - Toggles the visual indication of portions of the image that are clipped (at least one channel above or below the clipping limits set in the Preferences Panel). Zoom Toolbar The Zoom Toolbar contains the following controls, from left to right: 1:1 Zoom Toggle - Toggles your Active Version's Preview window from the current zoom level to a 1:1 (or 100%) Zoom. Fit Zoom Toggle - Toggles your Active Version's Preview window from the current zoom level to Fit (zoomed out so the complete image fits in the current window). Zoom Level indicator - Shows the smallest, current, and largest zoom levels. Zoom Slider - Click and drag, or hover and roll your mouse wheel to zoom in or out. Version Name - Shows the Version name for the Active Version. The size of the Thumbnail Panel and Preview Panel can be adjusted by dragging the splitter between these two panels. There are many more ways to optimize and customize the Bibble 5 interface. These will be discussed in greater detail in a later section. 18

19 Background 1.5 Understanding Image Editing Bibble 5 is a non-destructive image editor, meaning that adjustments you make to your images in Bibble 5 will never alter the data in the original image. You are free to experiment and alter your images as much as you want, knowing that you can always revert to the original version. As a non-destructive image editor, the adjustments you create are stored either in an "sidecar" XMP file, within the Bibble 5 catalog file, or both. As such, you will need to create an output image using Bibble 5's Output Batch tools or File -> Save As menu options to allow your image adjustments to be visible to other applications. When you edit a photograph in Bibble 5, a new Version is created that contains the adjustments you've made. Bibble allows more than one set of image adjustments to be made on a single photograph, allowing you to efficiently make many versions of a single image. Creating a new version does not make a copy of the original Master File, but rather just allows you to apply different image adjustment and metadata to the same Master Image. Image files that are opened and edited within Bibble 5 are called Master Files. Bibble 5's XMP Files Bibble 5 stores its settings in an XMP file that is slightly different that other popular image editors and Asset Management applications. We do this to prevent Bibble from overwriting settings created by other applications and to circumvent limitations inherent in the current XMP standard (such as only being able to export the metadata from one Version at a time, or the inability to save different settings for a RAW file and a JPEG that were created in camera as a RAW+JPEG pair). Bibble 5 uses a similar, but slightly different filename to store this enhanced XMP data. The XMP filename is created by simply adding ".xmp" to the end of the complete filename for the image file it describes (while many other applications build the XMP filename by first dropping the image file extension (like "jpg", "nef" or "cr2") before adding "xmp"). So a Bibble 5 XMP file would look like img_0000.jpg.xmp while an XMP from other applications for the same image would simply be img_0000.xmp. Bibble 5 will allow you to create a "standard" XMP file that other applications will read - but this will of course limit the settings that the other applications see to those officially supported by the XMP standard (one set of metadata per image file). Shared XMP Data Other applications store image adjustments in sidecar XMP files, and metadata added in other applications can be imported into Bibble 5. These include: 0- to 5-Star Rating Image Color Labels Tags (called 'Picks' or 'Selects' in other applications) Categories and Keywords IPTC & EXIF Data Likewise, applying any of these settings to images in Bibble will write this data back to the XMP file for those images. Many applications allow you "sync" settings from XMP files with the settings they hold in their internal databases. Once this "sync" process is complete, adjustments made in Bibble will appear in those applications as well. See the section on Keywording & Metadata for additional information. XMP Data Exclusive to Bibble 5 Settings from image editing tools within Bibble and other applications are also stored within XMP files; however, these settings are not shared amongst applications from different manufacturers. This is due to the technical differences in implementing various image adjustment tools. These differences in how the various tools are implemented give each application its own image quality characteristics, and prohibit image adjustment settings 19

