ENGLISH ENGLISH CyberView X5 User’s Manual 1
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT ENGLISH This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 6 8 8 10 13 14 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 20 23 24 User Interface Menu Commands Scan Preview Image Adjustm Window Help Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram Active Frame Setting Area Technical Support 25 26 26 26 29 32 32 35 35 36 ENGLISH Getting Started Quick Installation Guide (QIG) Installing Software and Driver Installing Hardware Loading 120 Films into the Holder Loading 120 Film Holder into the Scanner Loading 135 Film into the Holder Loading 135 Mounted Slides into the Holder Loadi
GETTING STARTED ENGLISH Check the package content before getting started. For Quick Installation please refer to Quick Installation Guide. (Pg. 9). Important! Save the original box, receipt and packing material for future shipping needs or to return for warranty issues. Package Contents • Scanner unit. • Medium format film holder for one or two frames (6 x 4.5 cm, 6 x 6 cm), one frame (6 x 7 cm, 6 x 8 cm, 6 x 9 cm, 6 x 12 cm). • 135 film holder. • 135 slide holder. • Power Adapter.
Operating Ambient Temperature Range 50º to 104ºF (10º to 40ºC) ENGLISH Note: Do not turn on the scanner unless it is within this range. If the scanner has been stored or transported outside of this range, allow it to return to within this range before turning it on. Operating Ambient Humidity Range 15% to 76% relative humidity (non-condensing) Note: If the scanner is stored or to be transported in cold temperature and then brought into a warm / humid environment condensation may occur.
ENGLISH QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE (QIG) Scanner - front view Power button Scan button Opening for 135 film & slide holder Opening for 120 film LED light Scanner - rear view USB 2.
INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND DRIVER for PC (Windows) User ENGLISH WINDOWS SYSTEMS INSTALLATION: DURING DRIVER INSTALLATION A WARNING DIALOGUE BOX MAY APPEAR, IF THIS IS THE CASE PLEASE SELECT “INSTALL THIS DRIVER ANYWAY”. Be sure to install the Application Software (ex: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements) BEFORE installing the CyberView scanner driver software. You may install the scanner driver directly if you have already installed TWAIN compliant application software on your computer (i.e. photo editing software).
INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND DRIVER for Mac (OSX) User Before Installing the scanner driver... ENGLISH If you choose to use the provided application for image editing, install the application software (ex: Adobe® Photoshop® Elements) by inserting the application CD into the computer’s CD/DVD drive. Follow the instructions that will be displayed in a window that opens automatically. If you have the iPhoto application (or other photo editing software) installed on your Mac, you can skip this step.
TWAIN scanner plug-in Installation Guide for Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and newer versions Important: Do not move plug-ins from previous versions of Photoshop Elements into the Photoshop Elements 9 > Plug-Ins folder, or set the Photoshop Elements 8 (or earlier) > Plug-In folder as the Additional Plug-Ins Folder in Preferences. ENGLISH The TWAIN scanner plug-in is no longer installed with Photoshop Elements 9.
Tabs 10 10 Lock Lower Magnetic Film Guide Tabs Upper Magnetic Film Guide ENGLISH Loading 120 film into the holder 120 film holder
Loading 120 film into the holder (continued) Tabs Upper Magnetic Film Guide Lock ENGLISH Tabs Lower Magnetic Film Guide 1. As illustrated above, turn the holder with the embossed arrow facing towards the left, so that the lock on the holder is at the bottom. Opened guide Closed guide 2. Open the two magnetic film holder guides on the sides of the holder by pulling on the tabs of the guides upwards.
ENGLISH 3. To scan a 3rd frame in the strip you will need to remove the strip and rotate it 180 degrees so the writing on the edges is now inverted 4. Orient the film as illustrated the text on the film edges will read ABC. Align the film with the triangle mark in the upper left corner. Close the upper film guide first. NOTE: Make sure that the film is as flat as possible between the film guide holders (see below). ABC ex.: flattened film CORRECT ex.
Loading 120 film into the holder (contin- ued) ENGLISH ABC ex.: correctly positioned film, lower left corner at the triangle mark ABC ex.: incorrectly positioned film, not aligned with triangle mark Loading 120 film holder into scanner • • Insert the holder into the front of the scanner, pushing it in as far as it will go. To release the holder, gently pull it out. Note: Orientation of scanner in the diagrams is from the front of the unit.
Loading 135 film into the holder ENGLISH 135 film holder cba a. Orient film strip based on the example graphic “abc” on the holder. cba b. Open the film holder by pulling down on the tab from the bottom center of the holder. Lift the front part of the holder. The top side of the holder is marked with white arrows.
