The Preview Window; Width - Nikon Scanners Software Reference Manual

Cropping and Sizing Images
the proportions that you have set, regardless of the changes you make in crop size. You
might also wish to constrain the file size of scans. The scan resolution (measured in dots
per inch, or dpi) is controlled by the P
higher the resolution of the scan, and the larger the resulting scan file size. The effects
of the W and H
IDTH
white crop rectangle. The crop rectangle encloses the area to be scanned. The size of
the crop rectangle will change in accordance with changes to the W
values. Likewise, these values will change in accordance with changes to the size of the
crop rectangle, via the cursor.

The Preview Window

As you have seen, the preview scan is displayed in the image portion of the pre-
view window. The cursor provides graphical control of the crop rectangle when it is
moved within this window. Graphical control of the crop rectangle is explained in this
chapter, in the section "Crop Rectangle."
The orientation of the preview window, portrait or landscape, depends on the sta-
tus of the orientation button, as shown in Figure 11.2.
Portrait Mode
Landscape Mode
Figure 11.2 Portrait and Landscape orientation of the preview window.

Width

The W
IDTH
Windows, determines the horizontal dimension of the final scan. This assumes that the
film orientation is correctly selected for the image to be scanned.
Figure 11.3a The W
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ITCH
settings are reflected in the preview image window by the
EIGHT
(216,624)
(216,483)
setting, as seen in Figure 11.3a for Macintosh and Figure 11.3b under
setting – Macintosh.
IDTH
setting. The lower the P
ITCH
IDTH
(216,624)
(792,624)
(792,1438)
(216,483)
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setting, the
and H
EIGHT
(792,624)
(792,1438)