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  • Page 1 Reference Manual...
  • Page 2 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 no responsibility for the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials. To obtain optimal results from the Microtek scanning software and user's manual, you should be familiar with such Windows concepts as pointing, clicking, dragging, and selecting from menus and dialog boxed.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ................... 1 System Requirements ................. 2 Launching ScanWizard EZ .................2 Exiting ScanWizard EZ ................2 The EZ Mode ................. 3 The EZ Mode Interface ................3 Scanning with the EZ Mode ................ 4 Function Buttons on the EZ Mode .............. 5 Scan Button ..................5...
  • Page 4 Theme Panel (EZ Mode only) ............13 EZ Mode Theme ..............13 Theme Preview ..............13 Minimize Button ................14 Exit Button ..................14 The Advanced Mode ..............15 The Advanced Mode Interface ..............15 Switching to the Advanced Mode ............. 16 Scanning with the Advanced Mode ............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    ScanWizard EZ has three unique scan modes that novices and experienced users will find productive and easy to use. The three scan modes of ScanWizard EZ are the EZ mode, the Advanced mode, and the Professional mode. This Reference manual covers the various commands and features found in the ScanWizard EZ scanning software.

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    • Microtek scanners that support ScanWizard EZ Launching ScanWizard EZ ScanWizard EZ can be launched in either Stand-alone or Plug-in mode. • From Stand-alone mode: Double-click the ScanWizard EZ icon on the desktop, or choose Start, Programs, Microtek ScanWizard EZ for Windows, and then ScanWizard EZ.

  • Page 7: The Ez Mode

    The EZ Mode The EZ mode is the default scan mode when the ScanWizard EZ is launched the first time. It is meant to offer you a direct, intuitive and fast way to access a scanning process and to get a satisfied image output. There are six buttons on the EZ mode interface.

  • Page 8: Scanning With The Ez Mode

    ScanWizard EZ scanning software. Place the material to be scanned on the scan bed. Launch ScanWizard EZ (either as a stand-alone by clicking on the program icon, or by using the File-Import or Scan command from an application program).

  • Page 9: Function Buttons On The Ez Mode

    For more details, see the section “The Professional Mode”. Advanced Mode Button The ScanWizard EZ Advanced mode provides you with some basic and useful features for greater controls over the entire scanning process. Press the Advanced mode button to switch to the Advanced mode. For more details, see the section “The Advanced Mode”.

  • Page 10: Preferences Button

    The Auto Settings panel contains several automatic functions, such as Auto- crop, Auto-deskew, and Auto Color Enhancement. These functions are checked by default when ScanWizard EZ is launched for the first time. You may uncheck the function by clicking the check box of each function in the panel.

  • Page 11: Auto Color Enhancement

    Advanced mode. If you disable the auto-preview function in the Preference window, you will need to click the Preview button manually to prescan and preview your material. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 12: Scan Mode Panel

    Scan Quality The Scan Quality function allows you to select the image quality by controlling the scanner hardware and the maximum image processing depth. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 13: Rotate (Advanced Mode Only)

    90 degrees. This function appears only when you are in the Advanced mode. Mirror (Advanced mode only) The Mirror function lets you flip the image horizontally. This function appears only when you are in the Advanced mode. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 14: Save Panel

    This option allows you to assign the preferred folder into which the scanned images are saved. If you use the default folder “C:/Program Files/Microtek/ ScanWizard EZ/My Images/” as your preferred folder, you can access it directly by clicking the “EZ Images” icon on the desktop of the Windows.

  • Page 15: Filename Prefix

    If “None” is selected for Encoding, the JPEG image compression control will not be available for adjusting; if “JPEG” is selected, the Strip size options are grayed out and not being used. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 16: Send Image To

    Then you can assign it as your favorite for use in subsequent scans. To remove an application, highlight the application name in the Application alias list, then press the Remove button to remove it. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 17: Theme Panel (Ez Mode Only)

    The Theme panel appears only when you are in the EZ mode. This setting allows you to change the appearance of the control panel for the EZ mode and therefore adds more fun on using the ScanWizard EZ. EZ Mode Theme This option allows you to alter the appearance of the control panel for the EZ mode.

