Microtek ArtixScan M1 Pro User manual

Microtek
ScanWizard Pro
Users Guide
For Macintosh

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Contents
Basic Setup and Features ............................................. 5
What is ScanWizard Pro..................................................................................... 5
The ScanWizard Pro Interface ........................................................................... 6
System Requirements ......................................................................................... 8
Installing ScanWizard Pro .................................................................................. 8
About this Manual .............................................................................................. 9
Getting Started ......................................................... 11
Using the Scan Mode ....................................................................................... 11
Using the Batch Mode ...................................................................................... 11
Exiting ScanWizard Pro ................................................................................... 11
Color Matching................................................................................................. 12
Basic Scenarios......................................................... 15
How to Scan a Color Photographic Print ......................................................... 16
How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency .................................................... 18
How to Scan a Color Negative ......................................................................... 20
How to Scan a Line Art Image ......................................................................... 22
How to Scan a Newspaper or Magazine Image................................................ 24
Using the Advanced Image Correction Tools ................. 2
The LCH Color Model ..................................................................................... 28
Selecting LCH or Native Color Space.............................................................. 29
Workflow for Optimizing Images..................................................................... 30
Adding a Custom Setting.................................................................................. 31
How to Choose the Correct Image Category.................................................... 32
Using the Dynamic Range Tool........................................................................ 34
Using the White & Black Points Tool .............................................................. 36
Using the Gradation Tool ................................................................................. 38
Using the Color Cast Tool ................................................................................ 40
Using the Saturation Curve Tool ...................................................................... 42
Using the Selective Color Tool......................................................................... 44
Using the Tone Curve Tool............................................................................... 46
Using the Filter Tool......................................................................................... 48

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Special Features & Advanced Scenarios ....................... 51
How to Edit Multiple Scan Jobs....................................................................... 52
How to Scan Multiple Jobs .............................................................................. 54
How to Use ScanWizard Pro Contexts............................................................. 56
How to Use the SnapTrans Templates.............................................................. 58
How to Define and Scan a New Batch-Scan Job.............................................. 61
How to Load a Previously Saved Batch-Scan Job ........................................... 62
How to Execute a Previously Saved Batch-Scan Job....................................... 63
How to Use the Magic Diamonds..................................................................... 64
How to Customize Negative Film .................................................................... 66
How to Scan and Display an Image on a 640 x 480 Monitor........................... 68
Appendix: More Color Matching Information ................. 0

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What is ScanWizard Pro?
ScanWizard Pro is an advanced scanner controller program that provides many
powerful, professional-level features for scanning.
One important feature of ScanWizard Pro is that it lets you work in the LCH color
space, which is based on the LCH (Lightness, Chroma, Hue) model of colors. The
LCH model is a more intuitive way of editing and working with colors because it
defines colors the way we understand them-- based on the properties of brightness
(how light or dark a color is), saturation (how rich or dull a color is), and hue (“red”
as opposed to “blue”).
Another important function of ScanWizard Pro is the batch scan feature, a separate
but integrated program that lets you create and manipulate specific “contexts” or
batches of jobs. With Batch Scanning, you can lay out your jobs beforehand, make
adjustments to each scan, then start the scan when you are ready. The result? A
tremendously improved workflow and savings in time, with the additional advantage
of being able to call up the various “contexts” or batch jobs when required.
ScanWizard Pro is also ColorSync™-savvy, allowing you to use standard ICC color
profiles for accurate color matching when outputting your images.
A Powerful New Software
With ScanWizard Pro, you can achieve a new level of efficiency in scanning. The
many powerful tools of the program work together to help you obtain the superior
color images you need, as well as provide you with the flexibility to adjust or
improve the images as needed.
As you become increasingly familiar
with the program, you will also see
how ScanWizard can open up a
whole new vista for organizing your
workflow and boosting your
scanning productivity in as many
ways as your creative imagination
will allow.
1 Introduction