20 Using Bibble 5 from being shared between applications. Using Bibble 5 in no way limits what you can do with your images or which applications you can use edit or manage your digital photographic files. Metadata Collection During Import Bibble 5 reads and collects metadata embedded in image files, in Bibble XMP files, standard XMP files and in Bibble 4 '.bib' files. The process and order of collecting metadata from these various sources is shown below. 1. If a Bibble XMP file exists, metadata is read from this file and no other metadata is imported. 2. If no Bibble XMP file is found, metadata is read from Standard XMP files 3. If XMP content is embedded in the image file, this is read next and is added to any previously found XMP data, but common fields found in any any other source are ignored. 4. Metadata is then read from Bibble 4 ".bib" files, and this information is added to previously found metadata, but common fields found in bib files any any other source are ignored. 20

21 Background 1.6 Understanding the Library Asset Management is the means to catalog your digital photographic assets (called Master Files), add metadata to these assets, and search and browse based on that metadata. Thus, building and managing a library with one or more Catalogs of images is a key part of asset management. The Bibble 5 Library & Catalogs If you choose to use Bibble 5's Asset Management features, you will start by importing images into a Catalog. This Catalog is where data and metadata about your photos will be stored. The Library consists of one or more Catalogs, which store many types of data: Original Master Files (or references to Master Files stored in other folders on your computer) Metadata for image searching and browsing Image adjustment settings, and the history of image adjustments Previews & Thumbnails Catalog-specific settings Asset Management is Optional You may prefer not to manage your photographic assets in Bibble 5, while still utilizing Bibble 5 for image editing and RAW file conversion. Or, you might want to get started quickly, just selecting a folder on your computer to work in without even thinking about Asset Management. That's no problem! Though Bibble 5 does contain advanced asset management tools, Bibble 5 is unique in that it does not require you to use these tools. If you are content with a file-system based management approach (where you organize your images by folder and sub-folders that are already present on your computer), or if you use a 3rd Party Asset Management tool that builds and maintains your folders of images, then you can use Bibble 5 in "File System Mode" - just like in Bibble 4. Which to Choose? If you are not sure if you want Asset Management or not, you don't have to decide now! Start using Bibble 5 from the "File System" tab, browsing folders of images direct from your computer or memory card. You can browse, edit, and optimize images from folders on your computer right away - without importing them, building a Library, or even thinking about "Asset Management"! Later, if you decide that you'd like to see images from many folders in one browser view, would like to search or browse by EXIF, IPTC, or other metadata, or would like to use any of the other features that require Asset Management, then just import your folders of images "By Reference", leaving them in place on your hard drive, and instantly building a Bibble 5 Catalog. You can build a Catalog of some or all of your images, but still use Bibble 5 to work on images without having to import them into your Catalog. This is perfect when you just need to quickly work on a small number of photos and don't want to search or keep a permanent record of these images. Features Requiring Bibble 5 Catalogs You'll gain access to the following features when using Bibble 5's Asset Management features, but you'll need to import images into a Catalog first. Browsing Multiple Folders at once - select multiple folders to view thumbnails from all the selected images, or you can Recurse folders to shown thumbnails from the selected folder and all sub-folders of the selected folder. 21

22 Using Bibble 5 Persistent Edit History - maintaining a log of every image or metadata adjustment you've made to your images, and keeping that log available from day to day, month to month (working in File System mode limits the adjustment history only within that one Bibble 5 session). Image Searching - Find images by searching for filename, EXIF, IPTC or other metadata. Metadata Browsing - Browse through your catalog using EXIF, IPTC or other metadata. Image Stacks - Group Versions from one or many Master Files together into Stacks. Off-Line Image Browsing - Find and manage images that are stored on off-line media like CD's, DVD's or external hard drives. Initial Image Settings - Bibble will store the first set of adjustments found for a every image as those images are bring imported, allowing you to quickly revert to these settings at any time. The Initial Settings may be the Default settings at the time of import, or may have been edits or adjustments made by Bibble 5 on a different computer, or before importing the images into your Library. Multiple Catalogs - Pro only Bibble 5 Pro allows you to build, open, and work with many Catalogs from your Library simultaneously. This allows you to group, backup, and manage sets of files as Catalogs, while preserving the ability to browse, search, and access any image in any open catalog. Image Settings for Images in a Catalog When images are first imported into a Bibble 5 Catalog, the initial settings used for that image are taken from a Bibble XMP file if one exists. If no Bibble XMP file is found, metadata settings (Keywords, Rating, Labels, IPTC or XMP tags) are read from standard XMP files, or the image file itself. Once images have been imported into a Bibble 5 Catalog, changes to any image or metadata settings are stored within the Bibble 5 Catalog. These may be written back to the Bibble XMP files "on demand" by selecting the thumbnails for the images you want to write out the settings for, then right-clicking one of the thumbnails and selecting XMP -> Write Bibble XMP files. Alternately, you may choose to have Bibble 5 always keep the XMP files up to date with the Preference "Allow Bibble.xmp creation for photos in Catalog". 22

