Page 1 Nikon Scan 3 Reference Manual Overview (pp. 1–3) Getting Started (pp. 4–17) Tutorial (pp. 18–35) Reference (pp. 36–137) Appendices (pp. 138–152)
Page 2 About This Manual images directly into any application that supports the TWAIN Welcome to Nikon Scan 3! At its most basic, Nikon Scan is a standard (Windows) or Adobe Photoshop 5.0 acquire plug-ins driver that acts as an interface between your scanner and your (Macintosh).
Page 3 This reference manual has been written to guide you through To make it easier to find the information you need, the following the process of using Nikon Scan to scan and edit images. The symbols and conventions are used: next chapter, “Getting Started,” describes the type of system...
Page 4 This manual is for use with both the Windows and Macintosh vice on digital imaging and photography. versions of Nikon Scan. While the majority of the illustrations are taken from the Windows version of the product, save where otherwise noted the operations described apply to both the Macintosh and Windows versions.
Page 5: Getting Started
(pp. 5–6) Installation (pp. 7–17) About This Chapter This chapter takes you step-by-step through the process of installing Nikon Scan. Users who have already completed installation can proceed directly to the next chapter for a tutorial covering basic scan operations.
Page 6: Before You Begin
† A minimum of 128 MB is recommended when using Digital GEM, Digital ROC, the optional IA-20 (S) APS (IX240) film adapter, or the optional SA-30 roll-film adapter for the 4000 ED. Additional memory is required to run the host application when Nikon Scan functions as a TWAIN source.
Page 7 * A minimum memory allocation of 128 MB is recommended when using Digital GEM, Digital ROC, the optional IA-20 (S) APS (IX240) film adapter, or the optional SA-30 roll-film adapter for the 4000 ED. Additional memory is required to run the host application when Nikon Scan functions as an acquire plug-in.
Page 8 If an earlier version of Nikon Scan is already installed on your system, before upgrading to version 3 you will need to uninstall If an earlier version of Nikon Scan is already installed on your the existing version of Nikon Scan.
Page 9 Scan 3 CD will contain installers for from one to four language inserted in the drive: versions of Nikon Scan: English (EN), French (FR), German (DE), 1. Double click the My Computer icon and Spanish (ES). Where installers for more than one language 2.
Page 10 Step 4, click Print…. Copies of these files are Nikon Digital Imaging web-site (your URL(s) stored on the Nikon Scan 3 CD in the same folder as the in- computer must be set up for an Internet connection).
Page 11 Depending on where you purchased your scanner, you may be After accepting the license agreement, take a few moments to prompted to select the language in which Nikon Scan’s menus view the ReadMe file, which may contain important information and dialogs will be displayed. Choose a language from the list that could not be included in this manual.
Page 12 Windows Macintosh Step 6—Accept the license agreement Step 6—Choose a location for Nikon Scan The software license agreement will The disk and folder to which Nikon be displayed. After reading the agree- Scan will be installed (by default, the ment, click Yes to continue with in- root directory on the system disk) stallation.
Page 13 RGB color space when you first start Nikon Scan. A new profile can be Choose Windows if the majority of the images that you chosen at any time from the Nikon Scan Preferences dialog.
Page 14 8-3 Depending on your choice, you will be presented with one of the dialogs shown below. Narrow gamut: vivid, “saturated” colors Wide gamut: low- contrast, “flat” colors Windows profiles Macintosh profiles (gamma 2.2) (gamma 1.8) Choose a profile from the list (sRGB is recommended for images destined for Windows computers, Apple RGB for the Macintosh).
Page 15 8-4 A list of ten RGB color-space profiles will be displayed. Choose a profile for use as the initial calibrated RGB color space. The effects of the color range and gamma setting for each profile can be seen in the image to the right of the profile list. Select a profile and click OK. If you are not sure which profile is right for you, click Back to Wizard to open the Wizard dialog shown in Step 8-3.
Page 16 The installer saves a copy of the Nikon Scan plug-in in a plug-ins folder under the folder to which you installed Nikon Scan. To use the plug-in with another application, first make sure that the application is not running and then copy the plug-in to the application’s plug-in folder.
Page 17 Windows Device Manager. Before proceeding to the ter clicking the icon once to select it, next step, make sure the Nikon Scan 3 CD is inserted in the choose Get Info ( I) from the Finder CD-ROM drive, and then click...
Page 18 IEEE 1394 driver update provided Turn the scanner on. If you are using a scanner with a SCSI with Nikon Scan before connecting the scanner. interface, such as the LS-2000 or COOLSCAN III, after turning Step 13—Turn the scanner on...
Page 19 Tutorial Basic Scanning The Scan Window (pp. 19–25) Making a Scan (pp. 26–35) About This Chapter This chapter: • Introduces you to the scan window, the scanner control center • Takes you step-by-step through the process of making a scan This chapter provides enough information to enable you to scan images and open them in another application or save them to disk.
