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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Selective-colorpalette
Tone-curvecorrections
COLOR EXAMPLES
Before After
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Easy Scan Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Launching the Easy Scan Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Using the Easy Scan Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility – Basic scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Launching the DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Launching the utility from an image-processingapplication . . . 31 Selecting the film format and type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Index scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Main window and index scan tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Making an index scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Canceling the index scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Selecting index thumbnails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Flip and rotate images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility – Advanced scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Setting scanner preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Exposure-controltab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Saving exposure settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Loading exposure settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 More index scan functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Reverse frame order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Saving the index images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Saving an index file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Loading an index file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Autoexposure control – More prescan functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 AE area selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 AE lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility - Image processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Image processing tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Main window and image-correctiontab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Guide to image-processingtool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Undoing and redoing image corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Tracking image corrections - Snapshot button . . . . . . . . . . 66 Comparing pre and post correction images . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Saving image corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Loading image-correctionJobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Variation palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Brightness, contrast, and color balance palette . . . . . . . . . 70 Tone curve and histogram corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Tone curve and histogram palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using tone curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Drawing tone curves by freehand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 A short guide to tone curve corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Histogram corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Tone curve / histogram auto setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 White, gray, and black point corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Setting the white and black-pointvalues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Selective-colorpalette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Unsharp mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Hue, saturation, and lightness palette
FOR PROPER AND SAFE USE
Do not use if the cord is damaged
System Requirements
The package contents
GETTING STARTED
Macintosh computers
Macintosh computers
IBM PC/AT compatible computers
16-bitcolor depth
Auto Dust Brush or Pixel
Before installing the utility software
Installation
Installing the utility software – Windows
GETTING STARTED
Files\DS_Dual3, click the next button
GETTING STARTED
Installing the utility software – Macintosh
Select the installation method from the pop-upmenu at the top left of the installer screen. The easy-installoption will install the required software. If only specific programs need to be installed, select the custom-installoption click the check box of the files to be installed. Click on the install button to begin installation
Windows
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements
Macintosh
GETTING STARTED
Names of parts
Connecting the USB cable
Before scanner setup
GETTING STARTED
Disconnecting the scanner
Connecting the AC adapter
Turning on the scanner
Turning off the scanner
Film formats
Where is the emulsion?
Loading the film
Handling film
Loading mounted slides
Using the APS Adapter AD-10sold separately
Using the FH-U1and SH-U1film holders
Loading a film holder into the scanner
LOADING THE FILM HOLDERS
Ejecting a film holder
EASY SCAN UTILITY
Launching the Easy Scan Utility
Windows
Macintosh
Using the Easy Scan Utility
Progress bar Status bar Film-typebuttons
EASY SCAN UTILITY
Index thumbnails Pixel Polish button
Pixel Polish button Auto Dust Brush button
EASY SCAN UTILITY
File types
Basic scanning p. 31 –
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY
Advanced scanning p. 44 –
Image processing p. 64 –
Selecting the film format and type
Launching the DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Windows
Main window and index scan tab
Index scan
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Making an index scan
Canceling the index scan
Selecting index thumbnails
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Flip and rotate images
Fit-to-windowbutton
Main window and prescan tab
Prescan
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Grab tool
Making a prescan
Magnifying tool
Auto cropping
Manual cropping
CHP button APS film
Prescanning the cropped area
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Auto Dust Brush - Removing the effect of dust
Main window and Pixel Polish tab
Pixel Polish – Correcting images automatically
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY - BASIC SCANNING
Clicking the Pixel Polish button on the main window auto- matically corrects all the images in the film holder replac- ing any previous corrections. The correction are immedi- ately applied to the prescan image
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Making the final scan using Jobs
Quitting the DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Setting scanner preferences
Help button: to open the help window
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Exposure-controltab
Loading exposure settings
Saving exposure settings
Reverse frame order
More index scan functions
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Saving an index file
Saving the index images
Loading an index file
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Autoexposure control – More prescan functions
AE lock
AE area selection
Point AF Autofocus
Focusing the scanner - More prescan functions
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Manual focus
Scan setting window
Inputting scan settings manually
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
About resolution and output size
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Scan setting examples
Deleting a Job
Saving scan settings as a Job
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY - ADVANCED SCANNING
Custom Wizard
Make any adjustments to the scanner exposure. Previously saved settings can be loaded. See page 46 for more informa- tion. Click the next button to continue
Color matching
Setting the output color space
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
The choice of output color space depends on how the image will be reproduced. For most home use where the image is displayed on a monitor or printed with a small printer, sRGB color space is adequate. Other color spaces have been included for professional and technical applications. For recommendations for color space use, see page
Scanner color profiles
Setting the monitor ICC profile
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Output Color Space: Monitor RGB
Color matching recommendations
Main window and image-correctiontab
Image processing tools
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Display area Tool bar
Tools and functions
Guide to image processing tool
Effects
Image processing glossary
Tracking image corrections – Snapshot button
Undoing and redoing image corrections
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Saving image corrections
Comparing pre and post correction images
RED GREEN
Loading image-correctionJobs
BLUE CYAN
MAGENTA YELLOW
Variation palette
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Brightness, contrast, and color balance palette
Output
Tone curve and histogram corrections
Highlights
Input
Tone curve and histogram palette
Using tone curves
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Drawing tone curves by freehand
Bringing out detail in the shadows
A short guide to tone curve corrections
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Correcting color
Increasing image contrast
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Histogram corrections
Tone curve / histogram auto setting
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
White, gray, and black point corrections
Selective-colorpalette
Setting the white and black-pointvalues
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Unsharp mask
with unsharp mask
Hue, saturation, and lightness palette
JOB FILE LISTS
35mm film
APS film
Windows
INSTALLED FILES AND FOLDERS
Mac OS
Mac OS 8.6,
SYMPTOM or MESSAGE
TROUBLESHOOTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOLUTION
Pixel Polish and Mac OS
Checking Scanner Installation Windows
Technical support
Warranty and product registration
TROUBLESHOOTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Complementary colors
Primary RGB and secondary CMY colors
AN INTRODUCTION TO COLOR
GREEN
HSB color model p.
Complementary colors p.
Hue corrections
COLOR EXAMPLES
and the Universal Copyright Convention
2002 Minolta Co., Ltd. under the Berne Convention
9222-2889-11 AV-A209
Printed in Germany
DS Dual3 folder
DS Dual3 folder DS Dual3 Utility DS Dual3 Easy DS Dual3 
CFMSupport folder
Folder with user logon name
Library folder Preferences folder
Profiles folder