Nikon SCAN user Manual macintosh
Scanner Control Software
and Acquire Plug-in
Contents
Overview
Before You Begin
System Requirements
Software Installation
Basic Operations
The Scan Window
Opening the Scan Window
The Parts of the Scan Window
Moving and Resizing the Scan Window
Scan Window Preferences
Nikon Scan
for Macintosh
Reference Manual
The Thumbnail Drawer
Opening the Thumbnail Drawer
Displaying Thumbnails
Resizing the Thumbnail Drawer
Selecting Thumbnails for Scanning
IX240 Film Thumbnails
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Preview
The Color Balance Drawer
Film Type and Color Space Selection
Setting and Ejecting Film
Creating a Preview Image
Flipping and Rotating the Preview Image
Selecting a Crop
Automatic Contrast Adjustment
The Pixel Data Display
Autofocus
Pre-scan
Scanning the Image into an Application
The Scan Size Drawer
Opening the Scan Size Drawer
Scan-Size Drawer Controls
Input and Output Lock
The Curves and Levels Drawer
Curves and Levels Explained
Opening the Curves and Levels Drawer
The Curves and Levels Display
Gamma Curve Adjustment
Adjusting the Black and White Points
Displaying the Modified Histogram
Importing Settings
HSL Controls
Opening the Color Balance Drawer
Color Balance Controls
Saving and Loading Settings
The Settings Menu
Exporting and Importing Settings
Image Window Operations
The Nikon Scan Applet
Zoom
Rotating and Flipping Images
Copying Images to the Clipboard
Saving Images to Disk
Reading Images from Disk
Printing Images
Scan Window Settings
Quitting Nikon Scan
Appendix A: Scanner Extras
Opening the Scanner Extras Drawer
LS-2000 Scanner Extras
Appendix B: Installation Map
Nikon Scan 2.0 Installer CD-ROM
Nikon Scan 2.0 Installation Map
Appendix C: Uninstall
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Cautions
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has been obtained.
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without notice.
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but should you find any mistakes, we would be grateful if you
would kindly let us know. The address of Nikon’s representative in your area is provided separately.
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The Defect Correction function incorporated in the LS-2000 makes use of
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copy or reproduce passports issued by the government,
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• Comply with copyright notices
The copying or reproduction of copyrighted creative works
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done for personal use at home or for similar restricted and
non-commercial use.
Cautions
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Overview
Thank you for your purchase of a Nikon scanner. This reference manual explains how to use Nikon Scan 2.0 for the
Macintosh. The Macintosh version of Nikon Scan 2.0 functions
as a acquire plug-in, allowing you to scan images from your
Nikon Film Scanner into any application that supports Adobe
Photoshop version 4.0 plug-ins. It can also be used as a standalone scanning application for scanning images into your computer and saving them to disk.
Nikon Scan 2.0 supports scanning with the LS-2000 (SUPER
COOLSCAN 2000). It allows non-sequential and batch scanning using the SA-20 strip-film adapter or IA-20 IX240 film
adapter (sold separately). It also supports unattended sequential scanning with the slide-feeder adapter available for the LS-
2000. Other features include:
• a scan window incorporating a wide variety of advanced
setting options, making it possible to make fine adjustments
to images before they are scanned
• a “defect correction” function that processes images digitally
to remove dust and scratches during scanning
• support of grayscale, RGB (sRGB), HSL, and CMYK color
models, producing images suited to a wide variety of uses
• advanced settings such as gamma curve adjustment and hue
editing that allow precise adjustment of images prior to
scanning
This reference manual describes how to install and use Nikon
Scan 2.0 for Macintosh. The next chapter, “Before You Begin,”
lists the system requirements for Nikon Scan and takes you
step-by-step through the installation process. For a quick guide
to installation, refer to the User’s Guide. “Before You Begin” is
followed by “Basic Operations,” which gives an overview of the
steps involved in starting Nikon Scan, adjusting scan settings,
scanning images, and saving images to disk. “The Scan Window”
gives a detailed introduction to Nikon Scan’s acquire plug-in, or
scan, window and explains scan window preferences. “The
Thumbnail Drawer” describes Nikon Scan’s thumbnail display,
used when previewing multi-frame film. The process of selecting the portion of an image to be scanned and adjusting can
settings prior to scanning is detailed in “Preview,” “The Size
Drawer,” “The Curves and Levels Drawer,” and “The Color Bal-
ance Drawer,” while ”Saving and Loading Settings” describes how
changes to settings can be saved for later use. The final chapter,
“Image Window Operations,” describes the options available
when Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone application. The
settings available for each scanner are described in separate
appendices.