  • Page 18: Minimize Button

    Minimize Button When clicking the Minimize button, ScanWizard EZ will be shrunk down to the Windows task bar. Exit Button When pressing the Exit button, ScanWizard EZ will be terminated and users exit the ScanWizard EZ program immediately. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 19: The Advanced Mode

    Preference button - Press to bring up a dialog box where you can customize your scanning settings for the output images. Help button - Press to access the e-manual of the ScanWizard EZ. EZ Mode button - Press to switch to the EZ mode.

  • Page 20: Switching To The Advanced Mode

    Switching to the Advanced Mode When you launch ScanWizard EZ for the first time, the EZ mode is the default scanning mode shown on your screen. Press the Advanced mode button on the EZ mode interface, and the EZ mode is immediately switched to the Advanced mode.

  • Page 21: Scanning With The Advanced Mode

    File-Import or Scan command from an application program). When you launch ScanWizard EZ for the first time, click the Advanced mode button ( ) on the EZ mode interface to switch to the Advanced mode.
  • Page 22 (floating dotted line) around the image by dragging on the edge or corner of the scan frame to determine the final size of the actual scan. Scan fame (floating dotted line) Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...
  • Page 23 (viewing size) of the image; the maximum viewing size can be set up to 5 times bigger than the size of the original one. The size adjustment can be set from 0.5x to 5.0x in an 0.5 step-up increment. The default size is 1.0x. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...
  • Page 24 Zoom In button on the top right corner of the image. The chosen image will be enlarged and fit into the whole Preview area. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...
  • Page 25 Choose a desired image effect to be applied, click the Scan button to start scanning. The ScanWizard EZ will calibrate the scanner and perform the final scan with the scanning settings you made in the previous steps. When the scan is done, the output image can be saved in a file, delivered to the specified location or opened in your chosen application.

  • Page 26: Function Buttons On The Advanced Mode

    Nine Types of Image Effects One major advanced feature offered by the ScanWizard EZ program is that the system automatically provides a pre-screened parameter of image effects to scan materials, which help you to exactly get what they see on the screen. It means that no more fuzzy and tedious steps are required when you want to apply some image effects to your scan materials.
  • Page 27 Also, it This effect restores faded colors of balances light/dark shades of scan scanned materials back to life. Also, it image. balances light/dark shades and dims the brightness of the light shades of scan image. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...
  • Page 28 You can adjust image settings from its control panel based on the characteristics of scan document. To enter the control panel move and click the cursor (mouse) up on the thumbnail image. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 29: Scan Button

    Press the Cancel button to stop the scanning process and to cancel an ongoing scan job. Help Button Press the Help button to access an electronic help document for ScanWizard EZ and to give you information on the ScanWizard EZ scanning software. Preference Button Press the Preference button to bring up the Preference window, which allows you to change scanning settings for the output images.

  • Page 30: Image Correction Controls For Document Adjustment Section

    This allows you to select the appropriate image type (e.g., Color) as your image output type. • Select Color to scan the image in color. • Select Gray to scan the image in grayscale. • Select Line Art to scan the image in black-and-white. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 31: Threshold

    To lighten the original, drag the slider to the left or enter a value in the edit box. This lowers the Threshold value so that more pixels are turned to white, resulting in a lighter image. Original Threshold: 50 Threshold: 200 Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 32: Brightness/Contrast

    This feature is active only when the Type setting is “Line Art”. Default Button The Default button cancels the changes you have made with the image correction controls and restores all settings to their default values. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 33: Advanced

    For example, if you set the highlight point to 200, all points in the image with a value greater than 200 will be mapped to a value of 255, since 255 represents the “whitest” white. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...

