User manual MICROTEK SCANMAKER 9600XL - Reference Manual

Microtek ScanWizard Pro Reference Manual Macintosh version i Copyright 2001 by Microtek International, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Microtek®, AritxTM, and ScanWizardTM Pro are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microtek International Inc. Adobe® and Acrobat® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Macintosh® and Apple® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders. Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder. Microtek bears no responsibility for the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials. To obtain optimal results from the Microtek scanning software and user's manual, you should be familiar 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. October 2001 Microtek Microtek Lab, Inc. 3715 Doolittle Drive Redondo Beach, CA 90278-1226 Main: 310-297-5000 Sales: 800-654-4160 FAX: 310-297-5050 BBS: 310-297-5102 Technical Support: 310-297-5151 AutoTech fax back system: 310-297-5101 http://www.microtekusa.com Microtek International, Microtek International, Inc. 6, Industry East Road 3 Science Based Industrial Park Hsinchu, 30077, Taiwan TEL: 886-3-5772155 FAX: 886-3-5772598 http://www.microtek.com Microtek Europe B.V. Microtek Europe B.V. Klompenmaker Str. 76 3194DE Hoogvliet-RT The Netherlands TEL: +31-10-242-5688 FAX: +31-10-242-5699 http://www.microtekeurope.com ii 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 iii 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. Best Quality Multiple Sampling ................................................................. 39 E. Interpolation Mode ................................................................................... 40 F Memory Usage .......................................................................................... 41 . G. Scratch Directory ..................................................................................... 41 The Correction Menu ................................................................................................. 42 The Help Menu ........................................................................................................... 42 The Toolbar ................................................................................................................ 43 Scan Frame tool ................................................................................................... 44 Zoom tool ............................................................................................................ 45 Pane tool ............................................................................................................. 46 Tag 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 resolution ..................................................................................... 54 Zoom scale .......................................................................................................... 54 Zoom-out ............................................................................................................ 55 Zoom-in .............................................................................................................. 55 Flasher for High and Low Value Markers ............................................................. 55 iv 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 v 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 vi 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 vii 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 Information window provides color information on a selected area of the image Scan Job window provides functions for managing scan jobs Preview window has commands and tools for controlling the scanner 2 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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 S+ 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 B, Overview C. Prescan button button D. Toolbar E. Scan button A. Menu bar F. Scan Material icon G. Unit of measurement H. Rulers I. Preview area J. Auxiliary bar L. Status bar K. Handy buttons 4 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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 SnapTransTM Templates feature · Show the current context for scanning · Exit ScanWizard Pro 6 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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. 2. Choose New ScanWizard Context from the File menu. 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. 2. Choose Load ScanWizard Context from the File menu. 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. 2. Choose Save ScanWizard Context As from the File menu. 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. 8 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh SnapTrans Templates This command lets you choose the particular SnapTransTM 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. Choose SnapTrans Templates from the File menu. The SnapTrans Templates dialog box appears. Choose the correct scan material. Select the template to be loaded by clicking the template icon. 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. 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. 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. When you are finished, click the Scan button in the Preview window to start scanning with the use of your selected SnapTrans template. 6 7. Create button (step 5) Choose your scan material (step 2) Template icon (step 3) Folder where scan jobs will be saved (step 4) 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. 10 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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 Click the Probe button to update scanner information on the SCSI / USB chain 12 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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. 14 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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. 16 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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 Prescan viewing mode 18 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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. 2. 3. Click the Scan Frame tool. Select the area to be prescanned by drawing a frame around the area in the Overview image. 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. 2. 3. Define your scan jobs in the Scan Job window (see the Scan Job window section of the manual for more details). To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job or Preview window. 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 S+ R keys simultaneously. 20 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh 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 SnapTransTM 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. 22 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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 ColorSyncTM 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. 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 2. 24 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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 r 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. Reference: The Preview Window 25 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. 26 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. Reference: The Preview Window 27 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. 28 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. · · · · 2. On both the x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axis On the x axis only On the y axis only None (no cursor lines) Click the Scan Frame tool. When you move the pointer to the image, the cursor auxiliary lines will appear. Cursor Auxiliary Lines Reference: The Preview Window 29 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. 30 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. Reference: The Preview Window 31 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. 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). 3. 32 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. 2. Go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and choose Prescan Setup. 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. Reference: The Preview Window 33 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. 34 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. Original Inverted image To use this feature: Choose the Invert command in the Preferences menu. A check appears next to the command when it is enabled. Reference: The Preview Window 35 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. 36 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh More Preferences The More command shows the More Preferences dialog box, where you can specify other options for ScanWizard Pro. Reference: The Preview Window 37 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). 38 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh 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. 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. This setting is available only to higher-depth scanners (10-, 12bit, 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. Quality Best Quality D. Best Quality Multiple Sampling This feature is only implemented on high-end scanner models. This option will not be displayed if the function is not supported by your scanner. The Best Quality Multiple Sampling function allows your scanner to perform multiple scans on each line, and then converts their average results into one line. This scheme reduces image noise while increasing the dynamic range of the scanner. To enable this function, the Scan Quality should be set as Best Quality. Next, choose the sampling lines you need from the Best Quality Multiple Sampling select options; your selection will be used for the final scan. Available sampling lines are 2, 4, 8, and 16. Choose None if multiple sampling is not required. The greater the number of sampling lines chosen, the greater the amount of image data being processed. A trade-off occurs, however, between sampling and speed, and the higher the number of sampling lines, the slower the scanning time. Note: If you do not select Best Quality in the Scan Quality option, the Best Quality Multiple Sampling option menu turns gray and is disabled. Reference: The Preview Window 39 E. Interpolation Mode The 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. 40 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh F. 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. · · G. 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. Reference: The Preview Window 41 The Correction 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. 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. 42 Microtek ScanWizard for Macintosh The Toolbar Scan Frame Zoom Pane Tag Windows Reference: The Preview Window 43