Making An Index Scan; Selecting Index Thumbnails; Flip And Rotate Images; Fit-To-Window Button - Minolta Dimage Scan Software Manual

Making an index scan

Index scans can be made of 35mm or APS film. An index scan cannot be made with
single-frame medium format film holders. The type of film holder available vary with
scanner model.
With a loaded film holder in the scanner,
click the index-scan button in the main
window to start the scan. All the frames in
the film holder will be scanned. The frame
number of the index scan corresponds to
the frame number in the film holder.
Images can be prescanned or scanned
without making an index scan.
To cancel the index scan, click the cancel button in the small dialog box that appears
during the scan, or press the escape key (Windows), or press the command key and
period (.) at the same time (Macintosh).
Index thumbnails will remain in the display until another index scan is made or the film
format and type are changed. To initialize the index display and remove the current
thumbnails press the control key (Windows) or command key (Macintosh) together
with the shift and R keys.

Selecting index thumbnails

The thumbnail display allows the selection
of single or multiple images
prescanning or scanning. Selected images
can also be affected by the scanner
software functions such as the rotate
buttons.
Simply click on a thumbnail to select it; the
border will darken to indicate selection.
To select multiple images, press and hold
the control key (Windows) or command
key (Macintosh) and then click on each
image to be scanned; the selected frames will have a dark border. To deselect an
image, click on the thumbnail a second time while holding the control key (Windows)
or command key (Macintosh). To select consecutive images, press and hold the shift
key and then click on the first and last images of the series. Press the control key
(Windows) or command key (Macintosh) and A key at the same time to select all
frames.
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Flip and rotate images

The orientation of the index thumbnails
and prescan images can be changed with
the flip and rotate buttons on the tool bar.
Rotate - the rotate-right button
rotates the thumbnail 90° clockwise
and the rotate-left button rotates the
image 90° counterclockwise each
time the buttons are clicked.
Flip - when an image is
flipped, it will create a
mirror image.

Fit-to-window button

Normally, index thumbnails and prescan images are displayed based on their size and
resolution. When the number of thumbnails or the size of the prescan is too large or
small for the display area, clicking the fit-to-window button automatically resizes the
images to fit the display area. Clicking the button again displays the images at their
original size. The prescan grab and zoom tools cannot be used with the fit-to-window
function.
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