Microtek ScanWizard Pro TX user guide

Microtek ScanWizard Pro TX

User Guide

For Mac OS X

Copyright © 2003 by Microtek International, Inc.

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unauthorized use of copyrighted materials.

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with such Windows concepts as pointing, clicking, dragging, and selecting from menus and dialog boxed.
If these things are new to you, refer to your Microsoft Windows User's Guide.

February 2003

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Contents

Introduction............................................................................5

What is ScanWizard Pro TX .............................................................................. 5

The ScanWizard Pro TX Interface ..................................................................... 6

System Requirements ......................................................................................... 8

About this Manual .............................................................................................. 8

Getting Started.......................................................................9

Launching ScanWizard Pro TX.......................................................................... 9

Exiting ScanWizard Pro TX ............................................................................... 9

Color Matching ................................................................................................ 10

Basic Scenarios ................................................................... 13

How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency.................................................... 14

How to Scan a Color Negative ......................................................................... 16

How to Use ScanWizard Pro TX Contexts ...................................................... 18

How to Use the Magic Diamonds .................................................................... 20

Using the AIC Tools.............................................................22

The LCH Color Model ..................................................................................... 24

Selecting LCH or Native Color Space ............................................................. 25

Workflow for Optimizing Images .................................................................... 26

How to Use Custom Settings ........................................................................... 27

How to Choose the Correct Image Category ................................................... 28

Using the Dynamic Range Tool ....................................................................... 30

Using the White & Black Points Tool .............................................................. 32

Using the Gradation Tool ................................................................................. 34

Using the Color Cast Tool ................................................................................ 36

Using the Saturation Curve Tool ...................................................................... 38

Using the Selective Color Tool ........................................................................ 40

Using the Tone Curve Tool............................................................................... 42

Using the Filter Tool......................................................................................... 44

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1 Introduction

What is ScanWizard Pro TX?

ScanWizard Pro TX is an advanced scanner controller program that provides many
powerful, professional-level f eatures for scanning with your Microtek or ArtixScan
film scanner.

One important feature of ScanWizard Pro TX is that it lets you work in the LCH
color space, which is based on the LCH (Lightness, Chroma, Hue) model of colors.
The LCH model is a more intuitive way of editing and working with colors because
it defines colors the way we understand them — based on the properties of
brightness (how light or dark a color is), saturation (how rich or dull a color is), and
hue (“red” as opposed to “blue”).

ScanWizard Pro TX is also ColorSync™-savvy, allowing you to use standard ICC
color profiles for accurate color matching when outputting your images.

A Powerful New Software

With ScanWizard Pro TX, you can achieve a new level of efficiency in scanning. The
many powerful tools of the program work together to help you obtain the superior
color images you need, as well as provide you with the flexibility to adjust or
improve the images as needed.

As you become increasingly familiar with the program, you will also see how
ScanWizard Pro TX can open up a whole new vista for organizing your workflow
and boosting your scanning productivity in as
many ways as your creative imagination will
allow.

Now Works with the New Mac OS X

ScanWizard Pro TX now works with the Mac
OS X, employing an interface consistent with
the specifications of Apple’s new operating
system. Enjoy the new ScanWizard Pro TX for
Mac OS X, and rediscover the wonders of
power scanning in an amazing new interface.

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Settings window

The ScanWizard Pro TX Interface

Shows the current scan job
Scanner ICC Input profile

Image Type of current scan job

Resolution settings

Scan Frame, Scaling, Output
controls, Locks, Unit of
Measurement, Transform

Image category

Selected scan job

(with blue

background)

Current scan

job (enclosed

by red frame)

Check: Indicates

job will be

scanned when

you press the

Scan button

Job Panel window

Advanced Image
Correction controls
for adjusting and
enhancing image
quality

Thumbnail
showing
overview image

Information
window

Function buttons for
manipulating scan jobs

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Scan Material

pop-up menu:
Selects the type
of scan material

The ScanWizard Pro TX Interface

Prescan button:
Previews selected slides
or film at higher
resolution

Overview button:
Previews the film
or slides in your
holder

Scan button: Starts the
scanning process

Toolbar: Scan Frame
tool, Zoom tool, Move
tool, Tag Windows tool

Preview window

Unit of measurement

Ruler

Pixel Locator:
Shows x, y position
of pixel on the
current overview /
prescan image

Color Meter Display:
Displays input and output
pixel values of the selected
area in the overview /
prescan image

Color Meter Options:
Provides further options
for the Sample Display
Area of the Information
window below)

Sample Display area:
Shows pixelized display of
area in the overview /
prescan image where
mouse cursor rests

Auxiliary
information

Handy buttons for Zoom
in, Zoom out, and
Flashers for Low & High
Value Markers

Eject button:
Ejects the film
holder from
the scanner

Prescan
image

Scan Frame
around overview
image. Drag on
corner to resize

Status bar gives
useful tips relating
to the selected tool
in the Toolbar

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System Requirements

• Power Mac G3, G4, later-generation iMacs

• Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later

• 128 MB RAM required; 256 MB or more suggested for better performance

• Free hard disk space as required by the size of your scanned images and for
additional working files

• CD-ROM drive (internal or external)

• “Thousands of color” display or better

• Microtek and ArtixScan scanners that support ScanWizard Pro TX

About this Manual

This manual provides basic information on the program and sketches out a variety of
scenarios that illustrate the versatility of ScanWizard Pro TX and how best to use the
program for specific scanning tasks.

