User manual KONICA MINOLTA SCAN MULTI II SOFTWARE

[. . . ] Software Instruction Man ual Thank you for purchasing the Minolta Dimâge Scan Multi II. The Dimâge Scan Multi II is a multiple format film scanner capable of scanning medium-format, 35mm, 16mm, and sleeved APS film. With the optional APS adapter, advanced photo system film in the cassette can also be scanned. This manual has been designed to help you understand the operation of your scanner. [. . . ] · Colour Balance and Saturation cannot be selected when B&W is selected in the film type. · A number of frames of variation images corrected according to the selected correction item are displayed. Correction list box ­ 60 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION VARIATION CORRECTION ­ COLOUR BALANCE Variation Amount Control slider Limit indication checkbox In the Colour Balance correction, 6 images that have been corrected by one-step in each red (R), magenta (M), blue (B), cyan (C), green (G) or yellow (Y) direction from the center image are displayed. When the image in the direction to be corrected is clicked, the image is placed in center and new variation images are displayed. By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider, the value of correction can be changed in the range from 1 to 20 (The initial value is 10). When the Limit indication check box is checkmarked and the image is corrected in each red (R), magenta (M), blue (B), cyan (C), green (G) or yellow (Y) direction, any part of the image which has been corrected beyond the range which can be displayed is displayed in reversed colour. ­ 61 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION VARIATION CORRECTION ­ BRIGHTNESS & CONTRAST CORRECTION Variation Amount Control slider Limit indication checkbox In the Brightness & Contrast correction, 8 images that have been corrected from the center image by one-step in the horizontal direction for brightness and in the vertical direction for contrast are displayed. When the image in the direction to be corrected is clicked, the image is placed in the center and new variation images are displayed. By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider, the value of correction can be changed in the range from 1 to 20 (The initial value is 10). When the Limit indication check box is checkmarked and the brightness and contrast are corrected, any part of the image which has been corrected beyond the range which can be displayed is displayed in reversed colour. ­ 62 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION VARIATION CORRECTION ­ SATURATION CORRECTION Variation Amount Control slider Limit indication checkbox In the Saturation correction, 2 images in which saturation has been corrected from the center image by one-step are displayed on the right and left sides of the center image. When the image in the direction to be corrected is clicked, the image is placed in the center and new variation images are displayed. By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider, the value of correction can be changed in the range from 1 to 20 (The initial value is 10). When the Limit indication check box is checkmarked and the saturation is corrected, any part of the image which has been corrected beyond the range which can be displayed is displayed in reversed colour. ­ 63 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION CANCELLING THE IMAGE CORRECTION Click on . · The image correction will be cancelled and the image will return to the previous one. The image before correction will be restored as long as sufficient memory is available. REDO THE CORRECTION Click on . · The cancelled image correction will be resumed. DELETING THE IMAGE CORRECTION (DELETING ALL THE IMAGE CORRECTION) Click on . · All the image corrections will be reset and the image will return to the initial state. Even if the Redo button is clicked, nothing can be resumed. ­ 64 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION SNAPSHOT The current prescan image can be stored in the Snapshot display area temporarily and displayed as a thumbnail. Click on . · The current prescan images are stored in the Snapshot display area temporarily and displayed as a thumbnail. · The thumbnail images are displayed in the Snapshot display area as long as there is sufficient memory available. · When the thumbnail image in the Snapshot display area is clicked, that image is displayed as a prescan image. · To delete the thumbnail image in the Snapshot display area, click on the thumbnail image to be deleted then press the Delete key (Press the Command key and D key simultaneously for Macintosh). · When the Correction Reset button (p. 64) is clicked or the software is shut down, all the thumbnail images in the Snapshot display area are deleted. ­ 65 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION IMAGE CORRECTION JOB The image correction setting in each correction window can be saved as an image correction job. Once the correction item is saved, you can easily correct the image by loading the appropriate correction job. IMAGE CORRECTION JOB ­ SAVING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB 1 Click on . · The register Image Correction Job dialog box will appear. 2 Input the job name and click on [OK]. · The current image correction setting is saved as an image correction job. ­ 66 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION IMAGE CORRECTION JOB ­ LOADING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB 1 Click on . · The Select Image Correction Job dialog box will appear. 2 Select the image correction job and click on [OK]. · The saved image correction job will be applied to the currently displayed prescan image. ­ 67 ­ IMAGE CORRECTION CHECKING THE CORRECTION RESULT WHILE LINING UP IMAGES Click on . · The correction result can be checked easily because the pre-correction image is displayed in the left side and the post-correction image is displayed in the right side. FULL-SCREEN VIEWING THE POST-CORRECTION IMAGE Click on . · The post-correction image will be displayed in the Image Correction display area. ­ 68 ­ DIGITAL ROC/GEM DIGITAL ROC The Digital ROC (Reconstruction Of Colour) function is an image correct function that can restore the colour quality of a faded image. If the colour of the film has faded with the passage of time, the changed colour can be corrected automatically by reconstructing colour when scanning so that a digital image with an appropriate colour can be restored. Click on in the Main window. · The Digital ROC function is turned on. When the preview scan and final scan (p. 78) are performed, the colour quality of a faded image is restored and the corrected image is displayed. · When scanning a B&W film, or a colour film when 16 bit linear is selected as the scanning mode in the Preferences, the Digital ROC function cannot be used. · When the Digital ROC function is turned on, the settings of [Auto Expose for Slides] in the Preferences, the colour matching, the AE Lock function when prescanning (p. 38) or the AE Area Lock function (p. 39) are cancelled. · When using the Digital ROC function, be sure and perform the prescan and adjust the focus with the Point AF or Manual Focus function (p. 40 to 41) before the final scan. Putting a checkmark on [Auto Focus at Scan] in the Preferences is recommended. [. . . ] For example, when inputting My_Birthday as a file name and specifying JPEG as a file type, the image is saved with the file name of My_Birthday01. jpg, My_Birthday02. jpg, My_Birthday03. jpg, My_Birthday04. jpg. . . . ­ 103 ­ LOADING TIME ­ WINDOWS® Operations Film Format Digital ROC/Digital GEM Prescan Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM OFF Final Scan (after Prescan) about 45 sec. 20 sec. 35mm in 2820 dpi (Colour Positive) 6 x 9 in 1128 dpi (Colour Positive) Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM ON 6 x 9 in 2820 dpi (Colour Positive) The preferences in loading time CPU RAM OS Applications Memory allocation to applications Colour matching Driver ASPI version SCSI board : : : : : : : : : Pentium III 700MHz 757MB Winsows®98 Second Edition Adobe Photoshop 5. 5 570MB OFF TWAIN_32 Sources 4. 57 Adaptec AHA-2940AU *The loading time changes according to the preferences you use. *The values described above do not include the transfer time to the PC. ­ 104 ­ LOADING TIME ­ MACINTOSH Operations Film Format Digital ROC/Digital GEM Prescan Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM OFF Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC ON/Digital GEM ON Digital ROC OFF/Digital GEM OFF about 7 sec. 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