Minolta AF-5000 IMAGE CORRECTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMAGE CORRECTION

IMAGE CORRECTION WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

The Image Correction Tab Part — Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TONE CURVES AND HISTOGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

The Tone Curves and Histogram Dialog Box — Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.65
Correcting the Tone Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.66
Changing the Tone Curves by Freehand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.66
Setting the White, Black or Grey points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.67
Viewing the Histogram of Images After Making Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.68
Auto Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.68
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.68
Correcting the Histogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	.69

BRIGHTNESS / CONTRAST / COLOUR BALANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

The Brightness, Contrast and Colour Balance Correction Dialog Box

— Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Auto Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

HUE / SATURATION / LIGHTNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

The Hue, Saturation, Lightness Correction Dialog Box — Names of Parts . . . . . . . .72 Auto Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

VARIATION CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

The Variation Dialog Box — Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Selecting the Correction Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Changing the correction increments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Colour Balance Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Brightness & Contrast Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Saturation Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

SELECTIVE COLOUR CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

The Selective Colour Correction Dialog Box — Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

UNSHARP MASK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	78
The Unsharp Mask Dialog Box — Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	78
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	79

SNAPSHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Storing in the Snapshot Display Area Temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Displaying the Image Stored Temporarily as a Prescan Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

CANCELLING THE IMAGE CORRECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Cancelling the Image Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Redo the Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Delete the Image Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

FULL-SCREEN VIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Checking the Correction Result While Lining Up Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

JOB SAVE / JOB LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Saving an Image Correction Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Loading Image Correction Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

DIGITAL ICE / DIGITAL ROC / DIGITAL GEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Before Using the Digital ICE/ROC/GEM Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 DIGITAL ICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 DIGITAL ROC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 DIGITAL GEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

