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NAVIGATION

The Navigation function allows you to automate a
series of operations of scanning. When clicking on
the Navigation button in the Main window, the
Navigation window appears.

Navigation Flow

Operation Item checkboxes

Repeated Operation Item

checkboxes

Navigation Menu list box

Operation items

Navigation Start button

Navigation Stop button

Summary of Contents for Dimage Scan Multi2

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Page 2: ...nolta Dim ge Scan Multi2 The Dim ge Scan Multi2 is a multiple format film scanner capable of scanning medium format 35mm 16mm and sleeved APS film With the optional APS adapter advanced photo system f...

Page 3: ...LECTING INDEX IMAGE 24 SELECTING FRAMES 24 ROTATING THE INDEX FRAMES 25 FLIPING THE INDEX FRAMES 25 MAGNIFYING THE INDEX IMAGE 26 REVERSING THE INDEX IMAGE 27 SAVING AFTER LINING UP THE INDEX SCAN IMA...

Page 4: ...NG HUE SATURATION LIGHTNESS AUTO SETTING 59 CORRECTING HUE SATURATION LIGHTNESS RESET 59 VARIATION CORRECTION 60 VARIATION CORRECTION COLOR BALANCE 61 VARIATION CORRECTION BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST CORRECTI...

Page 5: ...92 COLOR MATCHING THE SETTING OF OUTPUT COLOR IMAGE 92 REGARDING OUTPUT COLOR SPACE SETTINGS AVAILABLE 93 COLOR MATCHING THE SETTING OF ICC PROFILE 95 NAVIGATION 96 THE AUTOMATIC OPERATION BY THE NAV...

Page 6: ...confidential SOFTWARE REGISTRATION The Dimage Scan Multi2 and the supplied software are not applied to the sepia color film However if you intend to use the sepia color film select the Color Negative...

Page 7: ...le hard disk space About 2 GB or more of available hard disk space when loading with 16 bit and using the Digital ROC GEM functions About 3 GB or more is recommended Monitor Minimum VGA 640 x 480 moni...

Page 8: ...tosh and Power Macintosh G3 The standard built in SCSI board Connecting to the extension board inserted into the PCI bus NuBus is not available With a Blue White Power Macintosh G3 Power Macintosh G4...

Page 9: ...hese installation instructions assume drive C or D is the CD ROM drive or the startup disk drive respectively INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 1 Turn on the Dim ge Scan Multi2 2 Turn on the PC and start up Window...

Page 10: ...e Agreement will appear 7 After reading the agreement if you accept it click on Yes The Serial Number Input dialog box will appear If you do not accept click on No Setup will be cancelled 8 Enter the...

Page 11: ...ti2 Utility software is not used select TWAIN File When Next is clicked on the Select Program Folder dialog box appears 11 The name of the program folder in which program icons will be added is displa...

Page 12: ...nglish folder 6 Double click on the DS Multi2 Installer icon The install screen will appear 7 Click on Continue The user License Agreement will appear 8 After reading the agreement if you accept it cl...

Page 13: ...ti Utility select the Custom Install 1 Select Custom Install from the Install Select pull down menu 2 Click on the checkbox of the file to be installed 10 Click on Install The Enter your serial number...

Page 14: ...DS Multi Plug in cannot be installed automatically install this Plug in by performing the following procedure after the installation is complete When using only the DS Multi Utility without functioni...

Page 15: ...ys may vary among applications For details refer to the instruction manual of the image editing software you use 1 Turn on the Dimage Scan Multi2 2 Turn on the PC and start up Windows 3 Start up Adobe...

Page 16: ...rforming step 1 and 2 on page 14 select Start Programs Minolta Dimage Scan Multi ver 2 0 DS Multi2 Utility The software will function and the Main window p 19 will appear STATING UP THE SOFTWARE WINDO...

Page 17: ...on the PC and start up Mac OS 3 Start up Adobe Photoshop LE 4 Select File Import DS Multi Plug in ver 2 0 The software will function and the Main window p 19 will appear STARTING UP THE UTILITY SOFTWA...

