User manual MINOLTA SR-T 201

[. . . ] 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 (Macintosh OS, Windows®95, Windows®98, Windows®2000, 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 II software. This manual does not instruct in the: · basic use of personal computers. [. . . ] By dragging the Colour Balance slider to the right (or inputting a big plus number in the text box), each colour content is increased to emphasize each colour. Contrast correction: RGB color balance correction: ­ 56 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION CORRECTING BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST/COLOR BALANCE ­ AUTO SETTING Click on the Auto Setting button. · The brightness and contrast of the image is corrected automatically according to the lightness information without changing the RGB input colour balance. · The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area. CORRECTING BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST/COLOR BALANCE ­ RESET Click on the Reset button. · The corrections made in the Brightness, Contrast, Colour Balance Correction dialog box will all be reset. The prescan image will also return to the previous image. ­ 57 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION CORRECTING HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS 1 Click on . · The Hue, Saturation, Lightness Correction dialog box will appear. 2 Drag each Hue, Saturation or Lightness slider or input each value directly in each text box. · Values from ­180 to +180 or ­100 to +100 can be input in the Hue or the Saturation and Lightness respectively. · The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area. Post-Correction Colour Sample Pre-Correction Colour Sample Hue correction: By dragging the Hue slider, the colour of the image displayed in PreCorrection Colour Sample is changed as shown in Post-Correction Colour Sample. When the Hue slider is dragged to the rightmost or leftmost side, the hue of the image is reversed. By dragging the Saturation slider to the right (or inputting a big plus number in the text box), the colours become more saturated. By dragging the Saturation slider to the left (or inputting a big minus number in the text box), the saturation of the image is reduced. By dragging the Lightness slider to the right (or inputting a big plus number in the text box), the lightness of the image is raised. Saturation correction: Lightness correction: ­ 58 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION CORRECTING HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS ­ AUTO SETTING Click on the Auto Setting button. · The saturation of the image is corrected automatically without changing the hue and lightness information. · The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area. CORRECTING HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS ­ RESET Click on the Reset button. · The corrections made in the Hue, Saturation, Lightness Correction dialog box will all be reset. The prescan image will also return to the previous image. ­ 59 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION VARIATION CORRECTION The Variation correction allows you to correct the brightness, contrast and saturation while checking the simulated image after correction. 1 Click on . · The Variation correction dialog box will appear. 2 Click on the arrow in the Correction list box to select the correction item. · Colour Balance, Brightness & Contrast and Saturation can be selected from the Correction list box. · Colour Balance and Saturation cannot be selected when B&W is selected in the film type. · The Digital ROC function may not always be obtained effectively depending on the conditions of the film or the faded colour. · Much more time is required for scanning when the Digital ROC function is turned on, compared with when that function is turned off. ­ 69 ­ DIGITAL ROC/GEM DIGITAL GEM The images of developed film are composed of high-density grains. So, a sharp and smooth image can be obtained even when the image of 35 mm film is magnified. 1 Click on in the Main window. · The [Digital GEM] tab will be activated. 2 Click on in the Main window. · The prescan will begin. · The Prescan window will appear and the prescan image will be displayed in the window. 3 Select the desired Input Resolution in the Scan Settings window (P. 80-81). 4 Click on [Digital GEM] tab. · The next page window will appear. ­ 70 ­ DIGITAL ROC/GEM Digital GEM Adjust slider Digital GEM text box Digital GEM check button Digital GEM image display check area Digital GEM check area Digital GEM image display area 5 Drag the Digital GEM Adjust slider or input the desired value directly in the text box. · Values from 0 to 100 can be input. · The bigger the value is, the more effective the correction result is. ­ 71 ­ DIGITAL ROC/GEM 6 Change the Digital GEM check area size or move that area if necessary and specify the image area to be checked. · The Digital GEM check area is specified in the center of the image and the size of 64 pixels x 64 pixels. · To move the area or change the area size, refer to the operations of the cropping frame (p. 43 to 44). 7 Click on the Digital GEM check but- ton. · To get the Digital GEM check image, the film will be scanned according to the input resolution specified in step 3. · The image area specified in step 6 will be corrected according to the value specified in step 5, and displayed in the Digital GEM check image display area and the correction result can be checked. ­ 72 ­ DIGITAL ROC/GEM 8 Repeat steps 5 to 7 if necessary and specify the Digital GEM adjust value so that an appropriate correction result can be obtained. 9 Click on . · The image will be scanned and corrected according to the specified value (Digital GEM adjust value). · For operations after performing the final scan, see page 86. · When scanning a B&W film, the Digital GEM function is not available. · When using the Digital GEM function, be sure and perform the prescan and adjust focus with the Point AF or Manual Focus function (p. 40 to 41) before the final scan. Putting a checkmark on [Auto Focus at Scan] in the Preferences is recommended. [. . . ] · The same image correction performed for the prescan image is applied to the other slides. ­ 102 ­ SLIDE FEEDER (optional accessory) 5 Specify the file destination and input the file name to be saved. 6 When using the DS Multi II Utility software, select the file type to be saved from the [Save as Type] list box (or the file format pull-down menu). · When selecting JPEG as a file type, select the compression rate from the 3 items. · The number of frames with which [Continuous Scanning -> Continuous Loading] can be performed varies depending on the image editing application. For details, refer to the instruction manual supplied with the image editing application you use. 7 Click on [Save] (or [OK]). · The final scan will begin. · Every time an image is scanned, the image is saved with the input file name adding a serial number of 2 digits in the specified location and file type. [. . . ]