User manual

3 • Basic scanning procedures

ColorQuartet 5.0 Pro

File Information

This is where you tell ColorQuartet how to name the scans, where to put them, what file format

to use, and what image handling program you want to work in after scanning.

• Use the Location browser to choose the folder where you want to store the scans (click on the

folder icon to open a standard dialogue).

• The file Name is composed of a base name that stays the same (until you change it) and a run-

ning number that counts up from the number you enter. You can type in any base name and

starting number you wish.

• Choose the desired File Format from the menu. ColorQuartet will only display the formats that

are relevant for the type of scan you have requested. For some file formats, the Options button

next to the File Format menu opens a dialogue with additional choices:

• If you have activated Do Jobs in the Auto Functions section, you can make ColorQuartet auto-

matically open any program that supports the chosen file format (for example, an image han-

dling program such as Photoshop, Picture Publisher or Paint Shop Pro; a PDF viewer such as

Adobe Acrobat; etc.) and display the scanned images in that program as soon as scanning is

completed. Use the Open With browser to choose the desired program (click on the folder icon

to open a standard dialogue). To deactivate the Open With function, click on the icon that

shows a folder with a red cross over it.

TIFF:

• Set the Color Depth to 8 Bit (default) or 16 Bit. 16 Bit adds a little more infor-

mation to the scan data, but it also doubles the file size. In addition, most

image handling applications (e.g., Photoshop) cannot fully exploit the extra

information. Therefore, 8 Bit is often the best choice.

JPEG:

• Set the Image Quality to Low, Medium, High or Max. Default is Max, which

means the lowest degree of compression and thus the highest image quality.

DCS:

• Set Encoding to Binary (default) or ASCII. Binary files are smaller, but ASCII

files are accepted by more applications.

If you want to generate layout files for Quark XPress and similar programs,

activate the Include Preview check box (its default setting is “activated”).

Targa:

• Set Pixel Layout to 24 Bit (default), which means red, green and blue chan-

nels, or 32 Bit, which adds an “alpha” channel.