Overview
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The present manual describes the operation of Nikon Scan 2.0
for Macintosh. Refer to your hardware manual for details of
scanner operation. Purchasers of the LS-2000 can refer to the
Fast Track manual or User’s Guide for a brief description of using
Nikon software with their scanner, while a detailed description
of the software available for Windows may be found in the
Windows reference manual. We hope you find these manuals
helpful.
Overview
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Before You Begin
System Requirements
This section gives the system requirements for Nikon Scan 2.0
for Macintosh and guides you through the process of installing
Nikon Scan 2.0 to your computer’s hard disk.
Note: This manual assumes a basic understanding of common
Macintosh operations. If you are in doubt about the meaning of
terms used here, refer to your Macintosh manuals.
To run Nikon Scan 2.0 for Macintosh, you will need system
hardware and software which meet the following minimum
requirements:
• a Power Macintosh, or a Macintosh with a 68030 or better
CPU
• System Software 7.1 or later
• at least 16 MBs or more of RAM available to Nikon Scan (24
MBs or more is recommended)
(When launching this software as an acquire plug-in from
another application, you must also take account of the
amount of memory used by the application.)
• 3 MBs of free space on your hard-disk for installation, with
another 20 MBs of free hard disk space available for temporary storage while Nikon Scan is running (100 MBs or more
is recommended)
• a monitor with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels or higher,
with a video system supporting 16-bit RGB Color (32k/64k
colors) or more (Nikon Scan also supports 24-bit True
Color, or 16.7 million colors)
Before You Begin
• a CD-ROM drive for installation
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Software Installation
Step 1—Insert the Nikon Scan disk in the CD-ROM drive
The installation disk provided with this product contains the
Nikon Scan software and the drivers which handle the exchange of information between your computer and Nikon
scanners.
Before starting the installation program, check to be sure that:
• no other applications are running
• you have enough free space on your hard disk to install and
run the program (a minimum of 23 MBs of free disk space is
required, of which 3 MBs must be available in the System
folder; more space will be needed should you choose to
install the applications bundled with Nikon Scan)
• your Nikon scanner is connected to the computer and
powered on (it is not absolutely necessary that the scanner
be connected and powered on at installation, but having the
scanner connected allows you to start using the scanner
without first powering off your computer)
After turning on your scanner and computer, start your
Macintosh and insert the Nikon Scan disk in the CD-ROM
drive. When the CD-ROM is inserted in the drive, a folder
containing one or more installer icons will appear on the desktop. Depending on the region in which you purchased your
scanner, the Nikon Scan CD will contain an English installer
(EN) only, English, French (FR), and Spanish (ES) installers, or
English, French, German (DE), and Spanish installers.
Double-click the installer icon for the language of your choice.
The following window will appear on the desktop.
After checking the above points, start installation as described
below.
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Step 2—Accept the software license agreement
Step 3—View the ReadMe file
Clicking Continue… in the window shown above displays the
Software License Agreement dialog box. To install Nikon Scan,
you must accept this agreement. If you choose Decline, the
installer will close.
Clicking Accept in the agreement dialog will cause the
“ReadMe” file to be displayed. It is recommended that you take
a view moments to print or view the contents of this file, as it
may contain important information that could not be included
in this manual.
When you have finished reviewing the contents of the ReadMe
file, click Continue to proceed to Step 4.
Note: The Software License Agreement (in Step 2) and the
ReadMe information (in Step 3) can be printed or saved as a file.
Click Print… to display the Print Setup dialog box, or Save
As… to display the Save As dialog box. When installation is
complete, a copy of the Software License Agreement and Read Me
file will be saved in the folder to which you installed Nikon Scan
2.0.
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Step 4—Select a type of installation
Clicking Continue in the Read Me dialog brings up the Nikon
Scan Installer dialog box. Select the type of installation you
prefer (Easy Install is recommended for most users).
The default option is Easy Install, displayed in the menu
button at the top left corner of the installer dialog. If you
choose Easy Install, go directly to Step 5.
