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Introduction The Preview Window The Settings Window The Information Window The Scan Job Window Using BatchScan Appendices

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Introduction

Elements Launching and Exiting ScanWizard Pro

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The Preview Window

Elements The File Menu The Scanner Menu The View Menu The Preferences Menu The Correction Menu The Help Menu The Tool Bar

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Overview, Prescan, and Scan Rulers and Unit of Measurement Preview Area Auxiliary Info and Handy Buttons

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The Settings Window

Elements Job Type Resolution Scan Frame and Options Transform Scanner Profile Image Category

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Advanced Image Correction Dialog Box

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Advanced Image Correction Dialog Box

Elements Dynamic Range Tool White and Black Points Tool Gradation Tool Color Cast Tool Saturation Tool Selective Color Tool Tone Curve Tool Filter Tool Descreen Tool Brightness and Contrast Tool Color Correction Tool Threshold Tool

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The Information Window

Elements Color Meter Options Creating Color Tag Windows

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The Scan Job Window

Elements Scan Job Manipulation Loading and Saving Scan Job Templates

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Using Batch Scan

Features Editing Batch Jobs Executing Batch Jobs

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Appendices

More Color Matching Information

Kodak Color Management System Available File Formats for "Batch Scan" Function

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Microtek ScanWizard Pro

Reference Manual

Macintosh version

Microtek Lab, Inc.

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Contents

Introduction ..................................................................... 1

ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh: The Interface................................................................. 2

Launching ScanWizard Pro .............................................................................................3

Exiting ScanWizard Pro...................................................................................................3

The Preview Window........................................................... 4

Elements of the Preview window .................................................................................... 4

The File Menu.................................................................................................................. 6

The Context Concept ....................................................................................................... 7

New ScanWizard Context................................................................................................ 8

Load ScanWizard Context ............................................................................................... 8

Save ScanWizard Context As .......................................................................................... 8

SnapTrans Templates ....................................................................................................... 9

Show Current Context Path ........................................................................................... 10

Quit ................................................................................................................................ 10

The Scanner Menu ......................................................................................................... 11

Scanner Model ............................................................................................................... 12

Current Scanner Info...................................................................................................... 12

Scanner Probe ................................................................................................................ 12

Scanner Driver Manager ................................................................................................13

To add a scanner..................................................................................................... 13

To remove a scanner ............................................................................................... 14

To update your scanner list..................................................................................... 14

Scanner Controls ............................................................................................................ 15

Lamp Control.......................................................................................................... 15

Scanner Calibration Control .................................................................................. 16

The View Menu..............................................................................................................17

Overview Image and Prescan Image..............................................................................18

To obtain the Overview image ................................................................................19

To obtain the Prescan image...................................................................................19

To obtain multiple Prescan images......................................................................... 19

Resize Window to Fit.....................................................................................................20

Bring Settings Window to Front ....................................................................................21

Show / Hide ... Window commands...............................................................................21

Show / Hide Low & High Value Markers ...................................................................... 21

About ............................................................................................................................. 21

The Preferences Menu ................................................................................................... 22

Scan Material ................................................................................................................. 22

Color Matching Setup ....................................................................................................23

White/Black Points Setup .............................................................................................. 27

A. Auto Clipping ..................................................................................................... 27

B. Output Levels......................................................................................................28

C. High and Low Value Markers ............................................................................ 28

Cursor Auxiliary Lines ................................................................................................... 29

Overview Setup.............................................................................................................. 30

Prescan Setup .................................................................................................................33

Invert ..............................................................................................................................35

Retain Scan Module after Scan...................................................................................... 36

More Preferences... ........................................................................................................ 37

A. Smoked Glass Background................................................................................. 38

B. Working Color Space..........................................................................................39

C. Scan Quality ....................................................................................................... 39

D. Interpolation Mode ............................................................................................ 39

E. Memory Usage ................................................................................................... 40

F. Scratch Directory ................................................................................................ 40

The Correction Menu ..................................................................................................... 41

The Help Menu .............................................................................................................. 42

The T oolbar.................................................................................................................... 43

Scan Frame tool .............................................................................................................44

Zoom tool.......................................................................................................................45

Pane tool ........................................................................................................................ 46

T ag Windows tool .......................................................................................................... 47

To create a tag window ...........................................................................................47

To close a tag window............................................................................................. 48

Choosing the White & Black points of an image .................................................... 48

Magic Diamonds..................................................................................................... 49

To restore original settings ..................................................................................... 50

To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area ............................... 50

To change the sample size of the Tag Windows tool ...............................................50

Overview , Prescan, and Scan......................................................................................... 51

Rulers, Unit of Measurement ......................................................................................... 52

Preview Area .................................................................................................................. 53

Auxiliary information and Handy buttons ..................................................................... 54

Preview image r esolution ....................................................................................... 54

Zoom scale ..............................................................................................................54

Zoom-out................................................................................................................. 55

Zoom-in................................................................................................................... 55

Flasher for High and Low Value Markers.............................................................. 55

The Settings Window .........................................................56

Elements of the Settings window................................................................................... 56

Job ..................................................................................................................................59

Type................................................................................................................................ 60

RGB.........................................................................................................................60

Grayscale ................................................................................................................ 60

CMYK ..................................................................................................................... 60

Lab Color................................................................................................................ 60

Web / Internet Colors ..............................................................................................61

256 Colors (Default) / 256 Colors (Custom) .......................................................... 61

Line Art ................................................................................................................... 61

Black-and-White Diffusion ..................................................................................... 61

Resolution settings .........................................................................................................62

A. Resolution box ....................................................................................................62

B. Resolution list box .............................................................................................. 62

C. Resolution unit ................................................................................................... 62

Scan Frame and related settings..................................................................................... 64

A. Scan Frame settings ........................................................................................... 64

B. Scaling ................................................................................................................ 65

C. Output settings ................................................................................................... 66

D. Image size .......................................................................................................... 66

E. Unit of Measurement .......................................................................................... 66

Scan Frame options........................................................................................................ 67

A. Fixed Scan Frame .............................................................................................. 67

B. Fixed Output Size ............................................................................................... 67

C. Keep Proportion................................................................................................. 67

Transform.......................................................................................................................68

Scanner Profile............................................................................................................... 69

Image Category .............................................................................................................. 70

The Advanced Image Correction Tools ......................................................................... 72

The LCH Color Model................................................................................................... 73

AIC Tools in LCH vs. Native Color Mode .................................................................... 74

AIC Tools and your Image Type ....................................................................................75

Workflow for Optimizing Images .................................................................................. 76

Accessing the AIC Tools................................................................................................78

Elements of the Advanced Image Corrrection screen....................................................79

The Action Buttons and User-Defined settings .............................................................80

Default button ......................................................................................................... 80

Revert button........................................................................................................... 80

Add to Menu button ................................................................................................ 81

Cancel button.......................................................................................................... 81

OK button................................................................................................................81

The Reset button ..................................................................................................... 82

Loading / retrieving user-defined AIC settings....................................................... 83

Removing user-defined AIC settings....................................................................... 83

Dynamic Range tool ...................................................................................................... 84

White & Black Points tool ............................................................................................. 86

The W&B Points dialog box in Native color mode.................................................88

Gradation tool ................................................................................................................ 89

How to read the curve.............................................................................................89

The Gradation dialog box....................................................................................... 90

Color Cast tool ............................................................................................................... 93

Saturation tool................................................................................................................ 95

Selective Color tool ....................................................................................................... 96

How to use the Selective Color tool........................................................................ 97

Tone Curve tool............................................................................................................ 102

Filter tool......................................................................................................................104

Blur filters ............................................................................................................. 105

Sharpen filters....................................................................................................... 105

Edge Enhancement filter.......................................................................................106

Emboss filter ......................................................................................................... 106

Unsharp Masking filter......................................................................................... 107

Gaussian Blur filter ..............................................................................................108

Descreen.......................................................................................................................109

Brightness and Contrast tool ........................................................................................ 110

Color Correction tool ................................................................................................... 111

Threshold tool .............................................................................................................. 112

The Information Window ................................................... 113

Elements of the Information window .......................................................................... 113

Color Meter Options .................................................................................................... 116

Creating Color Tag Windows.......................................................................................118

The Scan Job Window ...................................................... 120

Elements of the Scan Job window ............................................................................... 120

Selecting Multiple Scan Jobs ......................................................................................122

Editing Multiple Scan Jobs .......................................................................................... 122

Adding a New Scan Job ............................................................................................... 123

Duplicating a Scan Job ................................................................................................ 123

Removing a Scan Job................................................................................................... 123

Loading and Saving Scan Job Templates..................................................................... 124

Using the Batch Scan Feature ......................................................................................126

Using the Edit feature .................................................................................................. 128

To verify the current context for batch scanning .................................................. 128

To create a new batch scan folder ........................................................................ 128

To load a batch scan folder...................................................................................128

To save scan job(s) into a batch scan folder......................................................... 128

Using the Execute feature ............................................................................................ 129

Appendix A: More Color Matching Information......................... 131

Calibrating your monitor ............................................................................................. 131

Setting up the System (Monitor) Profile ...................................................................... 131

Using images in third-party applications ..................................................................... 132

Appendix B: Kodak Color Management System......................... 134

KCMS Overview ......................................................................................................... 134

Some Background Information .............................................................................134

The Idea Behind Color Management.................................................................... 134

How Color Management Works............................................................................ 135

How CMS Translates between Devices ................................................................ 135

What are Device Color Profiles ............................................................................ 136

Where Do Color Profiles Come From .................................................................. 136

A Word about Source and Destination .................................................................. 137

Controlling UCR & GCR ............................................................................................ 138

Controlling UCR and GCR with Professional CMYK Profiles ............................ 138

Same Background ................................................................................................. 138

UCR ......................................................................................................................139

Advantages & Disadvantages to UCR.................................................................. 139

GCR ......................................................................................................................140

Advantages & Problems of GCR .......................................................................... 140

Professional CMYK Profiles Package .........................................................................140

What You Get With Professional CMYK Profiles Package...................................140

Check With Your Service Provider........................................................................ 143

Colorant Laydown Order: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black ................................... 143

Appendix C: Available File Formats for “Batch Scan” Function..... 144

Introduction

This reference manual describes the various commands and features found in the ScanWizard Pro scanning software for Macintosh.