Page 20: The Scan Window
The scan window is the interface between your scanner and as Adobe Photoshop, select Nikon Scan from the host’s im- the imaging application that acts as a host for Nikon Scan. It port or acquire menu (see the host application manual for is where you adjust scanner settings and perform image en- details).
Page 21 • what extra processing will be image is scanned and, when performed when the image is Nikon Scan is used as a stand- alone application, after im- scanned • the color values for the pixel ages are opened in the Nikon...
Page 22 • Help: click to open the Nikon to particular scanning conditions and (slides, reversal film, or monochrome destined for output on a commercial Scan help file recall them as desired.
Page 23 The Information Panel Orientation Dimensions/File Size Image Enhancement Scanner Extras Shows the orientation of the pre- Gives the height and width of the Indicates whether Digital ICE Indicates the current bit depth (which view image relative to the original, current crop in pixels, and the size of analog gain are in effect.
Page 24 (thumbnails), click the button. Multiple current settings. If you are using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application, you frames can be selected by clicking each frame in turn while holding down the can switch back and forth between the tabs using the Show Natural Pane/...
Page 25 (where Nikon Scan is used as a extremely flexible tools for adjusting stand-alone application) when im- color.
Page 26 The Tool Chest (Continued) † † † Digital ICE Cubed (Digital ICE Analog Gain Scanner Extras Depending on your scanner, up to three image enhancement tools are This tool allows exposure for the These tools offer you control over available: colored elements in the scanner’s features specific to your scanner.
Page 27: Table Of Contents
This section covers the basics of making a scan, from opening the scan window to scanning an image into the host application. A detailed description of Nikon Scan’s color editing and image enhancement features may be found in the following chapter.
Page 28: S Tep 2 Insert The Medium In The Scanner
Before making a scan, connect the scanner and turn it on as Option When to use it described in the scanner manual. You will also need to turn on Use when scanning most makes of Positive your computer and wait for the operating system to start up. positive slides or reversal film.
Page 29: Model
Step 4—Select the color model Nikon Color Management Select a color model according to The Nikon Color Management system (CMS) ensures that the how you intend to use the image. The colors from your scanner are reproduced accurately on differ- options available depend on whether ent output devices such as printers and monitors.
Page 30 A multi-frame adapter is an adapter that allows you to scan more than one frame of a film roll or strip film without having to remove the media from the adapter between scans. The following multi-frame adapters are available for the Nikon scanners supported under Nikon Scan 3: •...
Page 31 By default, frames are identified by number only. To view a small The frame to be scanned can be selected by clicking the associ- preview image (thumbnail) for each frame, click the button. ated frame number or thumbnail. To select multiple frames, The button icon will change to ;...
Page 32 Step 6—Preview the frames to be scanned The Scan Progress window Click the Preview button. A pre- While scanning is in progress, the view of the image to be scanned will progress window will show the op- appear in the Natural and Processed eration currently being performed.
Page 33 Step 7—Open the Layout Tools palette Step 8—Adjust image orientation Before scanning the image, you may need to use the Layout Depending on how the medium was Tools in the Tool Chest to correct its orientation and select the inserted into the scanner, you may area to be scanned.
Page 34: Scanned
(note that the preview area can not be enlarged beyond the borders of the scan window). To speed processing, Nikon Scan does not create a new pre- Owing to the way in which the preview image is displayed, the...
Page 35: Resolution
Step 10—Select an output resolution Step 11—Adjust the output size Click the triangle next to Crop in the Tool Chest to open the Before scanning, adjust the output size to determine the size of Crop palette. Enter a value for Resolution that matches the the image that will be produced, either in terms of the physical effective resolution of the printer or monitor on which the im- dimensions of the image when printed or displayed at the se-...
Page 36: Frames
After editing, save the scanned images from the host application. area to be scanned using the mouse and then specify the If you are using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application, choose exact file size of the final image, for example to keep file sizes Save As…...
Page 37 This chapter covers scan window settings not detailed in the previous chapter, including contrast, color balance, sharpening, and Digital ICE controls. It also describes the options available in the settings menu and Preferences dialog, and details the options available when Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone application.
Page 38 By default, the scanner adjusts exposure as necessary before Adjusting Focus and Exposure previews or scans. Depending on the settings selected for the Resetting Autofocus and Exposure autoexposure options in the Preview Settings, Single Scan, or Under normal circumstances, the scanner will automatically ad- Batch Scan tabs of the Preferences dialog, you may however just focus and exposure before an image is displayed in the pre- need to adjust exposure before scanning or preview using the...
Page 39 • Control/option click the button Selecting a New Focus Point To perform an autofocus operation when the new focus point Manual Focus Point Selection is selected, hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or option By default, clicking the button fo- (Macintosh) key while clicking the button.
