Scanning With Vistascan - UMAX Technologies Astra 4400 Operation Manual

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Note

It is important to realize that different applications may

use different methods to acquire images and only the

most general case is given here. Please refer to your

application documentation for details on its usage.

A. Using an image editing application to invoke VistaScan

1. Open a TWAIN-compliant application from Microsoft Windows in

order to start. For example, launch MGI PhotoSuite on the Astra 4450

CD. Follow these steps to open MGI PhotoSuite:

I. Click on the Start button on your desktop.

II. Select Programs.

III. Select the MGI PhotoSuite program group.

IV. Select MGI PhotoSuite.

2. The MGI PhotoSuite window appears as shown in Fig 1. Select the

scanner icon or the Get button on the top menu.

3. The Get Photo user interface appears as shown in Fig. 2. From the green

panel on the left, select the Scanner (Twain) button.

4. The Scanner (Twain) user interface appears as shown in Fig. 3.

5. Click on the green Scan button on the left panel to invoke VistaScan, the

VistaScan window will open as shown in Fig. 4.

6. Place the item you will scan on top of the scanner's object glass.

7. Click on Preview to preview the scanned image on the Preview window

and then from the four modes on the Click to scan panel, click on a scan

mode button that best suits the required scan. For example, if you wish

to scan a color photograph, click on the Color Photo button to scan the

image in true color. Scanning will commence upon selection of a button.

8. Once the scan is completed, Press the exit button, VistaScan closes and

loads a thumbnail icon of the scanned image on the right top panel,

named Photos on the Scanner (Twain) user interface.