For a more detailed listing of individual features, please refer to the companion
Reference Guide included in your documentation package.

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2 Getting Started

Launching ScanWizard Pro TX

Start ScanWizard Pro TX from the Application folder in your Mac OS X system.
The first time you launch ScanWizard Pro TX, you will be prompted to set up Color
Matching for your scanner. See the Color Matching section for more details.

You will also see the ScanWizard Pro TX menu at the top left portion of your
desktop. Here, you will see commands for specifying your preferences in
ScanWizard Pro TX, hiding ScanWizard Pro TX, quitting, etc.

Exiting ScanWizard Pro TX

To exit ScanWizard Pro TX, go to the Preview window, and from the File menu,
choose the Quit command, or press the Apple+Q combination keys on your
keyboard. You can also quit ScanWizard Pro TX by going to the ScanWizard Pro
TX menu and choosing the Quit ScanWizard Pro TXcommand.

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Color Matching

The first time you launch ScanWizard Pro TX, you will be prompted to perform color
matching for your monitor and printer.

Color Matching is an important feature of ScanWizard Pro TX that ensures color
consistency — from the initial input phase when an image is captured by the scanner,
to the final output process when the image is output to your monitor or printer. Color
Matching allows you to gain the assurance that the colors captured by the scanner are
the same when they are displayed on your monitor and will be reproduced as closely
as possible when they are printed.

To use Color Matching:
As mentioned previously, you will be prompted to select color matching settings

immediately after you launch ScanWizard Pro TX the first time.
At any point in the future, you may also select color matching settings to change your

color profile. To do this, go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and
choose the Color Matching Setup command.

Monitor selection

shown here is set

in System

Preferences/

Displays

Immediately updates

the Preview window

image when a new

setting is selected. This

will reflect colors

consistent with the

newly selected profile

Note: For more information on color matching, please refer to the Appendix in the
companion Reference manual.

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RGB Destination

This feature lets you select the correct profile for outputting images to the RGB
color space. The RGB Destination profile usually pertains to a monitor (since all
monitors are RGB devices), but an RGB printer profile may also be used as a
selection if the RGB color space in which you choose to work is an RGB printer.

To specify the RGB Destination profile: Choose from the profiles provided by
ScanWizard Pro TX, or choose your own profile if you have others stored on your
system.

CMYK Destination

This feature lets you select the correct profile for outputting images to the CMYK
color space.

To specify the CMYK Destination profile: Choose from the profiles provided by
ScanWizard Pro TX, or choose your own profile if you have others stored on your
system.

For additional CMYK profiles, please run the ICC Profile Installer from your
ScanWizard Pro TX CD.

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3 Scanning Scenarios

This section of the manual sets out two basic scanning scenarios on how to scan a
color positive and a color negative, as well as two advanced scenarios that help you
maximize the use of ScanWizard Pro TX. The steps are laid out on the left-hand
side of the page, and supplementary information for each scenario can be found in a
sidebar next to the procedures.

Basic Scenarios:

• How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency

• How to Scan a Color Negative

Advanced Scenarios:

• How to Use ScanWizard Pro TX Contexts

• How to Use the Magic Diamonds

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How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency

1. Place the positive transparency to be scanned into
one of the film holders provided with your Microtek
or ArtixScan film scanner.

If you want to....

Before the Final Scan

2. In the Preview window, click the Scan Material
pop-up menu, then select Positive.

3. Click the Overview button. A preview of the image
appears in the Job Panel window. If the Job Panel
window is not open, go to the View menu and
choose the Show Job Panel window command.

4. Click the Prescan button. A prescan image appears
in the Preview window.

5. Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar, and
choose the area to be scanned by dragging a
rectangle around it. You will see a flashing frame
(marquee) around the selected area.

6. If you like what you see in the Preview window,
click the Scan button to start scanning.

• Select output image type (after step 2)

Go to the Settings window, and from the
Type box, choose the appropriate image
type for the image to be scanned.

• Specify output dimensions (after step 2)

Go to the Settings window, and enter the
desired output dimensions (width and
height) in the output dimension edit
boxes. The scan frame may change
slightly, and you may want to go back to
the Preview window to move the scan
frame and enclose the area you want.

• Fine-tune the preview image with image
processing options (after step 5)

Go to the Preview window, and select
the desired image-processing option
from the Correction menu. Alternatively,
you can go to the Settings window and
click an image processing button; the
Advanced Image Correction dialog box
will then appear.

• Change output image resolution (after
step 5)

Go to the Settings window, and enter the
resolution value in the Resolution edit
box.

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