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When ‘show audio scan area’ setting is turned on, the audio area guides will be visible so you
can see exactly what information is being used and monitor the extraction process.
Override audio scan area
This setting provides sliders for adjusting the horizontal and vertical positioning, width,
andheight of the audio scan area guides.
These settings include:
 Left and Width: If your film type is such that audio appears on the right side of
the frame, you can simply adjust the ‘left’ slider to move the guide box to the right.
Normally, this will happen automatically if you have the corresponding film type
selected, but the setting gives you more flexibility for adjustments if you need it.
Similarly, the ‘width’ setting is used to adjust the width of the scan area.
These are helpful tools for making subtle adjustments to the side edges of the guide
box if there are unwanted elements inside the film’s optical audio area. This can
happen due to perforation wear and tear, or varying print qualities, and can sometimes
interfere with the quality of the audio extraction. You can help avoid this by making
asubtle movement to the side edges to keep the stray elements outside of the
guide box.
Top: This setting adjusts the vertical position of the guide box.
Height: Sometimes film frames on older rolls of film may be slightly smaller than normal
due to shrinkage over time. When making manual adjustments to the guide box, you
can make adjustments for film shrinkage using the ‘height’ slider.
Auto adjust audio scan height: This setting is on by default and automatically adjusts
the guide box height to align with the audio waveform at the top of each frame. The
automatic feature works well for normal audio conditions, however, if during extraction
you notice the box moving randomly and the quality of the extraction is affected, it may
be due to similar features in the audio track overlapping between frames. If this occurs,
deselect the checkbox and try the extraction again.
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