Page 40 To adjust autoexposure manually, click Autoexposure button in the control area. Performing an Autoexposure Operation By default, an autoexposure operation is performed as neces- sary when the Preview button is clicked. If Auto exposure for negative film or Auto exposure for positive film is turned off in the Preview Settings tab of the Preferences dialog, however, autoexposure must be performed manually before previewing media of the selected type.
Page 41: The Tool Chest
It can also be used to edit images for contrast, color balance, and sharp- ness, whether prior to scanning or—when using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application—after scanning, when the image is opened in an image window within Nikon Scan.
Page 42 • Opening a tool palette in a separate window Tools can be added to the new Tool Chest by dragging addi- Tool palettes can be opened in a separate window by clicking tional palettes into the window. The new Tool Chest will be the palette title and dragging it outside the Tool Chest win- added to the tools menu in the scan window.
Page 43 Extras drawer to preserve image quality. Once the image is scanned. The Information palette can be used to opened in the Nikon Scan applet, save a copy in NEF format to determine the size and location of the crop. store any changes to the image independently of the original Stage 2: Adjust resolution and size image data.
Page 44 Image Orientation when Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone application. In the ter; if the letter is shown in red, the im- scan window, the layout tools are used to select the portion of...
Page 45 Rotate 90 ninety degrees to clockwise the right. If you are using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application, you can Flips the image in select the hand, crop, zoom, and focus tools using the Hand the active window Cursor, Selection Cursor, Zoom Cursor, and Focus Cur- Flip horizontal horizontally.
Page 46 Information The Information palette contains the following items: This palette provides information about the size and location of Item Description the current crop, the position of the cursor within the active The vertical (Y) and horizontal (X) dis- image, and the color of the pixel under the cursor. tance of the cursor from the top left corner of the image.
Page 47 Crop How you set the output size depends on how you intend to use The Crop palette is where you specify the physical dimensions, the image. or output size, of the image opened in the host application after • If the image will be printed or used in desktop publishing: scanning.
Page 48 The Crop palette offers three methods for adjusting output size: • Keep this crop • Keep this output size Choose this option when you want to select the precise Choose this option when you want to select the general area to be scanned using the mouse, then adjust the output area to be scanned using the mouse, then specify the exact resolution and size according to how the image will be used.
Page 49 The other items in the Crop palette are described below: Item Description The output size can be entered in these text boxes. The units for output size can be cho- sen from the menu to the right of the display. Input size When Keep this crop is selected, changing the height or width will result in the other...
Page 50 Adding resolution menu options (Macintosh only) on a commercial printer (in ppi) should be about twice the In the Macintosh version of Nikon Scan, options can be added number of lines per inch. to the resolution menu by selecting Add Resolution… from •...
Page 51 The Crop Settings Menu Item Description Clicking the triangle at the top right Reset to Sets the crop to include the entire image and of the Crop palette displays the Crop Default restores the default resolution and scale set- settings menu, where you can save or Crop tings.
Page 52 Description Digital ICE, Digital ROC, and Digital GEM (Digital ICE 4000 ED/COOLSCAN IV ED Nikon Scan is equipped with three photo retouch tools: Image The image is processed digitally to remove Correction and Enhancement (ICE), Restoration of Color the effects of scratches and dust. The effects Normal (ROC), and Grain Equalization and Management (GEM).
Page 53 Digital ICE is equivalent to the “Defect Correction” function in fading of the original media, is built in to 4000 ED and Nikon Scan 2. COOLSCAN IV ED film scanners. To use Digital ROC, turn the Enable Post Processing check-box on and then select the amount of correction to be performed using the Digital ROC Digital ICE does not perform equally well with all types of film.
Page 54 ROC with monochrome film may introduce colors into the im- age. We recommend that you increase the amount of memory avail- able to Nikon Scan or the host application to at least 128 MB when using Digital ROC or Digital GEM on a Macintosh. Reference: The Tool Chest...
Page 55 The Digital ICE Settings Menu Item Description Clicking the triangle at the top right Reset to of the Digital ICE Cubed palette dis- Default Turns all Digital ICE settings off. plays the Digital ICE settings menu, Digital ICE Settings where you can save or export image Digital ICE settings and recall them Reset to...
Page 56 4000 ED/COOLSCAN IV ED only Getting the Most from Your Scanner Option Description Scanner Extras and Analog Gain The Analog Gain and Scanner Extras palettes give you direct Perform If this option is checked, an autofocus op- autofocus when eration will be performed when a slide is control over the following elements of the scanner firmware: film is inserted inserted in the MA-20 (S) strip-film...
Page 57 Analog Gain To view the effects of analog gain on the image in the preview The controls in the Analog Gain palette are used to adjust col- area, click the Update button. To return the exposure value ors by modifying exposure for each of the colored elements in for all LEDs to 0, click Reset.
