User`s guide

4-12 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User’s Guide (Macintosh)
How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency
1 For dual bed-scanners, place the film to be scanned on the appropriate template, and insert
the film and template into your scanner’s lower bed. For flatbed scanners, use a Transpar-
ent Media Adapter.
2 Go to the Preview window and click the Scan Material icon. From the submenu that
appears, choose Positive Transparency. You will notice the change in the appearance of the
icon.
3 Click the Overview button to start an overview, and you will see the image appear in your
Preview window.
4 Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the Preview window, and choose the area
to be scanned by dragging a rectangle around it. You will see a flashing frame (marquee)
around the selected area.
5 If you like what you see in the Preview window, click the Scan button to start scanning.
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• Select an output image type (after step 2)
Go to the Settings window, and from the Type box, choose the appropriate image type for the
image to be scanned. For more details, see “Image Types” in the Supplementary Information
section of the manual.
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• Specify output dimensions (after step 2)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the desired output dimensions (width and height) in the
output dimension edit boxes. The scan frame may change slightly, and you may want to go back
to the Preview window to move the scan frame and enclose the area you want. For more details,
see “Scan Frame, Scaling, and Output” in the Supplementary Information section of the manual.
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• Change output image resolution (before step 5)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the resolution value in the Resolution edit box.
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• See a more detailed preview image (after step 4)
Go to the Preview window, highlight the scan job you wish to see in detail, and click the Prescan
button. For more details, see “Overview and Prescan” in the Basic Setup and Features section of
the manual.
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• Fine-tune the preview image with image processing options (after step 4)
Go to the Preview window, and select the desired image-processing option from the Correction
menu. Alternatively, you can go to the Settings window and click an image processing button;
the Advanced Image Correction dialog box will then appear. For more details, see “Advanced
Image Correction” in the Basic Setup and Features section and Supplementary Information
section of the manual.
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