ScanWizard 5 Advanced Control Panel (If you want to further edit or manipulate your scanned image use the ScanWizard 5 Advanced Control Panel.) 1. Switching to Advanced Mode. Click on the Switch icon found on top of the ScanWizard 5 Standard Control Panel. 2. This will launch your ScanWizard Advanced Control Panel. The ScanWizard 5 ­ Advanced Control Panel has four windows consisting of Preview, Settings, Information, and Scan Job Queue windows. The Preview window and settings window will always appear when you bring up ScanWizard for the first time but will not reappear if you hide these windows the last time you ran ScanWizard. You may show (or hide again) the Information and Scan Job Queue window by clicking on the View menu (on Preview window menu bar) and click on Show (or Hide) Info/Scan Job Window. 1 The Preview Window Elements of Preview window The Menu Bar includes the different menus for setting up the scanner (Scanner menu), controlling view options (View menu), customizing the software (Preferences menu), Image Correction function (Correction menu), and accessing on-line help (Help menu). The Tools menu simplifies the performance of certain tasks. The tool buttons are (left to right) Frame, Magnify Glass, Pane and Dropper. 2 The Action buttons generate a specific action from the scanning software. The Action buttons include Overview, Prescan and Scan. The Switch button allows you to switch to Standard mode control panel. The Scan Material Status icon shows your scan material, whether it's reflective, positive, or negative. The Preview window is where the Overview or Prescan image appears after you click on the Overview or Prescan button. Rulers are located on both sides of the window to help you with measurement and alignment. The ruler unit can be selected The Status bar shows you some information for easier operation. The Menu Bar · The Scanner Menu The Scanner Menu lets you: o Show your scanner model or select a scanner if you have multiple scanners o Get information about your scanner o Get information about the USB chain. Scanner Model The top of the scanner menu displays the scanner model that you are currently using and its USB ID. If you have multiple scanners connected in your computer, all the scanners are shows with their respective Scanner ID's, and the current scanner is indicated by a check. 3 Get Current Scanner Info This will provide information about your current scanner. When you choose this command, you will get this dialog box showing the scanner model, Scanner ID number, firmware version and type of scanner (flatbed or slide scanner). Scanner Probe This command allows you to see the USB devices on your USB chain and the Scanner ID number of the devices. If you click on the Probe button it will probe all the USB scanners connected in your computer system. 4 If you click on the Information located at the end of "Select the interface card", it will give you the "Get Current Scanner Info" window. · The View Menu The View menu lets you: o Get an overview or prescan view of an image o Resize the Preview window o Show or hide the Information and Scan Job windows 5 Overview Image This command switches to Overview mode, lets you view the Overview image among the scan jobs. The Overview is a preview of your image as defined by the parameters set in the Overview Setup command (in the Preferences menu). For instance, if your image is 8" x 5" but the dimensions in the Overview Setup are 4" x 3", your overview will be 4 " 3". 6 The maximum size of the Overview varies, depending on your scanner model. For example, if the scan bed (the glass surface) of your scanner has a maximum size of 8.5" x 11", the maximum Overview will be limited to those directions. The new dimensions will take effect, however, only with the next Overview. This means you need to click on the Overview button so that the scanner does a new Overview; only then you will see the new dimensions of the Overview. Resize to Fit This will adjusts the Preview window to fit the Overview area. Use this command to utilize window space more efficiently. This command is available only if the current zoom level is 100%, and is disabled if zoom is set to other levels. To verify the zoom level, go to or open your Information window and look up the zoom level. Show/Hide commands These commands allow you to switch between showing or hiding the Scan Job, Information windows, and Status bar on your screen. To use this feature, choose the correct command from the View menu for viewing a window. When the window appears, you can hide it by choosing the particular Hide command for it. 7 For example, the first time you bring up ScanWizard 5 it will give you the Preview window, Settings window, Scan Job Queue window and Info window. If you want to hide your Scan Job Queue window, click on View, "Hide Scan Job Window". 8 This will hide remove the Scan Job Window in your display screen. To bring back your Scan Job Window click on View, Show Scan Job Window. 9 · The Preferences Menu The Preferences menu lets you: o o o o o o o o o Choose the correct scan material Set up color matching system Set up White/black point parameters Hide/show auxiliary cursor lines Set up Overview mode parameters Set up Prescan mode parameters Fine ­ tune monitor gamma values Invert images on the screen Further settings Scan Material This command allows you to select the correct scan material. Scan materials can be classified into 3 types: · · · Reflectives, such as photographs or pints. Positives, such as slides. Negatives, such as the negative film type you use for your camera. 