Page 58 Firmware “Firmware” is software built into a hardware device. In the case of Nikon film scanners, firmware upgrades may be available on the web or from your nearest Nikon-authorized service center. For details, contact your Nikon representative or see the fol-...
Page 59 Once set, this focus position will be used until the next time Normal film is inserted in the scanner or Nikon Scan is restarted. To Multi-sample scanning off. (1x) focus the scanner automatically, use the autofocus button in the...
Page 60 Calibration Interpolation Method (LS-2000/COOLSCAN III only) Under most circumstances, calibration is performed automati- Your scanner can scan at 2,700 ppi and at any resolution below cally at intervals when no media are inserted in the scanner. If this value that can be produced by dividing 2,700 by a whole film has been left in the scanner for a long period of time, you number (1,350 ppi, 900 ppi, 675 dpi, etc.).
Page 61 Prescan Mode (LS-2000/COOLSCAN III only) • Lo-Cont. Neutral With low-contrast images, This setting is suited to low-con- autoexpo-sure may sometimes trast images in which mid-tones fail to produce the correct re- predominate, with no clearly-de- sults. Three options are avail- fined areas of black or white, for able that allow the autoexposure operation to be adjusted for example a photograph of red rose...
Page 62 Perform autofocus when film is inserted trip Film Offset This check box is available only when the MA-20 (S) slide-mount his option is available when a strip-film adapter (SA-21/SA-20 adapter is inserted in a 4000 ED or COOLSCAN IV ED film r SA-30) is inserted in the scanner, when it allows you to ad-j scanner.
Page 63 IX240 Crop Choices Slide Feeder Scan (4000 ED/LS-2000 only) IX240 crop choices for APS (IX240) film are available when the This option is available when the SF-200 (S) slide feeder (sold IA-20 (S) adapter (sold separately) is inserted in the 4000 ED, separately) is inserted in the 4000 ED or LS-2000.
Page 64 These flaws can be curve”) and for each of the components, or “channels,” in the corrected using Nikon Scan’s three color enhancement tools: current color model (red, green, and blue in the RGB model, or Curves, Color Balance, and the LCH Editor.
Page 65 Input is plotted along the horizontal axis, with shadows (the When the cursor is moved over the curve edit display, the input dark areas of the image) to the left, highlights (the bright areas and output values for the point under the cursor are shown in of the image) to the right, and mid-tones in between.
Page 66 Step 1—Viewing the Histogram The histogram takes the form of a bar graph. The horizontal The first step in adjusting tone levels and color balance in the axis shows the tone level (pixel brightness) as a value from 0 to Curves palette is to view the histogram displayed in the back- 255, with the minimum possible value for colors in the selected ground of the curve edit display.
Page 67 Step 2—Channel Selection You can modify tones for all colors The current channel can also be selected using the following in the image using the master curve, shortcuts: or select any of the red, green, and • Ctrl 1 (Windows)/ 1 (Macintosh) blue or cyan, magenta, yellow, and Red channel (RGB)/Cyan channel (CMYK) black curves for editing using the...
Page 68 Step 3—Setting the White Point and Black Point White-Point and Black-Point Input Levels The endpoints of the curve are referred to as the “white point” Input levels for the white point and black point can be set using and the “black point.” The black point for a given channel repre- any of the following three methods: sents the darkest shade (minimum value) for that color, the white •...
Page 69 Automatic Contrast Adjustment To perform an auto contrast operation, click the auto contrast In automatic contrast adjustment, Nikon Scan automatically se- button ( ). The white and black points for each of the red, lects white and black points that exclude a certain percentage...
Page 70 White-Point and Black-Point Sliders The white-point and black-point sliders can be used to match the white and black points to the histogram displayed in the curve edit display. To edit the white point or black point, click the corresponding slider once to activate it, then drag it to the right or left (a value can also be entered directly in the text box underneath the slider).
Page 71 Sampling the Image for White Point or Black Point To sample the white point, click the button. When the cur- The white point or black point can be set by directly sampling sor is moved over the active image, it will take the shape of an the image, allowing you to choose the pixels that will be used to eyedropper.
Page 72 White Point and Black Point Output Levels To set the output level, click the slider once to activate it, then Once you have set the input level for the black point and white drag it up or down until you have found the desired output level point, output levels can be altered to reflect the actual shade of (the output level can also be set by entering a value directly in the darkest and brightest pixels in the image.
Page 73 Step 4—Setting the Gray Point The Gray-Point Slider The point midway between the maximum and minimum input The gray-point slider is located at the bottom of the curve edit values is known as the “gray point” (or “midpoint”). This point display.
Page 74 Sampling the Image for Gray Point To sample the gray point, click the button. When the cursor The gray point can also be set by direct sampling. Sampling the is moved over the active image, it will take the shape of an eye- image leaves the selected pixel at its current brightness while dropper.
