Minolta MM-A208 Instruction Manual

SOFTWARE MANUALE

19BASIC SCANNING18Main window and prescan tabFilm formatFilm typeIndex scan button (p. 16)Prescan button Scan button (p. 20)HelpRotate-left button (p.

21BASIC SCANNING20Making the final scanClick the load Job button. The Job-selection dialog boxwill open.Select a Job category from the drop-down list.

23BASIC IMAGE PROCESSING22Main window and image-correction tabIndex scan button (p. 16)Prescan button (p. 18)Scan button (p. 20)HelpImage-correction t

25BASIC IMAGE PROCESSING24Drag the brightness, contrast, or color sliders, or enterspecific values in the corresponding text box to makecorrections. D

27BASIC IMAGE PROCESSING26Digital ICE - Image Correction EnhancementDigital ICE eliminates surface defects, dust, scratches, fingerprints, mold, etc.,

29ADVANCED SCANNING28This section covers the advanced scanning tools in the DiMAGE Scan Utility. Thebasic scanning section on pages 14 through 21 shou

Adjust the sliders or enter values between ±2 in 0.1increments in the text boxes. Press the apply button toview the effect on the preview image. Repea

33ADVANCED SCANNING32Save index-file button (p. 33)Save index-image button (p. 33)Load image-correction Job button (p. 57)Reverse-frame-order button M

35ADVANCED SCANNING34More prescan functionsManual-focus button (p. 35)Point-AF button Crop-prescan button (p. 36)AE lock button (p. 37)Auto-cropping b

The AE lock function sets the scanner exposure based on the exposure determinedfor a specific prescan with or without the use of AE area selection. Th

3COLOR EXAMPLES2By selecting individual color channels on the tone curve, adjustments to the overallcolor of an image can be made. In this example, th

39ADVANCED SCANNING38Inputting scan settings manuallySettings for the final scan can be made in the index scan or prescan windows.Job-name list boxInp

Example 1: setting the scanner output by pixels. This example creates an imagewith the pixel dimension of 640 X 480.Select pixel from the unit list bo

43ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING42More image-processing toolsRGB displayLoad image-correction Job button (p. 57)Save image-correction Job button (p. 57)Sna

45ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING44Digital-GEM sample displayOriginal image After Digital GEM processingDigital GEM - Grain Equalization & ManagementCli

47ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING46Tone curve and histogram paletteClick the tone-curve/histogram button to display the palette.Reset buttonAuto-setting but

By selecting individual color channels on the tone curve, adjustments to the overallcolor of an image can be made. This can be used to eliminate unnat

51ADVANCED IMAGE PROCESSING50Histogram correctionsThe histogram indicates the distribution of pixels with specific brightness or color val-ues in the

Image corrections can be stored temporarily as a thumbnail next to the displayedimage. Simply click the snapshot button on the tool bar to create a th

Drag the hue, saturation, or lightness slider, orenter specific values in the corresponding textbox to make corrections; changes will be reflect-ed in

Amount: to adjust the contrast of the mask between 0% and500%. If the value is too high, pixilation will be apparent; theimage becomes noticeably roug

5TABLE OF CONTENTS4Saving the index thumbnails ...33Saving an index file ...

The Custom Wizard is an automatedscanning routine. Screens vary withscanner model.Insert a film holder into the scanner.Click the Custom Wizard button

61COLOR MATCHING60Each output device (monitor or printer) defines color and contrast differently. Toensure the reproduction of the image on the monito

Monitor ICC profiles can be found at the follow-ing locations:Windows 98/98SE/Me:[Windows] folder -> [System] folder -> [Color] folder.Windows 2

65APPENDIX64Using multiple scannersWhen multiple scanners are connected tothe same computer, the select-scanner win-dow will open when the DiMAGE Scan

67APPENDIX66COLOR EXAMPLESChanges in hue rotate the originalcolor values though a color spaceand reassigns a new hue basedon the new position in that

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7INSTALLATION6WindowsThe Install Shield Wizard will indicate thatinstallation was successful. Select the restart-computer option and then click Finish

9INSTALLATION8MacintoshAfter the computer restarts, confirm the DiMAGE Scan Utility folder is installed in thedesignated folder. If the easy-install o

11EASY SCAN UTILITY10The DiMAGE Scan Easy Scan Utility is a simple, automatic scanning application fortrouble-free scans. The utility works as a stand

The images to be scanned are selected on thisscreen. Single or multiple images can be cho-sen.Click the thumbnail(s) of the image(s) to bescanned; the

15BASIC SCANNING14Open the DiMAGE Scan folder, and double click theDiMAGE Scan Utility icon. See page 65 when using multi-ple scanners.Launching the D

The thumbnail display allows the selectionof single or multiple images for prescan-ning or scanning. Selected images canalso be affected by the scanne