User manual NIKON SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED

[. . . ] En User's Manual Product Documentation The documentation for this product includes the manuals listed below. Please be sure to read all instructions thoroughly to get the most from your Nikon scanner. User's Manual (this manual) This manual provides instructions for setting up and using your scanner. Nikon Scan Software Manual (on CD) This electronic manual provides complete oper ating instructions for the software that makes your scanner run, Nikon Scan 3. 1. [. . . ] Once the holder has been inserted as far as the insertion guide, the scanner's loading mechanism will be activated and the holder will be fed into the scanner automatically. Remove your hands from the holder when loading star ts. Inser tion guide Loading will stop when the holder is in scanning position. Caution Holders can not be inserted into the scanner if the sliding cover is not fully open. Removing the holder or otherwise interfering with loading can cause scanning errors. When ejecting the holder, always use the button on the front of the scanner or the eject button in the Nikon Scan scan window. If the holder does not load automatically when inserted, remove the holder and try again. 41 12-4 Choose the type of film to be scanned from the Nikon Scan media-type menu. 12-5 Choose a color model from the color-model menu. The Grayscale option is for use when scanning black-and-white (monochrome) film, while CMYK is intended for professionals who wish to create a file ready for printing on an industrial four-color printer. Pg. 26 42 For more information on: Making a scan 12-6 Unless you are using the FH-869GR glass-covered rotating film holder (available separ ately), you can choose the frames to be scanned from the thumbnail drawer. Click the thumbnail drawer tab to open the thumbnail drawer. Thumbnail drawer tab By default, frames are identified by number only. T view a small preview image (thumbnail) for each o frame, click the button. The button icon will change to ; click the button again to return to a frame number display. Click here to display and hide thumbnails 43 If the thumbnail drawer is too small to display all the frames at once, you can enlarge the drawer by dragging its lower right corner or use the scroll slider to view frames that do not fit it in the drawer. Scroll slider Drag here to enlarge thumbnail area The frame to be scanned can be selected by clicking the associated frame number or thumbnail. To select multiple frames, click each frame in turn while holding down the control (Windows) or command (Macintosh) key, or hold down the shift key while clicking two images to select the images and all frames between them. Selected thumbnail 44 12-7 Click the Preview button to create a preview of the image to be scanned. You can also create a preview by double-clicking the desired frame in the thumbnail drawer. The preview will be displayed in the preview area. 45 12-8 Steps 12-9 through 12-13 involve the "Tool Chest. " The T Chest, new to Nikon Scan 3. 1, is a set of ool tool palettes, each containing an information display or controls for a specific task. If the Tool Chest is not already open on the desktop, you can open the Tool Chest by clicking the Tools button in the scan window and selecting Tool Palette 1 from the menu that appear s. To open a tool palette within the Tool Chest, click on the triangle to the left of the palette's title. T Palette 1 ool Pg. 40 46 For more information on: The Tool Chest 12-9 If necessar y, you can rotate or flip the preview image. Click the triangle at the top left corner of the Layout Tools palette in the Tool Chest to display the Layout Tools palette. Click The image in the preview area can be rotated and flipped using the following four buttons: Rotate the image ninety degrees to the right Rotate the image ninety degrees to the left Flip the image horizontally Flip the image ver tically Any flips and rotations performed on the image are reflected in the orientation of the letter "R" in the Layout Tools palette. Pg. 43 For more information on: The Layout Tools palette 47 12-10 If desired, you can process the image digitally to remove dust and scratches or to reduce the effects of fading and film grain. Open the Digital ICE Cubed palette by clicking the triangle at its top left corner. Click To remove dust and scratches from the image, check Enable Digital ICE and select Normal or Fine from Digital ICE menu. A setting of Fine can be used to remove very fine scratches or barely visible dust, although this may sometimes result in reduced sharpness. To restore faded colors or reduce the effects of film grain, first check Enable Post Processing. Faded colors can be restored adjusting the Digital ROC slider, while the image can be processed to minimize grain using the Digital GEM slider. [. . . ] 71 Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 63 D Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Dust and dirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]