User manual MICROTEK PC R SWPRO 0805

[. . . ] Microtek ScanWizard Pro Reference Manual for Windows i Copyright 2005 by Microtek International, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Microtek®, ArtixTM, 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. All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders. Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. [. . . ] Example: If you applied filters, changed the curve, and then clicked Cancel, none of the changes will take effect, and you exit the AIC dialog box. The Default button If Reset is selected, the settings are restored to their default values; if Cancel is selected, the operation has no effect. The Revert button Clicking on this button cancels out the changes you made with the current image correction tool. This means that if you used several tools (and achieved a look that is the cumulative effect of all the tools), using Revert will cancel the effect of only the current tool and preserve the effects of the other preceding tools. The Add to Menu button Clicking on this button to save the settings you have made as a name. You may retrieve this user-defined AIC setting afterwards from the Setting windows. Example: Suppose you have set a Dynamic Range for future use, at the Description column, you input "24-bit color" string. 60 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Windows To retrieve user-defined AIC settings From Settings window, select the AIC settings you have made from the respective AIC command. Example: Suppose the Dynamic Range settings of your input (e. g. , 24-bit color) is available for choosing. The Reset button Clicking on this button brings up the Reset dialog box, where you can specify which settings are to be reset, then click Reset or Cancel. If Reset is selected, the settings are restored to their default values; if Cancel is selected, the operation has no effect. Example: If you changed white/black points, changed brightness, then clicked on Reset and chose to reset brightness, the brightness setting of the scan job is restored to its default; but the altered shadows and highlights remains in effect. If you reset both white/black points and brightness, then those values are both restored to default. Reference: The Settings Window 61 To remove user-defined AIC settings From Settings window, choose the AIC function, then select the Remove Settings item. A Settings dialog box appears. Select the Settings you want to remove, click the Remove button. 62 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Windows Dynamic Range tool This tool lets you locate the lightest tone (Dmin) and the darkest tone (Dmax) of the original in the prescan image; and then capture the full tonal range of the final scan image without posterization. The maximum dynamic range depends on the bit depth of the scanner model. For example, a 12-bit per (R, G, and B) color scanner may have 3. 6D in dynamic range; where a 8-bit per color scanner will have lower dynamic range. A piece of positive original can have a dynamic range up to 4. 0D, yet negative original or reflective material (picture or printed document) results a dynamic range possibly equal or lower than 2. 0D. Without optimized remapping from scanner's dynamic range to the dynamic range of the original, tonal range of the image will not be fully captured, resulting poor contrast. Automatic dynamic range setting determines the lightest tone (Dmin) and darkest tone (Dmax) of the original automatically, then captures the image with the full input tonal range of the scanner. This setting optimizes the contrast of the output image, most useful for scanning negative films. Note: Automatic dynamic range is not suitable for originals such as image contains direct light sources or specular highlights such as reflections from shining metal or bright glass surfaces, these should be kept as purely white. An automatic Dmin may generally be placed incorrectly in specular highlights, causing other highlights and midtones to be darkened. In addition, automatic Dmin/Dmax setting is not suitable for low-key and high-key images. Reference: The Settings Window 63 The Dynamic Range dialog box By default, this tool automatically determines the lightest density or tone (Dmin) and darkest tone (Dmax) of the original; then it captures the image color data (histogram area) with the full input tonal range of the scanner. This setting optimizes color balance and the contrast of the output image, and is most useful for scanning negative films. You can override the auto-settings by defining your own custom dynamic range (Dmin/Dmax) values to all or each individual RGB channels. Manual setting tools are provided in the AIC Dynamic Range dialog box shown below. "Automatic" is checked & will display to indicate auto setting is on when the Auto button is clicked Access to other AIC tools Drag sliders to define custom Dmin/Dmax settings Enter custom Dmax setting here Enter custom Dmin setting here Click to revert to the Scan Wizard Pro default setting Click to apply or revert to automatic setting (ScanWizard Pro algorithm) when dissatisfied with manual setting Click to revert to the custom setting defined right after current start up Click to save and add the current custom setting to Dynamic Range pre-set settings Observe histogram density values at cursor position as it is swept around the histogram Click to automatically apply the full range setting "Custom" is checked & will display to indicate manual setting is on when the Dmin or Dmax is manually adjusted Click to delete saved custom Dynamic Range settings (if any) from folder Click to automatically or manually balance all RGB channels Click to automatically or manually balance individual RGB channel 64 Microtek ScanWizard Pro for Windows You can also use the Eyedropper tools to define Dmin and Dmax settings. [. . . ] In the Preview window, select the "Color Matching Setup" command from the Preferences menu. Check the "Auto Color Enhancement" option, then press the OK button. Click the "Scan" or "Batch" button to perform scanning. The resulting enhanced image displays shortly afterwards. Windows XP Mac OS X Before After 13 Changes to function name Working Color Space The term "Color Space" has been changed to "Working Color Space. " Originally located under the "More" command, this function can now be found under the "Preferences" menu. Mac OS X Windows XP Sharpen The term "Unsharp Mask Filter, " located under the Filter pull-down menu in the Settings window, has been changed to "Sharpen. " Mac OS X Windows XP 14 Preferences / Default Command A new Default command has been added to the Preferences menu, allowing users to reset selected preferences to factory defaults and to recover the original values. [. . . ]