Getting the Most from Your Scanner
Scanner Extras and Analog Gain
The Analog Gain and Scanner Extras palettes give you direct
control over the following elements of the scanner firmware:
4000 ED, COOLSCAN IV ED, LS-2000, COOLSCAN III
Option
Adjusts exposure for each of the colored
Analog gain
elements in the scanner's light source.
Controls the amount of color informa-
tion, or bit depth, for each pixel in the
Pixel data size
image. Bit depth for the COOLSCAN III
can not be adjusted.
Manual focus
Allows you to adjust scanner focus manu-
adjustment
ally using a slider or by direct text entry.
Re-calibrates the scanner after media have
Calibration
been left in the film slot for an extended
period.
Crop choices
Adjusts crop settings for a variety of APS
(IA-20 (S) only)
(IX-240) aperture settings.
Strip film offset
Adjusts the position of the film to match
(SA-21/20, SA-30
the scan position.
only)
Reference: The Tool Chest
Description
4000 ED/COOLSCAN IV ED only
Option
Perform
If this option is checked, an autofocus op-
autofocus when
eration will be performed when a slide is
film is inserted
inserted in the MA-20 (S) strip-film
(MA-20 (S) only)
adapter.
LS-2000/COOLSCAN III only
Option
Controls how the scanner generates "ex-
Interpolation
tra" pixels not included in the information
method
from the scanning element.
Controls the autoexposure operation per-
Negative
formed before scanning negatives, produc-
prescan mode
ing excellent results even with low-con-
trast originals.
4000 ED/LS-2000 only
Option
Controls the number of passes the scan-
Multi-sample
ner makes over the image to increase ac-
scanning
curacy.
Slide-feeder scan
Sets the number of slides to be scanned
(SF-200 (S) only)
each time the Scan button is clicked.
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