Page 18: ...the Index Scan Images p 28 Prescan Magnififying the Index Image p 26 Scrolling Prescan Images p 37 Auto Cropping Manual Cropping p 42 to 44 Manual Focus p 41 Changing CHP Cropping Area p 45 Rotating F...

Page 19: ...tosh Scan button Tab Switching the Tab of the Index Scan Prescan Image Correction Digital GEM Window Prescan button Index Scan button Help button Digital GEM button Digital ROC button Eject button MAI...

Page 20: ...nt Holder SH M1 mounted slides APS Cassette APS Adapter AD 100 6x4 5 6x6 6x7 6x8 6x9 Medium Format Film Holder MH M1 and the mask corresponding to each film size or Universal Holder UH M1 and Wide Uni...

Page 21: ...ive B W Positive Special B W Color Negative Color Positive B W Negative B W Positive Special color Special B W Color Negative Color Positive B W Negative B W Positive Auto Detect APS Cassette The APS...

Page 22: ...frames set in a Slide Mount Holder SH M1 35 mm Film Holder FH M1 or an APS adapter optional accessory are displayed in the Index window Rotate Left button Rotate Right button Flip Horizontal button F...

Page 23: ...lfunction but for the structure of this scanner The index images are displayed in the order of 1 2 3 4 5 6 MAKING AN INDEX SCAN There are two modes of the index scan High Speed Scan and High Quality S...

Page 24: ...rame to be cancelled again while holding the Ctrl key To select the succeeding index frames Example To select the images of the frame number 2 to 9 Click on the images of the frame number 2 and 9 whil...

Page 25: ...e Rotate Left button or Rotate Right button is clicked the index frame is rotated in 90 increments either clockwise or counterclockwise FLIPPING THE INDEX FRAMES Select the frame p 24 to be flipped an...

Page 26: ...26 INDEX SCAN MAGNIFYING THE INDEX IMAGE When is clicked the index image is magnified When the button is clicked again the image returns to the previous one...

Page 27: ...27 INDEX SCAN REVERSING THE INDEX IMAGE Each time button is clicked the order of the index frames is switched between reverse order and original order...

Page 28: ...can be saved in the Windows Bitmap BMP file format or the JPEG file format Macintosh The displayed index scan image can be saved in the PICT file format or JPEG file format 3 Enter the desired file n...

Page 29: ...ied by the necessary number of lines for example when there are 15 index frames the frames are arranged in 6 columns multiplied by 3 lines A spacing of 50 pixels is allocated at the top bottom right a...

Page 30: ...ile type than the Index Image file idx cannot be selected in the Save as Type list box or the file format pull down menu When the index scan images are displayed these images are saved regardless of t...

Page 31: ...by loading the index file saved in the original format of this software 1 Click on Index Load button The standard open dialog box for your operating system will appear 2 Select the file to be loaded...

Page 32: ...on manual When using the slide mount holder 35 mm film holder or APS adapter optional accessory select the index scan image to be prescanned by performing the index scan before making a prescan p 23 t...

Page 33: ...rizontal button Flip Vertical button Full Scale View button Zoom button Scroll button AE Area Lock button AE Lock button Point AE button Manual Focus button Auto Cropping button Change CHP button Only...

Page 34: ...escan image will be reflected in the final scan FLIPPING THE PRESCAN IMAGE The Flip Vertical and Flip Horizontal buttons let you flip the image from top to bottom or left to right before scanning Clic...

Page 35: ...e the cropping frame so it fills the screen This allows you to see close details and view the final composition Click on The prescan image is magnified so that it fits in the Command window When the F...

Page 36: ...hermore 3 To reduce the view of the prescan image Windows Press and hold the Ctrl key Macintosh Press and hold the Option key The pointer will change to a magnifying glass with a inside 4 Click anywhe...

Page 37: ...n image has been magnified by the Zoom button This function allows you to view other parts of the image when it is too big to fit in the window 1 Click on The pointer will change to a hand icon 2 Clic...

