User manual NIKON SCAN 4 USER MANUAL

[. . . ] Nikon Scan 4 Reference Manual Read This First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­11 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2­5 Scanning Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7­10 Elements of Nikon Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Scan Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12­29 The Tool Chest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30­76 Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77­105 Image Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106­126 Nikon View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Scan Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128­131 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] EVs are sometimes referred to as "steps. " The Tool Chest -- Analog Gain Smear Choosing too high a value for exposure may produce "smear" or other defects in the scanned image. Analog Gain The status of analog gain is shown in the scan window information panel. A warning icon ( ) will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to analog gain. TOP 69 Scan Image Enhancer (9000 ED, 5000 ED, COOLSCAN V ED Only) Automatic Color, Brightness, and Contrast Adjustment The Scan Image Enhancer automatically adjusts brightness To preview the effects of the Scan Image Enhancer, click and color saturation during scanning to produce an image Redraw. It is only available with 9000 ED, 5000 ED, and COOLSCAN V ED film scanners. To use the Scan Image Enhancer, select Enable Scan Image Enhancer in the "Scan Image Enhancer" palette. Enable Scan Image Enhancer check box Redraw button Scan Image Enhancer The status of the Scan Image Enhancer is shown in the scan window information panel. A warning icon ( ) will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to the Scan Image Enhancer. Scanning Time Scanning times may increase slightly when the Scan Image Enhancer is enabled. The "Scan Image Enhancer" Palette The "Scan Image Enhancer" palette is only available when the scan window is active. The Tool Chest -- Scan Image Enhancer Dark Images If the image is dark, the Scan Image Enhancer may have no effect or may make the scanned image darker. Turn the Scan Image Enhancer off if it fails to produce the desired results. TOP 70 Scanner Extras Controlling Scanner Settings The options available in the "Scanner Extras" palette vary with the model of scanner connected and the film holder or adapter in use. "Scanner Extras" palette for 9000 ED with FH-835S film holder "Scanner Extras" palette for 5000 ED with SA-21 adapter The "Scanner Extras" Palette The "Scanner Extras" palette is only available when the scan window is active. The Tool Chest -- Scanner Extras TOP 71 The "Scanner Extras" palette contains the following options: Scanner All (SA-21, SA-30, FH-869S, FH-869G only) Item Description Strip film offset Reposition film to match the scan position. Manual focus adjustment Focus scanner manually using slider or by direct text entry. All Perform Perform autofocus when slide is inserted in MA-21/MA-20 (S) (5000 ED, 4000 ED, COOLSCAN autofocus when V ED, COOLSCAN IV ED). When holder is inserted in 9000 ED or 8000 ED, perform autofocus film is inserted on first frame (FH-869S, FH-869G, FH-869GR excluded). Calibration Pixel data size Recalibrate scanner when film has been left in device for extended periods. Control amount of color information acquired for each pixel (scan bit depth). 5000 ED, 4000 ED, COOLSCAN V ED, COOLSCAN IV ED (IA-20 (S) only) 9000 ED, 8000 ED, 5000 ED, 4000 ED 9000 ED, 8000 ED 5000 ED, 4000 ED (SF-210/SF-200 (S) only) Crop choices Choose crop settings to match different APS (IX-240) aperture settings. Multi-sample scanning Increase accuracy by increasing the number of passes the scanner makes over the image. CCD scan mode Select Super Fine Scan to perform a single-line scan instead of the normal three-line scan. Slide feeder scan Choose the number of slides scanned each time the Scan button is clicked. The Tool Chest -- Scanner Extras TOP 72 Manual Focus Adjustment Use manual focus adjustment when the desired results can not be achieved using autofocus. Adjust focus using the Position slider or by entering a value in the text box to its right, then click the Preview button in the scan window to refocus the scanner. The new focus position will be used unTo use this option, the thumbnail drawer must be open with til the next time film is inserted or Nikon Scan is restarted. Select the desired thumbnail and adfocus the scanner automatically, click the autofocus button in just its position using the Boundary Offset slider or by enthe scan window control area. tering a value in the text box to its right. If the right edge of the thumbnail is cut off, move the slider to the right or enter Strip Film Offset a larger value to bring it into position; if the left edge is cut off, move the slider to the left or enter a smaller value. Note Numerical boundary offset ranges are shown below. [. . . ] Tagged Image File Format, an image file format for color or grayscale images, suited to storing bit-mapped images such as digital photographs. In some implementations, TIFF supports "lossless" LZW and packbit compression (in "lossless" compression methods, no information is lost when the image is compressed, as opposed to "lossy" compression methods such as JPEG, in which detail is sacrificed to achieve higher compression ratios). Images saved in TIFF format using Nikon Scan are not compressed. Pixel brightness, measured either as the combined intensity for red, green, and blue or the intensity of each of these colors (channels) individually. [. . . ]