  • Page 34: Gamma

    For example, to eliminate a greenish color cast, select Green as your lamp filter. For some scanner models, only the green and red filter options are available for you to choose. Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual...
  • Page 35 Microtek ScanWizard EZ Reference Manual For Professional Mode...
  • Page 36 Documents that you scan may be pr o tected under copyright law . The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder . Microtek bears no responsibility for the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials.
  • Page 37 Contents The Professional Mode ..............1 The Professional Mode Interface ..............2 Switching to the Professional Mode ............3 Toggling among EZ, Advanced, and Professional Modes ......4 The Preview Window ..............5 Elements of the Preview Window............... 5 Overview Area ...................7 Scan Material .....................
  • Page 38 The Preferences Menu ................19 Scan Material ................... 19 Color Matching Setup ............... 21 White/Black Points Setup..............23 Cursor Auxiliary Lines..............24 Overview Setup ................25 Prescan Setup ................... 27 Monitor Gamma Setup..............28 Invert ....................28 More... command ................29 The Correction Menu ................
  • Page 39 White/Black Points ................. 51 Tone Curve ..................... 54 Brightness and Contrast ................58 Color Correction ..................59 Filter ...................... 61 Descreen ....................65 Threshold ....................66 Film T ype ....................67 Automatic Color Restoration..............68 The Information Window ............69 Elements of the Information Window ............

  • Page 41: The Professional Mode

    Auto Sharpnesss Correction and Automatic Color Restoration. It also allows batch scanning of multiple images in a single pass. This manual covers the various image controls found in the ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode for the Windows system. The manual information is divided...

  • Page 42: The Professional Mode Interface

    Information windows by clicking on the Hide/Show toggle commands in the View menu of the Preview window . The next time you start up the ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode, the main screen will look exactly like the last time you exited the program. This means that if you had all four windows open the last time you quit the Professional mode, the same four windows will appear the next time you start it up.

  • Page 43: Switching To The Professional Mode

    Switching to the Professional Mode When you are in the ScanWizard EZ - EZ mode, click the Professional Mode button on the panel to switch to the ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode. When you are in the ScanWizard EZ - Advanced mode, click the Professional Mode button on the panel to switch to the ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode.

  • Page 44: Toggling Among Ez, Advanced, And Professional Modes

    Toggling among EZ, Advanced, and Professional Modes When the ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode is activated, you may toggle among the EZ mode, Advanced mode, and Professional mode by simply clicking on the corresponding button in the Preview window of the Professional mode.

  • Page 45: The Preview Window

    (Overview window) for displaying overview or prescan image. Details on how to use these controls and buttons are discussed in later chapters. Elements of the Preview window Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 46 Tool buttons include the Scan Frame (Frame) tool, Zoom (Magnify Glass) tool, Move (Pan) tool, and Pickers tool. G. Exit button: Click to close the user interface of the ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode and quit the ScanWizard EZ scanning software.

  • Page 47: Overview Area

    For details on how to change the actual preview area of the scan bed, refer to the Overview Setup command in the Preferences menu section. Overview window The maximum overview area The customized overview area To increase or decrease the preview window, drag the window to resize Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 48: Scan Material

    If you are scanning a negative transparency or filmstrip, this is the appearance of the Scan Material icon. When you click the icon and hold down the mouse, you will see the Negative Film option checked. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 49: Unit Of Measurement/Rulers

    Click the unit box in the Settings window , or click the r uler unit button ( ) at the 0,0 point of the rulers in the Overview window. When the submenu appears, select the unit of measurement. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 50: Overview, Prescan, And Scan To

    Overview, Prescan, Scan to The Scan to button is one of ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode’s great features, which functions the productivity tools under it. Click and hold the mouse button to activate Scan to options menu, you can select Scan to, Copy , E-mail, OCR, or To Web.
  • Page 51 Scan button This is the default button when the ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode is launched from an image-editing application. The scan button performs the final scan and sends the scanned image (output) to the application that you are using.
  • Page 52 Note: Make sure that you are connected to the Internet (connection is active/ operational) before you try to link to your assigned website. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 53: Toolbar

    Pan tool for scrolling through zoomed-in images that were enlarged through the Zoom tool, or for scrolling through parts of an image not included completely within the frame of the preview window . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 54 As you pass over a point in the image, observe the Info window — the K values will be displayed in the Color Output Meter . These values are in tur n based on the sample size you selected. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 55: The Scanner Menu

    Get Current Scanner Info This command provides information about your current scanner. When you choose this command, a dialog box appears showing the scanner model, Scanner ID number, and firmware version. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 56: Scanner Control (Power Saving Control)