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Contents

EINSTRUCTION MANUAL Page WARNING CAUTION THE FOLLOWING CONTENTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE The details of the contents are described on the following page SCANNER SETUP MAIN WINDOW TABLE OF CONTENTS INDEX SCAN PREVIEW SCAN FULL SCREEN VIEWING, MAGNIFYING OR REDUCING THE VIEW IMAGE CORRECTION FINAL SCAN APPENDIX SCSI IEEE Pentium 166MHz Pentium or later processor (or better) FireWire (IEEE 1394) Power PC 604 or later Power Macintosh G3 or later Excludes notebook PCs Power Macintosh G4 processor is recommended when Page Page TRANSPORTING THE SCANNER 1.When the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO Utility Software is in operation: SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES Switch No Function OFF SCSI terminator Occupied SCSI ID IBM PC/AT - SCSI host adapter - internal hard drive Macintosh Connecting the SCSI Cable BEFORE YOU BEGIN… TURN THE COMPUTER AND ALL CONNECTED DEVICES OFF 1.Place the scanner on a level surface NOTE: 4.Turn the terminator switch (Dip switch 1) to ON •An external terminator is not necessary with this scanner software of the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO (see pages 20 and 23) 1. Turn the SCSI terminator switch (Dip switch 4) to OFF 2. Connect one end of the IEEE 1394 cable to either IEEE 1394 port on the back of the scanner WINDOWS®98 / WINDOWS®2000 / WINDOWS®ME / WINDOWS NT® 1.Turn on the computer to start Windows® 2.Insert the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO CD-ROMinto the CD- ROM drive 3.Click on [Starting up the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO installer] INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE — WINDOWS 4.Click on Next 5.Click Yes 7.Select the setup type, then press Next Check that “Yes, I want to restart my computer now.” is selected, then click Finish 1.Turn on the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO 2.Turn on the Macintosh and start up the Mac OS 3.Insert the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO CD- ROM into the CD-ROMdrive 4.Double-clickon [DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO] 5.Double-clickon [Driver] folder INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE — MACINTOSH 8.Click on Accept 11.Click on Install 12.Click on Quit Drag the DS Multi PRO LAUNCHING THE TWAIN DRIVER 1.Open the host application 2.Select File Import DS_MultiPRO1.0… For Adobe Photoshop Ver.5 to 5.5 (not Ver.6): LAUNCHING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE LAUNCHING THE PLUG-IN 1.Launch Adobe Photoshop 2.Select File Import DS_MultiPRO Plug-in… 1. Double click on THE MAIN WINDOW PART — NAMES OF PARTS 1. Click on in the Main window The Preferences Dialog Box — Name of parts Colour Matching settings (See page 107) 2. Set the preferences as desired “Colour depth” setting list box The default setting is 8 bit • 8 bit Outputs an image of 8 bits for each R, G or B channel • 16 bit 35MM FILM HOLDER FH-P1 Position the film holder so the white arrow is on the 2. Place the film in the film holder emulsion side down 3. Align the frames within the scanning windows 4. Close the cover and press firmly until it clicks SLIDE MOUNT HOLDER SH-P1 •The slide mount holder SH-P1can hold up to 4 mounted slides (35mm) •Blow dust off the slide before placing it into the film holder • Open the slide holder by pushing up the tab from underneath 2. Place the slides within the indentations, making sure they lie flat LOADING THE UNIVERSAL HOLDER UH-P1 •120/220 film attachment with glass (HA-P1),glassless (HA-P2) With glass: Glassless: Multi-format side) 5. Close the film cover of the holder until it clicks Removing a Film Removing an Attachment 120/220 (6x4.5, 6x6, 6x7, 6x8, 6x9) glassless film attachment (HA-P2) 3.Adjust the position of the slide bars to fit the size of the film 5.Close the film cover of the holder until it clicks Multi-formatattachment (sold separately, HA-P3) 3. Make appropriate mask for the size of the film 4.Insert the mask you have cut out 6.Close the film cover of the holder until it clicks While sliding the button on the cover of the attachment, lift the film cover Ejecting 2.Remove the holder SELECTING THE FILM FORMAT 1.Select the film format from the drop-downlist Film format Holder type Selecting the Holder Type SELECTING THE FILM TYPE 1.In the Main window, select the type of film from the drop-downlist •The film type options differ according to the film format currently selected File type 35mm INDEX SCAN Click on Index tab in the Main window THE INDEX TAB PART — NAMES OF PARTS Rotate left button Frame number Rotate right button 1.Click on in the Main window •All frames on the film folder will be scanned and appear in the Index tab CHANGING THE WINDOW SIZE Click on the corner tab SELECTING THE FRAMES 1.Click on an image to select it for scanning 2.Click on to scan the selected image (s) 3.Refer to page 98 to save the scanned image (s) SCANNING THE IMAGE ROTATING OR FLIPPING THE INDEX FRAMES 1.Select the desired frames, then click on or REVERSING THE FRAME ORDER Windows® Page 2.Select the index file to be load and then click on [Open] PREVIEW SCAN Click on the Prescan tab in the Main window THE PRESCAN TAB PART — NAMES OF PARTS Rotate Left button RGB/CMY display Rotate Right button The prescanned image will appear in the Prescan tab Click on to rotate the image 90° clockwise Click on to rotate the image 90° counter- clockwise Click on to flip the image top to bottom Click on to flip the image left-to-right FULL SCREEN VIEW MAGNIFYING OR REDUCING THE VIEW Zooming In 2.Click anywhere on the image to zoom in Zooming Out 1.Click on in the Prescan image display area 2.Click on and drag the image to the desired location SETTING THE AE-LOCK After prescanning the image… 2.Select another image, then click on CANCELLING THE AE-LOCK 2.Click on to prescan the image again 2.Press the Shift key 3.While pressing down the Shift key, change the AE area AUTO CROPPING CROPPING To enlarge or reduce the size of the cropping frame… Click on the cropping frame and drag the pointer in or out To move the cropping frame… CROPPING THE IMAGE To define a new cropping frame… Click and drag outside the current cropping frame When the Prescan tab is displayed: Press the Ctrl key and A key POINT AF 2.Click on the area of the image you wish to be in sharp focus FOCUS MANUAL FOCUS 