Technical data

100 Color and Input/Output Options
♦ If preserving detail is a consideration—as it almost always is—and
you plan to manipulate the image, then give yourself enough pixels
to work with! Scan at a higher resolution (or higher size) and scale
the image down later.
Of course, file size and the capacity of your system are also factors in
choosing scanner settings. It makes little sense to work slowly on a
20MB file, if you’d get the same final quality working quickly with a
5MB file.
Depending on your scanner software, your may be able to perform
initial adjustments right at the source. For example, you can use the
controls to get a true black on one end and true white on the other.
Often you can de-screen images to eliminate possible moiré patterns
(interference between the regular dot patterns in printed images and the
scanner’s path).
♦ If your scanner software doesn’t provide de-screening, try using the
PhotoPlus Gaussian Blur filter to remove moiré. Make sure you’ve
scanned at higher resolution (or size) so that you can then scale
down the image to regain detail.
Some other tips:
♦ If you’re scanning a number of pictures, you may find it’s faster to
save scanned images to disk rather than bringing them directly into
PhotoPlus.
♦ In PhotoPlus, you can rotate an image if necessary to correct for
any mis-alignment in the scan, then crop to remove any unwanted
border pixels. Use the Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation/
Lightness, Gamma, Equalization, and/or Stretch adjustments to
improve image quality.
Advanced Printing
Click the Options… button from the Print dialog to access additional
printer settings.
Scaling and tiling
The Layout tab is where you can specify Scaling and Tiling options.