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Figure 10.11 The manual focus
S
TOP
button – Macintosh and Windows.
If you move the mouse over the preview area, you will see that it becomes a magn-
ifying glass with crosshairs in the center. Place this cursor over the area you wish to
focus on, then click the mouse button.
The scanner will take a small high-resolution grayscale scan and display it in the
preview area. You may then adjust the focus by using the slider, which has now become
active, or the
F
OCUS
value edit box, which can contain a value between 0 and 48. Most
focus settings are in the area of 24 for slides mounted in plastic.
Performing a Preview Scan
There are several scanning parameters which you can change that affect the out-
come of the preview scan. Each of these is controlled through the Scan dialog and the
Gamma Curve Editor dialog boxes, as indicated in Table 10.1.
Parameter
Dialog Box
Described In
Film Type
Scan
Chapter 12
Image Orientation
Scan
Chapter 12
Auto Exposure
Scan
Chapter 13
Brightness
Scan
Chapter 13
Contrast
Scan
Chapter 13
Color Balance
Scan
Chapter 13
Gamma Curves
Gamma Editor
Chapter 16
Table 10.1 Parameters affecting the preview scan.
Conversely, the preview scan is also controlled by preset parameters that you can-
not change. These include position, width, height and resolution. These are all dis-
cussed in Chapter Eleven of this manual.
Once the preview scan is finished, you can view the image, adjust the scanning
settings, and crop the image in preparation for the final scan.
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