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Reference Manual

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Страница 2: ...aphical errors Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder Microtek bears n...

Страница 3: ...can for X ray mode only 12 Auto Scan for specific models only 14 Auto Film Feeder for specific models only 14 Overview Prescan and Scan to 15 Overview 15 Prescan 15 Scan to 15 Copy 16 E mail 16 Toolba...

Страница 4: ...esolution Settings 35 Resolution List Box 35 Resolution Unit 36 Scan Frame and Related Settings 37 Scan Frame Settings 37 Scaling 37 Output Settings 38 Image Size 38 Unit of Measurement 38 Multiple Sa...

Страница 5: ...sition 65 Color Output Meter 65 Sample Display Area 66 Color Meter Options 66 The Scan Job Queue Window 67 Elements of the Scan Job Queue window 68 One pass Scan for Multiple Scan Jobs 69 Multiple Aut...

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Страница 7: ...to four major sections corresponding to the four major windows of the program Preview Settings Information Scan Job Queue The ScanWizard Medi functions do not apply to all scanner models See the table...

Страница 8: ...on windows by clicking on the Hide Show toggle commands in the View menu of the Preview window Take note that the Preview and Settings windows appear only at the first time to use for some scanner mod...

Страница 9: ...n the desktop or choose Start Programs Microtek ScanWizard Medi for Windows and then ScanWizard Medi From Plug in mode Choose the Import or Acquire command from the File menu of your image editing sof...

Страница 10: ...ls of the Preview window Smart and Standard panels are available Choose either of these two panels as the one you like to use for the Preview window Only the functions supported by the selected panel...

Страница 11: ...C Unit of Measurement Select the unit of measurement for the rulers by clicking the arrow button at the 0 0 point of the rulers and choosing from the drop down menu D Overview button This button previ...

Страница 12: ...sitive films or Reflective photos and prints M Switch button This allows you to switch between two different panels of the Preview window N Minimize button Click it to minimize ScanWizard Medi O Exit...

Страница 13: ...The Preview window in the Reflective mode In the Reflective mode the Preview window acts as the Preview window in Standard panel of the X ray mode which provides you additional scan functions Overview...

Страница 14: ...ew window to help you with measurement and alignment F Preview area The overview image is displayed in this area after you perform a scan G Resize To increase or decrease the preview window drag the b...

Страница 15: ...hen you work on certain scanner models e g Medi 7000 Medi 6000 Plus By the default the maximum size of the preview area is determined by your scanner s bed size or maximum scan area You are not allowe...

Страница 16: ...flective or X ray positive film If you are scanning X ray films this is the appearance of the Scan Material icon When you click the icon and hold down the mouse you will see the X Ray option checked I...

Страница 17: ...y clicking the ruler unit button at the 0 0 point of the rulers in the Preview window Depending on your selection the rulers can mark off measurement in these units inch centimeter millimeter point an...

Страница 18: ...ages which are the scan jobs checked in the Scan Job Queue window When the Scan To Save As dialog box appears key in a file name next select a type as your export file format and click Save to perform...

Страница 19: ...IBM PC Encoding Four options are provided for file compression If None is selected image quality compression will not be available for adjustment The default is None Please take note that when you com...

Страница 20: ...the Smart Scan mode either by clicking the arrow on the button and selecting the Smart Scan from the option menus or unchecking Enable AutoScan in the More Preferences dialog box from the Preferences...

Страница 21: ...ew image of the area selected by the scan frame tool Multiple prescans can be done if you have several selected scan jobs The prescans are performed one by one in an order that they are listed in the...

Страница 22: ...s Specify the number of copies to be made then click OK E mail Click the Scan To button and hold down the mouse until the Options menu appears then select E mail When the E mail Save As dialog box app...

Страница 23: ...ifies or reduces by a factor of 2 Thus the magnification levels increase from 100 to 200 to 400 and to the maximum 800 When you reach the maximum magnification factor the center of the Zoom tool will...

Страница 24: ...played in the Info window based on the sample size selected in the Info window Pixel value information is useful especially when you are making color adjustments based on color value To change the sam...

Страница 25: ...ultiple scanners on your system all the scanners are shown with their respective IDs and the current scanner is indicated by a check Only one scanner can be accessed at a time To switch among various...

Страница 26: ...or the roller The recommended replacement point is when the numbers on two sides of the slash symbol are equal Press the Reset button to start recounting the scans for the roller after replacing a new...

Страница 27: ...rview button Reflective in the Preview window The image shows you whatever is on your scan bed The Overview image is always checked automatically whenever you launch the ScanWizard Medi Prescan image...

Страница 28: ...s window hidden behind other windows or if you have expanded your Preview window such that it hides the Settings window in the background Show Hide Window commands These commands allow you to switch b...