    If your scanner does not show in the Scanner List dialog box, make sure your scanner is properly installed, connected, and turned on, and then click the Probe button. For details on connecting your scanner, refer to your scanner hardware installation guide. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 57: The View Menu

    Overview image and Prescan image Click the Prescan button. The Prescan image will then be available for viewing in the View menu, and a " " thumbnail will appear in the Scan Job Queue window. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 58: Resize Window To Fit

    To use this feature, choose the correct command from the View menu for viewing a window . When the window appears, you can hide it by choosing the particular Hide command for it. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 59: The Preferences Menu

    • Negatives, such as the negative film you use for your camera. The default scan material depends upon the scanner you are using, and the choices available to you in the Scan Material submenu will also depend on your equipment. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 60 If you are scanning negatives or positives, make sure you specify the correct scan material, or you will get inaccurate scanning results. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 61: Color Matching Setup

    To use the color matching function of ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode: Set up the Kodak CMS feature correctly at the time that ScanWizard EZ is installed. For more information on this procedure, refer to your Kodak documentation.
  • Page 62 If the “None” option is selected, the scanned image will appear like the original, with no color enhancement applied. Info/Profile Information button This lets you get information on currently used ICC profiles. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 63: White/Black Points Setup

    The higher the percentage value, the lower the contrast will be. The Maximum Output Level lets you set the output level of the white point. The lower the percentage value, the lower the contrast will be. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 64: Cursor Auxiliary Lines

    As you draw the scan frame, cursor lines will appear to help you draw the scan frame precisely . When you release the mouse, your scan frame will be aligned with the cursor lines. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 65: Overview Setup

    Generally, a shorter overview time results from the scanner motor travelling at a lesser distance. Maximum scan area Custom scan area Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 66 Preview button Click this button to get a scanning pr e view, or to do a new over v iew. This is helpful if you have specified custom settings or changed the dimensions. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 67: Prescan Setup

    Full screen, 75% screen, 50% screen, and Fit Preview Window. The size of the Prescan image does not necessarily fit into the specified option, as it is based only on the height/width ratio to get the maximum covered area. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 68: Monitor Gamma Setup

    In the case of 12-bit image, for example, a pixel in a positive image with a value of 255 is changed to 0, and a pixel with a value of 5 is changed to 250. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 69: More

    If checked, the image that is scanned in the Overview or Smart-Scan command remains on the screen until the next image is acquisition is performed. If unchecked, the overview image is deleted when you exit ScanWizard EZ. Keep All Prescan Images If checked, the image that is scanned in the Prescan command remains on the screen until the next image is acquisition is performed.
  • Page 70 This lets you specify a place to store temporary working files (e.g., scan job files) during a scanning session. If the directory you specify is not found or does not exist, a warning message appears, and ScanWizard EZ will create one automatically for you.

  • Page 71: The Correction Menu

    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 for ScanWizard EZ, and gives you information on the ScanWizard EZ scanning software. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 72: The Settings Window

    The Settings 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 Clicking the Window Expansion button to expand the Settings window. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 73 K. Reset button: This button lets specify which settings in the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) controls to be restored to their default values. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 74: Scan Job

    Scan Job Queue window can show you which is your currently selected scan job. Correspondence between the Scan Job box in the Settings window and the current scan job in the Preview and Scan Job Queue windows Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 75: Image T Ype

    Image Types The Type box shows you the image type of the cur r ent scan job. ScanWizard EZ allows direct scanning in the following color spaces described below . RGB Color RGB images use three colors (Red, Green, and Blue) to reproduce up to 68.7 billion colors.
  • Page 76 None provides no dithering. Pattern uses a structured pattern to simulate missing colors. Diffusion (default) uses the error diffusion technique to dither colors and produces the best quality for 256 colors. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 77: Resolution Settings

    . To choose your resolution, click the arrow button next to the Resolution box, and choose your setting from the list box. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 78: Resolution Unit

    Conversely , if the resolution is too high, the file size becomes unwieldy , and y our file ends up containing more information than the printer needs, slowing down the file transfer and the printing process. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 79: Scan Frame And Related Settings