23 Background 1.7 Understanding Output Generation Output Generation will take the previews you see in Bibble and create new image files that you can print, share on the web, or otherwise access in other applications. Since Bibble 5 is a non-destructive image editor, the image adjustments and optimizations you create in Bibble are only accessible to other applications when exported, either individually, or through Bibble 5's powerful Batch Conversion system to industry standard formats like JPEG or TIFF files. Output Batches process images that are added to the batches applying image conversions, file copying, renaming, or other actions while applying pre-defined settings. Batches are used to perform operations to many images at once, speeding your workflow by simplifying repetitive processes. The following types of Batches are available in Bibble 5: Image Output Batches convert Bibble 5 Versions to a new image file that can be accessed by any other application. Copy Output Batches take images that are added to the batch, or take images from a pre-defined location, and copy the Master Files to another location accessible from your computer. These batches can apply image or metadata settings, and can optionally include the resulting files in the current Catalog. These batches can optionally delete the original files, thus moving the from one location to another, or can leave the source images intact. These batches can optionally rename the output images. Image Output Batches Bibble 5 comes with several pre-built Image Output Batches to convert your Versions to output images using pre-defined settings. You can customize any of these Batches or make new ones customized to your working style. The following Batches have been created for you: File Type & Size JPEG Full Size JPEG Image type, 90% image quality Same Pixel Dimensions as the Master File JPEG Proof JPEG Image type, 80% image quality Half Height, Half Width of the Master File 16-bit TIFF TIFF Image type, with 16 bits-per-pixel color data Same Pixel Dimensions as the Master File 8-bit TIFF TIFF Image type, with 8 bits-per-pixel color data Same Pixel Dimensions as the Master File Comments Converts to srgb colorspace. Ideal for printing and final destination usage Converts to srgb colorspace, ideal for sharing on the web Ideal when exporting images for editing in other applications that support 16-bit images Ideal when exporting images for editing in other applications that do not support 16-bit images Copy Batches A Copy Batch does just that - it copies the Master Images added to the batch to a predefined location or locations, optionally renaming the destination files. A Copy batch will copy all Sidecar files that accompany the images added to the batch, ensuring that XMP and other sidecar files are kept together with the original files. Copy Batches are great for automating backups and for downloading images from camera memory cards. 23

24 Using Bibble Trial Version & Unlocking Bibble 5 When you first install Bibble 5 - regardless of whether you installed from a CD in a retail box or as a download from Bibble will initially be running as a fully functional trial version. All aspects of the trial version will work identically to the full, registered version of Bibble 5, but will only run for 14 days from the time you first run Bibble 5 (not from the time of installation). Both Bibble 5 Lite and Bibble 5 Pro are available as trial versions, and you may choose after you download and install Bibble 5 which product you want to use. You may choose to "Try Bibble 5 Lite," "Try Bibble 5 Pro," or if you have started your trial of one product, you may "Continue Trial" to experiment and learn how Bibble will benefit your photographic workflow. Or, you may choose to "Enter License Code.." where you will be presented with an window where you can enter your License Name and License Code. Bibble 5 will turn into either Bibble 5 Pro or Bibble 5 Lite, corresponding to the license you enter. You may also choose to "Buy Now" which will open a web browser and take you to the purchase page at BibbleLabs.com. How to find your License Information If you purchased direct from BibbleLabs.com: This License information was shown on the confirmation page when you purchased online direct from BibbleLabs.com, and was ed to the address you provided when you purchased. You can also find your License Information online at any time by logging into the 'My Account" section of BibbleLabs.com, found at If you purchased a retail boxed copy from one of Bibble Labs authorized retailers: The box you purchased included a Serial Number card which included a unique Serial Number. Enter this number into the form at to redeem your Bibble 5 License. After redeeming your Serial Number, you'll be shown your license information on the confirmation page and it will be ed to the address you provide. You can also find your License Information online at any time by logging into the 'My Account" section of BibbleLabs.com, found at If you are upgrading from Bibble 5: Please login to the 'My Account" section of BibbleLabs.com, found at using the address you used when you first purchased Bibble 4. You might have chosen not to create an account with us when you first purchased - and if so we won't find an account for your address. However, you may create a new account with the same address that you used when you first purchased. After logging in, you'll see a list of all your Bibble Labs purchases, and a link to upgrade from your existing licenses to Bibble 5. 24

