Automatically Save Prescans; Auto Naming; Appending A File Type Suﬃx; Automatic Scan Viewing In An Application (Auto File Open) - Better Light ViewFinder 7 User Manual

Better light digital scanning camera system user's manual

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A folder may also be selected as the preferred location for saving prescans when the Save

Prescan... menu option is selected from the File menu. Click the Prescan Folder... (PC) or Choose

(Mac) button to bring forward a dialog box for selecting the prescan folder. After selecting the folder,

its name should be displayed to the right of the "Save Prescan folder:" label. Scans and prescans can

be saved to the same folder.

When the Automatically retrieve scans and the Automatically open retrieved ﬁles options

have been selected, each scan is immediately transferred to the host computer and the

chosen application opens the ﬁle for immediate viewing and editing. On the Macintosh,

Photoshop® is always the selected imaging application.

Automatically Save Prescans

When this option is checked the prescan will be automatically saved every time the Scan button is

clicked. Prescans will be saved in the location speciﬁed for them with all of the program settings that

have been applied to the preview image.

Scans may be automatically named with the settings in the Auto Suﬃx area of the Preferences

window. When the Use Auto Naming checkbox has been checked, each scan will be named with the

preﬁx speciﬁed in the File Name ﬁeld, followed by an underscore (_) and a numeric suﬃx consisting

of a speciﬁed number of digits. The beginning value for the numeric suﬃx is speciﬁed in the Start-

ing number ﬁeld. The next scan will have the same File Name, with the starting number plus Step

by value. This continues, with the Step by value being added to the previous numeric suﬃx, until

the program is quit or the Use Auto Naming is unchecked. You can temporarily edit or override

the description as needed in the main window, even when Auto Naming is active. The autonaming

sequence will resume for the next image.

Most prescans and scans can optionally be automatically opened in Photoshop, or another appli-

cation, at the conclusion of the scan for rapid image viewing and editing. The Auto File Open group

of controls in the Preferences dialog allows the user to select whether an application will be launched

(if necessary) and signaled to open a newly-scanned image. Options are provided for launching an

application after a ﬁle is retrieved (saved from the Better Light controller's hard drive) and to select

the application desired for opening the images.

Each scan stored to the camera disk can be automatically opened and viewed after being retrieved

by checking the Automatically open retrieved ﬁles box.

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