Custom install
Select the components you wish to install by checking the
boxes to the left of each item. Clicking the “I” button to the
right of each item displays information on the item in question.
If you intend to use Nikon Scan solely as a plug-in for another
application such as Adobe Photoshop, you can choose to install
only the Nikon Scan plug-in by checking Nikon Scan Plugin
2.0 as shown above. To use Nikon Scan as a stand-alone
application you will need to install Nikon Scan. The Profiles
option installs ColorSync profiles for Nikon Scan.
Custom Install allows the user to choose
what files will be installed. Click the menu
button at the top left corner of the installer
dialog and choose Custom Install. The
installer dialog will display the following
items.
Before You Begin: Software Installation
Note: For information on the Remove option and the location
of files installed by the Nikon Scan 2.0 installer, see Appendix B.
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Step 5 — Select an installation folder for Nikon Scan
The location to which Nikon Scan will be installed when the
Install button is clicked is shown in the lower left portion of
the installer dialog. By default, Nikon Scan will be installed in
the “Nikon Software” folder in the top folder of the start-up
disk (if a “Nikon Software” folder does not already exist, it will
be created). Should you wish to install Nikon Scan in a different
location, you can select a different disk using the Switch Disk
button and select a new folder clicking the Select Folder
button. This will bring up the dialog box shown below.
Specify the folder to which you would like to install the software and then click Select button. This will return you to the
Installer dialog.
The other items in this dialog box are explained below.
Read Me…
Returns you to Step 3.
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Go to Nikon Home Page
If you have an Internet connection, clicking Go to Nikon
Home Page will start your Web browser (Netscape
Navigator 3.0 or better or Internet Explorer 3.0 or better
required) and take you to the Nikon technical support home
page for the region in which your scanner was purchased.
Nikon home pages for different regions are given below.
Region URL
Europe http://www.nikon-euro.com
U.S.A. http://www.nikontechusa.com
Quit
Click Quit to close the installer without installing Nikon
Scan.
Step 6 — Install Nikon Scan
Click Install to install Nikon Scan to the selected folder. While
the program’s components are being installed, the following
progress indicator will be displayed.
Interrupting installation
Clicking Stop in the Installing dialog interrupts the installation
and brings up the following dialog box.
Click Stop to quit the installer without installing Nikon Scan, or
Resume to continue installation. Clicking Stop will display a
message to the effect that installation has been cancelled; click
OK.
Before You Begin: Software Installation
Should you choose to quit the installation program, you will still
be able to complete installation at any time by repeating the
process from Step 1.
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Select a plug-ins folder
The Nikon Scan application and Nikon Scan plug-in will be
installed to a folder named “Nikon Scan 2.0” under the “Nikon
Software” folder in the folder and volume (disk) selected in the
installer dialog. To launch Nikon Scan from another application,
you will need to install a copy of the Nikon Scan plug-in in the
application’s plug-ins folder. The installer will automatically
locate plug-ins folders and display them in the following dialog.
Step 7—Complete installation
Once the installer has finished copying Nikon Scan to the
installation folder, the following dialog will be displayed. Click
Quit to exit the installer. Clicking Continue will return you to
the Installer dialog box shown in Step 4.
Once you have returned to the Finder, locate the Nikon Scan
2.0 folder in the directory you chose in Step 5.
After selecting the plug-ins folder belonging to the application
from which you would like to be able to launch Nikon Scan,
click OK. Click Cancel to install the Nikon Scan plug-in to the
Nikon Scan 2.0 folder only (if at a later date you should find
that you would like to be able to scan images directly from
Nikon Scan into another application, you can add Nikon Scan to
the application’s list import plug-ins by copying Nikon Scan
Plugin 2.0 from the Nikon Scan 2.0 plug-ins folder to
application’s plug-ins folder).
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Step 8—Check the memory available to Nikon Scan
Before using Nikon Scan 2.0 , check the amount of memory
allocated to the program. Open the Nikon Scan 2.0 folder and
click the Nikon Scan 2.0 icon once to select it. Then choose
Get Info ( I) from the File menu in the Finder. The following
information dialog will appear. If possible, in the “Preferred
size” text box enter a value equal to or greater than the suggested size.
