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Changing the Bit Depth and Color Model
In the Windows version of Nikon Scan, you can change the color
model and bit depth after scanning the image by selecting a new
combination of color model and bit depth from the Document
Color Space sub-menu in the Nikon Scan menu. The follow-
ing options are available:
Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet
8-bit
Grayscale
Option
16-bit
Grayscale
Converts the image to eight-bit grayscale ca-
pable of expressing 256 shades of gray. Note
that color information lost in the conversion
can not be restored by converting the image
back to RGB or CMYK.
Description
Converts the image to sixteen-bit grayscale
capable of expressing 65,536 shades of gray.
Color information lost in the conversion can
not be restored by converting the image back
to RGB or CMYK.
24-bit
RGB
Converts the image to RGB at a bit-depth of
eight bits per color (twenty-four bit RGB).
48-bit
RGB
Converts the image to RGB at a bit-depth of
sixteen bits per color (forty-eight bit RGB).
32-bit
CMYK
Converts the image to CMYK at a bit-depth of
eight bits per color (thirty-two bit CMYK).
In the Macintosh version of Nikon Scan, you can change the bit
depth of images in the active image window by selecting the
desired setting from the Bit Depth sub-menu in the Nikon
Scan menu. This can be used, for example, to scan images at a
bit depth of more than eight bits, edit them in Nikon Scan, and
then convert them to eight bit before saving them in JPEG for-
mat.
Copying a Selection to the Clipboard
To select an area of the image and copy it to the clipboard, first
activate the selection cursor by clicking the
button in the
Layout Tools palette or choosing Selection Cursor from the
View menu, then drag the cursor over the image to select a
rectangular area. While the selection cursor is active, you can
change the size of the selected area by dragging its borders, or
move it by placing the cursor inside the selected area and drag-
ging it to a new location. Once you have adjusted the selected
area to your satisfaction, select Copy from the Edit menu to
copy the selection to the clipboard.