Page 38: ...n prescanning the negative film When selecting the Auto Expose for Slides in the Preferences p 89 and prescanning the color positive film 1 Click on The prescan is performed with the AE function 2 Cli...

Page 39: ...nction 2 Click on When the Shift key is pressed the AE area is indicated by a line instead of the cropping area indicated by a dashed line By dragging the line surrounding AE area the AE area can be s...

Page 40: ...the contrast in an image Therefore the focus may not be adjusted appropriately in no contrast part such as a white cloud or a solid black subject POINT AF The specified point in the prescan image can...

Page 41: ...sharp focus The Focus Control dialog box will appear 3 Adjust the slider until the black and white bars are at their longest for maximum focus The black bar shows the current focus value and the whit...

Page 42: ...n be cropped automatically so that a holder frame or a slide mount holder frame is removed Click on The auto cropping will begin and the prescan image can be cropped automatically so that a holder fra...

Page 43: ...ning Also the prescan can be performed without cropping PRESCAN Resize only a cropping frame by clicking on the frame to be resized then dragging the pointer up or down or left or right Resize the cro...

Page 44: ...cropping frame is cancelled The whole prescan image without cropping area can be defined using the key of the PC besides magnifying the cropping frame to full the image When the Prescan window is dis...

Page 45: ...can window allows you to quickly and easily define the cropping frame by the standard APS formats C H and P Click on to display the APS cropping frames Each time the CHP button is clicked the cropping...

Page 46: ...total frame number 1 To display the next frame click on the Right Arrow button 2 To display the previous frame click on the Left Arrow button When the selected image is not prescanned yet the prescan...

Page 47: ...alance Correction button Hue Saturation Lightness Correction button Variations button Undo button Redo button Correction Reset button Snapshot button Image Correction Job Save button Image Correction...

Page 48: ...ogram Correction dialog box will appear Channel Selection list box Tone curves Input Gamma slider Higstogram Input Shadow slider Output Shadow slider Gray scale Histogram RGB display button Tone curve...

Page 49: ...ng R G or B each color is corrected respectively 1 Click on the arrow next to the Channel Selection list box to select the channel R G B RGB of the color to be corrected When a prescan image is monoch...

Page 50: ...cursor changes to the pencil shape 3 Draw the desired curve by dragging The value of the horizontal axis is displayed in the Input box and that of the vertical axis is displayed in the Output box resp...

Page 51: ...oint is 0 in each R G and B 2 Input the desired black point value and click on OK 3 Click on The cursor changes to the black dropper shape 4 Click on the shadow point to be corrected in the prescan im...

Page 52: ...t point The color of the highlight point is the white point value you input in step 2 The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area Setting the White...

Page 53: ...clicked the histogram of images after making corrections can be displayed The histogram after making corrections is displayed as long as you press this button When the button is released the histogram...

Page 54: ...r or inputting the value directly in each Input or Output level box For example when the black part or white part which is no pixels are removed using the Input Highlight slider right and the Input Sh...

Page 55: ...right or the Input Shadow slider left in each R G B channel or inputting the value directly in each text box the Histogram RGB can be corrected The change will be reflected in the prescan image displ...

Page 56: ...d in the Image Correction display area Brightness correction By dragging the Brightness slider to the right or inputting a big plus number in the text box the brightness of the image is raised Contras...

Page 57: ...balance The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area CORRECTING BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST COLOR BALANCE AUTO SETTING Click on the Reset button The correct...

Page 58: ...the image displayed in Pre Correction Color Sample is changed as shown in Post Correction Color Sample When the Hue slider is dragged to the rightmost or leftmost side the hue of the image is reverse...

Page 59: ...e change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area CORRECTING HUE SATURATION LIGHTNESS AUTO SETTING Click on the Reset button The corrections made in the Hu...

Page 60: ...ection dialog box will appear 2 Click on the arrow in the Correction list box to select the correction item Color Balance Brightness Contrast and Saturation can be selected from the Correction list bo...

Page 61: ...e image in the direction to be corrected is clicked the image is placed in center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider the value of correction can be...

