User`s manual

4-11Sample Scanning
• By default, the Color Correction button is turned on, which means your
image is color corrected as a matter of course to compensate for the minor
color shifts that normally occur in all scanning. If you have Microtek's DCR
installed, the DCR color profile is applied instead of the generic color
profile.
• One useful image-enhancement control is the Auto button, which optimizes
contrast for the entire image. Auto works by calculating the settings of the
image part inside the current scan frame, and then applies those settings to
the scan frame. If your scan frame encloses a dark portion and then you
apply Auto, this will have the effect of lightening the dark portion (the part
of the image within the scan frame). Conversely, if your scan frame
encloses a light portion and then you apply Auto, this will make that light
part darker. In both cases, the pixels are remapped to a broader range, so
that the image parts in the scan frame are darkened or lightened
accordingly.
• Use the powerful image enhancement tools to improve your image if
necessary, and familiarize yourself with the features of the Advanced Image
Enhancer (AIE) dialog box. This is one of the strengths of the software.
While in the AIE dialog box, you can see thumbnails of the image, make
image enhancements there, and see effects of the changes ("before" and
"after" versions ) in real time. You can also switch from one tool to another,
as well as switch among various scan jobs if you have multiple scan jobs.
Familiarize yourself too with the various action buttons in the AIE dialog
box and how they work. This is important.
For image enhancement
• Use the flexibility provided by the scan job functions to process your various
scans. With the Scan Job window, you can (among other things) create new
scan jobs, copy settings for a duplicate scan job, and save scan jobs as
templates.
• To master the intricacies of the scan job functions, familiarize yourself with
the usage of the Scan Frame tool and the Smoked Glass Background feature,
both of which are linked to the functions of the scan job. This is discussed in
the Reference section.
For scan jobs