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Scan All or select one thumbnail (which deselects all others), all prescanned frames are
deselected except for the frame displayed in the tabs.
If Scan All is enabled and then Scan or Scan to File is selected after one or more frames
have been prescanned, a final scan is performed on each prescanned frame and on all
remaining frames on the filmstrip located to the left of the prescanned frames. For
example, if the first 4 frames of a 36 frame filmstrip are prescanned and then Scan All is
enabled, when Scan or Scan to File is selected, a final scan of all filmstrip frames is
performed.
If the Auto Balance button is enabled, the scanner will perform 2 scans of every frame that
has not been prescanned.
• The first scan will perform a Prescan which does not generate a visible image, i.e. the
prescan image will not be displayed on the user interface. This Prescan necessary
because the Auto Balance software requires data from the Prescan.
• The second scan will perform the final scan.
If the Scan All feature is disabled, the operation the film scanner’s prescan and scan
functions remain the same as in the previous version 1.20 Host Software. The Scan All
feature is by default disabled and it will be disabled each time the RFS 3600 Host
Software is started.
DMin Cal
DMin Cal is a new software feature which is applicable when using Color Negative or
Black and White Negative filmstrips. When a filmstrip is inserted into the film scanner, the
scanner normally performs an automatic DMin (Density – minimum) measurement. The
procedure makes a measurement of the lowest film density present on the filmstrip
(usually the interframe gap). If you have six 6-frame strips from the same 36-frame roll,
the DMin value probably will be the same on each 6-frame strip. If you want, you may
allow the DMin measurement to be performed on the first strip and disable the DMin
measurement for the remaining five strips to save time.
If DMin Cal is enabled and a Color Negative or B&W Negative film type is selected, the
DMin measurement will be performed on every filmstrip inserted into the film scanner. If
Reversal Film Type is selected, the DMin Cal is automatically disabled and may not be
enabled.
If a Color Negative or B&W Negative type is selected and DMin Cal is disabled, the DMin
measurement will not be performed when a filmstrip inserted into the film scanner.
However, if a DMin measurement has not been made since the Host Software has been
started, one will be performed for the first Color Negative or B&W filmstrip inserted, even if
the DMin Cal feature is disabled.
If Reversal Film Type is selected and then Color Negative or B&W Film Type is selected,
DMin Cal will automatically be enabled.
The setting of the DMin Cal button, enabled or disabled, is saved from scan session to
scan session. The default setting is “Enabled”.