Page 75 Step 5—Editing Curves Directly Adding New Points to the Curve Fine adjustments can be made to brightness and contrast in Move the cursor over the curve edit display and click once to specific portions of the tone range by adding additional points enter curve edit mode.
Page 76 The Curves Settings Menu Item Description Clicking the triangle at the top right Reset to of the Curves palette displays the Default Resets all curves to linear. Curves settings menu, where you can Curve Settings save or export curve settings and re- call them as desired.
Page 77 Color Balance Item Description The Color Balance palette offers simple controls for adjusting The brightness slider adjusts brightness for overall brightness, contrast, and color balance for the entire the entire image. Dragging the brightness image. Unlike the Curves palette, the Color Balance palette slider in the + direction brightens all the col- ors in the image.
Page 78 The Color Balance settings menu contains the following op- Item Description tions: While the brightness slider adjusts brightness for the image as a whole, the color-balance Item Description sliders (one for each channel in the current Saves the current color-balance settings color model) allow the user to adjust bright- under a user-specified name.
Page 79 The LCH Editor can only be used when the Nikon Color Man- agement system (CMS) is on. If Nikon CMS is off, the tools in the editor will be disabled. To use the LCH Editor with a color space that has the same gamut as uncalibrated RGB data ob-...
Page 80 The desired editor can be chosen from the menu at the top the The Luminosity Editor LCH Editor palette (see below). Although it affects brightness rather than color, editing luminos- ity has a similar effect to editing the master curve in the Curves palette.
Page 81 The luminosity editor is shown below. Item Description Gray point Sets the gray point (gamma value) for lumi- slider nosity White point Sets the maximum input level. slider Input/output Luminosity input and output levels for the levels point under the cursor in the edit display. Output level The distribution of pixels of different lumi- sliders...
Page 82 The Chroma Editor The chroma editor is shown below. The chroma editor is a useful tool for adjusting color satura- tion. Steepening the curve increases saturation in the affected range, making colors more vivid. Flattening the curve results in flatter, less vivid colors. Moving the gray point to the left makes the image as a whole more vivid, while moving it to the right “averages out”...
Page 83 The Hue Editor Item Description When Hue is selected from the menu at the top of the LCH Black point Sets the minimum input level. Editor palette, the editor takes on the appearance shown on slider the following page. The controls for editing hue are unique, Gray point Sets the gray point (gamma value) for consisting of a rainbow-colored background bisected by a straight...
Page 84 The hue editor is shown below. The other controls in the hue editor are described below. Item Description Adjusts the width of the curve that passes through the selected point, enabling you to Width slider determine what hues in the vicinity of the selected point are affected by the change.
Page 85 The LCH Editor Settings Menu Item Description Clicking the triangle at the top right Reset to of the LCH Editor displays the LCH Default Resets the luminosity, chroma, and hue curves Editor settings menu, where you can LCH Curve to linear. Settings save or export LCH settings and re- call them as desired.
Page 86 Unsharp Mask can only be used when the Nikon Color Man- Mask will be applied, with the result that only more distinctly agement system (CMS) is on. If Nikon CMS is off, the tools in contrasting edges will be affected.
Page 87 Creating Unsharp Masks Step 3—Check the results Step 1—Select a color To compare the effects of the Unsharp Mask with the unmodi- Select a color from the color pop-up menu. The mask you cre- fied image, click the check box at the top left of the Unsharp ate will be applied only to edges where the selected color pre- Mask palette to turn the effects of Unsharp Mask on or off.
Page 88 The Unsharp Mask Settings Menu Item Description Clicking the triangle at the top right Export of the Unsharp Mask palette displays Unsharp Exports the current masks to a separate file the Unsharp Mask settings menu, Mask in the folder of your choice. Settings…...
Page 89 The settings for the Crop, Curves, Color Balance, LCH Editor, Unsharp Mask, Nikon Enhancement, and Image Enhancement palettes can be saved and recalled separately using the palette settings menu. Reference: Reusing Settings...
Page 90 The options in the settings menu are described below. Option Description Clear User Deletes user settings created with the Set Option Description Settings User Settings option. Saves the current settings under a user-speci- Reset to fied name. These settings will be added to the Save Factory Restores the settings in effect at installation.
Page 91 Using Nikon Scan as a Stand-Alone Application Scan 3.0 from Programs > Nikon Scan 3.0. When Nikon Scan is used as a TWAIN source or acquire plug- in for another program such as Adobe Photoshop, its role is complete when the Scan button is clicked to scan the image into the host application.
Page 92 The Nikon Scan Window (Windows) The Menu Bar (Macintosh) When you start the Nikon Scan applet in Windows, the Nikon When you start the Nikon Scan applet on your Macintosh, Nikon Scan 3.0 window, containing a menu bar and toolbar, will open Scan’s menus will appear in the menu bar.
