User manual MICROTEK SCANMAKER S400

[. . . ] About ScanWizard 5 About ScanWizard 5 ScanWizard 5 is Microtek's scanning software developed exclusively for Microtek scanners. ScanWizard 5's unique dual interface has features that both novice and experienced scanner users will love. ScanWizard 5's two interfaces are the named ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel and the ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel. Learn more about the Standard Control Panel Learn more about the Advanced Control Panel Switching Between Standard and Advanced file:///D|/sw56/About_ScanWizard_5. htm [8/15/03 3:49:21 PM] Special Feature of the Standard Control Panel Special Feature of the Standard Control Panel The ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel provides a simple but straightforward control over the scanning process. [. . . ] Angle This shows the angle of the pointer on the Color Wheel as measured in degrees, and a value can also be entered directly in the edit box to move the cursor to any point in the Wheel. Example: 0° corresponds to the color red on the Wheel, 60° to the color yellow, 120° to the color green, 180° to the color cyan, 240° to the color blue, and 300° to the color magenta. Original After correction After correction file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Color_Correction. htm (2 of 4) [8/15/03 4:11:52 PM] Color Correction tool Radius This field shows the amount of shift towards a particular color and works in tandem with the Angle field. The Radius range extends from 0 located at the center of the Color Wheel and indicating the least concentration of color, to 1, located at the periphery of the Wheel and indicating the greatest concentration of color. Example: If your angle is 0° (red on the Color Wheel) and the radius is 1, this results in an intense reddish cast on the entire image. The Angle-Radius feature works differently from that of the Saturation bar, which increases the saturation of all hues in the image without tending towards any particular color cast. Saturation bar This lets you change the intensity of the hues (colors) in your image. Use Saturation selectively, because increasing saturation will increase the intensity of all hues in the image. To change the hue of an image, move the pointer in the color wheel to its new color position in the wheel. To change the saturation of an image, drag on the saturation slide bar. Dragging the slide bar to the left decreases saturation; dragging it to the right increases saturation. file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Color_Correction. htm (3 of 4) [8/15/03 4:11:52 PM] Color Correction tool 3. Use the Angle, Radius, and Picker as necessary. For more details, see the section The Action buttons. file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Color_Correction. htm (4 of 4) [8/15/03 4:11:52 PM] Filters Advanced Control Panel > Settings window Filters The Filters tool lets you apply or create special effects to your images. The filters include Blur, Blur More, Edge Enhancement, Emboss, Gaussian Blur, Unsharp Masking, Sharpen Low, Sharpen Medium, and Sharpen High. In using the Filters tool, keep in mind that the image you obtain in the preview window may differ from the way the image appears when you finally scan it in. The appearance of the image in the preview window and how it is affected by a filter will depend on the resolution of the image. The higher the resolution, the less obvious the effect of certain filters (such as Blur). file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Filters. htm (1 of 7) [12/16/03 11:59:27 PM] Filters Using the Filters: Click the Current box, and from the drop-down menu that appears, select the filter to be used. file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Filters. htm (2 of 7) [12/16/03 11:59:27 PM] Filters Blur filters The Blur filters eliminate noise in the parts of the image where significant color transitions occur. These filters decrease the contrast between adjacent pixels, making the image appear hazy and out of focus. q Blur smooths out the transitions by lightening pixels next to the hard edges of defined lines and shaded areas. Blur More produces an effect three or four times stronger than Blur. q Before Gaussian Blur filter After The Gaussian Blur is used to defocus an area of the image where significant color transitions occur or where noise exists, and the filter produces a hazy effect. "Gaussian" refers to the bell-shaped curve that is generated when this filter adjusts the color values of the affected pixels. The dialog box below appears when you choose Gaussian Blur from the Filter menu. file:///D|/sw56/AIC_Filters. htm (3 of 7) [12/16/03 11:59:27 PM] Filters The Mask Size determines the depth of the surrounding pixels that will be affected. The larger the mask size, the stronger the blurring effect of the filter. The Threshold allows you to specify a tolerance range or a field of contrast between adjacent pixels before blurring is applied. [. . . ] The CCD exposure scheme is similar to that of the "Quality" option, but the image correction is first applied on the 10- or 12-bit image, then is converted to an 8-bit image. RGBcolor (48-bit) images are always scanned in Best Quality option regardless of the Scan Quality option selected. This option is useful for scanning poor-quality originals and for performing image correction without losing detailed information. This option is also useful for scanning Line art images to keep edges smooth. Interpolation Mode The interpolation mode controls the way ScanWizard 5 interpolates (either expands or shrinks) image data. [. . . ]