The reference information is organized in four parts, corresponding to the four major windows of the program:

• Preview

• Settings

• Information

• Scan Job

Reference: The Preview window 1

ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh: The Interface

ScanWizard Pro consists of four major windows: Preview, Settings, Information, and Scan Job.

All four windows appear automatically after ScanWizard Pro is started up the first time. You may hide or show the Scan Job and Information windows by clicking on the Hide / Show toggle commands in the View menu of the Preview window.

Settings

window

contains

scanning

parameters for

image type

and,

dimensions. Includes image correction tools

Scan Job

window

provides

functions for

managing

scan jobs

Information window

provides color information on a selected area of the image

Preview window has

commands and tools for controlling the scanner

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Launching ScanWizard Pro

To start ScanWizard Pro, launch your image-editing program, then choose the corresponding Import or Acquire command from the submenu (depending on your software) for acquiring ScanWizard Pro. You may also launch the ScanWizard Pro Applet, a mini application found in ScanWizard Pro CD that brings up the ScanWizard Pro Plug-in.

The first time you launch ScanWizard Pro, you will be prompted to set up color matching for your scanner. If you are not sure about what to do, simply click the OK button to accept the settings. You can always change the settings at a later time. For more information, see the Color Matching Setup section of the manual.

Exiting ScanWizard Pro

To exit ScanWizard Pro, go to the File menu and choose the Quit command, or press the Apple command + Q keys simultaneously.

Reference: The Preview window 3

The Preview Window

The Preview window is the most prominent window of the four major windows, and it includes the various commands and tools for controlling the scanner.

Elements of the Preview window

A. Menu bar

G. Unit of

measurement

H. Rulers

B, Overview button

C. Prescan button

D. Toolbar E. Scan

button

F. Scan Material icon

I. Preview area

J. Auxiliary bar

K. Handy buttons

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L. Status bar

A. Menu bar

This includes the different menus for controlling and operating the scanner.

B. Oveview button

This previews the entire scan bed.

C. Prescan button

This previews one or more high-resolution images of the area(s) selected by the Scan Frame tool.

D. Toolbar

This selects actions to be performed on the Overview or Prescan image. The Toolbar includes the Scan Frame, Zoom, Pane, and Tag Windows.

E. Scan button

This starts the final scanning process.

F. Scan Material icon

This shows the type of your scan material — Reflective (photos and prints), Positive Transparency, or Negative Film.

G. Unit of Measurement

The unit of measurement for the rulers can be selected by clicking the arrow at the 0,0 point of the rulers and choosing from the drop-down menu.

H. Rulers

Rulers are located on both sides of the Preview window to help you with measurement and alignment.

I. Preview area

This is where the Overview or Prescan image appears.

J. Auxiliary bar

This shows the screen resolution of the preview image and the Zoom scale or scale of magnification for the image.

K. Handy buttons

These buttons include Zoom in, Zoom out, and the Flasher for Low Value and High Value Markers.

L. Status bar

This shows you information pertinent to the operation underway or being performed.

Reference: The Preview window 5

The File Menu

The File Menu lets you do the following:

• Create a new context for scanning

• Load a previously saved context

• Save a context for scanning

• Use the SnapTrans™ Templates feature

• Show the current context for scanning

• Exit ScanWizard Pro

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The Context Concept

The ScanWizard Pro context is a Mac OS folder containing a ScanWizard Pro preferences file and scan job file(s), comprising a complete setup for scanning in a specific manner.

Think of a context as a complete scan setup or environment, with each context having its own characteristics, such as scan material (reflective, positive, or negative film), ColorSync profile selections, scan quality control, interpolation method, and others.

You can set up as many contexts as your hard disk can hold. And because contexts are regular Mac OS folders, you manage them (e.g., copy, duplicate, or delete) easily by using the Finder.

The ScanWizard Pro context can be easily customized to your particular need and used for many applications, such as the following:

• Repeated or frequent use of project/job settings

• Saving different experiments on the same project/job

• Different setups involving scan material selections, CMS settings, scan jobs

• Various templates of a user's work

• Scanner sharing among multiple users

• Archiving of scan projects/jobs

• Proofing on prescans and adjustments before final scans

A good example in illustrating the concept of the context is through the use of templates. For instance, you may set up four contexts for your most frequent scanned work — reflective scans, a 35mm template, a 4" x 5" template, and a negative filmstrip template. You can then switch easily and freely among these contexts to maximize your productivity. (For more information, see the SnapTrans Templates command.)

When you quit or switch to another context, the settings of the current context are automatically saved. You will have exactly the same setup when you run or switch back to this context, so there is no need to start from scratch.

The ScanWizard Pro context is a powerful tool to help you get the most productivity out of your scanner, especially if you do many similar scanning jobs.

Reference: The Preview window 7

New ScanWizard Context

This command creates a new context folder with default settings for scanning, and subsequent scan jobs are then stored in the newly created context folder. The newly created context also becomes the current context.

To create a new context:

1. Choose New ScanWizard Context from the File menu.

2. When the browser dialog box appears, create a new folder.

Load ScanWizard Context

This command loads a previously saved context folder. The loaded context then becomes the current context.

To load a context:

1. Choose Load ScanWizard Context from the File menu.

2. When the browser dialog box appears, select the folder to be loaded, and

click the Select button at the bottom of the dialog box.

Save ScanWizard Context As

This command lets you save an extra copy of the current context to a new location. The settings of the current context are saved first and then copied and switched to the new location. This is particularly useful when you want to work on a new context based on the current context settings.

To save a context:

1. Choose Save ScanWizard Context As from the File menu.

2. When a dialog box appears, choose the folder where the scan jobs will be saved. Subsequent scan jobs are then saved to the specified folder.

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SnapTrans Templates

This command lets you choose the particular SnapTrans™ template you wish to use with ScanWizard Pro. The templates are holders designed to secure a variety of film, such as 4"x5" film, 6cm x 9cm film, 35mm filmstrip, and 35mm slide (landscape or portrait orientation).

To use the SnapTrans templates:

1. Choose SnapTrans Templates from the File menu. The SnapTrans Templates dialog box appears.

2. Choose the correct scan material.

3. Select the template to be loaded by clicking the template icon.

4. Take note of the name and location of the folder to where scan jobs will be saved, or specify your own folder name and location.

5. Click the Create button. The selected set of pre-defined scan jobs based on the template you chose is copied to your designated folder; i.e., a new "Context" folder has been created for you. The Scan Job window will also show the pre-defined scan jobs.

6. From hereon, do an overview to see the images in the Preview window, and continue with the process of matching each overview image with each of the predefined scan jobs in the Scan Job window.

7. When you are finished, click the Scan button in the Preview window to start

Template icon

(step 3)

Folder where scan

jobs will be saved

(step 4)

scanning with the use of your selected SnapTrans template.

Create button (step 5)

Choose your scan material (step 2)

Scan Job window showing predefined scan jobs based on the

chosen template

Reference: The Preview window 9

Show Current Context Path

This command shows the current context for scanning. By default, the current context folder has the same name as your scanner model (ex. ScanMaker 5), and is located in the Plug-ins folder of your image-editing software. When you load or create a new context folder, the loaded or newly created folder then becomes the current context.

To show the current context: Choose Show Current Context Path from the File menu.

Quit

This command lets you exit ScanWizard Pro.

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The Scanner Menu

The Scanner Menu lets you:

• Show your scanner model or select a scanner if you have multiple scanners

• Get information about your scanner

• Get scanner information on the SCSI / USB chain

• Easily manage the scanners being used by your system

• Perform special scanner controls unique to the scanner

Reference: The Preview window 11

Scanner Model

The top of the scanner menu displays the scanner model you are using and its SCSI ID or USB ID number. If you have multiple scanners on your system, all the scanners are shown with their respective SCSI or USB IDs, and the current scanner is indicated by a check.

Only one scanner can be accessed at a time. To switch among various scanners, select the scanner to be used.

The scanner with its SCSI or USB ID number is displayed. The current scanner is marked by a check.

Current Scanner Info

This command provides information about your current scanner. When you choose this command, a dialog box appears showing the scanner model, the SCSI or USB ID number, and the firmware version.

Scanner Probe

This command shows the scanner information on your SCSI / USB chain. If your scanner does not show in the dialog box, make sure your scanner is connected and turned on, and then click the Probe button. Please follow the scanner hardware installation guide for proper procedures on connecting your scanner.

SCSI /USB devices

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Click the Probe button to update scanner information on the SCSI / USB chain

Scanner Driver Manager

The Scanner Driver Manager keeps track of the scanners being used on your system and the bus / ID numbers occupied by the scanners. By keeping a record of this information, the Scanner Driver Manager allows ScanWizard Pro to start up more quickly, as there is no need to look for devices on the other buses.

When ScanWizard Pro is run the first time, all connected scanners are added to the list.

To add a scanner

Follow the hardware installation instructions for connecting a scanner to your system. Then you can use the Scanner Driver Manager in ScanWizard Pro to add or include the connected scanner to your scanner list. Whenever you change the SCSI / USB ID or SCSI / USB bus of a scanner, you will have to follow the steps below.