Страница 29: ...t scan material Scan materials can be classified into two types X Ray films such as dental films mammography films or other medical X ray films Reflectives such as medical reports study reports or pri...

Страница 30: ...Setup This command provides you with advanced controls for setting the clipping points for your white and black points as well as determining the output levels for the white black points on your print...

Страница 31: ...to button the white point on the histogram is adjusted so that 10 percent of the color information is clipped or ignored The resulting 90 percent information leftover is then remapped resulting in an...

Страница 32: ...or Auxiliary Lines command in the Preferences menu From the submenu that appears select how the cursor lines will appear On both x horizontal and y vertical axes On x axis only On y axis only None no...

Страница 33: ...or gamma option is checked click the up down arrow buttons to make the gray level of the boxes as close as possible Click OK to confirm Invert This command creates a negative effect to an image The In...

Страница 34: ...uisition is performed If unchecked the prescan image is deleted when you exit ScanWizard Medi Confirmation Message If checked a confirmation message appears when image effects such as Rotate or Flip a...

Страница 35: ...specify is not found or does not exist a warning message appears and ScanWizard Medi will create one automatically for you If the computer is shared by several users each user may specify a particular...

Страница 36: ...ion menu correspond to the AIC buttons in the Settings window For more information see the section of the manual on Advanced Image Correction The Help Menu The Help menu lets you access on line help f...

Страница 37: ...s window contains the parameters for outputting your scanned image for the current scan job and includes the advanced image correction tools of the program Elements of the Settings window A B C D I E...

Страница 38: ...output E Image size This shows the size of the file when the image is scanned F Multiple Sampling This lets you reduce the random noise of the scanned image G Window Expansion button This reveals the...

Страница 39: ...he Scan Job box of the Settings window To select from multiple scan jobs choose the scan job you wish in the Scan Job box this will automatically select the corresponding scan job in the Preview and S...

Страница 40: ...ard Medi allows a direct scanning in either of Gray Scale Gray Scale 12 bit or Gray Scale 16 bit color spaces The default image type depends upon the scanner you are using and the choices available to...

Страница 41: ...l resolution and interpolated resolution Optical resolution is the real resolution as measured by the scanner s optics Interpolated resolution is software enhanced resolution and can be useful for enl...

Страница 42: ...f your scanned images are to be printed If you choose 1x for instance your scanned image will be printed at 133 lines per inch resulting in a 133 dpi image At 1 5x the image will be printed at 199 5 d...

Страница 43: ...ame settings width and height represent the area on the scan bed that you wish to scan To specify your settings enter the dimensions manually in the width and height edit boxes or use the Scan Frame t...

Страница 44: ...cordingly Image Size The Image Size field indicates how big the file will be when you accept the dimensions shown in the edit boxes together with the resolution setting that you have selected Size is...

Страница 45: ...ples each line in the image a number of times then obtains an average to reduce random noise Enabling multiple sampling will slow down scanning as the process requires extra time to yield higher quali...

Страница 46: ...ng the X ray film with the film holder However if the scanner cannot detect the holder during the scanning process you will be asked to perform the scan without film holder from a prompt dialog box an...

Страница 47: ...The Reset button The Reset button in the Settings window brings up a dialog box where you can specify the AIC settings to be reset to their default values To reset any or a combination of settings ch...

Страница 48: ...your image even before you scan Click the Window Expansion button to reveal the half bottom of the Settings window The various AIC tools available for use will be shown depending on the Scan Material...

Страница 49: ...ols 1 To access an AIC tool click a particular tool in the Settings window or choose its counterpart in the Correction menu in the Preview window 2 After clicking a tool the AIC dialog box appears The...

Страница 50: ...e shown in the Preview window If unchecked the image size appears fit into the shown dialog box D Hide Thumbnails If checked the before and after thumbnails becomes hidden The screen collapses to show...

Страница 51: ...tails H Add To Menu button This button allows you to save a custom setting for an AIC tool You may retrieve this custom setting afterwards from the Setting windows I AIC tools These tools adjust or en...

Страница 52: ...en closes the AIC dialog box The settings remained unchanged Reset button This button brings up the Reset dialog box where you can specify which settings are to be restored to their default values the...

Страница 53: ...ing as a custom setting The next time you wish to retrieve that particular shadow setting simply go to the White Black Point AIC drop down menu and choose that setting Adding Custom Settings To add a...

Страница 54: ...menu When a dialog box comes up select the particular setting to be removed then click Remove and Done in the dialog box Loading Retrieving Custom Settings To load or retrieve a custom setting that yo...

Страница 55: ...c representation of how all the pixels in an image are distributed across brightness and darkness levels The darkest pixels are at the left the lightest pixels are at the right A histogram skewed heav...