Before You Begin: Software Installation
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Basic Operations
Step 1—Connect the scanner
This chapter provides a brief introduction to Nikon Scan 2.0’s
windows, menus, and buttons, and guides you step-by-step
through the basics of using Nikon Scan 2.0 to acquire images
from your scanner, modify them, and save them to disk. The
details of each operation are provided in the chapters that
follow.
Note: In addition to the strip-film and slide adapters provided
with your scanner, a slide feeder and IX240 film adapter are
available separately for the LS-2000.
Connect the scanner to your computer as described in your
scanner’s user’s manual, first making sure that both devices are
off. Turn the scanner and any other peripheral devices on, then
turn on your computer.
Step 2—Start Nikon Scan
Locate the Nikon Scan 2.0 folder in the destination folder you
chose during installation. Open the folder and double-click the
Nikon Scan 2.0 icon.
When Nikon Scan starts up, the menus shown below will
appear in the menu bar and the scan window (where you will
preview images and make adjustments prior to scanning) will
open on the desktop.
Basic Operations
▼ The Nikon Scan menu bar
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The left side of the scan window is a control area containing a
collection of buttons and menus, while on the right is the preview-image display area in which a preview of the image to be
scanned is displayed. If no adapter is in the scanner or if no film
is inserted in the adapter, all controls other than the preferences button will be grayed out and inactive.
Note: If the MA-20 Slide Mount Adapter is inserted in the LS-2000
film scanner, all controls will be active regardless of whether there is a
slide in the adapter or not. If there is no slide in the adapter, clicking
the autofocus, prescan, preview, or scan buttons will produce an error.
Click OK in the error message box, check that a slide is inserted in the
adapter, and repeat the autofocus, prescan, preview, or scan operation.
▼ The Nikon Scan scan window
Control area Preview/crop area
Title bar
Launching Nikon Scan from another application
The scan window can also be opened from any application that
supports Adobe Photoshop version 4.0 plug-ins by selecting
Nikon Scan 2.0 as the application’s acquire plug-in. See the
application manual for details. When Nikon Scan 2.0 is used as
an acquire plug-in for another application, the Nikon Scan menu
bar will not appear; instead, images will be passed directly to the
calling application when scanned.
Choosing a scanner
Nikon Scan will open a separate scan window for every supported scanner that is connected and powered on at the time
the application starts up. The name, host adapter, and SCSI ID
of each scanner is shown in the scan window title bar. Clicking
the scan window for the desired scanner to activate it and bring
it to the front, or close unneeded windows by clicking the close
button at the left end of the title bar (see “The Scan Window,”
below).
Basic Operations
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Step 3—Choose a film type and color space
Having chosen a scanner, select the type of film to be scanned
and the “color space” to be used when scanning the image and
displaying it in the scan window. Film type and color space may
be selected from pop-up menus in the control area of the scan
window.
Film type selection
Clicking the film-type menu button will display the pop-up
menu shown below. Select the type of film currently in the
scanner. The chosen film-type will be displayed on the menu
button. (More details on film-type selection may be found in
“Preview,” below.)
Color space selection
Film-type menu button
Color-space menu button
Clicking the color-space menu will display the pop-up menu
shown below. Click a color space to select it from the list
(the default is “sRGB”). The chosen color space will be
displayed on the menu button. (More details on color space
selection may be found in “Preview,” below.)
Note: If the “Use Nikon Color Management System” check-box
in the Color Management tab of the Preferences dialog box is off,
the color-space menu will differ from those shown above. The
alternative menu is shown in “Preview,” below.
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Step 4—Select thumbnails
When the strip-film or optional IX240 film adapter is in place,
clicking the thumbnail drawer-tab in the scan window control
area will open the thumbnail drawer. When the thumbnails
drawer-tab is clicked, Nikon Scan will create thumbnail preview
images for all frames in the scanner and display them in the
thumbnail drawer automatically.
The size of the thumbnail drawer can be changed by dragging
the lower right corner of the drawer. The drawer cannot be
made larger than the scan window.
Thumbnail drawer-tab
To select a particular frame for preview, click the associated
thumbnail to select it. The selected thumbnail will be highlighted. If you then click the preview button, the selected
frame will appear in the preview/crop area of the scan window,
where it can be cropped or scanned as described in the following sections. To close the thumbnail drawer, click the button at
the upper right corner of the drawer. (More details on thumbnail
display and selection may be found in “The Thumbnail Drawer,”
below.)