1. Go to the Scanner menu in the Preview window, and choose Scanner Driver Manager. A dialog box will appear showing the current scanner list with the corresponding SCSI or USB bus / ID number.

2. Click the Find Scanners button. In case you have added new scanners, the newly found scanners will be appended to the scanner list. If a scanner on the list is not detected (not turned on, not ready, or removed from the system), the model will not be removed from the list but will have a question mark before it. See below for details on how to remove a scanner.

3. Click the Close button to close the dialog box.

Reference: The Preview window 13

To remove a scanner

1. Choose Scanner Driver Manager from the Scanner menu.

2. Choose the scanner you wish to be removed from the list.

3. Click the Remove button.

4. Click the Close button to close the dialog box.

To update your scanner list

The Update List button is used to refresh your scanner list. For instance, you may have three scanners on your system, with two of them currently turned off. When you choose Scanner Driver Manager, the dialog box may show a question mark in front of the two scanners that have been turned off. In this case, simply click the Update List button, and the scanner list will be refreshed and show only the connected one on the list.

Clicking the Update List button produces faster results than clicking the "Find Scanners" button. Update List simply searches the scanner models already on your list, while Find Scanners looks through all the buses and does a more thorough search of the system before giving you the results.

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Scanner Controls

This command lets you use some of the special features of your scanner, such as the lamp control and the scanner calibration control. Please note that not all scanner model support these features. If your scanner model is not supported, the Scanner Controls command will be grayed out in the Scanner menu.

When you choose this command, the dialog box below appears with two tabs: the Lamp control tab and the Scanner Calibration tab.

A. Lamp Control

This the power-saving feature of the scanner lamp, which will save energy as well as extend the life cycle of the lamp. By default, the lamp turns off automatically if the scanner is idle for 15 minutes. You can change the lamp idle time in your preferences or disable this feature completely by unchecking the Auto Power Saving Mode check box.

By default, the lamp warm-up time is 3 minutes. A lamp warm-up dialog box will appear if you try to perform a scan or preview operation without the lamp having fully warmed up. If the lamp is not fully warmed up, the light intensity of the scanner may not be stable and may adversely affect the quality of your scanned image.

The current lamp status is indicated. You may specifically turn the lamp on or off if you wish. Please note that the lamp On / Off state is automatically controlled by the software, and no user intervention is necessary. You may want to do this manually if and only if you wish to turn on and warm up the lamp a few minutes before you actually finish your scan job editing.

Reference: The Preview window 15

B. Scanner Calibration Control

Your Microtek scanner, by default, will calibrate the CCD optical element in your scanner whenever necessary to deliver consistent and high quality images. For some scanner models, you may choose to control the frequency of the scanner calibration to reduce the overall scanning time.

In the Scanner Calibration Control panel, you may select the desired settings for Preview and Final Scan. By default, they are set to "Automatic," which means the calibration will be done whenever necessary — that is, the scanner and the software will decide when to perform the calibration. In some cases, the calibration may be skipped, which results in faster scanning.

If you choose Every Scan the calibration will be performed for every scan. This may be a bit time consuming but will guarantee the best results.

Calibration is always done before a scan process. However, you may also force a scanner calibration process by pressing the Calibrate Scanner Now! button. The calibration result is saved and can be used for future scans if the Automatic setting is selected.

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The View Menu

The View menu lets you:

• Select an overview or prescan view of an image

• Magnify or reduce (zoom in / zoom out) the Overview image

• Resize the Preview window to fit

• Bring the Settings window to the front

• Show or hide the Info, Scan Job and Tag windows

• Show or hide the High and Low Value Markers

• Show the ScanWizard splash screen

Reference: The Preview window 17

Overview Image and Prescan Image

These commands select the image obtained with the Overview and Prescan buttons, respectively, and allow you to to switch between both viewing modes. The Prescan image is an image that can be viewed in higher resolution.

The dimensions of the Overview and Prescan image are controlled by the Overview Setup command and the Prescan Setup command, respectively. For more details, see these commands under the Preferences menu section.

Overview viewing mode

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Prescan viewing mode

A. To obtain the Overview image: With the image(s) placed on your scanner, click the Overview button.

B. To obtain the Prescan image:

1. Click the Scan Frame tool.

2. Select the area to be prescanned by drawing a frame around the area in the Overview image.

3. Click the Prescan button. The Prescan image will then be available for viewing in the View menu, and a thumbnail of the image will appear in the Scan Job window. The prescan image in the View menu will also indicate the type of scan material used — reflective, positive transparency, or negative film.

C. To obtain multiple Prescan images:

1. Define your scan jobs in the Scan Job window (see the Scan Job window section of the manual for more details).

2. To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job or Preview window.

3. Click the Prescan button. Multiple prescans are created in the process, corresponding to the number of scan jobs defined. You can then switch among the various prescan images for viewing.

Reference: The Preview window 19

Resize Window to Fit

This command resizes the Preview window, which you may find helpful to do for conserving space on your desktop monitor (especially after you have enlarged the Preview window).

After resizing

Before resizing

To use this feature: Choose the Resize Window to Fit command. You can also do this by pressing the

Apple command + R keys simultaneously.

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Bring Settings Window to Front

This command brings the Settings window to the forefront, which is useful if you have the Settings window hidden behind other windows or if you have a expanded your Preview window such that it covers the Settings window.

Show/Hide... Window commands

These commands allow you to switch between showing or hiding the Scan Job window, Information window, and Tag windows on your screen.

Show/Hide Low & High Value Markers

This command shows or hides the Low & High Value Markers in the Preview window. By default, the Markers are shown in the form of a circular crossbar. A white circle in the middle represents the Low Value (black point) Marker, and a black circle in the middle represents the High Value (white point) Marker.

About

This command displays the ScanWizard Pro splash screen and shows the program's version number.

Reference: The Preview window 21

The Preferences Menu

The Preferences menu lets you:

• Choose the correct scan material

• Specify color matching parameters

• Set up White/black points

• Show/hide auxiliary cursor lines

• Control Ovevew and Prescan settings

• Create effects like invert

• Activates the smoked glass effect

• Set other options, such as specifying a working directory for files

Scan Material

This command allows you to select the correct scan material. Scan materials can be classified into three types:

• Reflectives, such as photographs or prints.

• Positive transparencies, such as slides.

• Negative film, such as the negative film you use for your camera.

The default scan material depends upon the scanner you are using, and the choices available to you in the Scan Material submenu will also depend on your equipment.

For instance, the Positive Transparency and Negative Film option appears only if you have a dual-bed SnapTrans™ scanner such as the ScanMaker 5 or if you are using a Transparent Media Adapter (TMA) with your flatbed scanner.

If you are scanning negatives or positives, make sure you specify the correct scan material, or you will get inaccurate scanning results.

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To choose your scan material:

1. Choose the Scan Material command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select your scan material; a check will appear next to the selected option.

2. Alternatively, you can click the Scan Material icon (beside the Scan button), and then choose the correct scan material from the drop-down menu that appears.

Scan Material icon

The appearance of the Scan Material icon changes, depending on whether your scan material is reflective, positive, or negative.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning reflective materials.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning a positive transparency or filmstrip. Notice the perforations on the top and bottom of the icon (characteristic of slides) to distinguish it from the reflective icon.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning a negative transparency or filmstrip.

Reference: The Preview Window 23

Color Matching Setup

Color Matching is an important feature of ScanWizard Pro that ensures consistent color — from the initial input stage when an image is captured by the scanner, to the final output stage when the image is output to your monitor or printer (through either the Kodak CMS or Apple ColorSync™ technology).

Color matching is a critical component in the imaging process, because the color space of your monitor is different from that of your printer (in terms of output devices), just as the color space for RGB mode is different from the color space for CMYK mode (in terms of image types). For this reason, color matching was developed to allow an equivalent "mapping" of colors from one device or from one color space to another, ensuring that no major color shifts occur in the transferrence process.

To use the ScanWizard Pro color matching function:

1. Set up the Kodak CMS and Apple ColorSync features correctly at the time that ScanWizard Pro is installed. For more information on this procedure, refer to your Kodak or Apple system documentation.

2. The first time you launch ScanWizard Pro, you will be prompted to set up color matching for your scanner. You may access the color matching parameters for ScanWizard Pro at any time in the future, however, by choosing the Color Matching Setup command in the Preferences menu. ScanWizard Pro includes several industry-standard ICC color profiles

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IMPORTANT

Before you proceed with specifying your Color Matching Setup options, you should know if the image-editing or page-layout application you use to edit or process scanned images is ColorSync-savvy or not.

This is because the settings in the Color Matching Setup dialog box will vary, depending on the image-editing application you are using. An example of a ColorSync-savvy application is Adobe Photoshop 5.0. An example of a nonColorSync-savvy application is an earlier version of Photoshop, such as 4.0. A non-ColorSync-savvy application is a program that does not know how to read or handle embedded ICC profile information. In this case, the ICC profile data is ignored. For more information, see the section titled Using images in third- party applications in the Appendix.

A. Display using monitor compensation

For ColorSync-savvy applications such as Adobe Photoshop 5.0.2, check this box, which pertains to how your monitor displays color, relative to the RGB Destination color space. Checking this box ensures that there are no unexpected color shifts between your selected RGB Destination space and your monitor. Checking or unchecking this box affects only the way the image data is displayed and not the image data itself. For more information, see the section titled Using images in third-party applications in the Appendix.

B. Monitor

The monitor selection shown here is the monitor set in your Monitor Control Panel. To verify this information, go to your Apple Menu, select Control Panel, then Monitor. Your selected monitor will be shown, which should be the same as the entry in this dialog box.

This setting only affects how the image is shown on the screen — not the final scanned image.

