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How to use profile for MagicMatch?

How to use slide tray, frame holder or negative film holder?

How to execute a multiple scan or batch scan?

How to scan a CMYK image?

How to scan a negative image?

How to save and load image settings?

How to proof the result of image scan?

How to remove the tint of a scanned image?

How to set the Highlight/Shadow point?

How to save a scanned image into a file?

There are three ways for you to save a scanned image into a file,

1. If you run MagicScan through any application software, after you click the SCAN button to execute a final scan, the scanned image will be shown under the current application software. You can modify the scanned image directly before saving it. To save the modified scanned image, refer to the application software user's manual for saving an image files.
2. Select MagicScan from the Program menu bar or from the MagicScan folder to run MagicScan. If you run MagicScan in this method, you can save the scanned image immediately upon scanning. However, if you want to modify the scanned image in any application software, you have to open that application and then open the scanned image file.
3. Click the PROOF button to invoke the Proof Window. Click the SAVE button to save the image. Be aware that the resolution for the image is display resolution (72 dpi only).

How to use profile for MagicMatch?

1. Select the MagicMatch control. The Printer Profile pull-down list will be enabled at this point.
Locate the Printer Profile pull-down list and choose the desired output device.
2. Click SCAN button to scan the image.

How to use slide tray, frame holder or negative film holder?

For scanning transparencies, you will need to use a slide tray or frame holder.

Scan Frames and Negative Film Holders are for use with transparencies and negatives. Scan Frames are thin, hinged, rectangular-shaped plastic frames which can hold a source document of a slightly smaller size. The Scan Frames come in a number of sizes, including 120 mm, 4 x 5 inch and 35mm slide holder. The Negative Film Holder is a rectangular frame with two rows, each row can hold 6 negatives. A rubber cover is used to place on the film holder to prevent the negatives bending while on the scanner’s object glass. Orientation holes are located on the short sides of the frames. When one or more of these frames are placed on the scanner’s object glass and the "Scan" button is clicked, the scanner will automatically detect the existence of each frame, using the orientation holes for reference, and will only include what is within each Scan Frame in the resulting previewed image.

Note: The Negative Film Holder only comes with the UMAX PowerLook 3000 flatbed scanner.

To use the Scan Frames and Negative Film Holder, do the following:

1. Ensure the Transparency Adapter is correctly installed before proceeding with the scan.
2. Select a Scan Frame size which will hold the original source document without covering up the orientation holes.
3. Choose the Frame Holder option under the Original popup menu. Or select "Negative Film Holder" if you use the Negative Film Holder for negatives.
4. Open the Scan Frame/Negative Film Holder and place the source document inside, taking care not to cover the orientation holes.
5. Lift up the Scanner's transparency adapter and place the Scan Frame/Negative Film Holder on the scanner's glass.
Note: The Negative Film Holder must be placed vertically within the scanner’s object glass and put the rubber cover upon it. Otherwise, the scanning job won’t be done correctly.
Carefully align the Scan Frame so that it's exactly parallel with one of the rulers bordering the scanner‘s object glass. You can easily do this by simply placing the Scan Frame against one of the rulers.
Note: Although misalignment will not prevent the scanner from scanning, portions of the Scan Frame may appear in the resulting scan if the frame is not perfectly aligned.
6. Follow the basic scanning procedures to scan the images.

For scanning 35mm slides, you have to use a Slide Tray.

1. Place the 35mm slide on the slide tray.
2. Lift up your scanner's transparency adapter and place the slide tray on the scanner's object glass.
3. Line the orientation holes up in such away that the entire tray fits on to the object glass and the slide tray borders line up with the rulers on the scanner's object glass.
Note: Although misalignment will not prevent the scanner from scanning, portions of the Slide Tray may appear in the resulting scan if the frame is not perfectly aligned.
4. Choose 35mm Slide Tray under the Original popup menu.
5. Follow the basic scanning procedures to scan the images.

How to execute a multiple scan or batch scan?

1. Click on the Add Frame tool and then click, hold and drag.
A new frame will appear within the Preview Window as you drag the mouse. Alternatively, you may create a new frame by selecting "New" under the Frame menu. When a new frame is created it is added to the Job List.
Or, select "Duplicate" from the Frame menu, when you are running a batch scan job, will create a new entry in the Job List dialog box.
2. Choose Frame Tool and click in the new frame to select it as active. When the new frame (or any subsequent frame) is selected as active, then all of the MagicScan controls apply only to that frame.
Note: When a new frame is added by the Add Frame tool you may adjust its position by selecting the Frame Tool, then dragging any interior point of the new frame.
3. Set all scan controls and preprocessing controls for the active frame, just as you would for a Single Image scan.
4. Confirm, delete or alter the corresponding new line in the Job List dialog box, as desired.
5. Click the "SCAN" button to begin the program.

When you are satisfied with your scan program, choose the "SCAN" button to initiate execution. When the program is completed the scanner will rest and all lines in the Job List will show "done" as status. MagicScan then waits for further operator action. You may continue development of new image files in MagicScan, or you may choose the "Exit" button to return control to your imaging application.

Be aware that "Multiple Scan" scans multiple images with multiple passes of the scanner. "Batch Scan" scans multiple images with one pass of the scanner.

