User manual POLAROID SPRINTSCAN 35

[. . . ] Table of contents Quick Scanning Guide iii 1 Installation System requirements Installing the software Technical Support Registration card 2 Scanning Starting up the software Inserting originals for scanning Choosing initial settings Making a preview scan Adjusting settings based on the preview Making a final scan The Scan to Disk option 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-5 2-7 2-11 2-11 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-4 i 3 Advanced scanning settings When to use advanced features Image adjustment: the basics Automated features Exposure adjustment Setting a white, black and gray point Adjusting brightness, contrast, and midtone (gamma) Adjusting the tonescale curve Adjusting color saturation Adjusting sharpness Saving and reusing your settings Plug-in preferences 4 Troubleshooting Tips on correcting images Hardware and software problems Polaroid Offices and Service Centers Appendix A: Glossary 4-3 4-7 4-9 A-1 L-1 I-1 3-2 3-2 3-6 3-8 3-9 3-11 3-13 3-14 3-15 3-17 3-18 License Agreements Index ii Quick Scanning Guide See page ­­ Use this guide as a quick reference for scanning. 1 Connect your scanner to your computer (see your scanner hardware manual). 2 Install the SprintScan software, then restart your computer as instructed. Place a mounted slide in the top access slot, or place an unmounted slide or filmstrip negative into the filmstrip carrier and insert the carrier into the side access slot from the right. [. . . ] The Reset button undoes any changes you make and resets the sliders to their values as stored in the settings file. Brightness control Moving the Brightness slider increases or decreases the overall amount of light in the image. Use the Channel pop-up menu to alter values for all colors (RGB) or for individual color channels (Red, Green, Blue). (If you are scanning in grayscale, the only active choice in the menu is Black. ) Brightening a color makes it more apparent. Brightening green, for example, will make the entire image appear green, while dimming green will make the image appear more magenta (magenta is the complement of green). Advanced scanning settings 3-11 Contrast control Moving the Contrast slider alters the contrast between dark and light areas. High contrast, at the right end of the slider, makes everything look starkly black and white; low contrast makes everything look gray. As with the Brightness control, you can vary all color channels or individual channels using the Channel pop-up menu, if you are scanning in color. The gamma () value is an exponential value controlling the shape of the curve. When the curve has an upward bow in it, the midtones (middle range) of the output have been brightened compared with the input. This effect of brightening midtones is an approximation of how human eyes see images. As you move the Gamma slider to the right, the tonescale curve bows increasingly upward, indicating brightening of the the midtones. Use the Channel pop-up menu to choose all color channels or individual channels. With an individual color selected, moving the slider to the left has the effect of removing that color compared to the other two and heightening its complement. For example, if you choose the blue channel and move the gamma slider to the left, the image will appear more yellow. Gamma control 3-12 Adjusting the tonescale curve The Tonescale dialog box lets you change the highlights, midtones, and shadows of an image separately by adjusting the tonescale curve. To display the Tonescale dialog box: · Choose Tonescale from the Image menu. The lower left corner of the scale represents the darkest values, and the upper right corner is the lightest values. The horizontal axis represents input from the original, and the vertical axis the output. At the top is a pop-up menu from which you choose which channel components to modify: RGB reflects all color components taken together. Red, Green, or Blue shows only the curve for that particular component. If you are scanning in grayscale, the only active choice in the menu is Black. Note: When you adjust a curve for a single color, you are effectively changing the color balance. · To adjust the curve, click a point on the curve to create a control point, then move the point to reshape the curve. The Preview window immediately reflects the adjustments you make to the curve. To delete a point, move it on top of an existing point; they become one. Advanced scanning settings 3-13 Adjusting color saturation Saturation refers to the intensity or brilliance of a color. [. . . ] This Agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, U. S. A. Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement, or if you wish to contact Polaroid for any reason, please write: Electronic Imaging Technical Support, Polaroid Corporation, 565 Technology Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139. License Agreements L-3 Polaroid SprintScan License Agreement Outside U. S. A. and Canada IMPORTANT: By opening the sealed disk package accompanying this manual, you indicated your acceptance of the following Polaroid License Agreement. Polaroid License Agreement (SINGLE-USER PRODUCTS) This is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and Polaroid Corporation. [. . . ]