C. Native Mode RGB color matching

This option is available only for Native color space mode. This check box should generally be checked unless you want to scan raw color data, in which case you lose the compensatory effects of the Color Matching System. Take note that it is not desirable to scan in raw data and then perform ColorSync data conversion, which will not generate the correct CMS effect.

For more information, see the section titled Using images in third-party applications in the Appendix.

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D. Embed ICC destination profile in scan image

For ColorSync-savvy applications such as Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or later, check this box. This feature will enable ScanWizard Pro to embed the Destination ICC profile into the image data. The information will then be properly interpreted by Photoshop or any ColorSync-savvy application.

For non-ColorSync-savvy applications such as Adobe Photoshop 4.0, uncheck this box if turning it on causes any kind of problem (computer crashes, weird color effects, etc).

For more information, see the section titled Using images in third-party applications in the Appendix.

E. RGB Destination

This feature lets you select the ICC profile in the ColorSync folder for outputting images to the RGB color space. You may select from Scanner RGB, Monitor, RGB printer (e.g., inkjet printers), a special color space, or the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 internal color space profile. For Photoshop 5.0 users, you may export its internal color space to an ICC profile. If you are not sure what to choose, select your current monitor profile.

A large number of RGB profiles is supplied by ScanWizard Pro. If you do not see the ICC profile for your monitor or RGB device, contact your device manufacturer. To load a specific ICC profile from a different folder, click the RGB profile button (beside the drop-down menu), and select the profile you need.

F. CMYK Destination

This feature lets you select the ICC profile in the ColorSync profile folder for outputting images to the CMYK color space. ScanWizard Pro has supplied a large number of CMYK profiles. If you do not see the ICC profile for your printer, contact your printer manufacturer. To load a specific ICC profile from a different folder, click the CMYK profile button and select the profile.

G. Preview check box

This immediately updates the Preview window image when a new color profile is selected, so that the preview image reflects colors consistent with the newly selected color profiles.

H. Profile Info

This lets you review the information on the currently used ICC profiles.

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White/Black Points Setup

This command provides you with advanced controls for setting the clipping points for your white and black points, as well as determining the output levels for the white/black points on your printer.

To use this feature:

1. Choose the White/Black Points Setup command from the Preferences menu.

2. As an alternative, you can click this command from the Color Correction Menu. This is also the same thing as clicking the White/Black points tool in the Settings window and then clicking the Setup button from the dialog box that comes up. When the dialog box comes up, specify your preferences.

A. Auto Clipping

The Auto White Point clipping and Auto Black Point clipping fields allow you to specify the percentage by which the white and black points, respectively, can be clipped from the histogram. The clipping is done after you click the Auto button in the White/Black Points dialog box.

For example, if you specify 10 percent as your White Point clipping value and then click the Auto button, the white point on the histogram is adjusted so that 10 percent of the color information is "clipped" or ignored. The resulting 90 percent information leftover is then remapped, resulting in an image with less highlight detail.

The same principle above applies to the Auto Black Point clipping feature, which governs the black point for shadows.

These fields are normally used by more advanced users, and the features are taken care of automatically if you have set up Color Matching correctly early on in ScanWizard Pro.

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B. Output Levels

The Minimum Output Level lets you set the minimum output level of the black point. The higher the percentage value, the lower the contrast will be.

The Maximum Output Level lets you set the output level of the white point. The lower the percentage value, the lower the contrast will be.

C. High and Low Value Markers

This lets you set the High Value (shown as a black circle) and Low Value Markers. The High Value Marker is shown as a black circle in your preview image, while the Low Value Marker is shown as a white circle. You can specify the range of the markers to either the entire preview (by selecting the “Overview or Preview image” option) or to only within the scan frame (by selecting the “Current Scan Frame”).

In the White/Black Points Setup window, clicking the “Preview” button will obtain instant results; clicking the “OK” button lets you exit from the Setup window and applies the High and Low Value Markers setting you have made to the preview image.

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Cursor Auxiliary Lines

This command allows you to show or hide cursor auxiliary lines to help you define a scan frame or measurement off the rulers more precisely. The cursor auxiliary lines show only when the Scan Frame tool is selected.

To use this feature:

1. Choose the Cursor Auxiliary Lines command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select how the cursor lines will appear.

• On both the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axis

• On the x axis only

• On the y axis only

• None (no cursor lines)

2. Click the Scan Frame tool. When you move the pointer to the image, the cursor auxiliary lines will appear.

Cursor

Auxiliary Lines

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Overview Setup

This command lets you set the area you want to overview off the scanner bed and provides some overview options as well.

By default, ScanWizard Pro overviews the maximum scan area as determined by your scanner model's bed size. You can, however, customize the overview area so that the scanner consistently overviews only the specific dimensions you have in mind. For example, if your maximum scan area is 8.5" x 14", you can customize the overview area so that it consistently overviews, say, 4" x 8" of the bed size.

As a rule of thumb, it is best to use the default maximum settings. You should change the overview area only if your subsequent overview is too large to be shown in entirety, or too small for reliable previewing. A smaller overview area will increase the overview resolution for clearer image viewing. You may also wish to change the size of your overview to improve performance. Generally, a shorter overview time results from the scanner motor travelling a lesser distance.

A. Overview Area

This represents the scan bed size. The dimensions of this overview area, however, will depend on the size as stipulated by the Size and the Left / Top / Width / Height settings in the dialog box.

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B. Size

This option lets you choose whether to do an overview of the Maximum area or a Custom area.

• Maximum refers to the maximum area that can be overviewed. The

dimensions of the maximum area vary, depending on your scanner model. Take note that transmissive scan areas are smaller.

• Custom refers to the area as determined by the dimensions you specify in

Section C below.

C. Left, Top, Width, Height

These edit boxes let you specify the dimensions of the overview area.

• Top and Left refer to the starting points of the overview area on the X and Y

coordinates.

• Width is the expanse of the overview area. Height is the depth of the

overview area.

D. Keep Overview Image After Quit

If this box is checked, the overview image will be kept when you quit ScanWizard Pro, and the same overview image will be displayed again when you run ScanWizard Pro the next time.

E. Fast Overview

If this box is checked, the overview process is speeded up. The trade-off to increased speed is a slightly downgraded overview image. If you do not care about the image quality of the overview image, check this box.

F. Show Confirmation Box if there is Any Present Image

If this option is checked, a confirmation message appears, notifying you in the preview window that a previously prescanned image exists. This confimration is usually useful because doing a new overview will delete all prescan images.

G. Auto Overview when ScanWizard Pro is Run

If this box is checked, an overview is performed automatically when you run ScanWizard Pro.

H. Overview button

This button performs an overview and shows the overview image in the Overview Setup dialog box.

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To change the size of your preview area:

1. Go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and choose Overview Setup.

2. When the Overview Setup dialog box appears, click the Overview button to preview the entire bed. This will help you determine how you wish to resize the overview area.

3. To change the overview area, you can:

• Drag a rectangle that approximates the size of the overview that you

wish; or

• Enter the appropriate values for the Top, Left, Width, and Height edit

boxes. The new dimensions will take effect on the next Overview — when you click the Overview button again in the Preview window (not the Overview button in the Overview Setup dialog box).

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Prescan Setup

The Prescan Setup command lets you determine the margin surrounding the prescan image and the size of the prescan image.

To change the margin or size of the prescan image:

1. Go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and choose Prescan Setup.

2. When the Prescan Setup dialog box appears, specify your choices.

A. Fast Prescan

If this box is checked, the prescan process is speeded up, but the resulting image is grainier. If unchecked, the prescan process is slowed down a bit, but the resulting image is of better quality.

B. Keep All Prescan Image(s) After Quit

If this box is checked, the preview images stay after you exit ScanWizard Pro. Otherwise, all prescan images are deleted after you exit ScanWizard Pro.

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C. Prescan Image Margin

This option allows you to specify how wide or narrow the margin around the scan frame is for the prescan image. Options are: Minimal, Small, Medium, and Large. Smaller margins give you more room to capture the preview image, while larger margins will allow you to have more room to expand your scan frame.

This is helpful because selecting the exact scan frame (through the Scan Frame tool) can never be a completely accurate process, and what appears to have been selected by the scan frame when you view the image in the lowerresolution overview may or may not actually include the portion you wish. The margin — depending on how wide or narrow it is — can then provide a berth or allowance for extending the boundaries of the scan frame around the prescan image. Margin options include minimal, small, medium, and large.

D. Prescan Image Dimension

This option lets you specify how large the prescan image will be: Full screen ("screen" meaning your main monitor), 75% screen, 50% screen, and Fit Preview Window. The larger the size, the higher the prescan resolution. The maximum prescan resolution is the scanner's optical resolution.

E. Background Prescan

If checked, the background prescan function is enabled. You can assign a number of scan jobs to execute a prescan while carrying out other jobs in the meantime (e.g., performing color correction to other scan jobs). If unchecked, this function is disabled.

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Invert

This command inverts images of all scan jobs. Take note that all scan jobs are inverted at the same time; you cannot invert an individual scan job alone.

When an image is inverted, the brightness value of each pixel is converted to its inverse value. In the case of 24-bit images, for example, a pixel in a positive image with a value of 255 is changed to 0, and a pixel with a value of 5 is changed to 250.

Inverted imageOriginal

To use this feature: Choose the Invert command in the Preferences menu. A check appears next to

the command when it is enabled.

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Retain Scan Module after Scan

This command allows you to keep the ScanWizard Pro interface running after scanning is completed and the image delivered to your image-editing software. This way, you do not have to go back to the File-Acquire process to start ScanWizard Pro all over again.

Note: This command can be used only in applications (such as Adobe Photoshop) that allow you to retain the scan module after a scan is completed. Some applications will not retain the scan module even if this option is enabled.

