User`s guide

VueScan User's Guide

To profile your film with an IT8 target:

1. Profile your scanner (see above)

2. Set Input | Task (p. 49) to "Profile film"

3. Copy the IT8 description file that came with your target into the same folder as

vuescan.ini, and rename the copy film.it8

4. Press the Preview button (p. 46)

5. If necessary, rotate the preview image so that the grey scale is at the bottom and the

letters and numbers can be read normally

6. Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image. You

may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press Preview again if the

image is at an angle

7. Choose Profile | Profile film (p. 43) from the drop-down menu

8. The ICC profile will be saved to the file specified by Color | Film ICC profile (p. 76)

If you've previously made an ICC profile for a roll of film, you only need to do the following:

1. Set Color | Film color space (p. 75) to "ICC profile"

2. Set Color | Film ICC profile (p. 76) to the file name of the ICC file

VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for film using the file film.icc. Alternatively,

you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Film ICC profile (p. 76).

Every IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each square in the

target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button next to Color | Film IT8 data (p. 76).

Both the .icc and .it8 files are normally located in the same folder as vuescan.ini.

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