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The ScanWizard Pro Interface
Shows the current scan job
Reso ution settings
Scan Frame, Sca ing, Output
contro s, Scan Frame options,
Unit of measurement, Transform
Image Type of the
current scan job
Advanced Image
Correction
contro s for
adjusting and
enhancing image
qua ity
Information
window
Settings window
Scan Jo window
Function buttons for manipu ating scan jobs
Check: Indicates
job wi be
scanned when
you press the
Scan button.
Current scan job, indicated
by oldface type
Se ected scan job,
which is the
high ighted job.
There can be
mu tip e se ected
scan jobs (severa
high ighted).
Thumbnai
showing
prescan image
Lets you se ect /
switch image type
Scanner profi e
Image category

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Co or Meter Disp ay:
Disp ays input and output
pixe va ues of the se ected
area in the overview /
prescan image.
Samp e Disp ay area: Shows
pixe ized disp ay of area in
the overview / prescan
image where mouse cursor
rests.
Cursor Locator:
Shows x, y position of
mouse cursor on the
current overview /
prescan image.
Preview window
Overview button: Previews
the entire scan bed.
Prescan button: Previews a
high-reso ution image of the
area se ected by the scan
frame.
Scan Frame around overview
image. Drag on corner to resize.
Scan Materia icon:
Se ects the type of scan
materia .
Scan button: Starts the
scanning process.
Unit of
measurement.
Choose from inch,
cm, mm, point, pica,
pixe . Se ections for
ru er co ors as we .
Ru er Overview
image
Too bar: Scan Frame,
Zoom, Pane, Tag
Windows
The ScanWizard Pro Interface
Co or Meter Options:
Provides further options
for the Samp e Disp ay
Area of the Information
window. be ow).
Drag this corner to
resize the Preview
window.
Status bar gives
usefu tips
re ating to the
se ected too in
the Too bar
Auxi iary
information
Handy buttons for Zoom
in, Zoom out, and
F ashers for Low & High
Va ue Markers

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System Requirements
• Power Mac or compatibles (except iMac)
• System 8.1 or later
• 64 MB RAM required; 128 MB or more suggested for better performance
• Free hard disk space as required by the size of your scanned images and for
additional working files
• CD-ROM drive (internal or external)
• “Thousands of color” display or better
• Microtek ArtixScan 1100, 2020, 2500 scanners; and other scanner models that
support ScanWizard Pro.
Installing ScanWizard Pro
1. Insert the Microtek ScanWizard Pro CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Double-click the CD-ROM when it appears on your Macintosh desktop to open it.
3. When the CD-ROM opens, double-click the ICC Profile Installer icon, and follow
screen instructions to install the desired profiles.
Note: If the ICC profile for your monitor is not found, contact your monitor
manufacturer.
4. Next, double-click the ScanWizard Pro Installer icon, and follow screen instruc-
tions to install the program.
5. Restart your computer.
Note: You may want to skip Step #3 and install the ICC profiles later. When Step
#4 is run, some default profiles will be installed as the default.

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A out this Manual
This manual provides basic information on the program and sketches out a variety of
scenarios that illustrate ScanWizard Pro’s versatility and how best to use the program
for specific scanning tasks.
For a more detailed listing of individual features, please refer to the companion
Reference Guide included in your documentation package.

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2 Getting Started
This section of the manual describes the two modes of operating ScanWizard Pro:
1. The Scan mode, in which ScanWizard Pro is “acquired” from an image-editing
software program like Adobe Photoshop; and
2. The Batch mode, which is launched from the Apple menu and is used to process
batch scans.
Using the Scan mode
The Scan mode refers to launching ScanWizard Pro from an image-editing software
such as Adobe Photoshop.
To operate ScanWizard Pro in the “Scan” mode, launch the image-editing software
of your choice. When the software program launches, go to the File menu, and
choose Import or Acquire from the submenu, depending on the software you are
using. This will automatically launch ScanWizard Pro, and the four major windows
that form the interface of ScanWizard Pro will appear on your screen.
In addition to the above, you can run the ScanWizard Pro Applet located in the
ScanWizard Pro folder. The Applet is a small-sized application that will launch the
ScanWizard Pro Plug-in to scan images.
Using the Batch mode
The Batch mode of operating ScanWizard Pro allows you to set up scans in “batches”
of jobs beforehand and then lets you start the scanning process when you are ready to
do so with the simple click of a button.
To operate ScanWizard Pro in the “batch” mode, go to the Apple menu, and choose
the Batch Scan command. For more details, refer to the batch scan scenarios and
information presented in the Special Features & Advanced Scenarios section of this
manual.
Exiting ScanWizard Pro
To exit ScanWizard Pro, go to the Preview window, and from the File menu, choose
the Quit command, or press the Apple+Q combination keys on your keyboard.