To use this feature: Choose the command Retain Scan Module after Scan in the Preferences menu.

A check appears next to the command when it is enabled. If you wish to see the scanned image in your image-editing software after scanning is completed, you will need to quit ScanWizard Pro to see the image.

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More Preferences

The More command shows the More Preferences dialog box, where you can specify other options for ScanWizard Pro.

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A. Smoked Glass Background

This option lets you apply a smoked glass background that makes your scan jobs stand out more clearly. This feature can also be used for multiple scan jobs to show their respective image modes (example: one job in color, another in B&W), as well as their image-editing settings.

The framed part of the image (inside the marquee) stands out clearly.

Applied to the rest of the image is the smoked glass background (shaded gray area surrounding the selection or framed area).

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B. Working Color Space

This option lets you choose between the default LCH color space or the Native color space.

C. Scan Quality

This option allows you to select the image quality by controlling the scanner hardware and the maximum image processing depth.

Speed Choose this option if your primary concern during scanning

is speed. Image data is delivered faster and the image data is processed in 8 bits per channel.

Quality This is the default setting. Scanned data is delivered a little

slower but in high quality, and the image data is processed in 8 bits per channel.

Best Quality This setting is available only to higher-depth scanners (10-,

12-bit, or higher). Scanned data is delivered a little slower but in high quality, and image data is processed in maximum bits per channel (i.e., 10-, 12-bit, or higher), and then converted to the desired output depth. This special operation results in the best image quality possible.

D. Interpolation Mode

Interpolation mode controls the way ScanWizard Pro interpolates (either expands or shrinks) image data. Interpolation always occurs when the scan resolution you select is different from the scanner's optical resolution. The trade-off is speed vs. quality. If your application requires higher quality, use Bilinear (Quality) mode, especially if you are scanning higher-resolution line art images.

A. Nearest Neighbor (Speed): When this option is selected, ScanWizard Pro will do the following:

• Expanding (when scan resolution is higher than optical resolution): Linear interpolation is used (i.e., makeup pixels are created by using the average of the neighboring pixels).

• Shrinking (when scan resolution is less than optical resolution): Pixel drop is used to match the resolution.

B. Bi-linear (Quality): When this option is selected, ScanWizard Pro always scans in a high-enough resolution and then applies a bi-linear interpolation algorithm to expand or shrink image data. This is a complicated mathematical formula, and thus, takes longer to process.

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E. Memory Usage

This option controls the way ScanWizard Pro uses memory. Three options are provided:

• Application: ScanWizard Pro will only use the memory inside the

application heap as its image buffer. Make sure you allocate a large amount of memory in your application for this purpose. Otherwise, ScanWizard Pro may not have enough memory to run. Use this option only if you don't want ScanWizard Pro to use memory outside your application.

• System: ScanWizard Pro will use the memory in the system heap as its

image buffer, and only a limited amount of memory is used in the application heap. This option is best if you have only a small memory allocation for your application but a large amount of system memory.

• Auto: This is the default setting. ScanWizard Pro maximizes the memory

usage from both system and application, looking for memory first from the system heap and then from the application heap.

F. Scratch Directory

The scratch directory is the folder where ScanWizard Pro creates temporary files, with the temporary files deleted at the end of an operation. You should change to a different folder only if the scratch directory is located in a disk volume that is too small for scanning operations. To specify a new scratch directory, choose Other Directory... from the menu.

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The åCorrection Menu

The Correction Menu lets you use the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) features of ScanWizard Pro. The commands in the Correction menu correspond to the AIC buttons in the Settings window.

For more information, see the section of the manual on Advanced Image

Correction.

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The Help Menu

The Help menu lets you access on-line help for ScanWizard Pro and the Microtek web site. The contents of this menu may vary and will depend on your scanner package.

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The Toolbar

Scan Frame

Zoom

Pane

Tag Windows

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Scan Frame tool

The Scan Frame tool lets you select the area to be scanned or prescanned. You can have multiple scan frames, but only one scan frame can be current at a time; the current scan frame is indicated by a flashing marquee. Multiple scan frames can be more easily distinguished if you turn on the Smoked Glass Background command (in the Preferences menu).

Resize the frame by dragging

To use the Scan Frame tool:

1. Click the Scan Frame tool.

2. Move the pointer (now a crossbar) to the Overview image, and draw a frame enclosing the area to be selected. When you release the mouse, a flashing marquee will indicate the scan frame. To create multiple scan frames, hold down the Shift key and drag your next scan frame.

3. To resize the scan frame, drag a corner of the scan frame and resize to the desired area you want.

4. To change the position of the scan frame, drag inside the scan frame and move to a new location

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Zoom tool

The Zoom tool lets you zoom in (magnify) and zoom out (reduce) your view of the image. Only your view of the preview image is changed; the actual size of the image remains unaffected.

Each click of the zoom tool magnifies or reduces by a factor of 2. Thus, the magnification levels increase from 100% to 200%, to 400%, to 800%, and to the maximum 1600%. When you reach the maximum magnification factor, the center of the Zoom tool will appear empty.

To zoom out (reduce), hold down the Option key and with the Zoom tool selected, click the image. A minus sign will be in the middle of the lens to indicate the image is being zoomed out.

Original image view

Image view enlarged with

Zoom tool

To use the Zoom tool:

1. Click the Zoom tool.

2. Place the pointer — now a lens with a plus sign inside it — on the image

and click. To reduce the view, hold down the Option key (the Zoom tool changing to show a minus sign inside it), and click again.

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Pane tool

The Pane tool lets you scroll through an overview or prescan image, allowing you to move parts of the image into view quickly without using the scroll bars.

You can use the Pane tool for scrolling through zoomed-in images that were enlarged through the Zoom tool, or for scrolling through parts of an image not included completely within the frame of the preview window.

To use the Pane tool:

1. Click the Pane tool.

2. Move the pointer (now in the form of a hand) to the image. Hold down the mouse and move the Panel tool left, right, up, or down, and you will see portions of the image come into view.

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Scrolled imageZoomed-in image

Tag Windows tool

The Tag Windows tool lets you set the shadow (black) point and highlight (white) point of an image.

It also creates tag windows, which are used to isolate and identify precise colors in a given image, providing a visible and retrievable record of color values. This way, ScanWizard Pro lets you pinpoint and “tag” the color on the image, showing you the original or “Before” values, as well as the corrected or “After” values following the application of image adjustment controls. In the tag window are Magic Diamonds, also for setting the shadow / highlight point, as well as to add / remove a color cast.

The Tag Windows tool is useful especially if you are making color adjustments based on known mathematical values, as the displayed color information provides a basis for knowing how close or accurate are the color changes that have been made.

Tag Windows tool

Tag Windows

Magic Diamonds (L-R black, gray, white diamonds

Points in the image corresponding to Tag Windows created (Tag windows moved to the side in this example for image visibility)

Color Strip shows selected or adjusted color

To create a tag window

Click the Tag Windows tool, then move to any part of the preview image and click. The tag window displays the x, y coordinates of the selected pixel and the color value of that pixel (RGB, CMYK, Lab, etc.), depending on the selected image mode selected.

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To close a tag window

Click the Close box on the upper left corner of the Tag window. To close all Tag windows, holding down the Option key, then click the Close box of any tag window.

Choosing the White & Black Points of an image

There are two ways to choose the white and black points of an image:

A. By using the Tag Windows tool in the Toolbar.

1) To choose the highlight (white) point in an image, click on the Tag Windows

tool in the Toolbar, press the Apple Command key, and click on a white point in the image.

2) To choose the shadow (black) point in an image, click on the Tag Windows

tool in the Toolbar, press the Option key, and click on a black point in the image.

B. By using the Magic Diamonds. See the next section for details.

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Magic Diamonds

The Magic Diamonds is another way of setting the white (highlight) and black (shadow) point in an image. The Magic Diamonds can also be used to add or remove a color cast.

• To set the shadow (black) point on the image: Click the Tag Windows tool in the Toolbar, then click a black point in the image. When the tag window appears, click the Black Magic Diamond.

• To set the highlight (white) point on the image: Click the Tag Windows tool in the Toolbar, then click a white point in the image. When the tag window appears, click the White Magic Diamond.

• To remove a color cast: Click the Tag Windows tool in the Toolbar, then click a color in the image that corresponds to the color cast to be removed. In the tag window, click the RGB Magic Diamond in the middle

• To add a color cast: Click the Tag Windows tool in the Toolbar, then click a color in the image that corresponds to the color cast to be added. Hold down the Option key, and click the RGB Magic Diamond (the diamond will have a + sign next to it.)

Black, RGB, and White Magic Diamonds

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To restore original settings

Do either of the following:

1. Select “No Correction” from the White/Black points menu in the Settings

window.

2. Click the “Reset” button in the Settings window.

To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area

1. Click the Tag Windows tool.

2. As you pass over a point in the image, see the Information window — the values will be displayed in the Input and Output area of the Information window.. These values are based on the sample size you selected.

To change the sample size of the Tag Windows tool

1. Open the Information window by choosing the Show Info Window command in the View menu.

2. Click the Color Meter Options button.

3. Choose your options.

• Select Value or Percent to determine how the pixel information will be

displayed.

• Select the sample size. For instance, the 1 by 1 option will display the

value of one pixel — the one in the middle of the sample size area. The 3 by 3 option reads the average value of an area that is 3x3 pixels

4. To choose display mode, select Native or LCH. Take note that the Value and Percent options are grayed out if you are working in the default LCH color space.

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Color Meter Options button

Overview, Prescan, Scan

The Overview button previews the image on the scan bed. By default, the entire scan bed is previewed when you click the Overview button. To change the area to be previewed, specify the dimensions in the Overview Setup command (in the Preferences menu).