25 Background 1.9 Requirements Bibble 5 runs on more operating systems and has lower hardware requirements than any other major Photographic Workflow application on the market. Bibble 5 is multi-threaded to provide stunning performance on computers with 4, 8, or 16 CPU cores, while also being efficient enough to run on netbooks, notebooks, and older desktop computers. Bibble 5 is a 32-bit application which runs on 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems Below is a list of the hardware and software to properly run Bibble 5. Hardware & Software Requirements Windows Windows Vista or XP (earlier versions of Windows should work but are not supported) Pentium III processor with SSE 1.0GHz or higher. Intel Core 2or greater recommended Athlon XP+ 1.0GHz or greater with Support for SSE2. Phenom 2 or 4 core or greater recommended 1GB ram required, 2GB or more recommended OSX 10.4 or greater All Intel Macs are supported PowerPC G5 Macs work but are not supported 1GB ram required, 2GB or more recommended Mac Fedora Core 6 or later, Ubuntu 6.06 or later (Other Redhat and Debian based distributions work but are not supported) Pentium IV processor with SSE2. Intel Core 2 or greater recommended Athlon 64, Athlon Neo, Sempron, Turion, Opteron, or Phenon 1.0GHz or greater with Support for SSE2. Phenon 2 or 4 core recommended Linux 1GB ram required, 2GB or more recommended Dependencies: GLib 2.4, KDE or Gnome recommended, but other freedesktop.org window managers should work Recommended: enable desktop compositing 64-bit distributions require 32-bit compatibility libraries (ia32-libs) 25