Page 62: ...rast are displayed When the image in the direction to be corrected is clicked the image is placed in center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider the v...

Page 63: ...des of the center image When the image in the direction to be corrected is clicked the image is placed in center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider...

Page 64: ...memory is available CANCELLING THE IMAGE CORRECTION Click on The cancelled image correction will be resumed REDO THE CORRECTION Click on All the image corrections will be reset and the image will retu...

Page 65: ...napshot display area as long as the memory is available When the thumbnail image in the Snapshot display area is clicked that image is displayed as a prescan image To delete the thumbnail image in the...

Page 66: ...Once the correction item is saved you can easily correct the image by loading the appropriate correction job IMAGE CORRECTION JOB SAVING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB 1 Click on The register Image Correction...

Page 67: ...JOB LOADING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB 1 Click on The Select Image Correction Job dialog box will appear 2 Select the image correction job and click on OK The saved image correction job will be applied to...

Page 68: ...tion result can be checked easily because the pre correction image is displayed in the left side and the post correction image is displayed in the right side FULL SCREEN VIEWING THE POST CORRECTION IM...

Page 69: ...canning mode in the Preferences the Digital ROC function cannot be available When the Digital ROC function is turned on the settings of Auto Expose for Slides in the Preferences the color matching the...

Page 70: ...ion detects the grains when scanning and equalizes them So the sharp and smooth image can be obtained even when the image of 35 mm film is magnified 1 Click on in the Main window The Digital GEM tab w...

Page 71: ...M Adjust slider or input the desired value directly in the text box The value from 0 to 100 can be input The bigger the value is the more effective the correction result is Digital GEM check button Di...

Page 72: ...ea or change the area size refer to the operations of the cropping frame p 43 to 44 7 Click on the Digital GEM check button To get the Digital GEM check image the film will be scanned according to the...

Page 73: ...6 When scanning a B W film the Digital GEM function is not available When using the Digital GEM function be sure and perform the prescan and adjust a focus with the Point AF or Manual Focus function p...

Page 74: ...lity Software p 78 The Final Scan When using the Image Correction Job Deleting a Job p 87 Registering the Image Correction Job p 86 When using Twain Driver Plug in Software Image Editing Application p...

Page 75: ...e Should these settings be changed the new settings can be saved to another job file All Job files are collected within the Job File List that designates 10 individual categories for each image output...

Page 76: ...t the job file name to be applied from the list The scan setting saved in the selected job file will be displayed in the right of the window When another job file is selected the setting is changed co...

Page 77: ...lable Uses an output resolution of 72 dpi Image size is listed in pixels and will be the VGA standard of 640 x 480 pixels or larger Uses an output resolution of 72 dpi Image size can be determined by...

Page 78: ...ow of the image editing application you use 2 Perform the following operations according to the instruction for your image editing application For details see the instruction manual for the image edit...

Page 79: ...aphic file format uses a lossless compression scheme and is compatible with many Macintosh applications Only TIFF can be selected when using a utility software and selecting 16 bit or 16 bit linear in...

Page 80: ...ired for output output size magnifications etc When the Scan Settings window is not displayed Click on the Prescan tab in the Main window SCAN SETTINGS WINDOW NAMES OF PARTS Job Name list box Job Load...

Page 81: ...g value directly the desired value from 176 to 2820 is available When selecting 6 x 4 5 6 x 6 6 x 7 6 x 8 6 x 9 TEM Film Whole area interpolation 2820 2820 1128 564 376 282 188 141 112 When inputting...

Page 82: ...u specified When pixel is selected in the Unit list box the magnification size cannot be selected or specified Output Size text box This allows you to specify an output size With the default setting t...

Page 83: ...the output device such as a printer monitor etc For example for a commonly used monitor or printer the resolution value needs 72 dpi or 300 to 400 dpi respectively Each item can be represented in the...

Page 84: ...tion list box and the Input W and H size text boxes are not available 2 Input 640 and 480 in the Output W and H size text boxes respectively and click on the Output size lock button The Output size is...