4.Click on 1.To display the next frame, click on 2.To display the previous frame, click on RGB/CMY INFORMATION Press and hold the Shift key (Command IMAGE CORRECTION Click on the Image Correction tab in the Main window THE IMAGE CORRECTION TAB PART — NAMES OF PARTS Selective Colour button RGB/CMY value display Variations button Click on in the Image Correction tab THE TONE CURVES AND HISTOGRAM DIALOG BOX — NAMES OF PARTS Channel list box Tone curves pallet Tone curves TONE CURVES AND HISTOGRAM CORRECTING THE TONE CURVES 2.Select the channel of the colour to be corrected 3.Click and drag the portion of the curve to be changed CHANGING THE TONE CURVES BY FREEHAND SETTING THE WHITE, BLACK OR GREY POINTS Setting the White Point 1. Double-clickon Point Value Setting dialog box 2.Input the desired white point value 4.Click the desired shadow point of the image Setting the Grey point 2.Click the point to be changed to grey in the image VIEWING THE HISTOGRAM OF IMAGES AFTER MAKING CORRECTIONS AUTO SETTING CORRECTING THE HISTOGRAM The change will reflect the prescan image • The change will be reflected in the prescan image Input Level Histogram Displaying the Histogram of Each R, G, B colour THE BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST AND COLOUR BALANCE CORRECTION DIALOG BOX — NAMES OF PARTS Correction Result LUT (Look Colour Balance (R, G, B) slider BRIGHTNESS / CONTRAST / COLOUR BALANCE Brightness correction: Contrast correction: RGB colour balance correction: Correction Result LUT -level HUE / SATURATION / LIGHTNESS Hue correction: Saturation correction: Lightness correction: Pre-CorrectionColour Sample and THE VARIATION DIALOG BOX — NAMES OF Variation Amount Control slider Variation Amount Control text Correction list box box VARIATION CORRECTION COLOUR BALANCE CORRECTION 1.Select colour balance 3.Correct the image properly by repeating the operation in step BRIGHTNESS & CONTRAST CORRECTION SATURATION CORRECTION THE SELECTIVE COLOUR CORRECTION DIALOG BOX — NAMES OF PARTS Colour list box CMYK text box CMYK slider THE UNSHARP MASK DIALOG BOX — Amount Level slider and text box Radius Level slider and text box Threshold Level slider and text box Dark Part Protection Level slider and text box UNSHARP MASK Amount: Radius: Threshold level: Dark Part Protection level: STORING IN THE SNAPSHOT DISPLAY AREA TEMPORARILY 1.Click on .in the Image Correction tab DISPLAYING THE IMAGE STORED TEMPORARILY AS A PRESCAN IMAGE CANCELLING THE IMAGE CORRECTION REDO THE CORRECTION DELETE THE IMAGE CORRECTION CHECKING THE CORRECTION RESULT WHILE LINING UP IMAGES SAVING AN IMAGE CORRECTION JOB 1.Click on in the Image Correction tab 2.Input the job name and click on JOB SAVE / JOB LOAD LOADING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB Image Correction job display area Original image display 2. Select the Image Correction job and click on BEFORE USING THE DIGITAL ICE/ROC/GEM FUNCTION WINDOWS When connecting with the SCSI interface With Digital ICE/Digital ROC/Digital GEM function turned on When connecting with the IEEE1394 interface DIGITAL ICE / DIGITAL ROC / DIGITAL GEM MACINTOSH 1.Click on in the main window Page Select the desired Input Resolution in the Scan Settings window (see page 92) 4.Click on Digital GEM tab Digital GEM text box Confirm Digital GEM effect Digital GEM slider DIGITAL GEM 7.Click on 9.Click on FINAL SCAN THE SCAN SETTINGS PART WINDOW — Job Name list box Unit list box Input Resolution list box Image Size display SCAN SETTINGS 1. Click on in the Scan settings part of the window The Job Selection dialog box will appear 2.Select the appropriate category from the drop-downlist •Values can also be entered into the output resolution list box directly Input Resolution list box The value with “#” is the default setting <When selecting 35 mm or Multi Format 35mm > 4800/2400/1600/#1200/800/600/480 Output Resolution list box CREATING A JOB 1.Set the desired settings in the Main window (Index tab or Prescan tab) 3.Name the job by entering a title and select the desired category, then click on DELETING A JOB When using Macintosh User created scan settings (see page 92) Digital colour copiers and colour laser printers Uses output resolution of 600 dpi. There are two paper size options; letter and A4 Printers that use photosensitive/photographic material Scan the film according to the Prescan settings •JPEG •TIFF (No compression) •BMP (Windows only) •PICT (Macintosh operating system only) FINAL SCAN UTILITY SOFTWARE 2.Enter the desired file name and select the file destination 3.Select the file type from the drop-downlist 5.Close the Control Window to exit the DiMAGE Scan Multi PRO driver software 2.Select the auto operation setting and click on CUSTOM WIZARD 3.Select the format of the film to be scanned and 4.Set each item and click on 5.Select whether or not to use you use the Digital ICE/ROC/GEM function and click on 6.Set the resolution and size of the image to be scanned and click on 7.Set the desired image correction and click on 8.Click on 9.When the operation is completed, click on When continuing to scan with the same setting click on on the scanning complete screen WHEN STARTING A REGISTERED SETTING 1.Place the film holder that you are going to scan on the scanner Page To disconnect the IEEE1394 Interface unit: For Windows 2000 Professional For Windows Me The Colour Matching in the Preference Dialog Box — Names of parts Colour Matching ON/OFF ICC profile text box setting checkbox OUTPUT COLOUR SPACE SETTING ICC PROFILE SETTING ICC Profile Output Colour Space: Optional output colour space can be selected (select the same colour space as set in the application) Use space Output Colour Space: Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 35 mm Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 120/220 (6x4.5) Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 120/220 (6x6) Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 120/220 (6x7) Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 120/220 (6x8) Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — 120/220 (6x9) Page SCAN JOB FILE LIST — MULTI FORMAT 35 mm BRIGHTNESS CHANNEL CONTRAST CROP DPI GLOSSARY RGB SCSI (Ultra SCSI) SHADOWS TIFF SYMPTOM or MESSAGE SOLUTION Determining the version number of your driver software: Page Scan Times (approx.): • Testing Conditions IBM PC/AT CPU: Pentium IV 1.5GHz, RAM: 1GB OS: Windows 2000 Professional