Microtek ScanWizard Pro TX quick reference guide

Preview Window Toolbar and Menu

Preview Window Ruler, Markers, Status Bar

Settings Window (AIC Tools)

Selects the scan material

(positive or negative)

Performs a draft preview of the images in your film holder

Performs a detailed preview of the area within the scan frame

Performs the final scan

“Before” and “After” values

Scan Frame tool

defines the area of the image to be scanned

Zoom tool magnifies or reduces your view of the image

Move tool moves hidden parts of a zoomed-in image into view

Tag Windows tool sets black (shadow) & white (highlight) points, and adds/removes color cast

Eject button ejects the film holder from your film scanner

Pixel position at x/y axis of the preview image

Click to switch between LCH or Native color space display mode

Click to reset White & Black or Color Cast setting

Click to change

the unit of

measurement for

the ruler and

ruler colors.

Default is “inch”

Resolution info

(in pixels per

inch) for

overview and

prescan image

Current image

zoom size (100%)

Settings Window

Output resolution

(in ppi or lpi)

Image orientation;

i.e., rotated,

mirrored, etc.

Click to zoom out (-) Click to zoom in (+)

Current scan Job

Scanner profile info

Image type of

current Scan

Job

Parameters for

controlling scan

frame size,

output size,

scaling

High/Low value markers

Tips relating to the tool (Scan Frame; Zoom; Move; & Tag Windows) currently in use

Click to flash High/Low value markers

Output resolution (in ppi or lpi)

Image orientation; i.e., rotated, mirrored, etc.

Color Cast

Adjusts gray balance

by removing color

cast or adjust

desired cast by

adding color cast

Selective Color

Manipulates a specific color range without affecting other colors

Saturation Curve

Adjusts image saturation by manipulating the saturation curve

Gradation Curve

Manually or autoadjusts midtones of the Lightness channel “L”

LCH Mode AIC Tools

Dynamic Range

Manually or auto determines image density range (darkest tone to lightest tone)

White & Black Points

Manually or auto-

adjusts shadow and

highlight points

Default

Resets any or all of

the AIC settings to

default values

Filter

Applies special

effects (e.g., blur,

sharpen) to images

Tone Curve

Adjusts tonal

distribution of each

channel of a CMYK/

RGB image

Brightness & Contrast

Manually adjusts brightness & contrast of the entire image

Native Mode AIC Tools

Color Correction

Adjusts hue & saturation and removes color cast

Click here to set the “Before” value as Black point

Click to remove or add color cast. “Minus” sign (-) is remove. “Plus” (+) sign is add. Default is “Minus”. Press Alt key to switch sign to “Plus”

Color strip showing the color of the selected pixel

Click here to set the “Before” value as White point

Image

Category

Selections

LCH Color Space Mode

AIC Tools

See next page for

details

Image Category is not available in Native mode

Native Color Space Mode

Job Panel Window

Information Window

ScanWizard Pro TX

for Mac OS X

Current scan job is

indicated by the red frame

surrounding the thumbnail.

There can only be one

current scan job.

Selected scan job is

indicated by the blue

background

surrounding the

thumbnail. There can

be multiple selected

scan jobs.

Check

Checks (or unchecks) the selected scan jobs to be included in the final scan

Thumbnails for overview image

Image type

Check marks indicate the

jobs to be scanned when you click the Scan button in the Preview window

Select All

Selects all the scan jobs in the window

displays the x,y position

Pixel Position

of the pixel on the

current preview image

Color Input Meter Display

shows a pixel’s input (in

density) & output (in pixel)

values before image color correction at a specific x,y

position on the preview image

Pixel Sampling Display Area

shows a pixelized display of a

pixel’s specific x,y position on

the preview image. The size of

the sampling area depends on

the selection made in the

Color Meter Options (top right)

Tool selection (in Preview window) M Selects Scan Frame tool Z Selects Zoom tool H Selects Move tool D Selects Tag Windows tool

File menu and Scanner menu

Q Exit ScanWizard Pro R Resize Preview window N New Context L Load Context A Save Context As I Scanner Info dialog box

D Scanner Driver Manager dialog box

Show/hide window

S Bring Settings window to the front J Show/hide Scan Job Queue window I Show/hide Info window T Show/hide Tag windows

B Show/hide High and Low Value Markers = Zoom in – Zoom out

Quick Keys

Preferences menu

C CMS Setup dialog box W White/Black Point setup dialog box V Overview Setup dialog box P Prescan Setup dialog box M More Preferences dialog box

AIC screen (If unspecified, Native mode is assumed)

D Dynamic Range W White/Black Points V Tone Curve B Brightness and Contrast C Color Correction or Color Cast (LCH) F Filter G Gradation (LCH only) S Saturation Curve (LCH only) E Selective Color (LCH)

Overview/Prescan selection

0 Go to Overview image 1 Go to 1st Prescan image 2 Go to 2nd Prescan image n Go to nth Prescan image

Color Meter Options

let you choose how color information is displayed (in numbers or percentages). Also determines the size of the sampling area for a pixel

Color Output Meter Display

shows a pixel’s output values after image color correction at a specific x,y position on the preview image

Q u i c k R e f e r e n c e G u i d e

The Main Windows

Preview window

displays prescanned

images, providing the

tools for image

cropping/selection,

and includes

commands for

controllling

ScanWizard Pro

Info window

shows a magnified view of image pixels

and their

corresponding

color values

Settings window contains parameters for the scan image and provides the advanced image correction (AIC) tools for image editing

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ScanWizard Pro TX for the Mac OS X has an interface consistent with the specifications of the new Apple Mac OS X system. This Quick Reference guide shows you at a glance the new interface and windows of ScanWizard Pro TX.

Job Panel window lists the scan jobs to be scanned

Settings window under LCH Color Space Mode

Settings window under

Native Color Space Mode