26 Using Bibble Supported Image Formats Bibble 5 read and write many different image formats, each with different qualities and different indented uses. Readable Image Formats RAW Files from a vast array of digital cameras are supported. Bibble Labs must decode and profile each new camera that comes to market, as such the list of supported RAW File formats is always growing. Updates to for newer cameras are available at Nikon D40, D40x, D50, D60, D70, D70s, D80, D90, D100, D200, D300, D300s, D700, D3s, D3x, D3, D2x, D2h, D2xs, D2hs, D1, D1h, P6000, D3000, D5000, D3100, D7000, P7000 Canon EOS: D60, 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 60D, 5D, 5D Mark II, 7D, 1D, 1D Mark II, 1D Mark IIn, 1D Mark III,1D Mark IV, 1Ds, 1Ds Mark II, 1Ds Mark III, 300D, 350D, 400D, 450D, 500D, 550D, 1000D Powershot: G2, G3, G5, G6, G9, G10, G11, G12, S40, S45, S50, S60, S70, S90, S95, Pro1, SX1 sraw files are not supported at this time Olympus E-1, E-3, E-5, E-30, E-300, E-400, E-410, E-420, E-450, E-500, E-510, E-520, E-600, E-620, E-P1, E-P2, E-PL1, E-PL1s, E-PL2 E-10, E-20, C5050z, C5060wz, C7070wz, C8080wz, SP-310, SP-320, SP-350, SP-500uz, SP-510uz, SP-550uz Pentax K20D, K200D, K100D Super, K10D, K100D, K110D, *ist DS2, *ist D, *ist DS, *ist DL, *IST DL2, K2000, K-m, K-7, K-x, K-5, K-r Sony NEX-3, NEX-5, a33, a55, a55v, a100, a200, a230, a300, a330, a380, a350, a450, a500, a550, a560, a580, a700, a850, a900, DSC-R1 Panasonic L1, L10, LX1, LX2, LX3, LX5, FZ8, FZ18, FZ28, FZ30, FZ35, FZ38, FZ40, FZ45, FZ50, FZ100, G1, GH1, GF1, G2, G10, GH2, GF2 Leica DIGILUX 3, V-LUX 1, D-LUX2, D-LUX3, D-LUX4, M8, M9, X1, Digital MODUL-R8, Digital MODUL-R9 Minolta DiMAGE A1, DiMAGE A2, DiMAGE 7, DiMAGE 7i, DiMAGE 7Hi, MAXXUM 5D, MAXXUM 7D, DYNAX 5D, DYNAX 7D, DiMAGE A200, ALPHA-5 DIGITAL, ALPHA SWEET DIGITAL, Alpha-7 Digital Kodak DCS Pro 14n, DCS Pro 14nx, DCS Pro SLR/c, DCS Pro SLR/n Ricoh GX-100, GX-200, GR Digital II, GR Digital III, GXR, GXR P10 TIFF Images Up to 30 megapixels and no more that 10,240 pixels on the longest side, RGB colorspace (CMYK or TIFF's with alpha channel not supported) Some adjustment tools are more limited (Noise Ninja) or not available (Highlight Recovery) with TIFF files Up to 30 megapixels and no more that 10,240 pixels on the longest side, RGB colorspace (CMYK not supported) JPEG Images Some adjustment tools are more limited (Noise Ninja) or not available (Highlight Recovery) with JPEG files Writable Image Formats Bibble 5 can create images in the following formats: File Type 26 Filename Bit Comments

27 Background JPEG Extension Depth JPG, JPEG 8 Bit JPEG files are the most common image files, and are ideal for sharing on the web, by , or for sending to online printing facilities. JPEG files are limited to 8-bit color, and are compressed by a user-selectable amount. Bibble uses a scale to set the JPEG compression level. A setting of 100 will produce a very large file that will show virtually zero compression artifacts. A setting of 50 will produce quite visible artifacts, but will also result in a much smaller file. Bibble defaults to a setting of 80 for Proofs, and 90 for Full Size JPEG's, which provide a good balance of file size and image quality. TIFF TIF, TIFF 8 Bit or 16 Bit TIFF files use only lossless compression, ensuring that 100% of the detail in the original image is preserved in the output image. TIF files can be either 8 Bit or 16 Bit, and produce very large file sizes. About Image Compression Image Compression is the process of lowering the file size of an image to allow more images to be stored in a fixed amount of space. Image compression can either be Lossy or Lossless. Lossy Compression means that data is lost during the compression process. Data that is lost is never able to be retrieved, meaning that the compressed image will lack detail and image information that was present in the original image. Small amounts of lossy compression (like JPEG Compression level of 90 or higher) produce images that are very similar in detail and image quality to the original image, while more aggressive compression settings (lower numbers, like 50 or 70) will produce noticeable compression artifacts and detail loss. Lossless Compression reduces the file size with no loss of data, and therefore no loss of image quality. 27

