Exposure Control Tab; Saving Exposure Settings; Loading Exposure Settings - Minolta Dimage Scan Software Manual

Exposure-control tab
The exposure-control tab allows the scanner's exposure system to be customized to
specific films, lighting, or a personal exposure index based on the film, processing,
lens, and shutter combination. This can also be used to compensate for badly
exposed film.
Apply button
Text box
Slider
Histogram
Simply click the exposure-control tab to display the selected image. If a prescan has
not been made, the scanner will make one automatically. If any changes are made to
exposure, the image-correction tab will turn red (Windows) or an asterisk will be
displayed on the tab (Macintosh).
The RGB display will show the color values for any point in the image; simply place
the mouse pointer in the image area to see the values of that point. Pressing the shift
key (Windows) or command key (Macintosh) will display the CMY values.
The master slider and text box control the overall exposure. The R, G, and B sliders
and text boxes are used to compensate for any color shift. No gamma or contrast
changes can be made.
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Load setting button
Save setting button
Reset button
Apply-all button
Fit-to-window button
RGB display
Adjust the sliders or enter values between ±2 in 0.1
increments in the text boxes. Press the apply button (1)
to view the effect on the preview image and the
histograms. Repeat until the desired result is achieved.
To cancel all settings, click the reset button and press
the apply button to initialize the preview image.
When using autoexposure, adjustments are made in
reference to the exposure determined by the AE system.
To calibrate the scanner in reference to a standard
exposure, turn the autoexposure functions off in the
preference window (p. 30); set exposure control for
negatives to manual or uncheck the auto-expose-for-
slides check box. This is recommended when making
settings for specific films.
Click the apply-all button to use the exposure-control
settings for all the images in the film holder. To cancel
changes to exposure once the apply-all function has
been used, click the reset button and then click the
apply-all button again.

Saving exposure settings

Click the save setting button to open
the save window.
Enter the name for the setting file. Click OK.

Loading exposure settings

Click the load setting button to open the load
window.
Click on the file name to highlight it. Click OK to
apply the settings to the image displayed in the
exposure-control tab. Confirm the autoexposure
settings in the preferences window (p. 30).
To delete a setting file, open the load window and
click on the file name to highlight it. Use the
keyboard delete key to erase the file.
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