Standard Scan Utility - Minolta DiMAGE Scan Elite II Instruction Manual

STANDARD SCAN UTILITY

The Standard Scan Utility allows individual selection over scan settings to optimize the reproduction
of the film image. The following flow diagram shows the usual scanning procedure:
1. LAUNCH THE STANDARD SCAN UTILITY
The utility can be lunched through an image-processing software or as a
stand-alone application.
2. SET UP THE SCANNER
Settings to control basic scanner operation can be made.
3. LOAD THE FILM HOLDER
4. SET THE FILM FORMAT AND TYPE
5. MAKE AN INDEX SCAN
Settings to control the index scan can be made. This step is unnecessary
if the index scan is not needed.
6. MAKE A PRESCAN
This step is unnecessary if the prescan is not needed.
7. MAKE CORRECTIONS TO THE PRESCAN
The following image processing can be applied to the prescan image:
• Tone-curve and histogram corrections (see page 53)
• Brightness, contrast, and color-balance corrections (see page 62)
• Hue, saturation, and lightness corrections (see page 63)
• Variation corrections (see page 64)
• Selective-color corrections (see page 66)
• Unsharp mask (see page 66)
• Digital ICE, ROC, or GEM processing (see page 69)
8. SET SCAN SETTINGS
The input and output settings can be adjusted.
9. MAKE THE FINAL SCAN
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