Please choose "Batch Scan" in the following situations:

- One frame represents one job. Frames (jobs) with the same settings such as MagicMatch, Filter, Descreen, Resolution... and so on, can be scanned quickly if you select Batch Scan mode.
- To scan frames (jobs) within a small area in the Preview Window.
- Frames overlap each other or have the same or nearly the same resolution settings.

Choose "Multiple Scan" in the following situations:

- Different settings for each scan frame
- Frames in the Preview Window are widely dispersed

How to scan a CMYK image?

A CMYK image is usually used for print materials. How to separate a color image into CMYK image through MagicScan, follow the steps below:

1. Choose "Color, CMYK" as the scan mode.
2. Choose a printer profile setting from the Printer Profile pull-down list. You should choose a MagicScan printer profile that describes your printer most closely.
3. Click the SCAN button.
4. Your CMYK image will be displayed in the Main window of the image-editing application.

How to scan a negative image?

1. Make sure the transparency adapter is installed on your scanner.
2. Use Frame Holder to place your photographic negative image. Refer to "How to use slide tray, frame holder or negative film holder?" for detail.
3. Place the frame holder on the scanner object glass. Refer to Place the Document for more detailed information.
4. Choose the scan source for the negative image. There are five additional options for UTA (Negative) and which are only available for certain types of scanners. For those scanners which do not have these options, the default option is used. Select the option which corresponds to the type of film used in your slide.
5. Choose the other scanner settings such as scan mode, resolution, or etc.
6. Click the SCAN button to scan the negative image.

How to save and load image settings?

Settings files are external records of MagicScan's control and parameter settings. MagicScan also keeps two kinds of internal records of control and parameter settings. The first kind is simply a working record ?MagicScan's own memory of whatever parameter values are determined by the control settings at any particular moment.

The second kind of internal settings record is MagicScan's record of the factory preset parameters. These are the settings that appeared the first time you brought the MagicScan window up on your monitor. All MagicScan controls may be returned to the factory preset settings at any time by choosing "Reset Settings" from the Settings menu.

To load an image settings, simply

1. Choose Load Settings command from the Settings menu. The Load Settings dialog box appears.
2. Enter the filename that you want to load and click OK.
3. The previously image settings are restored and applied into current scanned image.

To save an image settings, simply

1. Finish all the scanner settings that you want to save.
2. Choose Save Settings command from the Settings menu.
3. Enter the filename that you want to save and click OK.
4. The current settings are saved Ok. You can use Load Settings command to load these settings for next scanned image.

Note: If you changed image settings which are loaded by using Load Settings command and you want to save it with another filename, you have to choose Save Settings As?command. Otherwise, the current existing settings will be overwritten if you choose Save Settings command.
How to proof the result of image scan?

To make sure the scanned image is correct and is the one that you want to get, MagicScan offers you one way to proof the scanned image. It helps you to check the scanned image advancedly before clicking SCAN button.

To proof an image:

1. Click the PREVIEW button on MagicScan. A previewed scanned image will be shown on the Preview Window.
2. Adjust the scanner settings as you desire.
3. Click the PROOF button. The Proof Window will be open and the previewed scanned image will be shown in full image screen.
4. All the image settings adjustment, except the resolution setting, that you did on scanner control window will be applied into the scanned image that shown in Proof Window. The resolution of the Proof Window is dependent on the preview resolution.
5. Check to see if the scanned image is correct.
6. Click the Enhancement tool to do color enhancement.
7. Click SAVE button to save this image or click CLOSE button to finish viewing the image and exit Proof Window.
8. Click the SCAN button in the Preview Window to execute the final scan.

How to remove the tint of a scanned image?

If you find the scanned image is not correct, e.g, certain tint of a scanned image color is not you want, you may want to correct it. To solve this problem, use Neutralize tool to correct it.

1. Click the Enhancement tool on the Preview Window. The Image Enhancement dialog box appears.
2. Click the Neutralize Tab.
3. Place the dropper on the image of Sample 1 or Sample 2.
4. Choose any one point of grayscale (or black and white) from the image and click your mouse.
5. The image will be refreshed to show the effect.

Refer to Neutralize tool for more information.
How to set the Highlight/Shadow point?

The Highlight and Shadow tools allow you to make comparisons with different areas of the image. These tools work in unison with the Highlight and Shadow slider bars in the Scanner Control Panel. Therefore, using the tools to make a change in contrast will result in the slider bars being automatically adjusted to reflect these changes and vice-versa.

Highlight Tool | Shadow Tool

To use these Highlight and Shadow tools, click on its respective icon. When the cursor is in the Preview Area, it assumes the form of the tool selected. When the Highlight tool is selected, and you click on any point in the preview area, the highlight level is set equal to the brightness level of the particular pixel which makes up that point of the image. The preview image will be repainted to show you the effect.

When the Shadow tool is selected, and you click on any point in the preview image, the shadow level is set equal to the brightness level of the particular pixel at the cursor position. The preview image will be repainted to show you the effect.

To make a comparison between two points, let’s take the Highlight tool as an example:

1. Drag the dropper, while holding down the mouse key, to the point that you wish to compare. The entire image will be repainted in such a way that different pixel areas contrast more sharply.
2. By successive pixel selection, you can gradually find the brightest area of the image. Upon releasing the mouse key, the image will be repainted to show the total effect.
3. Similarly, if you want to find the darkest area of your image, use the Shadow tool to select successively darker and darker pixels.

Normal Image | Set Highlight 130 | Set Shadow 10 | Set Highlight 130 and Shadow 10