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Color Matching
The first time you launch ScanWizard Pro, you will be prompted to perform color
matching for your monitor and printer.
Color Matching is an important feature of ScanWizard Pro that ensures color
consistency — from the initial input phase when an image is captured by the scanner,
to the final output process when the image is output to your monitor or printer. Color
Matching allows you to gain the assurance that the colors captured by the scanner are
the same when they are displayed on your monitor and will be reproduced as closely
as possible when they are printed.
To use Color Matching:
As mentioned above, you will be prompted to select color matching settings
immediately after you launch ScanWizard Pro the first time.
At any point in the future, you may also select color matching settings to change your
color profile. To do this, go to the Preferences menu in the Preview window, and
choose the Color Matching Setup command.
Co or
Matching
features
See the Appendix
section of the
manua for more
detai s.
Immediate y updates
the Preview window
image when a new
setting is se ected.
This wi ref ect co ors
consistent with the
new y se ected
profi e.
Monitor
se ection
shown here
is set in
Co orSync
Contro
Pane .
For more information on color matching, please refer to section of the manual titled
More Color Matching Information in the Appendix and the Appendix C: Kodak
Color Management System in the References.

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RGB Destination
This feature lets you select the correct profile for outputting images to the RGB color
space. The RGB Destination profile usually pertains to a monitor (since all monitors
are RGB devices), but an RGB printer profile may also be used as a selection if the
RGB color space in which you choose to work is an RGB printer.
To specify the RGB Destination profile: Choose from the profiles provided by
ScanWizard Pro, or choose your own profile if you have others stored on your
system.
CMYK Destination
This feature lets you select the correct profile for outputting images to the CMYK
color space.
To specify the CMYK Destination profile: Choose from the profiles provided by
ScanWizard Pro, or choose your own profile if you have others stored on your
system.
For additional CMYK profiles, please run the ICC Profile Installer from your
ScanWizard Pro CD.

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3 Basic Scenarios
This section of the manual sets out a few scenarios on how to do some basic scans,
including a color photograph, a positive, and negative film. The steps are laid out on
the left-hand side of the page, and supplementary information for each scenario can
be found in a sidebar next to the procedures. Information on how to enhance or adjust
images, as well as more advanced scanning scenarios, is provided in the later
chapters of the manual.
Basic Scenarios:
• How to Scan a Color Photographic Print
• How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency
• How to Scan a Color Negative
• How to Scan a Line Art Image
• How to Scan a Newspaper or Magazine Image

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1. Place the photograph to be scanned on your
scanner’s glass bed.
2. Go to the Preview window and click the Scan
Material icon. From the submenu that appears,
choose Reflective. You will notice the change in the
appearance of the icon.
3. Click the Overview button to start an overview, and
you will see the image appear in your Preview
window.
4. Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the
Preview window, and choose the area to be scanned
by dragging a rectangle around it. You will see a
flashing frame (marquee) around the selected area.
5. If you like what you see in the Preview window,
click the Scan button to start scanning.
If you want to....
Before the Final Scan
Se ect an output image type (after
step 2)
Go to the Settings window, and from the
Type box, choose the appropriate image
type for the image to be scanned.
Specify output dimensions (after step
2)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the
desired output dimensions (width and
height) in the output dimension edit
boxes. The scan frame may change
slightly, and you may want to go back to
the Preview window to move the scan
frame and enclose the area you want.
Change output image reso ution
(before step 5)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the
resolution value in the Resolution edit
box.
See a more detai ed preview image
(after step 4)
Go to the Preview window, highlight the
scan job you wish to see in detail, and
click the Prescan button. Then switch to
the Prescan view in the View menu.
Fine-tune the preview image with
image processing options (after step
4)
Go to the Preview window, and select
the desired image-processing option
from the Correction menu. Alternatively,
you can go to the Settings window and
click an image processing button; the
Advanced Image Correction dialog box
will then appear.
How to Scan a Color Photographic Print

