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B. Scanning Damaged Photos
When scanning damaged photos with the DIGITAL ICE feature, take note that
DIGITAL ICE Photo Print Technology is designed to work with continuous-tone
reflective originals such as photos; it is not designed to work with slides,
transparencies, negatives, and printed matter.
Place photo here for
photo restoration
Carriage movement
While DIGITAL ICE fixes damaged photos,
ScanWizard 5 also has the Automatic Color
Restoration feature for bringing color-faded
photos back to life. This feature is for Windows
and Mac OS X only; see the ScanWizard 5
manual provided in the Microtek CD-ROM for
more details.
1. Raise the scanner lid, then place the damaged photo to be scanned face down on
the scanner glass surface. Center the top of the photo along the horizontal ruler on
the scanner.
Note: If the creases lie in the same direction
where the carriage is moving, the creases
may not be detected by the scanner. To fix
this problem, position your photo slightly
skewed (min. 10°, max. 45°), so that none of
the creases are parallel to the direction of
the carriage movement.
2. Double-click the ScanWizard 5 icon (
) on your desktop to launch the
ScanWizard 5 Standard Control Panel.
3. Click the Switch icon (
) on the right corner of the Standard Control Panel to
switch to Advanced Control Panel.
4. Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary view of the entire image.
When done, you will see an image appear in the preview window.
In the preview window, you can resize the scan frame (floating dotted line) around
the image by dragging on the edge or corner of the scan frame to determine the
final size of the actual scan.
