User manual MINOLTA DIMAGE SCAN ELITE II

[. . . ] 9224-2888-11 H-A109 E EASY SCAN UTILITY GETTING STARTED INSTRUCTION MANUAL APPENDIX STANDARD SCAN UTILITY TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 STANDARD SCAN UTILITY . . . . . 30 1. LAUNCHING THE STANDARD SCAN UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 WINDOWS LAUNCHING THE STANDARD SCAN UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Launching the utility with Photoshop Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Launching the utility software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 MACINTOSH LAUNCHING THE STANDARD SCAN UTILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Launching the utility in Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Launching the utility software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 CHECKING THE PACKAGE CONTENTS. . 8 INSTALLING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE. . . . 9 About TWAIN drivers and plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Windows 98/98SE/ 2000 Professional/Me/XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 INSTALLING ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Windows 98/98SE/ 2000 Professional/Me/XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 NAMES OF PARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CONNECTING THE AC ADAPTOR . . . . . . . . . 19 CONNECTING THE SCANNER CABLE. . 20 IEEE 1394 cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 USB cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Disconnecting the cable with Windows . . . . 21 2. SETTING UP THE SCANNER . . . . . . . . . 33 MAIN WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 SETTING SCANNER PREFERENCES . . . 34 3. SETTING THE FILM FORMAT AND TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 5. [. . . ] This function is useful when scanning a series of high and low-key images that have consistent exposures. Also, when scanning a bracket series on negative film, by locking the exposure on one frame, the prescans of the other frames will show the exposure difference in the bracketed series. 1 After making a prescan or setting the exposure of the reference image with the AE-area-selection function, click the AE lock button . · The scanners exposure now is fixed. · The normal prescan exposure can be locked without using the AE-area-selection function. 2 Select another image and click the prescan button to view the result with the set exposure. · To cancel the AE lock, click the AE lock button again, or change the film type. · The prescan and final scan will be made with the locked exposure settings until the AE lock is cancelled, or the scanner is reinitialized. POINT AF (AUTOFOCUS) The DiMAGE Scan Elite II's autofocus system uses the CCD sensor to focus the scanner. When the autofocus-at-scan option is selected in the preferences box, the autofocus system uses the centre of the image to determine the focus. This normally results in an excellent scan when the film plane is flat. However, if the film is warped or curled, the scanner can be focused using the point AF or manual focus functions. CAUTION For best results when using point AF or manual focus, select an area within the image with contrast or detail. The point AF and manual focus functions cannot focus on a smooth, flat image area such as a cloudless or overcast sky. 1 Click the point-AF button . · The mouse pointer will change to the point-AF icon. · Click the point-AF button again to cancel the function. 2 Click on the area of image to be used for focus. · Autofocus will begin. The newly focused prescan will be displayed. 49 STANDARD SCAN UTILITY MANUAL FOCUS The scanner can be focused manually using the focus meter. 1 Click the manual-focus button . · The mouse pointer will change to the manualfocus icon. · To cancel the function, click the manual-focus button again. 2 Click on the area of the image to be used for focus. · The focus meter window will appear. 3 Adjust the slider using the mouse until the black and white bars are at their longest extension for sharpest focus. · The black bar indicates the change in focus. The white bar indicates the longest extent of the black bar and the point of sharpest focus. 4 Click "OK" to set the focus. · A new prescan will start and replace the previous image. 50 CROPPING APS IMAGES When APS film format is selected, the CHP button is displayed in the prescan window. Clicking the CHP button cycles the cropping frame through the "C, " "H, " and "P" APS framing formats. When using the image-correction tools, only the cropped area is displayed. Click the CHP button until the desired frame is displayed. · The cropping area can be adjusted or moved using the mouse. To move the frame, place the mouse pointer within the framed area and then click and drag. To adjust the frame, place the mouse pointer on the edge of the frame and then click and drag. To extend the frame over the entire image, press control+A (Windows) or command+A (Macintosh). H P C OTHER DISPLAYS IN THE PRESCAN WINDOW FRAME NUMBER The display above the prescan image shows the frame number of the displayed prescan followed by the total number of frames scanned. Clicking the right arrow displays the next frame, and clicking the left arrow displays the previous frame. When the selected frame has not been prescanned, clicking either button will automatically start the prescan and the image will be displayed when the scan is completed. Frame number/total number of frames RGB display RGB DISPLAY The RGB information of the mouse-pointer position is displayed in the prescan window. The information shows the brightness levels of each colour channel from 0 to 255. [. . . ] 20 W 145 x 100 x 325 mm 1. 5kg 35mm colour positive film (Windows and Macintosh operating systems). Scan: 33 sec. Testing conditions: Windows Pentium IV 1. 5GHz Windows 2000 Professional Macintosh PowerPC G4 533 MHz Mac OS 9. 1 RAM: 512 MB IEEE 1395 with Adaptec FireConnect 4300 FireWire Host application: Adobe Photoshop ver. 6. 0 Auto exposure: off Digital ICE3: off Scanning time changes according to the preferences used. Specifications are based on the latest information available at the time of printing and are subject to change without notice. 95 APPENDIX TROUBLESHOOTING This section covers minor problems with scanner operation. [. . . ]