Page 93 Copy mand in the Edit menu. tom of the Nikon Scan 3.0 window. The status bar can be dis- played or hidden by selecting Status Bar from the View menu. Duplicates the effects of the Print…...
Page 94 Image Windows Unless Save to Disk is selected in the Preferences dialog, im- ages scanned when Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone applica- tion will be opened in separate image windows within the Nikon Scan applet. An image window is shown below.
Page 95 The information display shows the date and time the image was created, the color model, file type and compression, and image size and resolution. To hide the information display, click the settings icon a second time, or select Settings Section from the View menu. Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet...
Page 96 Revert from the File menu. If the image has yet to be Pg. For more information on: saved, it will be restored to the condition it was in immediately 43 Flipping and rotating images after scanning. Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet...
Page 97 Scan menu. This can be used, for example, to scan images at a Color Space sub-menu in the Nikon Scan menu. The follow- bit depth of more than eight bits, edit them in Nikon Scan, and ing options are available: then convert them to eight bit before saving them in JPEG for- mat.
Page 98 Editing Images in the Nikon Scan Applet • LCH Editor Images opened in image windows within the Nikon Scan applet Make precise adjustments to brightness, color saturation, and can be edited using many of the tools available in the scan win- dow, including the following tool palettes: •...
Page 99 LCH set- tings, and Unsharp Mask to be saved separately the image. Files saved in a format supported by Nikon Scan can from the image data. You can view the unmodi- be opened in the Nikon Scan applet using the Open… option fied image data at any time by opening the image in the File menu.
Page 100 This is the generic format used on Windows systems. Most Windows users will be able to view files of this type. This format is not avail- (Windows able in the Macintosh version of Nikon Scan, and only) does not support CMYK, sixteen-bit grayscale, or sixteen-bit RGB.
Page 101 Choose a paper tray. Choose from Portrait (tall) or Landscape Orientation (wide). Step 2—Preview how the image will print Choose Print Preview… from the File menu for a preview of how the image will print at current settings. Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet...
Page 102 Two Page a time. Zooms the preview image in. You can also Zoom In zoom in by clicking on the preview image. Zoom Out Zooms the preview image out. Close Closes the Print Preview window. Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet...
Page 103 (in pixels) output resolution (in ppi) = output dimensions (in inches; multipy this value by 2.54 to obtain output dimensions in centimeters) After adjusting settings, click OK to print the image. Reference: The Nikon Scan Applet...
Page 104 Scan Window Operations When Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone application, the Nikon After editing an image in the Nikon Scan applet and saving it to Scan menu can be used to adjust a variety of scan window disk, you may want to open the scan window and adjust settings settings.
Page 105 Quitting Nikon Scan Option Description To quit Nikon Scan, choose Exit (Windows) or Quit from the If the scan window is active, this command can be used to choose a new setting for file menu. If changes to the image have yet to be saved, you will...
Page 106 If you are using Nikon Scan as a stand-alone application, you can also open the Preferences dialog by selecting Prefer- ences… from the Nikon Scan menu (Windows) or Edit menu (Macintosh).
Page 107 (Color Management) • The disk used for temporary storage while Nikon Scan is in operation (File Locations/Scratch Disks) • The operations performed automatically when scanning im- ages one at a time (Single Scans) •...
Page 108 Nikon CMS is off, this adjustment must be made manually. The Color Management tab is where you turn Nikon CMS on and off and select the profiles for use with your monitor and the CMYK and calibrated RGB color models.
Page 109 Creating a monitor profile If desired, you can create a monitor profile suited to your oper- ating environment in Adobe Photoshop and use it in Nikon Scan. For information on creating monitor profiles, see the documen- tation provided with Adobe Photoshop. This option is not avail- able in Adobe Photoshop LE.
Page 110 The Scanning Process The illustration below shows the role Nikon CMS plays in the When the Scan button is clicked to perform the final scan, the scanning process. CMS profiles are shown in blue, user opera- scan data are processed according to the selected color-space tions in red.
Page 111 Color Management Preferences • Use Nikon Color Management System The profiles used by the Nikon Color Management System are This check-box turns the Nikon Color Management System specified by means of the Color Management tab in the Prefer- on and off. Changes to this setting only take effect after you ences dialog, shown below.
Page 112 The default for the Win- Monitor profiles contain information about the color and gamma dows version of Nikon Scan is an sRGB profile, that for the characteristics of your monitor, allowing images to be adjusted Macintosh version a profile designed for Apple 17˝...
Page 113 The default system gamma for Macintosh computers is 1.8, the de facto standard for Windows systems, 2.2. Nikon CMS includes eight RGB profiles with a Windows gamma of 2.2 (sRGB,...
Page 114 Commission Internationale expressed in each of the RGB profiles provided with Nikon CMS. de l’Éclairage (CIE). The CIE system, which is modeled on hu-...