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Scanning a Color Photographic Print
Advanced Image Correction
screen for fine-tuning
images
Settings window for
se ecting image settings
Preview window for
seeing the overview
image and scanning
the image
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1. For dual bed-scanners that make use of the
SnapTrans™ templates (such as the ScanMaker 5),
place the film to be scanned on the appropriate
template, and insert the film and template into your
scanner’s lower bed. For flatbed scanners, use a
Transparent Media Adapter.
2. Go to the Preview window and click the Scan
Material icon. From the submenu that appears,
choose Positive Transparency. You will notice the
change in the appearance of the icon.
3. Click the Overview button to start an overview, and
you will see the image appear in your Preview
window.
4. Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the
Preview window, and choose the area to be scanned
by dragging a rectangle around it. You will see a
flashing frame (marquee) around the selected area.
5. If you like what you see in the Preview window,
click the Scan button to start scanning.
If you want to....
Before the Final Scan
Se ect an output image type (after
step 2)
Go to the Settings window, and from the
Type box, choose the appropriate image
type for the image to be scanned.
Specify output dimensions (after step
2)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the
desired output dimensions (width and
height) in the output dimension edit
boxes. The scan frame may change
slightly, and you may want to go back to
the Preview window to move the scan
frame and enclose the area you want.
Change output image reso ution
(before step 5)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the
resolution value in the Resolution edit
box.
See a more detai ed preview image
(after step 4)
Go to the Preview window, highlight the
scan job you wish to see in detail, and
click the Prescan button. Then switch to
the Prescan view in the View menu.
Fine-tune the preview image with
image processing options (after step
4)
Go to the Preview window, and select the
desired image-processing option from
the Correction menu. Alternatively, you
can go to the Settings window and click
an image processing button; the
Advanced Image Correction dialog box
will then appear.
How to Scan a Color Positive Transparency

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Scanning a Color Positive Transparency
3 54
2
Advanced Image Correction
screen for fine-tuning
images
Settings window for
se ecting image settings
Preview window for
seeing the overview
image and scanning
the image

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How to Scan a Color Negative
1. For dual bed-scanners that make use of the
SnapTrans™ templates (such as the ScanMaker 5),
place the film to be scanned on the appropriate
template, and insert the film and template into your
scanner’s lower bed. For flatbed scanners, use a
Transparent Media Adapter.
2. Go to the Preview window and click the Scan
Material icon. From the submenu that appears,
choose Negative Film. You will notice the change in
the appearance of the icon.
3. Click the Overview button to start an overview, and
you will see the image appear in your Preview
window.
4. Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the
Preview window, and choose the area to be scanned
by dragging a rectangle around it. You will see a
flashing frame (marquee) around the selected area.
5. Go to the Film Type menu in the Settings window,
and select the film type you are using.
6. If you like what you see in the Preview window,
click the Scan button to start scanning.
If you want to....
Before the Final Scan
Se ect an output image type (after
step 2)
Go to the Settings window, and from the
Type box, choose the appropriate image
type for the image to be scanned.
Specify output dimensions (after step
2)
Go to the Settings window, and enter the
desired output dimensions (width and
height) in the output dimension edit
boxes. The scan frame may change
slightly, and you may want to go back to
the Preview window to move the scan
frame and enclose the area you want.
See a more detai ed preview image
(after step 4)
Go to the Preview window, highlight the
scan job you wish to see in detail, and
click the Prescan button. Then switch to
the Prescan view in the View menu.
Fine-tune the preview image with
image processing options (after step
4)
Go to the Preview window, and select the
desired image-processing option from
the Correction menu. Alternatively, you
can go to the Settings window and click
an image processing button; the
Advanced Image Correction dialog box
will then appear.
Customize fi m type (after step 5)
If your film type is not included in the
menu, you can select Generic or create a
customized film profile. For more
details, see the Advanced Scenarios
section of the manual and the How to
Customize Negative Film scenario.