User manual

15 • ScanFlow & MouseFree • Procedures
ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro
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Setting up a new automatic crop layout
You can set up your own crop layouts from scratch and use them on a par with the standard lay-
outs that are supplied with ColorQuartet.
This can be used for flatbed scanning with custom templates, or to achieve automatic cropping
on a drum scanner. Mark up one or more drums into permanent image sectors with tape or
with a marker that will not damage the drum surface. Then proceed as follows.
1 • Make a preview scan, using the template or prepared drum for which you want to define a
layout.
2 • Crop the desired image areas.
3 • Choose Save Crop Layout from the ScanFlow menu, and assign a name and location to the
file.
4 • Choose Crop Layout Editor from the ScanFlow menu to open the Crop Layout Editor win-
dow.
5 • From the Crop Layout menu in the window, choose the crop layout you just saved.
6 • You can now adjust the Location and Size of the crop areas.
7 • If desired, click on the Align Crops button to line up the crops both horizontally and vertically.
• IMPORTANT: When defining a template for a flatbed scanner, be sure to draw the
crops in the following order:
• Middle section, from top to bottom.
• Then left-hand section from top to bottom.
• Then right-hand section from top to bottom.
Use the Crop No. menu to access the various crops, and type in the
desired values in the text fields.
• This will only have an effect on crops that are already within +/– 3 mm of each
other.
• IMPORTANT: Use this feature when creating templates for a flatbed scanner.
Otherwise, scanning time will be unnecessarily increased.