Loading 135 film into the holder (continued) Dividers Horizontal guides ENGLISH c. lnsert the orientated film negative into the holder between the horizontal guides. Carefully line up the dividers on the film negative with the dividers on the holder. d. Close the holder and push the tab to the closed position. cba Push to closed position e. Insert the film holder into the scanner from the left or right side into the small opening. Push the holder inside until you feel it hit a stop, then scan.
Loading 135 mounted slides into the holder 135 slide holder ENGLISH cba cba a. Orient slides based on the example graphic “abc” on the holder. b. Insert mounted slides into the holder. INCORRECT CORRECT Loading 135 film and slide holder into the scanner Insert the film holder into the scanner from the left or right side into the small opening. Push the holder inside until you feel it hit a stop, then scan.
HOW TO SCAN STEP 1 – Powering on the scanner Status LED Scanner Status Power on Cycle Unit will take approx. 40-50 sec. to callibrate. The power LED will be solid blue (not blinking) to indicate that the scanner is ready to use. LED Status Flashing indicates the scanner is busy, do not insert/remove film holders Flashes several times, then a pause, then flashes again Scanner is malfunctioning. Turn the unit off, close the software, power on the scanner, wait for calibration, then re-open CyberView.
STEP 3 – Optional Prescan ENGLISH Pre-Scanning should be used to manually adjust color/edit settings before doing a final scan. 1. In the CyberView interface click on the “Prescan” menu bar icon. The scanner will initialize the prescanning process. 2. Once the prescan is complete, the image will appear in the CyberView interface: 3. When the image appears on the screen, select the “Final scan icon“ to scan the file into a folder on the hard drive. 3a.
Set Scan Settings (Continued) a. Resolution The default scanning resolution is 1000dpi, additional resolution options are listed below. ENGLISH Notice: Higher scanning resolutions result in greater scanning time and hardisk space requirements. b. Color Depth Choose between 8 and 16 bit. A higher color depth setting will result in a larger range of colors in the final scanned image. Scan Mode – Normal mode produces a scan in jpeg format while Quality produces a non-compressed, “loss-less” TIFF image.
Set Scan Settings (continued...) ENGLISH The Film Scanner color depth is 48 bit true color The scanning software has the capability of selecting 8 bit color mode or 16 bit color mode when scanning, This will produce 24 or 48 bit color images, 8 bits or 16 bits per Red, Green and Blue color channels Example: 8 bit mode = 8 Red, 8 Green, and 8 Blue for a total of 24 bit color 16 bit mode = 16 Red, 16 Green, and 16 Blue for a total of 48 bit color c.
Set Scan Preferences (Continued...) ENGLISH “Prescan Resolution“ - Default pre-scan resolution. “Color Depth“ – Default color depth while scanning. “Scan Mode“ – Default scan mode while scanning. Configuring Scan settings 1. Select Browse and choose the designated folder to save the scanned image to 2. Enter the file name. 3. Trailing Index after Base File Name Digits: Defines the length of the file name and numbering sequence up to 6 digits Example image1 or image000001. 4.
ENGLISH Advanced Setting ”Auto Exposure” - Attempts to find the correct exposure to get the widest range of whites and blacks while putting the middle grays at around the middle of the data range. ”Auto Balance” - Using the image histogram to balance RGB channels. It estimates images’ color cast and adjust the images accordingly “Auto Contrast” - The scanner software analyzes the data and automatically adjusts the Setting for the White and Black Points.
Magic Touch / Auto Color Enable / disable Magic Touch and Auto Color adjustment to scans. Scanning with Magic Touch requires longer scanning times, the feature is turned off by default. ENGLISH Magic Touch is a powerful dust and scratch removal technology that does away with the hassle of learning complex and tedious software techniques. Being hardware-based, it works seamlessly with the scanning process to ensure the best possible results when bringing images into the computer.
Scan (Continued...) ENGLISH This begins the scan to file process All scaned images will be saved to the directory location set previously, the factory default locations are: Windows: C:\Users\[YOUR NAME\Documents; MAC: Mac HD\Users\[YOUR NAME]\Pictures\Cyberview Images), STEP 7 – Exit Select “Scan > Exit” to close the driver. Scanned image files can be open/edited with any image editing software.