Page 85: ...s respectively and click on the Output size lock button The Output size is locked so that the size cannot be changed 4 Drag the cropping frame to determine the cropping area While the cropping area is...

Page 86: ...ngs to be registered in the Scan Settings window 2 Click on The Job Registry dialog box will appear 3 Select the desired category to be registered from the Category list box 4 Input the job name to be...

Page 87: ...ear 2 From the Category list box select the category in which the job to be deleted is registered 3 After clicking on the job name to be deleted Windows Press the Delete key Macintosh Press the Comman...

Page 88: ...88 SETTING THE PREFERENCES THE DISPLAY IN THE PREFERENCES WINDOW 1 Click on in the Main window The Preferences window will appear...

Page 89: ...After Scanning This option allows you to select whether to close the driver software after scanning when using Twain driver or Plug in Software and image editing application The driver software is spe...

Page 90: ...ing is Speed Speed This performs the index scan at high speed The autofocus function is not used while scanning The index images are displayed in a thumbnail representation after only easy auto expose...

Page 91: ...ther to display or not to display all index frames in the Index window rotated by 180 degrees when performing the index scan with the APS adapter optional accessory When using an APS film shot by the...

Page 92: ...Matching function matches the color data of the image to the monitor specifications color space COLOR MATCHING THE SETTING OF OUTPUT COLOR IMAGE SETTING THE PREFERENCES 1 Click on Color Matching ON t...

Page 93: ...rk intended for television broadcast in the USA PAL SECAM This color spacing is currently the accepted standard used in Europe for television broadcasting This standard is most suitable color spacing...

Page 94: ...pace is specified sRGB ICC profile use use use use Using application Adobe Photoshop Ver 5 0 2 5 5 The monitor color matching function is set to ON Adobe Photoshop Ver 5 0 2 5 5 The monitor color matc...

Page 95: ...ICC profile specify the ICC profile of the monitor you use by following the procedure below 1 Click on the checkbox of Use ICC profile to display the checkmark and click on Load The file open dialog b...

Page 96: ...perations of scanning When clicking on the Navigation button in the Main window the Navigation window appears Navigation Flow Operation Item checkboxes Repeated Operation Item checkboxes Navigation Me...

Page 97: ...em checkbox When clicking on the checkmark on the checkbox to remove the checkmark the icon of the clicked item is removed from the flow chart These checkboxes are available only when 35 mm or APS Cas...

Page 98: ...APS Cassette is selected in the film format The Repeated Operation Item checkboxes are available only when 35 mm or APS Cassette is selected in the film format When performing the automatic operation...

Page 99: ...nned and pressing the Enter key or by double clicking on the image to be prescanned the operation resumes And when Scan Flow Job Selection comes the Job Selection window appears and the operation stop...

Page 100: ...ion Item checkboxes and the Repeated Operation Item checkboxes 2 Click on the Navigation Menu list box to select Save Setting The navigation set saving dialog box will appear 3 Input the name of the n...

Page 101: ...ATION DELETING A NAVIGATION SET 1 Click on the Navigation Menu list box to select Delete Setting The navigation set deleting dialog box will appear 2 Select the navigation set to be deleted and click...

Page 102: ...nual supplied with the slide feeder 2 Select Slide Feeder from the Film Format list box and select the film to be set from the Film Type list box 3 Click on in the Command window The first slide to be...

Page 103: ...nuous Loading can be performed varies depending on the image editing application For details refer to the instruction manual supplied with the image editing application you use 7 Click on Save or OK T...

Page 104: ...about 1 min 30 sec about 25 sec about 3 min 20 sec about 50 sec about 3 min 20 sec about 25 sec about 3 min 20 sec about 50 sec about 3 min 20 sec Final Scan after Prescan about 45 sec about 60 sec ab...

Page 105: ...min 10 sec about 10 sec about 7 min 30 sec about 20 sec about 7 min 30 sec about 10 sec about 7 min 30 sec about 20 sec about 7 min 30 sec Final Scan after Prescan about 50 sec about 55 sec about 6 mi...

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