Basic Operations
Note: Nikon Scan’s thumbnail function can be used when scanning with the LS-2000’s strip-film adapter or the IX240 film
adapter available separately for the LS-2000. This function is not
available when scanning with other adapters or scanners.
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Step 5—Conduct a preview scan
Before actually scanning an image into your computer, conduct
a preview scan to select an area and orientation for the final
scan and to determine whether adjustments to scan settings are
necessary. To make a preview scan, click the preview button.
When the preview button is clicked, a preview scan will be
made using the current scan control and color-space settings,
and an image will be displayed in the preview-image display area.
Basic Operations
Preview button
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Step 6—Rotate and flip the preview image
Four buttons are used to control the orientation of the image:
Once a preview image is displayed in the scan window, it can
be rotated or flipped prior to scanning using the flip and
rotate buttons in the control area.
Rotate and flip buttons
For example, clicking the button below will rotate the preview
image ninety degrees clockwise. When the scan button is
clicked to make the final scan, the image will be read into Nikon
Scan applet or other calling application in this orientation.
Rotate 90º Clockwise
Click this button to rotate the preview
image clockwise, ninety degrees at a time.
Rotate 90º Counter-clockwise
Clicking this button rotates the preview
image counter-clockwise, ninety degrees at
a time.
Flip Horizontal
Clicking this button flips the preview image
horizontally.
Flip Vertical
Clicking this button flips the preview image
vertically.
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Step 7—Choose an area for the final scan
If desired, an area and location for the final scan can be selected
by using the mouse to specify a rectangular crop area in the
preview-image display. Only the area within the crop will be
included in the final scan.
Note: The coordinates of the current crop appear in the control
area, where the height and width and the coordinates of the top
left corner of the crop are displayed. For details on how to specify
file size and output resolution for the final scan, see “Preview”
and “The Scan Size Drawer,” below.
The size of the preview-image display can be changed by dragging its lower right corner, while the entire preview/crop area
can be repositioned by dragging the rulers on the top and left
borders of the display. The preview area can not be made
larger than the scan window as a whole, but the scan window
can be enlarged by dragging its bottom right corner if necessary.
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Zooming the crop area in and out
Clicking the zoom-in button will expand the currently selected
crop to fill the preview area. The original view can be restored
by clicking the zoom-out button.
Zoom buttons
Basic Operations
Zoom-in
button
Zoom-out
button
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Step 8—Automatic contrast adjustment
Step 9—Scan an image
If desired, Nikon Scan is capable of modifying contrast adjustment automatically. Simply click the contrast button.
Contrast button
Note: When the contrast button is clicked, Nikon Scan analyzes
the preview image to maximize contrast. The tone curve that will
produce the best possible results is automatically selected. The
original contrast can be restored by clicking the reset button in
the curves-and-levels drawer. For manual tone-curve adjustment,
refer to “The Curves and Levels Drawer.”
If, after specifying a crop and adjusting contrast, you are satisfied
with the preview image, click the scan button to perform the
final scan.
While scanning is in progress, the following indicator will be
displayed. Clicking the cancel button stops scanning.
Progress indicator
Cancel button
Basic Operations
Scan button
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The scanned image will not appear in the scan window; instead,
the scanned image will be passed to the calling application. If
you are using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application, the
image will be opened in an image window on the desk top
where it can be saved to disk, printed, or flipped and rotated
using the commands available in the Nikon Scan menu bar.
▼ The Nikon Scan menu bar
Step 10—Scan additional images
If the scan window is clicked, the
and another image can be scanned
2.0 from within another application, the scan window can be
activated by selecting Nikon Scan from the application’s acquire
menu). When additional images are scanned, each will appear
in an image window in the host application or in the Nikon Scan
applet.
scan window will be activated
(if you are using Nikon Scan
▼ A Nikon Scan image window
Note: If a slide feeder is being used with the LS-2000 film
scanner, clicking the Eject and Feed button in the scan window will
eject the current slide and feed the next one. This button can also
be used to eject film from the LS-2000’s strip-film or IX240
adapters.
Eject and feed
button
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Opening the scan window
If the scan window is no longer open on the desktop, a scan
window can be opened by choosing a scanner from the devices
listed in the Devices submenu of the Nikon Scan menu
(scanners not supported by Nikon Scan will not be displayed).
