INSTRUCTION MANUAL
9222-2889-11 AV-A209
Tone-curvecorrections
Selective-colorpalette
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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
The package contents
System Requirements
GETTING STARTED
Macintosh computers
IBM PC/AT compatible computers
Macintosh computers
16-bitcolor depth
Auto Dust Brush or Pixel
Installation
Before installing the utility software
Installing the utility software – Windows
GETTING STARTED
Files\DS_Dual3, click the next button
Installing the utility software – Macintosh
GETTING STARTED
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
Installing Adobe Photoshop Elements
Windows
Macintosh
GETTING STARTED
Names of parts
GETTING STARTED
Before scanner setup
Connecting the USB cable
Connecting the AC adapter
Disconnecting the scanner
Turning on the scanner
Turning off the scanner
Where is the emulsion?
Film formats
Loading the film
Handling film
Loading mounted slides
Using the FH-U1and SH-U1film holders
Using the APS Adapter AD-10sold separately
Loading a film holder into the scanner
LOADING THE FILM HOLDERS
Ejecting a film holder
Launching the Easy Scan Utility
EASY SCAN UTILITY
Windows
Macintosh
Using the Easy Scan Utility
EASY SCAN UTILITY
Progress bar Status bar Film-typebuttons
Index thumbnails Pixel Polish button
EASY SCAN UTILITY
Pixel Polish button Auto Dust Brush button
File types
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY
Basic scanning p. 31 –
Advanced scanning p. 44 –
Image processing p. 64 –
Launching the DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility
Selecting the film format and type
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Windows
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Index scan
Main window and index scan tab
Selecting index thumbnails
Canceling the index scan
Making an index scan
Flip and rotate images
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Fit-to-windowbutton
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Prescan
Main window and prescan tab
Making a prescan
Grab tool
Magnifying tool
Auto cropping
CHP button APS film
Manual cropping
Prescanning the cropped area
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Auto Dust Brush - Removing the effect of dust
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY - BASIC SCANNING
Pixel Polish – Correcting images automatically
Main window and Pixel Polish tab
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
Making the final scan using Jobs
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – BASIC SCANNING
Quitting the DiMAGE Scan Dual III Utility
Setting scanner preferences
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Help button: to open the help window
Exposure-controltab
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Saving exposure settings
Loading exposure settings
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
More index scan functions
Reverse frame order
Loading an index file
Saving the index images
Saving an index file
Autoexposure control – More prescan functions
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
AE area selection
AE lock
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Focusing the scanner - More prescan functions
Point AF Autofocus
Manual focus
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Inputting scan settings manually
Scan setting window
About resolution and output size
Scan setting examples
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Saving scan settings as a Job
Deleting a Job
Custom Wizard
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY - ADVANCED SCANNING
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
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Setting the output color space
Color matching
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
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – ADVANCED SCANNING
Setting the monitor ICC profile
Scanner color profiles
Color matching recommendations
Output Color Space: Monitor RGB
Image processing tools
Main window and image-correctiontab
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Display area Tool bar
Guide to image processing tool
Tools and functions
Effects
Image processing glossary
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Undoing and redoing image corrections
Tracking image corrections – Snapshot button
Comparing pre and post correction images
Saving image corrections
Loading image-correctionJobs
RED GREEN
BLUE CYAN
MAGENTA YELLOW
Variation palette
Brightness, contrast, and color balance palette
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Tone curve and histogram corrections
Output
Highlights
Input
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Using tone curves
Tone curve and histogram palette
Drawing tone curves by freehand
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
A short guide to tone curve corrections
Bringing out detail in the shadows
Increasing image contrast
Correcting color
Histogram corrections
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Tone curve / histogram auto setting
White, gray, and black point corrections
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Setting the white and black-pointvalues
Selective-colorpalette
with unsharp mask
Unsharp mask
DIMAGE SCAN DUAL III UTILITY – IMAGE PROCESSING
Hue, saturation, and lightness palette
35mm film
JOB FILE LISTS
APS film
INSTALLED FILES AND FOLDERS
Windows
Mac OS 8.6,
Mac OS
SOLUTION
TROUBLESHOOTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SYMPTOM or MESSAGE
Checking Scanner Installation Windows
Pixel Polish and Mac OS
TROUBLESHOOTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Warranty and product registration
Technical support
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Primary RGB and secondary CMY colors
Complementary colors
AN INTRODUCTION TO COLOR
GREEN
Complementary colors p.
HSB color model p.
Hue corrections
COLOR EXAMPLES
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and the Universal Copyright Convention
9222-2889-11 AV-A209
Printed in Germany
