What Is Scanwizard For Windows - Microtek ScanMaker IIG User Manual

What is ScanWizard for Windows

The ScanWizard for Windows scanning software is the program that acts as a
bridge between your scanner and a target application, such as Adobe Photo-
shop or Microtek ImageStar II.
In practical terms, this means you use the ScanWizard to capture images
placed on your scanner, edit those images, then place them in your target
application. And with its many editing tools and features, ScanWizard can save
you considerable time from having to do touch-ups in your image-editing
software.
Some of the things you can do with ScanWizard for Windows
• Select the type of image to be processed
and scanned. You can put one type of
image on the scanner and scan that in its
original form, or you can scan it in
another form altogether. For example,
you can have a color photo and scan it in
the same color mode, or you can scan it
in a different image type such as
grayscale or line art.
• While in preview mode, the image can
be adjusted through the image-
enhancement tools in the Settings
window. These tools allow you to adjust
image features such as brightness,
contrast, and exposure; shadows and
highlights; gamma or midtones (mid-
gray levels); hue or saturation; and
apply various filters for special effects.
• Clicking on an image-enhancement
tool calls up the Advanced Image
Enhancer (AIE) dialog box. While in the
AIE dialog box, you can see thumbnail
displays of the image, make changes
and see the effects applied in real time
(see "before" and "after" versions
instantly). You can also switch to
another tool without leaving the AIE
dialog box, as well as switch among
scan jobs if you have multiple scan
jobs. The image-enhancement
functions are among the most powerful
features of the ScanWizard.
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• Perform a preview or preliminary scan.
This is done with the Preview button in
the Preview window, and it allows you
to see a preliminary view of the image
before it's actually scanned.
Previewing an image allows you to do
further enhancements if necessary,
and it also lets you select the final area
to be scanned in case you wish to crop
the image. When the image is ready to
be scanned, clicking on the Scan
button will activate the scanning
process, and the image will then be
delivered to your target application.
• When changes are made to the image,
the changes can be easily verified
through the Information window, which
displays changes to RGB values. This
information can be helpful for those
working with color values.
• Create multiple scan jobs. A scan job
is simply a task that you designate
the scanner to process and scan. For
example, one scan job may be in
grayscale and another may be in
color. The two scan jobs can then be
manipulated and scanned separately,
and you can switch between scan
jobs easily while making changes.
The ScanWizard's ability to process
various scan jobs concurrently adds
tremendous flexibility to scanning.