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. [. . . ] The RGB display shows the original scanned values with the values of any corrections made to the displayed prescan: B:167/187 (Blue channel: original scan value/current corrected value). For more about making corrections to the scanned image, see pages 52 to 73. 51 STANDARD SCAN UTILITY 7. IMAGE CORRECTION To optimise the scan data, the image can be processed before it is scanned IMAGE CORRECTION TAB Click the correction tab in the main window to view the correction window. Tone-curve/Histogram button Graphic control over colour, contrast, and value (see page 53). Brightness/Contrast/Colour-balance button Slider control over colour, contrast, and values (see page 62). Hue/Saturation/Lightness button Colour-space controls (see page 63) Variation button To select the degree of correction among sample images (see page 64). Reset button Cancels all corrections (see page 67). Snapshot button To store and display a prescan image temporarily (see page 67). Comparison display button To display the original image with the corrected image (see page 68). Fit-to-window button To automatically size the image to the utility window. Load image-correction-Job button To apply saved image-correction settings to the displayed image (see page 68). Save image-correction-Job button To store all correction settings (see page 68). Redo button To redo previous corrections (see page 67). Undo button To undo the current correction (see page 67). Unsharp-mask button To sharpen the image (see page 66). Selective-colour button To correct a specific colour without affecting other colours. 52 Correction Display TONE CURVES AND HISTOGRAM Click the tone curve/histogram button to open the dialog box. Colour-histogram button Channel list box Freehand curve button Smooth curve button Tone curve White-point button Gray-point button Black-point button Apply button Histogram Input shadow/gamma/highlight text box Input shadow/gamma/highlight sliders Output shadow/highlight text box Auto-setting button Reset button 53 STANDARD SCAN UTILITY Output shadow/highlight sliders TIPS RGB and CMYK The RGB colour model is an additive process that uses the primary colours of light: red, green, and blue. An additive colour system mixes the three colours to recreate the entire spectrum of light. If all three colours are mixed, white light is produced. Television sets and computer monitors use RGB to create images. The CMYK colour model is a subtractive process that uses the secondary colours: cyan, magenta, and yellow. A subtractive colour system recreates colour with pigments and dyes to absorb unwanted colour. If all three colours are mixed, black is produced. CMYK systems are used in photography and printing. [. . . ] · Confirm the colour negative film type is selected, and rescan the image. · Colour balance the image using the utility's image correction tools. · If the problem is not solved, reinstall the DiMAGE Elite II software. Select the autofocus-at-scan option in the preference box, or use point AF or manual focus. [. . . ]