Konica Minolta SCANNER RX-1 User Manual

Film Scanner RX1 User Interface Manual

Ver2.1.0

First Edition

Konica Corporation

KONICA FILM SCANNER RX-1

Film Scanner RX1 User Interface Manual

Introduction

This is a user interface program for Twain data sources which support Windows 95/98/NT4.0. You can launch the program in the following two ways. (1) Select the source data from the File/Acquire menu of an application supporting Twain,

such as Adobe Photoshop or PhotoDeluxe.

(2) Double-click the icon which activates a Twain data source as an independent

application.

1. Scan Setup tab

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This tab appears first after starting the program. The tab contains the conditions applicable to the particular image you are scanning.

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Mode setting

Film type

The RX1 can acquire images from the following three types of film.

• Color negative film.

• Black-and-white negative film.

• Positive film. Set this to fit the type of film you are scanning.

Focusing

You can focus the RX1 by the following three methods.

• Normal.

• Search.

• Lock.

Resolution

You have a choice of resolutions. However, the choice differs according to the type of film. Non-APS film:

• 512 x 768.

• 1024 x 1536.

• 2048 x 3072. APS film:

• 512 x 912.

• 1024 x 1824.

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Carrier type

You can use the following three carriers.

• Sleeve carrier.

• APS carrier.

• Slide carrier. When changing the carrier, close the Scan Setup tab or user interface first. The carrier

determines the film type and focusing you can use. The combinations are as follows.

Carrier Film Type Focusing

Color negative film NormalSleeve Black-and-white negative film Normal

NormalPositive film Lock

Slide Black-and-white negative film Normal

Positive film Normal

Search Lock

Color negative film Normal

APS Black-and-white negative film Normal

Positive film Normal

Lock

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Cropping

Cropping is changing the number of pixels the RX1 sends. The film type determines the

crop sizes you can set. The combinations are as follows

Film Type Cropping Prescan Standerd Fine Super Fine

Normal 128 x 192 512 x 768 1024 x 1536 2048 x 3072135 Panorama 128 x 192 272 x 768 544 x 1536 1088 x 3072

135 slide Normal 128 x 192 512 x 768 1024 x 1536 2048 x 3072

Panorama 68 x 176 272 x 704 544 x 1408 1088 x 2816 APS slide 80 x 144 320 x 576 640 x 1152 1280 x 2304 Slide 116 x 176 464 x 704 928 x 1408 1856 x 2816

APS Normal 108 x 192 512 x 912 1024 x 1824 ---------------

Panorama 68 x 192 320 x 912 640 x 1824 --------------C-size 108 x 144 512 x 688 1024 x 1376 ---------------

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Frame edge detection

In automatic mode, the RX1 detects frames automatically. During a prescan of high

density positive film, however, a problem can occur in some cases with the RX1 detecting frames incorrectly and displaying a number of frames too few for those actually in the film.

In fixed mode, the RX1 determines the beginning-of-frame position based on a fixed

value using the perforation width as a clue. Sharpness

You can set this in five steps..

Buttons

Prescan button

Clicking this button starts a prescan.

Because the cursor rests on this button when you open the Setup tab, pressing the Enter key starts a prescan, too.

After the end of the prescan, the cursor moves onto the Rotate/Mirror tab. The number of

pixels acquired during a prescan is as follows.

135 : 192 x 128 dots.

APS : 228 x 128 dots. Cancel button

Clicking the Cancel button stops a prescan in progress.

Because the cursor moves onto this button after the start of a prescan, pressing the Enter key stops the prescan, too.

(Once the film starts moving, the Cancel key is locked and the prescan continues to the last frame; after the prescan, the cursor moves back on the Setup tab.)

Help button

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Displays a description of how to use the buttons in the current screen. Eject Film button

Clicking the button discharges the film. Close button

Clicking the button quits the current program.

Status bar

Displays a description of the steps you need to perform next. During a prescan, a

progress bar appears, indicating the degree of progress.

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2.Rotate/Mirror tab

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The cursor moves onto this tab after a prescan. The acquired images appear. When the Sleeve or APS carrier is used, one screen displays a maximum of six images...3 frames x 2 rows. To display the sixth and subsequent frames, scroll the images using the scroll bar. When the Slide carrier is used, one screen displays one frame. This tab lets you rotate, mirror, and refresh images or manually adjust the beginning-offrame position.

Image selection

Before performing the operations mentioned above, select an image you wish to work on

by clicking it. You can select multiple frames simply by using this key in combination with the Shift or CTRL key as you do in a Window.

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Buttons

Rotate button

Clicking the Rotate button rotates the image in the selected frame through 90° clockwise. Rotate All button

Clicking the Rotate All button rotates all images, selected or not, through 90° clockwise. Mirror button

Clicking the Mirror button flips the image in the selected frame to give its mirror image. Mirror All button

Clicking the Mirror All button flips all images, selected or not, to give their mirror

images.

However, because images are always flipped from their original positions, those already flipped once are not flipped.

Refresh button

If the beginning-of-frame position is not accurate during a prescan, the image may have unbalanced colors. Clicking the Refresh button after adjusting the position using the X/Y offset recalculates the colors.

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X/Y offset

This lets you manually adjust the beginning-of-frame position if inaccurate during a

prescan.

The X offset slide bar appears under the selected frame. Clicking an arrow or anywhere

between an arrow and the slider or dragging the slider shifts the frame position Horizontally.

(Note that when you rotate an image, it is rotated from the X offset slide bar image posi-

tion.)

The Y offset slide bar appears to the left of the scroll bar.Operating the Y offset slide bar

shifts all the frame positions simultaneously. The offset value or how much they were shifted appears at the right extremity of the screen.

Frame count

Displays the total number of frames acquired during a prescan.

Scroll bar

Because the screen displays a maximum of six frames, use the scroll bar to display the remaining frames when the frame count is more than 7. Operate the scroll bar as you do in a Window.

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