Table Of Contents - Minolta Dimage Scan Software Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This manual contains information on the DiMAGE Scan Utility software. See the
supplied hardware manual for information on connecting the scanner to a computer
and loading the film holders. The scanner notes section of that manual provides
additional information on software operation for your particular model scanner.
Color examples ..........................................................................................................2
Before you begin ........................................................................................................3
Before installing the DiMAGE Scan Utility ......................................................3
Installation ..............................................................................................................6
Windows ..........................................................................................................6
Macintosh ........................................................................................................8
Easy Scan Utility ......................................................................................................10
Launching the Easy Scan Utility ....................................................................10
Using the Easy Scan Utility............................................................................11
Basic scanning..........................................................................................................14
Launching the DiMAGE Scan Utility ..............................................................14
Scanning basics ............................................................................................14
Scanner setup................................................................................................15
Main window and index scan tab ..................................................................15
Making an index scan ....................................................................................16
Selecting index thumbnails ............................................................................16
Flip and rotate images ..................................................................................17
Fit-to-window button ......................................................................................17
Main window and prescan tab ......................................................................18
Making a prescan ..........................................................................................18
Grab tool ........................................................................................................19
Magnifying tool ..............................................................................................19
Auto cropping ................................................................................................19
CHP button (APS film) ..................................................................................19
Making the final scan ....................................................................................20
Basic image processing ............................................................................................22
Main window and image-correction tab ........................................................22
Pixel Polish ....................................................................................................23
Digital ICE - Image Correction Enhancement................................................24
Variation palette ............................................................................................25
Brightness, contrast, and color-balance palette ............................................26
An introduction to color ..................................................................................27
Comparing pre and post-correction images ..................................................28
Undoing and redoing image corrections........................................................28
Grain Dissolver ..............................................................................................29
Quitting the DiMAGE Scan Utility ..................................................................29
Advanced scanning ..................................................................................................30
Setting scanner preferences..........................................................................30
Exposure control tab......................................................................................32
Saving exposure settings....................................................................33
Loading exposure settings..................................................................33
More index scan functions ............................................................................34
Reverse frame order ..........................................................................34
Saving the index thumbnails ..............................................................35
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Saving an index file ............................................................................35
Loading an index file ..........................................................................35
More prescan functions ................................................................................36
Point AF (Autofocus) ..........................................................................36
Manual focus ......................................................................................37
Manual cropping ................................................................................38
Autoexposure......................................................................................39
AE area selection ..........................................................................39
AE lock............................................................................................39
Inputting scan settings manually....................................................................40
About resolution and output size ..................................................................41
Scan setting examples ..................................................................................42
Saving scan settings as a Job ......................................................................43
Deleting a Job................................................................................................43
Advanced image processing ....................................................................................44
More image-processing tools ........................................................................44
Digital ROC - Reconstruction Of Color ..........................................................45
Digital GEM - Grain Equalization & Management ........................................46
Tone curve / histogram palette ......................................................................48
Using tone curves ..........................................................................................48
Drawing tone curves by freehand..................................................................49
A short guide to tone-curve corrections ........................................................50
Histogram corrections ....................................................................................52
Tone-curve / histogram auto setting ..............................................................53
White, black, and gray-point corrections ......................................................54
Setting the white and black-point values ......................................................55
Tracking image corrections - snapshot button ..............................................55
Hue, saturation, and lightness palette ..........................................................56
Selective-color palette....................................................................................57
About RGB and CMY ....................................................................................57
Unsharp mask................................................................................................58
Saving image corrections ..............................................................................59
Loading image-correction Jobs......................................................................59
Custom Wizard ........................................................................................................60
Batch Scan Utility......................................................................................................62
Color matching..........................................................................................................66
Setting the output color space ......................................................................66
Output color spaces ......................................................................................67
Setting the monitor ICC profile ......................................................................68
Scanner color profiles ....................................................................................68
Color matching recommendations ................................................................69
Appendix ............................................................................................................70
Using multiple scanners ................................................................................70
Uninstalling the DiMAGE Scan software ......................................................70
Installed file and folders ................................................................................71
Dimage Scan Multi and Multi II system requirements ..................................72
About the Dimage Scan Multi and Multi II ....................................................73
Record keeping..............................................................................................73
Image Data Sheet..........................................................................................74
Color examples ..............................................................................................75
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