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ScanWizard 5
Q U I C K R E F E R E N C E G U I D E
Preview Window (Standard Control Panel)
Windows version
1. Prescans and previews the scan material.
2. Performs the final scan and selects a destination for
the scanned image.
3. Zoom in (+), magnifies preview image.
4. Switches to the Advanced Control Panel.
5. Scanner info, power-save, and JPEG compression
control (if applicable).
6. Online help and Tutorial Guide for a step-by-step
scanning operation.
7. Exits Scanwizard 5.
8. Type of scan material (Photo, Text, Document, Film,
etc.).
9. Output image type (True color, Web color, gray, or
B&W).
10. Image output resolution presets for Onscreen
Viewing, Printing, etc., plus custom resolution input.
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11. Output size or ratio (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, or
200%).
12. Image enhancement tools (Brightness, Contrast,
Sharpness, or Saturation).
13. Cancel/Revert to default settings.
14. Preferences menu options (Scanning functions and
customize the appearances of your Standard Control
Panel).
15. Drag this corner to resize the preview window.
16. Zoom out (-), shrinks preview image.
17. Pans or moves around a magnified area.
18. Shows current settings and becomes a Progress bar
during scanning.
19. Resizes preview image.
20. Preview image enclosed in a Scan Frame.
Macintosh version
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Preview Window (Advanced Control Panel)
Windows version Macintosh version
1. The Menu bar provides 5 menus: Scanner Menu (set up
scanner-to-host interface); View Menu (control image
and view/hide options); Preferences Menu (customize
software); Correction Menu (adjust/correct image); and
Help Menu (access online help).
2. Unit of measurement for rulers. Options include inch,
cm, mm, point, pixel, and pica.
3. The Overview button previews the image(s) on your
scanner bed.
4. The Prescan button shows a higher resolution image of
the area selected by the Scan Frame tool.
5. The Toolbar selects actions to be performed on the
overview or prescan image.
Scan Frame: Lets
you select a scan
frame area
Pane: Scrolls
through an overview
or prescan image
6. The Scan button starts the scanning process. This
button is available only when ScanWizard 5 is
launched from an image editing program (e.g.,
Photoshop or PhotoImpact). The scanned image is
automatically delivered to your application program.
Standard
Control Panel
Zoom: Click to enlarge;
Shift or Option+Click
to shrink
Dropper: Selects
shadow/highlight values
on a prescan image
Advanced
Control Panel
If ScanWizard 5 is launched as a stand-alone program
(e.g., launched from Start menu or the ScanWizard 5
icon), this button appears as:
Scan to saves the scanned image into file; Copy
sends the output to a printer; E-mail attaches the
output to an E-mail message; OCR converts the text
into an editable format; or To Web the output is
instantly uploaded to a Photo-Sharing website.
Standard Control Panel Advanced Control Panel
7. The Scan Material icon indicates the type of the current
scan material.
(reflective)
8. For Windows, the Close button is used to exit
ScanWizard 5. For Macintosh, select Quit from File
menu to exit ScanWizard 5.
9. The Switch button takes you back to the
Standard Control Panel.
10. The Status bar gives useful tips relating to
the selected tool in the Toolbar.
11. Drag this corner to resize your Preview window.
(positive film) (negative film)
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The Settings Window (Advanced Control Panel only)
Windows version
1. The Scan Job/Job box shows the current scan job as
highlighted in the Scan Job window. This job is also
the currently selected image in the Preview window.
2. The Type box shows the image type of the current
scan job.
RGB Colors/RGB Colors (48-bit): RGB colors use three
colors to reproduce up to 16.7 million colors onscreen. The 48-bit option is supported only by
professional Microtek professional/pre-press scanner
models.
Gray Scale/Gray Scale (16-bit): Grayscale images use
shades of gray to simulate gradations of color. The
16-bit option is provided in ScanWizard 5 for
professional pre-press scanners.
Web/Internet Colors: This mode applies to images
that are displayed on the Web or Internet.
256 colors (Default/Custom): This mode has a single
channel and uses a color lookup table containing up
to 256 colors. The Default mode uses an Adaptive
palette with Diffusion; the Custom mode gives you
additional options.
