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Automated Export using Phocus: Hot Folder tutorial
Written by Hasselblad Phocus tips
Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:12
Want to automate the export of your images from a photo shoot? Watch Greg Hollmann from Hasselblad USA demonstrate how to setup a Hot Folder and configure Phocus to automatically process any RAW images that get placed inside.
The Hot Folder can be located on a network resource such - as Apple's iDisk - that can be remotely monitored by an art director or agency near-real time. Wow!
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White or No Image in Phocus for Windows
Written by Phocus Support
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 19:45
When you launch Phocus for Windows, the default workspace has the thumbnails on the bottom of the screen with the main window for the full display of the image. Under normal operation, when you select an image in the thumbnail window, it will be displayed in the center viewer where you can zoom, pan, crop and rotate the image.
However, if your graphics card does not support Direct X 9.0 or has insufficient video memory (VRAM less than 256MB) you will see either a white rectangle in place of the image (or no image at all.)
Solution for cannot display image in Phocus (or white image)
Determine your graphics card VRAM:
Windows XP - right click on the desktop and select Properties
Choose Settings tab
Select Advanced button to get to the Device Properties of the Monitor and Graphics Card
Choose the Adaptor tab
As seen in this example, the video memory does not meet the minimum requirements and will not function properly, so a newer video card (aka graphics adaptor) with at least 256MB VRAM will be needed.
Phocus 2.5 for Windows
Written by Hasselblad Phocus 2.5 for Windows
Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:00
Hasselblad released Phocus 2.5 for Windows on June 22, 2010 as a free download for all users.
Larger preview image available
We really liked this improvement - many times the embedded preview is just too pixelated when zoomed to fit on a larger display like the LaCie 500 and 700 series. Digital techs are able to quickly show Art Directors/Photographers the overall image with better detail without zooming in to show superior information in the shot (although this does require a graphics card with at least 512MB VRAM to perform suitably; preferred are Nvidia and ATI brands with Direct X 9.0c drivers.)
Hasselblad released Phocus 2.5 for Mac on May 19, 2010 as a free download for all users. We spent a full weekend, including a live shoot with single and multi-shot Hasselblad H3D and H4D and were impressed with the improvements to this major update.
Opens hundreds of other file formats
This was a huge request from photographers and digital techs - the ability to use Phocus for other RAW formats (and processed TIF, etc.) in addition to the Hasselblad 3F file and enables them to focus on using a single command set to get their image capture tasks complete. With over 150 different files supported (think Apple's Preview using Core Image), Phocus extends it's use of the native tools (OpenGL) on the Mac OS X development platform.
(Excluding H4D-40, H4D-50, H4D-50MS, H3DII-50, H3DII-50MS - see below)
This
package contains firmware version R259 with relevance for the below
listed products.
Version R259 is a bugfix release of version R256 and contains various
improvements and fixes for your camera.
Product Relevance
H3DII-22, H3DII-31, H3DII-39, H3DII-39MS
H3D-22, H3D-31, H3D-39
H2D-22, H2D-39
CF-22, CF-22MS, CF-39, CF-39MS
CFII-22, CFII-22MS, CFII-39, CFII-39MS
CFV, CFVII, CFV-39
CFH-22, CFH-39
503CWD
This firmware update can be downloaded
to the sensor unit via Phocus version 1.1 Mac, 1.0.2 Windows or later versions (current Phocus version is 2.5 as of 11-May-2010.)
In previous firmware releases Hasselblad A/S introduced ISO and exposure
time boost for some camera models, which is also included in this
firmware package. For further information about product relevance please
see the read-me file.
This package contains
firmware version R350 for the sensor unit of the H4D-40, H4D-50,
H4D-50MS, H3DII-50, H3DII-50MS cameras.
Highlights Include
Support for H4D-40 and H4D-50*
Various
improvements and fixes, including an intermittently occuring problem
causing corrupted images.
* Requires Phocus 2.0 or later
This firmware update can be downloaded
to the sensor unit via Phocus version 1.1 Mac, 1.0.2 Windows or later
versions (current Phocus version is 2.5 as of 11-May-2010.)
For a complete list of fixes and added features, please
consult the read-me file.
