User manual MINOLTA REGIUS 190 BROCHURE

[. . . ] To realize all the benefits of your scanner, please read this manual and the accompanying hardware manual thoroughly. The instructions in this manual assume you have a working knowledge of the operating system for your computer (Mac OS, Windows 95, or Windows NT) and its conventions. Familiarity with the mouse and standard operating system menus and commands is necessary before operating the Dimâge Scan Multi software. This manual does not instruct in the: · basic use of personal computers. [. . . ] The Control will be at the top or the left, while the Preview will be at the bottom or right. Contrast slider Brightness slider Preview image Shows the prescan with the changes. Reset button Cancels the changes without closing the Variations dialog box. Cancel button Closes the Variations dialog box without making changes. OK button Applies the changes and closes the Variations dialog box. Help button Click on the help button to launch the help file. · Only the area inside the cropping frame appears in the variations dialog box. 31 VARIATIONS BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST CHANGES Brightness changes are represented horizontally; by the bar at the bottom and the thumbnails in a row (from left to right). Contrast changes are represented vertically; by the bar on the side and the thumbnails in a column (from top to bottom). Click on a thumbnail that represents a correction. The preview image will receive the change and the brightness/contrast on the grid will shift accordingly. · Example: The thumbnail in the first column/first row represents a decrease in brightness and an increase in contrast. You can also use the arrows on the slider bars to make corrections. · If the upper or lower limits of brightness or contrast are reached, the preview image will not be in the center. 32 ADJUSTING THE COLOR BALANCE Adjust the color balance as necessary by clicking on the R, G, and B sliders. · R can subtract red (left arrow) or subtract cyan (right arrow). · G can subtract green (left arrow) or subtract magenta (right arrow). · B can subtract blue (left arrow) or subtract yellow (right arrow). FULL-SCREEN VIEW BUTTON Click on to view the control and preview images full screen. · The control image will be to the left or on top. · Click the mouse anywhere on the screen to return the the normal Variations dialog box. CANCELLING OR APPLYING THE CHANGES Click on Click on Click on in the Variations dialog box to apply the changes and close the dialog box. Click on and hold to view the output level histograms. APPLYING OR CANCELLING CORRECTIONS Click on Click on Click on to apply the changes. to cancel the changes without closing the dialog box. 37 SAVING AND LOADING HISTOGRAM SETTINGS The Dimâge Scan Dual software lets you save the histogram settings as a file that can be loaded and applied to other images. This is convenient when you will be scanning more images that require the same corrections. SAVE HISTOGRAM 1. Click on . · The standard save dialog box for your operating system will appear. 2. Select the destination and name the file. · The file will be saved as a data (. dat) file. 3. Click on . · The standard open dialog box for your operating system will appear. 2. Select the desired histogram file. · The settings in the selected file are applied to the current image. 3. Click on Open. · Histogram settings for color and B&W films are not interchangeable. 38 TONE CURVES The Tone Curves dialog box displays curves for the prescanned image inside the cropping frame. The curve represents the input brightness values (x-axis) in relation to the output values (y-axis). It is possible to make changes to the individual curves for each channel; red (R), green (G), and blue (B), or to make changes to the overall curve (RGB curve). OPENING THE TONE CURVES DIALOG BOX Click on in the Prescan window to open the Tone Curves dialog box. TONE CURVES DIALOG BOX ­ NAMES OF PARTS Control image Color channel drop-down list (R, G, B, RGB) White point button Black point button Freehand curve button Smooth curve button Load Tone Curve button Save Tone Curve button Full Screen Display button Help button Output brightness value Input brightness value Reset button Cancel button OK button Preview image · The right side of the curve affects highlights, the left side of the curve affects shadows, and the midtones fall in between. Brightness values are 0 (black) at the bottom of the grid, 255 (white) at the top of the grid, and the middle values fall in between. [. . . ] press the Command, Shift, and i keys simultaneously. Reinitializing while using the APS adapter: 1. · Initialisation (set-up) will resume. 58 RESOLUTION INFORMATION RESOLUTION, RESIZING, AND RESAMPLING Image size (width x height) and resolution determine file size. As all the image adjustments are made before scanning and the Dimâge Scan Multi will not allow you to enter an Input resolution lower than the relative output resolution, there is no need for users of the Utility software to be concerned about resampling up or interpolation (two computer functions that can result in loss of image quality) when scanning. Users of image editing software (such as Adobe Photoshop) however, can adjust image size and resolution in the application after scanning. [. . . ]