The Prescan button previews in high resolution the area selected by the scan frame tool. Multiple prescans can be done if you have several selected scan jobs, and the prescans are done one after another in the order that they are listed in the Scan Job window. Options governing the prescan function can be found in the Prescan Setup command in the Preferences menu.

To obtain multiple prescan images:

1. Define your scan jobs in the scan job window (see the scan job window section for more details).

2. To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click on the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job or Preview window.

3. Click the Prescan button in the Preview window. Multiple prescans are created in the process, corresponding to the number of scan jobs defined, and you can then switch among the various prescan images.

The Scan button scans the images on your scanner and delivers the images to your image-editing software. The images that are scanned are the scan jobs that have been checked in the Scan Job window.

Note: If the Retain Scan Module After Scan option (in the Preferences menu) is checked, you will need to exit ScanWizard Pro to see the scanned image in your imageediting software.

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Rulers, Unit of Measurement

The rulers on the top and left sides of the Preview window help you with measurement and alignment, marking off measurement according to the selected unit (inch, pica, pixel, etc.).

The rulers change when dimensions are altered in the preview area of the Overview Setup command (in the Preferences menu). For example, if you change the preview area size from 5" x 8" to 6" x 9", the rulers will change accordingly.

The unit of measurement can be selected in two ways:

• Through the Unit box in the Settings window.

• Through the arrow at the corner where the rulers meet in the Preview

window. The drop-down menu through this method also lets you format the text color and background color of your rulers.

The options for unit of measurement include inch, centimeter, millimeter, point, pica, and pixel. The pixel option is dimmed if the selected resolution unit is lpi.

Select the unit of measurement for the rulers in either the Settings window or the Preview window.

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Preview Area

The preview area is where the overview or prescan image appears. You can increase the size of the preview area to see more detail in your image.

Take note of the following:

• When you perform an overview, the overview image size is determined by the

• When you perform a prescan, the prescan image deteail is determined by the

For details on how to change the actual preview area of the scan bed, refer to the Overview Setup command in the Preferences menu section.

current preview area dimension. The bigger the preview area, the higher the preview resolution.

settings in the Prescan Setup dialog box.

Preview area

To increase the preview, just drag and enlarge the window

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Auxiliary information and Handy buttons

Resolution for

Overview or

Prescan image

Zoom scale

Zoom out

Flasher for High and Low Value Markers

Zoom in

Preview image resolution

This shows the image resolution for the Overview or Prescan image. The preview image resolution will change, according to the size of the preview window and the amount of available memory. To resize preview window, drag any side or corner of the window.

Zoom scale

This shows the zoom factor, or how many times the image has been magnified using the Zoom tool or the Zoom in / Zoom out icons to the right of the Zoom scale. You may select the exact Zoom scale from here.

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Zoom-out

This lets you reduce a zoomed-in or magnified image one level down with each click, up to the minimum 100% view.

Zoom-in

This lets you magnify or enlarge the image one level up with each clickEach time you click, up to the maximum 1600% view.

Flasher for High and Low Value Markers

When the overview or prescan image is displayed, the High Value and Low Value Markers are shown. If the two markers cannot be visually detected with ease (depending on how your image may obscure the markers), clicking on the flasher activates the markers to flash a few times for easier detection, allowing their locations on the oveview or prescan image to be seen.

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The Settings Window

The Settings window contains the parameters for outputting your scanned image for the current scan job and includes the advanced image correction tools of the program.

Elements of the Settings window

A. Job

D. Scan Frame settings,

Scaling, and Output

settings

E. Image Size

F. Scan Frame

options

K. Advanced Image

Correction (AIC) tools

B. Type C. Resolution settings

G. Unit of measurement

H. Transform

I. Scanner Profile

J. Image Category

L. Custom options

M. Reset button

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A. Job

This shows the current scan job as indicated by the Scan Job window and by the selected image in the Preview window.

B. Type

This shows the image type of the current scan job.

C. Resolution settings

This area includes the following: the Resolution box for specifying your output resolution; the Resolution list box (with the up/down arrows) that provides predefined resolution values for easier selection of the resolution setting; and the Resolution unit, which lets you choose from ppi and several lpi options. Your most recent scan resolution settings will be recorded as well.

D. Scan Frame settings, Scaling, and Output settings

This area includes the following: the Scan Frame settings (including the Scan Frame width and height edit boxes), which represent the dimensions of the area on the scan bed that you wish to scan; the Scaling factor for creating larger or smaller images from the original source image; and the Output settings (including the Output width and height edit boxes), which represent the dimensions of the image when it is output. Pressing the small arrows underneath the Scan Frame, Scaling, and Output fields will reveal a set of predefined values for those fields.

E. Image size

This shows the size of the file when the image is scanned. The resulting file size depends on the image type (color, grayscale, etc); resolution; and dimensions of the image.

F. Scan Frame options

These options influence the behavior of the scan frame relative to the overview image. The options are Fixed Scan Frame, Fixed Output Size, and Keep Proportion.

G. Unit of measurement

This lets you choose your desired unit of measurement, which will then be reflected in the rulers alongside the Preview window. Choose from inch, cm, mm, point, pica, or pixel.

H. Transform

This lets you flip horizontally or rotate the image in increments of 90 degrees.

Reference: The Settings Window 57

I. Scanner Profile

This lets you select different ICC scanner profiles for your scan job.

J. Image Category

This lets you select the image characteristics that most closely resemble your original (e.g., sunsets featuring predominant red and orange hues; portraits with a preponderance of skin tones, etc.). The image category thus provides a starting point of predefined settings that can be applied to your image and bring out characteristics specific to that image type.

K. Advanced Image Correction

The Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools let you adjust and enhance the image, and image corrections are displayed in real time. The AIC tools available for use will vary, depending on the color space (LCH or Native mode) chosen in the "More" command under the Preferences menu (found in the Preview window).

L. Custom options

These allow you to add or remove custom settings through a pull-down menu for each Advanced Image Correction control.

M. Reset button

This changes settings in the Advanced Image Correction controls to their default values.

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Job

The Job box shows the currently selected scan job, which is also shown in the Scan Job window and the Preview window.

There is always at least one scan job in existence (by default). If you have multiple scan jobs, not only are these reflected as multiple entries in the Scan Job window and as multiple images in the Preview window, but they will also be shown as multiple entries in the Job box of the Settings window.

To select from multiple scan jobs, choose the scan job you wish in the Job box; this will automatically select the corresponding scan job in the Preview and Scan Job windows as well. Conversely, selecting a scan job in either the Preview or Scan Job window will automatically show that selection in the Job box.

This means that a quick look at the Job box, the Preview Window, or the Scan Job window can show you which is your currently selected scan job.

Correspondence between the Job box in the Settings window and the current scan job in the Preview and Scan Job windows

Reference: The Settings Window 59

Type

The Type box shows you the image type of the current scan job. ScanWizard Pro allows direct scanning in the following color spaces described below.

RGB

RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) images use three colors to reproduce up to 68.7 billion colors. Because scanners and monitors are RGB devices, the RGB color space is the most commonly used space for capturing and displaying images. ScanWizard Pro offers standard RGB and 48-bit RGB color selection, with the 48-bit option available for the ScanMaker 5, ScanMaker 2000, the Artix line of scanners, and other Microtek professional pre-press scanners.

Grayscale

Grayscale images use shades of gray to simulate gradations of color or tonal values, and contain 8 bits per pixel. The Grayscale 16-bit option is provided in ScanWizard Pro for professional pre-press scanners.

CMYK

CMYK images are made up of the standard four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black or K) for separated film or digital files used for sheetfed or web offset printing. CMYK mode instantly converts the scanner’s RGB input to the CMYK color space. CMYK images are four-channel images, containing 32 bits per pixel.

Lab Color

Lab images are three-channel images containing 24 bits per pixel. Lab mode is useful for editing a pixel’s luminance but not its color values. Lab mode produces device-independent color and is recommended for moving images between systems or printing to a PostScript Level 2 printer.

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Web / Internet Colors

This mode is useful for displaying images on the Web or Internet. Output for the Web / Internet color mode in ScanWizard Pro is 8-bit, 256 indexed color images in the sRGB color space.

256 Colors (Default) / 256 Colors (Custom)

These are single-channel images (8 bits per pixel) that use a color lookup table containing up to 256 colors. The file size is smaller for images in this mode. As an initial setting, selecting 256 Colors (Default) uses an Adaptive palette with Diffusion. If the 256 Colors (Custom) option is selected, the dialog box below appears.

1) Palette: The Palette option lets you choose the method for creating the color palette table. Uniform uses a 6-66 fixed color palette table. Adaptive (default) creates a color palette table from the more commonly used areas of the color spectrum that appears in the image.

2) Dither: The Dither option can improve the color quality of the 256-indexed

color image for photographs or continuous-tone images, using a technique of mixing available colors to simulate missing colors. None provides no dithering. Pattern uses a structured pattern to simulate missing colors. Diffusion (default) uses the error diffusion technique to dither colors and produces the best quality for 256 colors.

Line art

Line Art images are made up of one bit of color (black or white) per pixel. Few editing options are available in this mode, but this mode is useful for images consisting purely of black and white or even single colors, such as mechanical drawings, blueprints, or fine-line illustrations.

Black-and-White Diffusion

This is a single-bit black-and-white image dithered with error diffusion. The black and white pixels are arranged in a way as to “fool” the eye into seeing gray.

Reference: The Settings Window 61

Resolution settings

The settings related to resolution include the resolution box, the resolution list box, and the resolution unit.

Resolution is the sampling of image pixels per measurement unit or the amount of pixel information stored in an image. Together, the image resolution and dimensions determine the file size of the image, which is measured in kilobytes (KB) or megabytes (MB).

