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5-8 ScanWizard Pro TX User’s Guide

How to Use the Magic Diamonds

The “Magic Diamonds” that are a part of the

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Windows feature in ScanWizard Pro TX let you set the

white and black points, as well as remove any unwanted

color casts in an image without having to bring up the

color adjustment/correction screens.

In the example here, the image has a slightly grayish cast

(i.e., less contrast), which can be removed easily with the

use of the Magic Diamonds.

1. Place the originals into the appropriate holder, and

insert the holder into the scanner.

2. Go to the

PreviewPreview

Preview window and click the

Scan MaterialScan Material

Scan Material

icon. From the submenu that appears, choose the

appropriate film scan material type.

3. Click the

OverviewOverview

Overview button, and you will see the

thumbnail images appear in your

Job PanelJob Panel

Job Panel window. .

4. Click the

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5. Click a white area in the image. A “Tag Window” will

appear with the color strip on the bottom of the Tag

window appearing as white, indicating the spot where

you had clicked. Move the Tag Window to a desired

location.

6. Next, click a black area in the image. A “Tag Window”

will appear with the color strip on the bottom of the Tag

window appearing as black, indicating the spot where

you had clicked.

7. Now, click the area where you wish to remove the

unwanted color cast. In the example here, we clicked

the gray color on the boy’s T-shirt.

8. For Tag Window #1, click the white diamond to set the

white point.

9. For Tag Windows #2, click the black diamond to set the

black point.

10.For Tag Window #3, click the center diamond to

remove the color cast and neutralize the image.

If you want to....

Before the Final Scan

• Select an output image type (after

step 2)

Go to the

SettingsSettings

Settings window, and from

the Type box, choose the appropriate

image type for the image to be

scanned. For monitor display of

images, choose RGB, Grayscale, or

Web /Internet colors.

• See a more detailed preview image

(after step 3)

Go to the

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evieweview

eview window, highlight

the scan job you wish to see in detail,

and click the

Prescan Prescan

Prescan button.

• Fine-tune the preview image with

image processing options

(after step 10)

Go to the Preview window, and select

the desired image-processing option

from the

Correction Correction

Correction menu. Alterna-

tively, you can go to the

SettingsSettings

Settings

window and click on any of the AIC

image processing buttons.