Better Light 7 manual Rollout Panorama

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Rollout Panorama

Hardware Setup

For a rollout, the camera is ﬁxed to a tripod and the stepper stage unit is placed on a ﬁrm, non- skid surface in such a manner that it will not turn as the motor is activated. A ﬂat platform is attached to the stage armature then mounted to the stepper motor stage. The subject is positioned in the center of the platform such that the center of the object is in line with the center of the stepper motor stage. The camera is adjusted to put the center of the object in the exact center of the camera’s image area.

Software Operation

A rollout image is very dependent on the setup to maintain a square aspect ration in the ﬁnal image. There are several ways to accomplish this. The ﬁrst method is to enter the appropriate values into the Object Height and Object Diam- eter ﬁelds. This method depends on the object ﬁlling the vertical ﬁeld of view exactly.

If the object does not completely ﬁll the ﬁeld of view, then a way to specify the vertical image height must be used. This can be accom- plished by using the crop tool to set a cropped region whose height exactly corresponds to the

height of the object in the preview and whose width is the entire width of the prescan. Then check the Crop box. The aspect ratio will be calculated and the preview image resized to the calculated aspect ratio.

Another technique for calculating the rollout values is to perform a prescan, then select a region with the crop tool that is square on the object. Then click the Square-It-Upbutton (the fancy button below the Crop checkbox). The preview image will be resized and the parameters will be calculated to make the selected region square in the ﬁnal image.

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Contents Revision D March Large Format Digital Scanning Camera SystemAcknowledgements Page Page Contents Locking Both Lock Crop RatioLimit Line Audio Focusing Aid Multiple Color FocusingAltering Color Balance for Mood or Eﬀect Saving a High Bit Depth ImageAutomatically Opening the Image Exporting NotesLighting Hardware Setup Software OperationLine Time Parts List Connector Identiﬁcation Getting Started Installing and Conﬁguring the ViewFinder SoftwarePC PC version of the software is required Memory RequirementsSystem Requirements MacintoshMate the female end of the cable with the DB Quick Start GuideConnect the camera insert to the control unit Connect the control unit to the host computerTurn on the host computer Connect the AC power to the control unitInstall the viewing overlay on the camera’s ground glass Turn on the digital cameraMm thick Tungsten infrared blocking ﬁlter Install the infrared blocking ﬁlterStart the ViewFinder software Select the image capture settingsCompose and focus the image Put the insert into the cameraView the ﬁnal image PrescanTake the picture Transfer the ﬁle to the computerMaking a Prescan PrescanningFast Prescans Cropped Prescans Super View Prescans Color Managed Prescans Canceling a PrescanSaving and Viewing Prescans Guides RulersResolution Image Capture SettingsPage Line Time ISO Exposure Lock Capture ModeScanning to the Camera Disk Canceling a ScanScanning Automatically Naming Images Naming the ImageAdding Notes to Your Picture RGB Data Values, EV Units Exposure EvaluationDigital Spot Metering Determining Relative Exposure Static Spot Meter Tool Setting the Spot Meter Size Judging Overall and Spot Exposures HistogramStatic Spot Meter Location Readings Hand Tool Tool BarMagnify Tool Panorama Tool Measure Tool Mac onlyToneZones Tool Page Grid Tool Crop Mask ToolPage Scan Area & Cropping Tab PanelsSize Panel Diﬀerent unit. Example 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm at 300 pixels per Size of the cropped area may still be adjusted whileClicking up or down buttons of Scan Area Lock Crop Ratio To set a speciﬁc shape for crop rectangleLock File Size To specify an exact ﬁle size Seconds Scan direction Faster Scans for FreeEstablishing Neutral Color Balance Color PanelSaving Color Balances Altering Color Balance for Mood or Eﬀect Changing Existing Color BalancesDeleting Color Balances Tagging Images with ICC Proﬁles Reverting to a Previous Color BalanceTone Curve Selections Tone PanelSaving a High Bit Depth Image Brightness/Contrast Tone Curve Adjustments Manual Tone Curve Adjustments Bit Tone Curves Limit LineSpot Meter Reference Points Negative CurvesSelecting an Output Tone Scale Setting the EV Scale ReferenceTone Curve Histogram Deleting Tone Curves Saving Tone CurvesLarge Focus Display Focus PanelSelecting a Focus Site Reading the Focus Displays and Adjusting Focus Multiple Color Focusing Audio Focusing Aid Mac onlyInfrared Focus Image File Management and Retrieval ViewFinder File Manager Exporting Notes Sorting Image FilesAdding more Notes to Your Pictures Automatically Opening the Image Automatically Saving Files to a FolderRetrieving Image Files Selecting the Retrieval Tone Curve USB controller only Hard Drive Storage Capacity Deleting Image FilesFile Menu MenusEdit Menu Display Menu Camera Menu Opens the Clean/Park window to expose the CCD for cleaning Capture ModeClean/Park DiagnosticsRight of the Save scan folder label User PreferencesAutomatically Retrieving Images Saving Files After highlighting the desired folder, clickAutomatic Scan Viewing in an Application Auto File Open Automatically Save PrescansAuto Naming Mask Auto-rotate Retrieved FilesGuides GridISO Increment Selection Using SoundsBaseline ISO Setting Crop Pano SettingsUse this feature, the factory settings are adequate Time LapseAppendix a Cleaning the CCD Cover GlassLine Time Exposure AdjustmentsAppendix B Manipulating ExposureLens Aperture Color Balance SensitivityTone Curves Lighting Appendix C Line Time SettingsModel 6000-HS, 6000E-HS Resolution SelectionsAppendix D Model 4000E-HSSuper 6K-HS Super 8K-HS Status Status IndicatorsPower Appendix EScene Panorama Hardware SetupAppendix F Panoramic AdapterPage Rollout Panorama Hardware is assembled just as it is for a Rollout panorama Object PanoramaCamera reported error Conversion Error Error MessagesCamera reported error Not Ready Camera reported error No RoomOther Errors Unknown Error Camera reported error Value ErrorCamera reported error Math Error Scsi Errors Comm returned errorCamera Timed Out