The resolution of an image is important in determining the quality of the output image. Resolution is also directly related to file size, and the higher the resolution, the larger the resulting file size will be.

When dealing with resolution, remember to distinguish between optical resolution and interpolated resolution.

Optical resolution is the "real" resolution as measured by the scanner's optics. Interpolated resolution is software-enhanced resolution and can be useful for enlarging very small images or for printing line art to obtain superior results.

A. Resolution box

This shows the resolution setting.

To set your resolution: Enter a resolution setting in the Resolution edit box, then press Enter. If the

value you enter is too low or too high, the minimum or maximum resolution value is entered for you instead.

According to the image type you select, default resolution is displayed. When you specify the resolution you need, this value is recorded for subsequent use. ScanWizard Pro records last 6 different resolution settings.

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B. Resolution list box

This provides predefined resolution values for easier selection of the resolution setting.

To select your setting, press the up/down arrows next to the Resolution box, and choose your setting from the list box.

C. Resolution unit

The unit of measurement for resolution is in ppi (pixels per inch) or lpi (lines per inch). Take note that lpi settings are dimmed if the ruler unit is in pixels.

To select your resolution unit:

• Choose ppi if your scanned images are intended for on-screen display. In this

case, you need not go higher than the target resolution of your monitor (usually 72 dpi for Macintosh and 96 dpi for Windows). A higher resolution value will simply increase the file size of your image without any perceptive improvement in image quality.

• Choose lpi if your scanned images are to be printed. If you choose 1x, for

instance, your scanned image will be printed at 133 lines per inch, resulting in a 133-dpi image. At 1.5x, the image will be printed at 199.5 dpi; and at 2x, the image will be printed at 266 dpi. The Custom option allows you to set an lpi value of your own specification.

In choosing an appropriate lpi value, keep in mind that if the resolution is

too low, the image becomes pixelized, resulting in a deterioration of image quality. (Pixelization is the process in which the Postcript language uses a single pixel's color values to create more than one halftone dot.) Conversely, if the resolution is too high, the file size becomes unwieldy, and your file ends up containing more information than the printer needs, slowing down the file transfer and the printing process.

Reference: The Settings Window 63

Scan Frame and related settings

These settings allow you to adjust the various factors that affect your image, including the width and height of your image when it is first scanned (Scan Frame settings), the Scaling factor (how big or how small the resulting scanned image will be), and the dimensions of the image when it is output (Output settings).

The Scan Frame settings, Scaling, and Output Settings work closely with the three Scan Frame options (the check boxes below the "image Size" field).

In the default settings of ScanWizard Pro, where none of the Scan Frame options are checked, take note of the following:

• Changing the Scan Frame settings (width or height) will change the Output

settings (width or height).

• Changing the Scaling will change the Output settings (width AND height).

• Changing the Output settings (width or height) will change the Scan Frame

settings (width or height).

A. Scan Frame settings

The Scan Frame settings (width and height) represent the area on the scan bed that you wish to scan.

To specify your settings, enter the dimensions manually in the width and height edit boxes; or use the Scan Frame tool to define or resize your scan frame. Changes made in the Preview window are automatically displayed in the Scan Frame setting edit boxes.

If you wish, you can also choose from a menu of predefined Scan Frame settings. To do this, point your mouse to the words "Scan Frame" in the Settings window, and choose the setting you wish from the menu that appears.

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B. Scaling

Scaling lets you create larger or smaller images from the original source image. Take note of the following:

• Keep the scaling at 100% if you are outputting at the same size (e.g., a 4” x 5”

original to be output at the same size).

• Reduce the scaling if you are outputting your image at a smaller size (e.g., a

4” x 5” original to be output to 2” x 2.5”). Increase the scaling if outputting at a larger size.

To choose the scaling percentage, click the up/down arrow next to the scaling box, or enter a value in the scaling edit box.

If you wish, you can also choose from a menu of predefined Scaling settings. To do this, point your mouse to the words "Scaling" in the Settings window, and choose the setting you wish from the menu that appears.

• Film scale mapping: Choose your image material and the output dimension.

For example, “35mm to 5” x 7"” means your image source is 35mm film, and output size is 5" x 7".

• Add / Remove to Menu: These options let you customize and create your own

image-mapping scale for use in subsequent scans.

Scaling is also affected by your resolution setting. When you change resolution and specify a value that has no exact equivalent for scaling, the scaling may be affected and adjusts itself to the nearest allowed value. For instance, if your resolution is 100, your scaling becomes 99 (instead of a full 100), because that is the closest scaling equivalent, given the resolution value.

Reference: The Settings Window 65

C. Output settings

The Output settings (width and height) represent the dimensions of the image when it is output (to either monitor or printer). If the size of the image to be output is different from the size of the original source image, adjust the scaling percentage, or manually increase / decrease the output values accordingly.

If you wish, you can also choose from a menu of predefined Output settings. To do this, point your mouse to the words "Output" in the Settings window, and choose the setting you wish from the menu that appears.

• Add / Remove Custom Setting: These options let you customize and create

your own output settings for use in subsequent scans.

D. Image Size

The Image Size field indicates how big the file will be when you accept the dimensions shown in the edit boxes, together with the resolution setting that you have selected. Size is calculated automatically.

E. Unit of Measurement

The Unit of Measurement lets you select the desired unit (inch, cm, mm, point, pica, pixel) for your image dimensions.

Important: Make sure you select the correct unit of measurement before entering any of the values for width or height in the Scan Frame Settings or Output Settings.

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Scan Frame options

The Scan Frame options include Fixed Scan Frame, Fixed Output Size, and Keep Proportion.

A. Fixed Scan Frame

This option lets you lock in the settings of your scan frame, so that the width and height dimensions of the frame are always preserved no matter where you move the frame in your preview image.

If you know the exact input size for your image, or if you wish to “lock” the settings of your scan frame to a particular size, enter the Scan Frame width and height values first, then check Fixed Scan Frame. Your scan frame will be “fixed” at those values, so even if you move the scan frame around the preview image, the dimensions of the frame itself will remain unchanged.

B. Fixed Output Size

When the Fixed Output Size option is checked, the values specified for output width and height remain unchanged. If any of the input values are changed, the scaling will be adjusted automatically to preserve the output dimensions correctly.

If you know the exact output size for your image, enter the output width and height values first, then check Fixed Output Size. The image will then be scanned and output at the values you specify.

C. Keep Proportion

When the Keep Proportion option is checked, the width and height values of the image are kept in proportion despite changes made to either setting. This preserves the aspect ratio of the image.

This option is automatically checked when either “Fixed Scan Frame” or “Fixed Output Size” is selected.

Additional Notes

• When none of the Scan Frame options are checked, all five edit boxes are enabled, allowing you to edit or enter values into any of the boxes.

• The Fixed Scan Frame and Fixed Output Size options are mutually exclusive. This means that only one of the options can be checked at any time; checking another option will automatically uncheck the other one.

• When an illegal value is entered (e.g., the input width exceeds the scan frame size), the value will appear in red as a flag or warning indicating an out-of-range value.

Reference: The Settings Window 67

Transform

The Transform command allows you to rotate and / or flip the image in increments of 90 degrees.

The effects of the Transform command will be seen in the Prescan image or are after you click the Scan button and scan the image in; the Transform effect is not shown in the Overview viewing mode.

To use the Transform command:

1. Click the Transform button in the Settings window.

2. From the options that appear, choose the degree of rotation you wish.

3. Click the Scan button in the Preview window. When the image is scanned, it

will be rotated or transformed according to the selected option.

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Scanner Profile

The Scanner Profile is a feature that lets you select different ICC scanner profiles for your scan job. In ScanWizard Pro, a default scanner profile is always selected (provided with your scanner model). In the example below, the Microtek ScanMaker 5/Reflective profile is the default selection for the ScanMaker 5.

Default scanner profile selection

To select a scanner profile:

1. Click the Scanner Profile button in the Settings window; or go to the pop-up

menu located to the right of the Scanner Profile button, and choose the Select Scanner Profile... option. You may also select other profiles available in the pop-up menu. To create a scanner profile, use the Microtek Scanner ICC Profile (MSP) program. For more details on how to use MSP, refer to the MSP documentation.

Click either of these buttons to select your scanner profile

2. The Scanner Profile dialog box below will appear. This dialog box allows you

to select your scanner profile and also lets you view the profile information of the selected scanner profile before you make your final decision.

Menu contains the scanner profiles that match your current scanner model and are found in the ColorSync™ Profiles folder in your System folder by default.

Load Profile button lets you select a scanner profile in another folder in your system.

Profile Info section shows the profile of the currently selected scanner (in this case, the ScanMaker 5)

Checking this option lets you immediately see changes applied by the selected scanner profile to the preview image.

Reference: The Settings Window 69

Image Category

ScanWizard Pro provides several image categories to choose from, which can influence the auto-correction function and provide a more accurate output image.

To select the correct image category, go to the Settings window and choose the option you wish from the Image Category menu. Select the image category that corresponds most closely to the image characterstics of your original. The selected image category provides a starting point of predefined settings that can be applied to your image and bring out characteristics specific to that image type.

• None: No image category conversion.

• Standard: An image that does not fall into any of the described below. You

can also use this category for images of good quality (neither underexposed nor overexposed, with accurate color and tones).

• Landscape: An image with cool atmosphere with broad tonal variation and

a wide hue range. Examples include natural scenery, skyline with an expanse of blue sky, mountains and fields.

• Portraits (Skin Tones): An image with dominant skin tones and mid-tone

details present. Examples include portraits and objects with fleece- or skinlike covering.

• Jewelry (Gold Tones): An image featuring dominant gold / silver hues.