USER INTERFACE I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] II. Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram III. Active Frame Settings Area ENGLISH ENGLISH There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: I. Menu Commands [Overview] Menu Commands - Scan (overview) a. Prescan b. Scan c. Revert d. Preference e. Exit / Quit Menu Commands - Preview (overview) Zoom, Rotate & Flip features.
There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: Menu Commands - Window (overview) Settings for the CyberView window and Exposure adjustment for the scanner. I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] II. Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram III. Active Frame Settings Default “Exposure Setting” isArea 100% for all 3 color channels. ENGLISH Increase the exposure of the scanning light source if images are too dark. Decrease exposure if images are too bright. I.
There are three major parts- of the CyberView user interface: Menu Commands Window (overview) Increase the exposure of the scanning light source if images are too dark. Decrease exposure if images are too bright. ENGLISH ENGLISH Settings for the CyberView window and Exposure adjustment for the scanner. I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] II. Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram III. Active Frame SettingsSetting” Area is 100% for all 3 color channels. Default “Exposure I.
Menu Commands Window (overview) II. Function Bar-Diagram In orderfor tothe optimize scanned image quality, please select your lm type and Settings CyberView window and Exposure adjustment forfithe scanner. brand from the toolbar: ENGLISH Default “Exposure Setting” is 100% for all 3 color channels. Increase the exposure of the scanning light source if images are too dark. Decrease exposure if images are too bright. Prescan: Pre-scan the current film. Scan: Scan film.
There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: Menu Commands - Image Adjustment ENGLISH ENGLISH I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] II.a. Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram Image Adjustment III. Active Frame Settings Area 1. Variations: Generates different views of image with options to make changes to highlights, midtones, etc. I. Menu Commands [Overview] Menu Commands - Scan (overview) a. Prescan b. Scan c. Revert d. Preference e.
Menu Commands - Window (overview) 2. Color Balance ENGLISH Menu Commands - Scan a. Prescan Prescan the existing film. b. Scan 1. Scan Selected to File… > Scan the selected film to a specified path. Preference - See Scan Setting (See Page 13) c. Revert Discards all modifications and restores the image back to the original state.
There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: 3. Curves and Levels ENGLISH ENGLISH I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] Adjust settings by moving Curve and Levels settings. II. Function Bar image Diagram / Toolbar Diagram between III. ActiveComparison Frame Settings Area before and after adjustment is displayed for reference. I. Menu Commands [Overview] Menu Commands - Scan (overview) a. Prescan b. Scan c. Revert d. Preference e.
Settings for the CyberView window and Exposure adjustment for the scanner. Exposure Setting: To adjust the exposure time (R, G, B) press ”Reset” to restore to the default setting. Default “Exposure Setting” is 100% for all 3 color channels. Increase the exposure of the scanning light source if images are too dark. Decrease exposure if images are too bright. ENGLISH ENGLISH Menu Commands - Window (overview) Menu Commands - Windows Menu Commands - Scan a. Prescan Prescan the existing film. b. Scan 1.
There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: Preview Window ENGLISH ENGLISH I. Menu Commands [Overview + Full] Preview the pre-scan image by/ selecting the measurement unit “in“- inches, II. Function Bar Diagram Toolbar Diagram “cm““px“ - pixelsArea by clicking the upper-left corner. III.centimeters, Active Frame Settings I. Menu Commands [Overview] Menu Commands - Scan (overview) a. Prescan b. Scan c. Revert d. Preference e.
Settings for the CyberView window and Exposure adjustment for the scanner. A comprehensive advanced mode is available to allow for more user defined adjustments. Default “Exposure Setting” is 100% for all 3 color channels. NormalIncrease mode [ex: to input the basic parameter scan (including scan theI]exposure of the scanning lighttosource if images are too resolution, size, color depth). dark. Decrease exposurefiiflmimages are too bright. ENGLISH ENGLISH - Window III.
There are three major parts of the CyberView user interface: II. Function Bar Diagram In order to optimize scanned image quality, please select your film type and I. brand Menufrom Commands [Overview + Full] the toolbar: II. Function Bar Diagram / Toolbar Diagram III. Active Frame Settings Area Prescan: Pre-scan the current film. Scan: Scan film. (overview) Menu Commands - Scan a. Prescan Image Adjustment: Press drop down button for more options. b. Scan c.
Menu Commands - Window (overview) Settings for the CyberView window and Exposure adjustment for the scanner. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Default “Exposure Setting” is 100% for all 3 color channels. ENGLISH ENGLISH CyberView Increase the exposure of the scanning light source if images are too For information regardingexposure the film if scanner dark. Decrease imagesand are CyberView too bright. driver, please visit www.reflecta.