Line Art: Line art images are made up of one bit of
color (black or white) per pixel. This mode is useful
for images consisting purely of black and white or of
a single color, such as mechanical drawings and
blueprints.
B&W Diffusion: This is a single-bit black-and-white
image dithered with error diffusion. The black and
white pixels are arranged in such a way to fool the
human eye into seeing gray.
Fast JPEG color: This is a compressed true color
image which takes up less disk space.
Some Microtek scanner models support the JPEG image
format, and you can choose the JPEG image quality that
reflects the compression ratio you desire.
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Macintosh version
To choose Fast JPEG format in the Standard Control Panel:
a) In the Preview window, choose Fast JPEG Color at
the Scan Type selection.
b) In the Toolbar, click on the Scanner icon to display
the Scanner Control dialog box. Then set the JPEG
compression ratio.
To choose Fast JPEG format in the Advanced Control
Panel:
a) In Settings window, choose Fast JPEG Color at the
Type selection.
b) At the bottom of the Settings window, choose the
Fast JPEG Quality/Image Quality mode you desire.
3. The Resolution/Res box lets you specify the resolution
level for the final scan.
4. The Scan Frame options provide controls relating to
the scan frame and the output image size. These
options include Fixed Scan Frame, Fixed Output Size,
and Keep Proportion.
5. The Scan Frame settings, Scaling, and Output settings
control your image dimensions.
6. Choose your Unit of measurement from the available
options; i.e., inch, cm, mm, point, pixel, or pica.
7. The Advanced Image Correction(AIC) controls let you
adjust and enhance the image. The correction results
are displayed in real time in the Preview window and in
the AIC dialog box.
8. The Fast JPEG Quality/Image Quality setting controls
let you choose the JPEG image compression ratio. If
JPEG image type is not selected, this selection will not
appear.
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The Advanced Image Correction Tools (Advanced Control Panel only)
1. The White/Black Points tool lets you
change the shadow and highlight points
of an image. By using this tool, you can
manipulate shades so that the Shadow
point becomes the new darkest values
and the Highlight point becomes the new
lightest value.
2. The Tone Curve tool lets you control the
gamma, which measures the intensity
affecting the mid-level grays (midtones)
of an image. Adjusting the gamma lets
you change the values of the middle
range of gray tones without dramatically
altering the shadows and highlights.
3.The Brightness/Contrast tool changes the
brightness and contrast of the entire
image. Brightness is the balance of the
light and dark shades in the image, while
contrast is the range between the
darkest and lightest shades in the image.
The Information Window (Advanced Control Panel only)
4. The Color Correction tool adjusts the hue or
saturation of colors. This tool applies only to
color images and is not available for use with
grayscale or black-and-white images.
Saturation refers to the intensity of a color.
Hue is the aspect of color that distinguishes
one color from another (whether it is red,
green, or blue).
5. The Filter tool lets you apply or create special
effects to your image. This tool is disabled
when your image type is set to billions of
colors, 1,000 shades of gray, line art and
halftone.
6. The Descreen tool lets you remove moiré
patterns in images. The moiré is an
undesirable pattern in printing that results
from incorrect screen angles of overprinting
halftones. Moirés usually result when you
scan images taken directly from a magazine
(instead of scanning in a continuous glossy
photographic original or a transparency).
The Scan Job Window (Advanced Control Panel only)
Windows version
1. The Zoom Level Display
shows and lets you
select the magnification
levels.
2. The Mouse Cursor
Position displays the
position of the mouse
cursor on the x/y axis of
the image.
3. The Color Meter Options
let you browse color
information (in values or
percentages), and let
you define the size of
the sample area.
Macintosh version
4. The Color Output
Meter displays the
output values of the
pixel at the specific
x/y location.
5. The Sample Display
Area shows a
pixelized display of
the specific x/y
location of the
pointer. The size of
the sampling area
depends on the
selection made in the
Color Meter Options.
Windows version
Macintosh version
1. Check mark indicates job
will be scanned
when you click the Scan
(or Scan to, Copy,
E-mail, OCR, or To Web)
button. P indicates job
has been prescanned.
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2. The highlighted scan
job is the Current scan
job.
3. Function buttons
(Duplicate, New, Delete,
Check, Load/Save)
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