Страница 56: ...Input value is 2 it means that 15 of all pixels in the image have a value of 2 or less E The Setup button This button provides you with advanced controls for setting the clipping points for your white...

Страница 57: ...ers to new points on the histogram Moving the black slider to the right will yield more contrast in the highlight areas of the image so that more detail emerges in the highlight areas Moving the white...

Страница 58: ...o 255 scale for 8 bit images 0 to 4096 scale for 12 bit images A G B D E C How to Read the Curve The Curve shows the relationship of the brightness changes across the middle pixels between the resulti...

Страница 59: ...ine is to horizontal the lower the contrast A Curve The Curve is a graphic representation of the tone curve showing scanner input from dark on the left to light on the right B Method The Method sets t...

Страница 60: ...ack handle appears to mark your position To remove the handle drag it off the graph Use the Curve Zoom Frame tool to zoom in and out on a particular point in the curve Once the area is zoomed in you c...

Страница 61: ...en click on the curve to define the points where the curve will be modified You can then either raise or lower the curve at that point and see changes to the image accordingly 4 When the changes are d...

Страница 62: ...er separation between the darkest and lightest areas of the image Brightness The Brightness control lets you change the brightness setting Too much brightness can make an image look washed out while t...

Страница 63: ...er from the way the image appears when you finally scan it in For the Unsharp Masking filter the final scan result can be simulated and previewed either from the thumbnail on the filters dialog box or...

Страница 64: ...ppressing the color within the selection and then tracing its edges with black Sharpen Low Sharpen Medium Sharpen High The Sharpen filters do the opposite of the Blur filters and increase the contrast...

Страница 65: ...ution or large scale image files use 7x7 4 Enter a value in the Threshold box This option allows you to specify a tolerance range to prevent overall sharpening that might generate noise or cause other...

Страница 66: ...guishable and not hidden by electronic noise Great dynamic range can detect greater image detail in dark shadow areas of the image because the range is extended at the black end Therefore the value of...

Страница 67: ...led on the screen Using the Exposure Time 1 In the Settings window click the arrow button next to the Exposure Time box and choose Custom to enable its slide bar under it 2 Point your mouse to the sli...

Страница 68: ...ose Custom to set your own descreen options When the Descreen dialog box comes up enter a value that best corresponds to the dot quality of the original in which the moir is to be removed You may use...

Страница 69: ...mages With one click automatic color recovery process is simple and straightforward involving no learning curve or hassle To use the Automatic Color Restoration function 1 In the Preview window of the...

Страница 70: ...tion window displays color information as you move the cursor over the preview image in the Preview window or the thumbnail in the Advanced Image Correction dialog box if it is open You can choose to...

Страница 71: ...ter will show the appropriate K values of that point in the image The significance of the numbers is explained below There are two numbers shown in the Color Output Meter The first number represents t...

Страница 72: ...ting from the drop down menu that appears Value and Percent If Value is chosen the numbers represent values in the 0 to 255 pixel scale regardless of the bit depth of your output image If Percent is c...

Страница 73: ...scanning parameters shown in the Settings window a scan frame shown in the Preview window and one or several scan job items shown in the Scan Job Queue window You can have multiple scan jobs each hav...

Страница 74: ...type a new name when an edit box appears F Selected scan job The selected scan job is the highlighted item You can have multiple selected scan jobs and clicking on a function button such as Check or D...

Страница 75: ...canner s carriage moves only once and when it returns to the stand by position ScanWizard Medi then starts to process and finish all of the scan jobs Note This function will be carried out automatical...

Страница 76: ...s Note This function is always checked when you are scanning X ray films positive films To perform multiple auto crop preview of the film loaded onto the scanner click the Smart Scan button When done...

Страница 77: ...Jobs ScanWizard Medi lets you edit multiple scan jobs at the same time increasing your efficiency in using the software To edit multiple scan jobs simply select all the scan jobs to be edited in the S...

Страница 78: ...ew scan job the new scan job becomes the current scan job Duplicating a Scan Job The Duplicate button lets you duplicate the settings of a scan job This function is very helpful if you have created op...

Страница 79: ...eck sign will appear next to the selected scan job To uncheck a scan job highlight the scan job then click the Check button The scan job will be unchecked and the scan job will not be scanned when you...

Страница 80: ...bs by clicking the Folder icon yellow or use the current default folder 3 Highlight the scan jobs you want to save at the right column of the window 4 Click the Save button in the window The selected...

Страница 81: ...or Remove all button in the window to remove the scan job from the Scan Job Queue New name auto given if the name already exists When you load or save scan jobs you may check or uncheck the New name a...

Страница 82: ...dicated on the ScanWizard Medi scanning software Your system components or the devices on your system such as an external hard drive CD ROM etc Software being used with your scanner Important Aside fr...

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