Page 115 The following table shows the gamma values for the profiles included with Nikon CMS, together with the chromaticity values for the white point and for red, green, and blue. Chromaticity (x,y) White Point Gamma Profile Value Name Value Name x 0.3127159 x 0.625...
Page 116 Notes on RGB Profiles Provided with Nikon Scan Apple RGB (compensated) (gamma 1.8) Apple RGB (gamma 1.8) This profile defines tristimulus (red, green, and blue) chromatic- This profile is used in desk-top publishing applications and in ity as the intersection of the curve that marks the limits of the Adobe Photoshop versions 4.0 or earlier, and is the typical RGB...
Page 117 sRGB (gamma 2.2) NTSC (1953) (gamma 2.2) This RGB profile is used in the majority of Windows monitors. This is the color space for video defined by the National Televi- It closely resembles the RGB commonly used in color televi- sion Standards Committee (NTSC) in 1953 and used in early sion, and is also used in the digital television broadcasting sys- color televisions.
Page 118 Scanner RGB (gamma 2.2) This profile replicates the color space achieved when scanning with Nikon CMS off. It is used when you want to use the LCH editor and Unsharp Mask tools, which are not available when Nikon CMS is off, to edit the colors produced by the scanner. In...
Page 119 • Use default CMYK (default) use with the CMYK color model. Nikon Scan is supplied with a default CMYK profile (the SWOP color library) for use when no other profile is avail- able. This profile is used when Use default CMYK is se- lected.
Page 120 If the profiles used in the application If you are using Nikon Scan as an acquire plug-in for the do not match those used in Nikon Scan, colors may not be the Macintosh version of Adobe Photoshop 5 or later (full ver- same as those in the original image.
Page 121 The illustration below shows how scanning proceeds when If the Use Nikon Color Management System check-box in Nikon CMS is off. The image shown in the preview window is the Color Management tab is off, profiles can not be used to...
Page 122 The Gamma Tab The controls in the Gamma tab are only active if Nikon CMS is • Preview gamma off, when they are used to adjust data from the scanner so that Preview gamma applies to the image displayed in the preview they display correctly when previewed on your monitor or area of the scan window.
Page 123 Two conditions must be fulfilled if this option is to be effec- chosen here. Three options are available: tive. First, the interface between the application and Nikon Scan must allow the gamma value to be passed to the Nikon Use preview gamma Scan plug-in. The TWAIN interface used under Windows...
Page 124 Nikon Scan is in operation. In the File Saving tab, space on the volumes you select total two hundred MBs or you choose the default file type and, in the Macintosh version of more.
Page 125 Changes to File Locations settings only take effect after you Changes to Scratch Disks settings only take effect after you have quit and restarted Nikon Scan. have quit and restarted Nikon Scan. Reference: Preferences...
Page 126 The File Saving Tab The File Saving tab allows you to choose the default file type for The File Saving tab contains the following items: images saved when Nikon Scan is used as a stand-alone applica- Item Description tion. By altering the creator in the Macintosh version of the...
Page 127 Single Scans, Batch Scans, and Automatic Actions matically before and after single scans. Nikon Scan can be set to perform common tasks such as auto- focus and exposure before making a preview, or to automati- cally preview images when film is inserted in the scanner. When...
Page 128 The Single Scan tab contains the following options: After scan Option Description Before scan If this item is checked when Nikon Scan is Option Description used as a stand-alone application, the im- If this item is checked (the default setting),...
Page 129 The Batch Scan Tab The Batch Scan tab is used to specify the tasks performed auto- The Batch Scan tab contains the following options: matically before, during, and after batch scans. Before batch scan Option Description If this item is checked (the default setting), a dialog containing the same options as Prompt for appear in the Batch Scan tab will be dis-...
Page 130 * Once an autofocus or autoexposure operation has been per- Before each image formed for the current frame, the operation will not be re- Option Description peated before a preview or scan. If desired, you can use the If this item is checked (the default setting), autofocus and autoexposure buttons in the scan window to ensure that these operations are performed before preview- Auto focus...
Page 131 Option Description Option Description If this item is checked when Nikon Scan is If this item is checked, the scan window used as a stand-alone application, the will close automatically after scanning. scanned images will be saved to disk in-...
Page 132 The File Save Dialog (Batch Scans) The File Saving Options dialog contains the following items: When Save to disk is selected in the Batch Scan tab and Nikon File Naming Scan is used as a stand-alone application, the following dialog Files saved during a batch scan are assigned names consisting of will appear when the Scan button is clicked.
Page 133 File Saving The Automatic Actions Tab The Automatic Actions tab sets the actions performed when Item Description media are inserted in the scanner or the focus point is adjusted To choose the folder to which the images using the focus tool in the Layout Tools palette. Browse will be saved, click this button and navigate to the desired folder.