    4” x 5” original to be output to 2” x 2.5”). Increase the scaling if outputting at a larger size. To choose the scaling percentage, click the arrow next to the scaling box, or enter a value in the scaling edit box. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 80: Output Settings

    This preserves the aspect ratio of the image. This option is automatically checked when either “Fixed Scan Frame” or “Fixed Output Size” is selected. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 81: Image Size

    The Fixed Scan Frame and Fixed Output Size options are mutually exclusive. This means that only one of the options can be checked at a time; checking another option will automatically uncheck the other . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 82: Flip/Transform

    From the options that appear, choose the degree of rotation you wish. Click the Scan button in the Pr e view window. When the image is scanned, it will be rotated or transformed according to the selected option. Transform Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 83: 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, check the boxes next to the targeted settings. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 84: Advanced Image Correction Tools

    The Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools form an integral part of ScanWizard EZ - Professional mode. With the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools, you can adjust the characteristics of your image right from within ScanWizard EZ. Experiment with the tools to see what each does and to learn how to optimize your results.

  • Page 85: Accessing The Aic Tools

    Correction menu in the Preview window. After clicking a tool, the AIC dialog box appears. The elements of the AIC dialog box are explained in the next section. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 86: Elements Of Aic Dialog Box

    If checked, the “before” and “after” thumbnails becomes hidden. The screen collapses to show only the lower portion of the dialog box. To restore the screen, click the “up” arrow at the left side of the dialog box. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 87 J. Arrow button: This allows you hide/show the thumbnails. K. Core of the AIC screen This is the heart of the AIC screen, and the content here changes to reflect your selected AIC tool. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 88: The Action Buttons

    This means that if you used several AIC tools, Revert cancels the effect of only the last used (or current) tool, and preserves the effects of the other preceding tools. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 89: Custom Settings

    Add To Menu ... button in that tool's dialog box. When a dialog box comes up, enter the name of the new custom setting to be added. For instance, the added setting can be called “girl” as shown below . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 90: Removing Custom Settings

    To load or retrieve a custom setting that you have pr eviously defined for an AIC tool, go to that AIC tool’ s pop-up menu, and choose the setting you wish to be loaded. Custom setting to be retrieved or loaded Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 91: White/Black Points

    B. Sliders The sliders are used to adjust the Black and White points of the image. The values of the black and white points are r eflected in the edit boxes below . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 92 G. Auto button The Auto button automatically judges the darkest and whitest points and clips excessive black or white points. The clipping percentage of the white/black points is accessible by clicking the Setup button. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 93 When the changes are done, click OK. For more details on the effects of the other action buttons, see the section The Action Buttons. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 94: Tone Curve

    Input and Output values are the same. When the curve is moved up or down, the relationship between input value and output value changes accordingly. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 95 The Method sets the kind of curve you wish to have. Select from Line, Curve, or Gamma. C. Channel The Channel allows you to choose the color or gray channel in which the gamma will be affected. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 96 G. The Load button The Load button lets you load a previously saved tone curve for use with another image. Photoshop-saved curves can also be loaded. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 97 For more details on the effects of the other action buttons, see the section “The Action Buttons”. To save a curve, click the Save As button. T o load a previously saved curve, click the Load button and specify the curve setting to be loaded. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 98: Brightness And Contrast

    T oo little contrast will make the colors in the image look dull and flat. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 99: Color Correction

    Example: 0° corresponds to the color red on the Wheel, 60° to the color yellow, 120° to the color green, 180° to the color cyan, 240° to the color blue, and 300° to the color magenta. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 100 Dragging the slide bar to the left decreases saturation; dragging it to the right increases saturation. Use the Angle, Radius, and Picker as necessar y. Click an action button. For more details, see the section The Action buttons. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 101: Filter

    Filters The Filter tool is used to apply special effects to your images. Several filters are provided in ScanWizard EZ, including Blur , Blur More, Edge Enhancement, Emboss, Unsharp Masking, Sharpen Low , Sharpen Medium, and Sharpen High. In using most of the Filters (except Unsharp Masking), the image you obtain in the preview window may differ from the way the image appears when you finally scan it in.
  • Page 102 It is best to use this tool for impr o ving geometrical, contoured shapes. Emboss The Emboss filter makes a selection appear raised or stamped by suppressing the color within the selection and then tracing its edges with black. Normal Blur More Edge Enhancement Emboss Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 103 CMYK color separation. In general, Unsharp masking is needed to render sharp color reproductions, especially when you wish to make a large color reproduction from a small original. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 104 If both values are 0, Unsharp Masking effect is disabled. Click OK to apply the settings. Before After 7x7 After 13x13 Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 105: Descreen