Examples include gold and silver jewelry, silverware.

• Sunsets: An image with warm reddish hues or a color cast reminiscent of

sunsets. Examples include scenes at dusk or twilight and images of the Grand Canyon.

• Metallic Subjects: An image with broad highlight and shadow details but

with very narrow mid-tone details. Examples include audio equipment, TV sets, cameras.

• High Keys: An image with broad highlight tonal variation but with less

shadow detail. Examples include snow-covered landscapes, wedding gowns, white-washed structures.

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• Low Keys: An image with broad shadow tonal variation but with less

highlight detail. Examples include nighttime scenery, dark suits and clothing, a coal pit.

• Underexposed: An image with compressed tonal variation particularly in the

shadow areas, characterized by an overall dark appearance typical of underexposed positive film.

• Overexposed: An image with compressed tonal variation particularly in the

highlight areas, characterized by an overall bright appearance typical of overexposed positive film.

Image assigned “Standard” image category Image assigned “Overexposed” image category

In the example above, an overexposed original is shown in two different image categories. Because the original was overexposed to begin with, choosing the

Overexposed

the result of neutralizing the exposure, resulting in a better image.

The same original did not fare as well when it was assigned the image category (too bright overall, not enough contrast), because this

image category had

Standard

image category is best used for originals of fairly good quality (sharp, neither underexposed nor overexposed) and not, in this case, for an original with flawed exposure settings.

This example then shows the importance of choosing the correct image category that corresponds most closely to your original to obtain optimal results.

Reference: The Settings Window 71

Advanced Image Correction Tools

The Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools form an integral part of ScanWizard Pro. With the AIC tools, you can adjust or enhance images right from within ScanWizard Pro and preview the changes to your image even before you scan.

Before we go to the use of the AIC tools, we will briefly discuss the LCH color model, which is important for working with images in ScanWizard Pro.This is followed by other information relating to the LCH model, including the availability of the AIC tools in LCH vs. Native color mode, and recommendations on a workflow for optimizing images.

The following topics are covered:

• The LCH Color Model

• AIC tools in LCH vs. Native Mode

• AIC tools and your image type

• Workflow for optimizing images

• How to access the AIC tools

• Elements of the AIC dialog box

• The Action buttons

• Discussion of the individual AIC tools

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The LCH Color Model

One of ScanWizard Pro’s strengths is its ability to let you work in the LCH color space. Unlike the RGB color model, which corresponds to the color space as defined in monitors and printers, the LCH color model is a more intuitive way of working with colors, based on the values of Lightness (the “L” in LCH), Chroma (C), and Hue (H). For instance, if you wish to change the color of the sky in an image to a darker blue, your own eye — and your own judgment — will be the guide to making those color changes. This is easier than, say, knowing the mathematical equivalent in RGB or CMYK values that would correspond to a “dark sky blue”.

The LCH model, in effect, makes it easier to comprehend colors as they are couched in the terms we are familiar with: Lightness (how dark or light a color is), Chroma or saturation (how rich or dull a particular hue of green is), and Hue (the property that distinguishes, say, the color red from the color blue.)

In the LCH color model, colors of equal brightness lie on a single plane of the model, as shown below. Red and green lie opposite each other on the horizontal axis, as blue and yellow lie opposite each other on the vertical axis.

On the color sphere shown below, you can see how the different LCH properties play out:

• The different hues (red, green, yellow, blue) are spread around the sphere.

• The chroma (saturation) for each hue increases from the center of the sphere

outward, with the most saturated colors lying on the edge of the sphere.

• The brightness values increase from the bottom of the model to the top.

Reference: The Advanced Image Correction Tools 73

AIC Tools in LCH vs. Native Color Mode

All the AIC tools are available when you work in the default LCH color space, but a different set of tools is available when you choose to work in the Native color space. As discussed in an earlier section of the manual, you can select the color space of your choice in the Preferences menu | More Preferences command in the Preview window.

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AIC Tools and your Image Type

The AIC tools do not apply to all image types. See the table below to determine which AIC tool can be used for a particular image type.

RGB CMYK Lab Gray Line art B & W Remark

Dynamic Range V V V V White/Black Points V V V V V Gradation V V V V * Color Cast V V V Saturation V V V Selective V V V Tone Curve V V V V Filter V V V V V Descreen V V V V ** Brightness & Contrast V V Color Correction V

*For Line art, Gradation tool becomes the "Threshold" tool. **For negative film, this function changes to "Film Type" selection.

Diffusion

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Workflow for Optimizing Images

To prepare and optimize your images for the final scan, we recommend the use of the Advanced Image Correction tools in the sequence that they appear in the Settings window. Following this order will significantly influence the overall quality of your images.

Dynamic Range

Manual or auto determine image density range (darkest tone to lightest tone)

Gradation

Manual or auto-adjust

midtones of the Lightness channel "L"

Saturation Curve

Adjust image saturation by manipulating the saturation curve

Tone Curve

Adjust tonal distribution of each channel of a CMYK/RGB image

White & Black Points

Manual or auto-adjust shadow and highlight points

Color Cast

Adjust gray balance by

removing color cast or adjust desired cast by adding color cast

Selective Color

Manipulate a specific

color range without affecting other colors

Filter

Apply a particular filter for special effects (e.g., unsharp masking to sharpen image)

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The sequence is the same if you are working in Native color mode. However, the Gradation, Color Cast, Saturation, and Selective Color tools (#3 to #6) will not be available. The Brightness / Contrast and Color Correction tools are offered in their place.

The Brightness /

Contrast and Color

Correction tools are

offered in the Native

color mode

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Accessing the AIC Tools

1. To access an AIC tool, click a particular tool in the Settings window or choose its counterpart in the Correction menu in the Preview window.

2. After clicking a tool, the AIC dialog box appears. The elements of the AIC dialog box are explained in the next section.

Note: For scanning in negative mode, the Descreen menu is replaced by the Film Type menu.

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Elements of the Advanced Image Corrrection screen

1 Left Thumbnail: This shows the image

before enhancements are applied.

2 Right Thumbnail: This shows the image

after enhancements are applied.

3 Advanced Image Correction Tools

(AIC): These tools adjust or enhance your images. Click any tool in this area, and see how the core of the AIC screen (#6) changes to reflect the properties of that tool.

4 Preview option: If checked, changes or

enhancements are applied immediately to the Preview window image (for both Overview and Prescan images). If unchecked, changes are seen only after you close the AIC dialog box

5 Thumbnail option: If checked, the

before and after thumbnails are shown in the AIC screen. You can choose to uncheck this option and hide the thumbnails, since changes can be previewed in the Preview window. If unchecked, the screen collapses to show only the lower portion of the dialog box.

6 Core of the AIC screen: This is the

heart of the AIC screen, and the content here changes to reflect your selected AIC tool.

7 Action Buttons: These carry out a

specific action. See the next section for more details.

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The Action Buttons and User-Defined Settings

The Action Buttons

Default button

This button restores all settings to their default ScanWizard Pro values.

Revert button

This button cancels out the changes that were made with the current imageenhancement tool. This means that if you used several AIC tools, Revert cancels the effect of only the last used (or current) tool, and preserves the effects of the other preceding tools.

Example: If you changed the tone curve, applied filters, changed saturation, then clicked Revert, the saturation changes will be cancelled out, but the altered tone curve and filters settings remain in effect

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Add to Menu button

This button takes note of the settings you have performed, then adds it as a selection to the Custom pull-down menu in the Settings window.

When you click this button, a dialog box comes up, and you can enter the name of the new custom setting to be added. For instance, the added setting can be called "Custom 1". This way, you can retrieve and load the setting in the future.

Cancel button

This button cancels out all image-enhancement changes you have made to the current scan job, and then closes the AIC dialog box.

Example: If you applied filters, changed the curve, and then clicked Cancel, none of the changes will take effect, and you exit the AIC dialog box.

OK button

This button applies to the current scan job whatever image enhancements you have performed, and then closes the AIC dialog box.

Example: If you increased saturation, changed the gradation curve, and then clicked OK, all the changes are applied, and you exit the AIC dialog box.

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The Reset button

This button brings up the Reset dialog box, where you can specify the settings to be reset by checking the box next to the targeted settings. If you click the

Reset button, the settings are restored to their default values; if you click the Cancel button, the operation has no effect, and the settings remain in force.

Example: If you changed the tone curve and saturation, then checked the saturation option in the Reset dialog box and clicked Reset, the saturation setting of the scan job is restored to its default value. The altered tone curve, however, remains in effect. If you reset both tools, then both are restored to default values.

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Loading / retrieving user-defined AIC settings

You can always load or retrieve any custom or user-defined settings. To do this, simply go to the AIC tool of your choice, then choose the user-defined setting you have made from the Custom pull-down menu of the Settings window.

Custom setting to be retrieved or loaded

Removing user-defined AIC settings

To remove a user-defined setting, go to the AIC tool - Custom pull-down menu of the Settings window, then choose Remove Settings from the menu. When a dialog box appears like the one below, select the particular setting to be removed, then click Remove in the dialog box.

Reference: The Advanced Image Correction Tools 83

Microtek scanwizard pro reference

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Preview Window

The Settings Window

Advanced Image Correction Dialog Box

The Information Window

The Scan Job Window

Using Batch Scan

Appendices

Introduction

The Preview Window

The File Menu

The Scanner Menu

The View Menu

The Preferences Menu

The Help Menu

The Toolbar

Overview, Prescan, Scan

Rulers, Unit of Measurement

Preview Area

Auxiliary information and Handy buttons

The Settings Window

Type

Resolution settings

Scan Frame and related settings

Transform

Scanner Profile

Image Category

Advanced Image Correction Tools