To re-launch Nikon Scan from another application, select Nikon
Scan from the application’s list of acquire sources.
Step 11—Save scanned images
Choose Save As from the File menu to save the image in the
active image window (if more than one image window is open
on the desktop, click the image to be saved once to activate the
window).
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If the image has not been saved before, or is being saved under
a new name using the Save As… command, the following
Save As dialog will appear. Specify a file-name, folder, file-type
and image-quality, then click the Save button.
Step 12—Exit Nikon Scan
Choose Quit from the File menu to close all scan and image
windows and exit Nikon Scan.
If an image in an image window has yet to be saved, the following dialog will appear.
(More details on file-type and image-quality selection may be
found in “Image window Operations,” below.)
Basic Operations
Click Save to display the Save As dialog shown above, where
the image can be saved. Clicking Don’t Save closes Nikon
Scan without saving the image. Click Cancel to return to the
Nikon Scan applet.
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The Scan Window
Opening the Scan Window
The “scan window” is where scans are performed and scan
settings adjusted. This chapter overviews basic scan window
layout and settings.
When Nikon Scan is started, one scan window will be opened
for each supported scanner connected and powered on (you
can choose the scan window to be opened at start up using the
Preferences dialog box as described in “The Scan Window:
Preferences,” below). If you are using Nikon Scan as a “standalone” application and have closed the scan window for a
particular scanner, you can re-open the window by choosing
the scanner from the list of devices shown in the Device
submenu of the Nikon Scan menu. If Nikon Scan is functioning as an acquire plug-in for another application, the scan window can be opened by selecting Nikon Scan from the application’s list of acquire or import sources.
The Scan Window: Opening the Scan Window
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The Parts of the Scan Window
The scan window is composed of the following sections:
• the title bar
• the control area
• the preview/crop area
• the interactive help display
The control area is the area on the left side of the scan window
containing a crop information display and the buttons and tabs
used in changing scan settings. The image to be scanned is
previewed in the preview/crop area on the right of the window,
where the area to be scanned (called a “crop”) can be selected.
The title bar, at the top of the window, shows the name and
firmware version of the scanner currently selected and gives its
SCSI ID and the ID of the host adapter. The interactive help
display, at the bottom of the window, displays help messages
when the cursor is moved over controls in the scan window.
Title
bar
The Scan Window: The Parts of the Scan Window
Control area
Preview/crop area
Interactive help
display
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Active controls
The buttons in the control area are active at different times
during the preview and scanning process depending on the
media and adapter used. Controls that are inactive are “grayed
out” or not colored. If the current adapter allows non-sequential scanning of multiple images, a thumbnail drawer-tab will be
displayed at the top of the control area. This tab will not be
displayed when a slide adapter is inserted in the scanner.
Moving the cursor over any of the drawer-tabs at the left side
of the control area causes the tab to pop out. Click the tab to
open the drawer and view the controls it contains. The drawer
can be closed by clicking the arrow tab at the right edge of the
drawer.
Control area for
multiple-image adapters
Control area for
slide adapters
Thumbnail
drawer-tab
Drawer tab
Drawer
The Scan Window: The Parts of the Scan Window
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No film/no adapter
If no adapter is inserted in the scanner or if no media are in the
adapter, the scan window will be grayed out and all controls
other than the preferences button will be inactive.
The controls and settings in the scan window will remain active
if the slide mount adapter or the slide feeder is removed from
the scanner, but the controls will not function as expected. For
example, clicking the scan button will produce an error.
Note: Adapters will not be recognized unless fully inserted in the
scanner.
The Scan Window: The Parts of the Scan Window
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Moving and Resizing the Scan Window
The scan window can be moved and resized using standard
window controls. Drag the bottom right corner of the window
to adjust it to any size between 600 × 450 pixels and the
dimensions of the computer monitor. Drag the title bar to
move the window anywhere on the desktop.
The window control buttons in the title bar offer the following
functions (the buttons shown are for MacOS versions 8.0 or
later; the “window-shade” button is not available in System 7):
(Close): Closes the window and returns
you to the calling application.
(Resize): Enlarges the window to fill the
screen. Clicking the button a
second time returns the window
to its original size.
(Window-shade):
Reduces the window to a title
bar. Click the button a second
time to reopen the window.
The Scan Window: Moving and Resizing the Scan Window
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