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SCANNING WITH VISTAS
SCANNING WITH VISTAS
SCANNING WITH VISTAS
SCANNING WITH VISTASCAN
CAN
CAN
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Note It is important to realize that different applications may
use different methods to acquire images and only the
most general case is given here. Please refer to your
application documentation for details on its usage.
A. Using an image editing application to invoke VistaScan
1. Open a TWAIN-compliant application from Microsoft Windows in
order to start. For example, launch MGI PhotoSuite on the Astra 4450
CD. Follow these steps to open MGI PhotoSuite:
I. Click on the
Start
button on your desktop.
II. Select
Programs
.
III. Select the
MGI PhotoSuite
program group.
IV. Select
MGI PhotoSuite
.
2. The MGI PhotoSuite window appears as shown in Fig 1. Select the
scanner icon or the
Get
button on the top menu.
3. The
Get Photo
user interface appears as shown in Fig. 2. From the green
panel on the left, select the
Scanner (Twain)
button.
4. The
Scanner (Twain)
user interface appears as shown in Fig. 3.
5. Click on the green
Scan
button on the left panel to invoke VistaScan, the
VistaScan window will open as shown in Fig. 4.
6. Place the item you will scan on top of the scanner’s object glass.
7. Click on
Preview
to preview the scanned image on the Preview window
and then from the four modes on the
Click to scan
panel, click on a scan
mode button that best suits the required scan. For example, if you wish
to scan a color photograph, click on the
Color Photo
button to scan the
image in true color. Scanning will commence upon selection of a button.
8. Once the scan is completed, Press the exit button, VistaScan closes and
loads a thumbnail icon of the scanned image on the right top panel,
named
Photos
on the
Scanner (Twain)
user interface.
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