28 ScanMaker 1000XL Plus User Guide
For Mac Users Using ScanPotter
1. Place your material.
• To scan photos: Place the photo to be scanned face down on the scanner glass
surface, as detailed in the “Positioning Reflective Originals” section in this
guide.
• To scan film: Select the film you wish to scan, then position the transparent
films on the scanner glass surface, as detailed in the “Positioning
Transparencies” section of this guide.
2. Launch ScanPotter.
Go to the
Finde
r of Mac OS, click
Applications
on the Finder sidebar; then
double-click
ScanPotter
icon in the Applications folder in your Mac.
When ScanPotter is launched, you will see the
ScanPotter
menu at the top left
portion of your desktop.
3. Scan your material.
a) Specify your scanning requirements in the
Scan Settings
column.
– In the
Scan Source
options menu, select ether
Reflective
for photos,
Negative
for negatives, or
Positive
for transparencies and slides.
– Select a desired image output type.
– Select a desired resolution.
– Define a scan frame of the scanned image preview.
b) Click the
Preview
button to perform a preliminary scan of the image in the
Preview window.
c) If necessary, drag a corner of the scan frame (floating dotted rectangle) and to
re-frame the area size you want for the final scan.
d) If necessary, adjust and enhance the image quality by using the image
correction tools hereby.
e) If necessary, specify the file attributes for the scanned image by using the
options offered in the
File Saving Settings
column.
f) Click the
Scan
button to start scanning.
When done, the scanned image will be automatically saved into the folder you
assigned.
g) Click the
Show in Finder
button and then select the scanned image to view
from the opened folder.