28 Using Bibble About Image Size In film photography, understanding the size of an image was simple - it was simply the size of the print. With digital photography, things are a little more complicated. There are at least three different aspects to the "size" of a digital photograph: File Size - Typically measured in megabytes (MB), this measures to the amount of disk or memory card space consumed by the image file. Pixel Size - Measured in pixels or megapixels, this is measures the number of individual pixels or colored dots that comprise the image. Print Size - Measured inches, millimeters, or other physical units of measure. Any time a measure of length, like inches or centimeters, is used to describe a digital image, they are referring to Print Size. Every digital photograph from a given camera will start out with the exact same Pixel Size, which will be something like 3000x2400 pixles, or about 7 megapixels and corresponds to the number of photo-sites or pixels your camera's sensor has. However, the File Size for different photos from the same camera will vary. This is based on image content and is due to compression techniques used to make the file as small as possible. Generally speaking, a higher megapixel camera will produce larger files. Print size is determined by two things: Pixel Size and how many pixels to print in a given physical size, commonly called DPI or dots per inch or PPI, pixels per inch. For example, the 3000x2400 pixel image from the example above, when printed at 300 DPI will be exactly 10 inches by 8 inches (3000 pixels / 300 pixels per inch = 10 inches). Changing only the DPI in no way affects the file size on the photo or the pixel size, it only changes the Print Size. For example, changing that same image to 600 DPI, which would yield a 4 inch by 5 print. DPI and Print Size only matter when printing an photo; DPI is irrelevant to images on screen, in , or otherwise viewed, edited or used on a computer. Pixel Size alone determines how much information or "quality" in stored in the image file. Cropping & Resizing Cropping an image is used to re-compose the shot to include only portions of the original image, or to change the Aspect Ratio - the height relative to the width - of the photo. If you have several images from the same camera that you want to print the same size, some after cropping and some without cropping, then the DPI of those images must be different. Resizing allows you to make the Pixel Size larger or smaller than the original image. To continue the example from above, suppose you cropped a portion of the image from the center of the frame, say 1500 by 1200 pixels. A "Full Size" output image from this cropped image would be 1500 by 1200 pixels - much smaller than your original image. You could still print this image at 10 inches by 8 inches - but that would be at 150 DPI instead of 300. If you wanted to make an output image in Bibble 5 that had the same pixel dimensions as the original file, you would need to upscale - or stretch - the image back to 3000x2400 pixels. This does not add information or quality to the photo, and it will not print significantly better now than before it was resized. NOTE: See the topic on Cropping for details on how to crop in Bibble 5 When DPI or Print Size Matters If you print from within Bibble 5, then DPI and Print Size will be handled for you automatically by our Print Output system. If your images are only shown on computer screens, in or in other electronic forms, then DPI and Print Size are meaningless. DPI and Print Size only matter when you output images from Bibble to be printed by someone else. 28

29 Chapter II Library and Catalogs

30 Using Bibble 5 Library and Catalogs Cataloging and Asset Management in Bibble 5 is the fastest way to help you organize your images. Bibble 5 lets you import your images into searchable Catalogs, allowing you to organize your images to make finding specific images quick and easy. You can import images that already exist on your hard drive, on a network or external drive, or on removable media like CD's, DVD's, or memory cards. Once images are in a Catalog, you can search by keywords, filename or other attributes, browse by shooting information, keywords, and many other attributes, and the Catalog stores other information about your images, and the adjustments applied to your images, making Bibble easier and faster to use. This section will examine how to create Catalogs, the various options available when creating Catalogs, and the features available when using Catalogs. Library Tab Showing Two Catalogs Catalogs are grouped together on the Library Tab of the Browse Panel. The image above shows the Catalog Browser with two Bibble 5 Catalogs open, and highlights some of the controls offered in the Catalog Browser, like the Search Box and the Recurse Folders toggle. Importing Options There are five main ways you can use Bibble to organize your images: 1. Importing & Copying the Image Files 2. Importing & Moving the Image Files 3. Importing & Refering to Original Locaion 4. Importing & Referring to Original Files (Advanced - Pro Only) 5. Not Importing Images (File System Mode) The first four options all will build a catalog of your images, allowing you to search and browse through the catalog to view images from any number of different folders or to search for images by keywords, image settings, shooting time or date, or many other items. The last option - Not Importing Images - allows you to bypass Bibble 5's built in Asset Management system. This is a great option if you are using another application to catalog and organize your images, and only want to use Bibble for image editing and optimizations. This option allows you to browse images by folder, allowing you to get right to work without waiting for images to import or to be copied or moved into your catalog. This option, also called the File System approach, is the fastest way to get started with Bibble 5, but does limit some of the features only available when using a Catalog. 30