    • Set a value from 200 to 250 if the original image has a very fine dot pattern with a near-photographic quality, as in images taken from a high-quality art magazine. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 106: Threshold

    Threshold value so that more pixels are turned to white, resulting in a lighter image. Alternatively, you can enter a value in the Threshold edit box to change the Threshold. The Sharpen option lets you sharpen the Line Art image. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 107: Film Type

    Otherwise, this option will not appear and switches instead to the Descreen option for positive film or reflective scanning. The option “Generic Negative Film” is the only film type option available for negative film scanning Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 108: Automatic Color Restoration

    Automatic Color Restoration The Automatic Color Restoration feature is also known as ColoRescue™, part of Microtek’s PictuRescue™ system for photo reconstruction and color restoration which also includes DIGIT AL ICE. With ColoRescue, the scanner restores faded colors in photos and/or film, bringing hues back to their original luster and brilliance for more vibrant images.

  • Page 109: The Information Window

    Preview window (or the thumbnail in the Advanced Image Correction dialog box if it is open). You can choose to show or hide the Infor mation window in ScanWizard EZ. To do this, click the Show/Hide Info window toggle command under the View menu in the Preview window.

  • Page 110: Zoom Level Display

    Knowing this, you can modify the shadow and highlight points of an image, then come back to the same point in the image, and verify through the Color Output Meter that the RGB values have indeed changed. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 111: Sample Display Area

    5-pixel by 5-pixel area. If you choose 1 x 1 (the default), the color information pertains to a single pixel — the pixel in the middle of the sample area. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 112: The Scan Job Queue Window

    (highlighted) H. Multiple Auto-crop for G. One-pass EZ-Lock Film Scan for Holder Multiple Scan Jobs I. Function buttons for controlling scan jobs (i.e. Up/Down arrow, Duplicate, New, Delete, Check, and Load Save) Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 113 Prescan button in the Preview window . This means a prescan image is available for that scan job. This function is available only in the Reflective mode. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 114: One-Pass Scan For Multiple Scan Jobs

    If the screen filter is applied, all the scan jobs should use the same descreen lpi value. If ScanWizard EZ has detected that your image original does not meet the above conditions, the “One-pass Scan for Multiple Jobs” option is dimmed and will not be available for selection.

  • Page 115: Multiple Auto-Crop For Ez-Lock Film Holder

    Scan Job Queue window , numbered sequentially and all marked by a “Check” that indicates the jobs are ready to be scanned. Note: After performing multiple auto-crop scanning, the previously created jobs will be removed from the Scan Job Queue window. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 116: Function Buttons

    Editing Multiple Scan Jobs ScanWizard EZ 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 Scan Job Queue window .

  • Page 117: Adding A New Scan Job

    The Delete button allows you to remove a scan job from the list of scan jobs available. To delete a scan job, highlight the scan job to be r e moved, then click the Delete button. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 118: Checking A Scan Job

    When you start scanning, the scan jobs will be processed and scanned in the order that they appear in the Scan Job Queue window . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 119: The Load/Save Button

    Before loading a new scan job, you may remove your existing scan jobs from the right column Click the Add>> button in the window to load the scan jobs from a chosen folder into the Scan Job Queue window . Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...
  • Page 120 . Suppose the scan jobs already exist, if you check this check box, the number suffix is automatically appended as a new scan job. If unchecked, the existing scan jobs are overwritten. Microtek ScanWizard EZ - Professional Mode Reference Manual...

  • Page 121: Appendix

    • The scanner's serial number. This can be found on the back panel of the scanner. • Your computer name and model. • The version number of ScanWizard EZ. This is indicated on the ScanWizard EZ scanning software. • Your system components, or the devices on your system, such as an exter nal hard drive, CD-ROM, etc.

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