10 The default scan material depends upon the scanner you're using, and the choices available to your scan Material submenu will also depend on your equipment. For instance, the positive option appears only if you're using a Transparent Media Adapter (TMA) with your canner. If you are scanning negative or positives, make sure you specify the correct scan material, or you will get inaccurate scan results. Prescan Setup This command allows you to set the parameters of scanning a prescan image. The Prescan button only scans the selected scanning frame, resulting a more detailed preview image. To setup your parameters just click on the option you need. 11 a. Fast Prescan, if checked you will get a coarse image at a faster scanning speed; if unchecked, you will get a quality image with the sacrifice of scanning speed. b. Prescan Image Margin allows you to specify margin around the scan job in the first place, subsequently you can adjust the scan frames slightly in the Prescan mode. Available options are: c. Prescan Image Dimension allows you to specify the size of the prescan image. Available options are: 12 Invert This command creates a negative of an image. The Invert effect is applied to all scan jobs, not just the selected scan job. More Commands Keep Overview Image If checked, the image which is prescanned in the overview command remains on the screen until next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, when you exit from ScanWizard 5, the overview image is deleted. 13 Keep All Prescan Image If check the image which is prescanned in the prescan command remains on the screen until next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, when you exit from ScanWizard 5, the prescanned image is deleted. Confirmation Message If checked, a confirmation message appears when setting image effect functions such as Rotate or Flip. If unchecked, the message does not appear. Smoked Glass Background This command helps you distinguish the current scan frame from the rest of the preview image for greater visibility of the current scan frame. If turned on, the part of the image with the current scan frame will stand out. While the rest of the image (the "irrelevant material") is relegated to a background resembling smoked glass. Scan Quality Selection: Speed ­ Higher scanning speed results lower image quality Quality ­ if selected, the scan head remains stationary while CCD is exposed to light source. In a result, a better image is achieved. Most scan materials can get a quality scan if this mode is chosed. Best Quality ­ is available for 10- or 12- bit scanners only. This option is useful for scanning bad original and perform image correction without loosing detailed information. Working Directory Lets you specify a place to store temporary working files (e.g. scan job files) during ScanWizard's session. 14 The Tools Button Scan Frame Tool This tool lets you create a scan frame or multiple scan frames in the preview image, which is the active area on which controls and commands can be applied. 15 Magnify Glass Tool This tool enlarges your view of the preview image, allowing you to set the scan frame with greater precision if you need to. Only your view of the preview image is changed; the actual size of the image remains unaffected. The Action Buttons Overview Scans a low resolution preview at a size specified in the Overview Setup command. Prescan Performs high resolution preview for the selected scan jobs. 16 Scan Lets you scan the image in your scanner and delivers it to your image-editing software. Rulers The rulers on both sides of the preview window help you with operations that need precise measurement and alignment of your image. The unit of measurement in the rulers is determined by the unit of measurement you selected. This can be done either in the Image Dimension controls, located in the Settings window, or by clicking on the ruler unit button at the 0,0 of the rules in the preview window. 17 Preview Area The preview area is where the preview image appears. The dimension of the preview area varies, depending on your scanner model. 18 The Settings Window Elements of Settings window Type Menu: Lets you select the image type in which your image will be scanned and processed. Unit Selection: Lets you choose the unit of measurement for resolution in either ppi (pixel per inch) or lpi (lines per inch). Advanced Image Correction tools: Improve image quality by enhancing image characteristics such as brightness and contrast, white and black points, and others. Resolution edit box: Lets you enter a resolution value in which yoiur image will be output (not scanned). 19 Image Dimension controls: Include various parameters for specifying scan frame width and height, scaling, output width and height, and unit of measurement Output Image Parameters 1. Type (Image Type or Scan Mode) This determines what your resulting scan will be. It does not refer to the original image mode. For instance, if you have a color photo but choose 256 grayscale for the scan modem the photo is canned and processed as grayscale. 2. Resolution Refers to the desired resolution for outputting the image to a device, such as a monitor or printer. It does not refer to the resolution in which the image is scanned. 20 ...