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If you have both negative and positive originals in your batch, you
should set
Film Type
to “Auto Detection”. This will cause FlexCol-
or to analyze each image to decide whether it is negative or posi-
tive. It will then use either the
Positive Setup
or
Negative Setup
that you have selected.
If all of your originals are either positive or negative, then you can
set the
Film Type
to match (or use auto detection). In this case,
only one setup selection will be available (
Positive Setup
or
Neg-
ative Setup
), depending on the film type you have selected.
If you would like to export TIFF images automatically using your
selected setup, then mark the
Save final TIFFs
check box. You
will still get the 3f images, but TIFF versions will also be saved in a
sub-folder below the 3f images.
To set highlight and shadow points automatically, mark the
Auto
levels
check box. This will result in automated fine-tuning of your
selected setup based on an analysis of each image. This is especial-
ly useful when you are using the
Save final TIFFs
feature.
Usually, you should use a
Scan Resolution
of 100%, which en-
sures that your 3f files will contain the full scan data possible with
your scanner for each original format, allowing for maximum
flexibility in the future. However, if you are short on disk space
and are sure that you do not need full resolution images, you may
consider reducing this value or setting a maximum size. Alterna-
tively, if you are sure that you will use your scans for just one spe-
cific purpose with known dimensions and resolution, you might
use the
Adapt to format
settings.
Be sure to mark the
Feeder
check box and to use the
From Posi-
tion
and
To Position
fields to set the first and last original you
wish to scan from the Feeder.
Click on
Scan
in the
Scan 3f
window to scan all of your selected
originals to 3f files.
To use 3f files, you must use FlexColor to review, process and export the
images to standard TIFF or JPEG files, which are compatible with most
image-editing and DTP programs. FlexColor provides a virtual light
table of all 3f images from a selected folder and enables you to view de-
tails, view export history and load each image into the main FlexColor
window to make export settings.
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