Page 134 The Automatic Actions tab contains the following options: Option Description If this item is checked, the scanner will Option Description automatically perform an autofocus op- If Single image adaptor is checked, the Perform eration when the focus point is changed scanner will automatically perform a pre- autofocus using the focus tool in the Layout Tools...
Page 135 White-Point, Gray-Point, and Black-Point Calculations Setting the Defaults for White Point, Gray Point, Using the RGB, CMYK, and Grayscale sheets, you can specify Black Point, and Auto Contrast default output values for white, gray, and black points in the The Advanced Color Tab Curves palette for each of the RGB, CMYK, and grayscale color Using the Advanced Color tab, you can specify output colors spaces.
Page 136 Sample Point Size Scan Window Settings This setting determines the size of the area sampled when dis- The Preview Tab playing the color value for the pixel under the cursor in the Using the Preview tab, you can select the settings that will auto- information window, or when the white-point, gray-point, and matically be applied to images when the Preview button is black-point tools are used in the Curves palette.
Page 137 This preview will be displayed the film viewing film negatives. mount next time Nikon Scan is started or when Check this item to perform multi-sample adapter the MA-20 (S) is next inserted in the scanning during the preview operation scanner.
Page 138 If this item is checked, a layout grid will Show grid for automatically be shown superimposed on new windows the preview image and on images opened in the Nikon Scan applet. Reference: Preferences...
Page 139 Reinstall/Custom Install (pp. 148–152) About This Section The appendices provide: • A clickable index to Nikon Scan’s windows, menus, and buttons • A guide to what to do when Nikon Scan does not function as expected • Instructions on reinstalling Nikon Scan...
Page 140 Nikon Scan Visual Index The following pages provide a visual index to Nikon Scan’s windows, menus, and palettes. For more information, click a menu option or tool button to open the manual to the page that explains its function. Information on menu commands not detailed elsewhere may be found in the notes on these pages.
Page 141 The Tool Chest Layout Tools Curves LCH Editor Information Crop Color Balance Appendix A: Nikon Scan Visual Index...
Page 142 The Tool Chest (continued) The Scan Progress Window Digital ICE Cubed Scanner Extras Analog Gain Appendix A: Nikon Scan Visual Index...
Page 143 The Preferences Dialog Appendix A: Nikon Scan Visual Index...
Page 144 The Nikon Scan 3.0 Window (Windows) Image Window (Macintosh) Appendix A: Nikon Scan Visual Index...
Page 145 Cascade Arranges image windows so that they overlap. Tile Arranges image windows so that they do not overlap. Arrange Icons Arranges any minimized image windows along the bottom of the Nikon Scan 3.0 window. Appendix A: Nikon Scan Visual Index...
Page 146 The Undo ( Z), Cut able. X), Paste ( About Nikon Scan Clear (Del), and Se- Displays version information for Nikon Scan Close lect All ( A) com- Closes the active image mands are only active window...
Page 147 Appendix B Troubleshooting Should you encounter any problems using Nikon Scan, check the list below before contacting your retailer or Nikon representa- tive. Problem Possible Cause • If you are using a 4000 ED, COOLSCAN IV ED, LS-2000, or COOLSCAN III, the FH-2/FH-3 film holder may have been inserted in the scanner at start up.
Page 148 Preferences dialog has the wrong gamma value for your platform. • You need to adjust the gamma value chosen in the Gamma tab of the Prefer- ences dialog for use when Nikon CMS is off. — • The brightness setting on your monitor requires adjustment.
Page 149 “Troubleshooting”), it may indicate that you need to reinstall the program. This appendix describes how to uninstall and reinstall Nikon Scan on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. It also explains the Custom Install option available in the Macintosh version of the Nikon Scan installer.
Page 150 Windows Macintosh Step 2—Uninstall Nikon Scan Step 2—Start the installer From the Start menu, select Programs > Nikon Scan 3.0 > Before starting the Nikon Scan in- Nikon Scan 3.0 Uninstall. staller, quit any other programs that may be running, including any virus- checking software.
Page 151 ReadMe file, the dialog Windows\Application Data\Nikon\Nikon Scan\3.0\Cache shown at right will be displayed. To Windows\Application Data\Nikon\Nikon Scan\3.0\Settings uninstall Nikon Scan, first select • Windows 2000 Uninstall from the pop-up menu in Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nikon\ the top left corner of the installer...
Page 152 Step 5—Delete copies of the Nikon Scan plug-in of Nikon Scan after reinstallation. To prevent this problem, Nikon Delete any copies of the Nikon Scan plug-in that may exist in Scan comes with a special utility, called RegSweeper, which re- the plug-ins folders of the programs you have been using as host moves all registry entries created by Nikon Scan.
Page 153 Continue…. To select the components you want to install, check the box to the left of the item. If you intend to use Nikon Scan solely as a Step 2—Select Custom Install plug-in for another application, you can choose to install only After you have accepted the license the Nikon Scan plug-in.

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