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Basic Scanning for Mac Users
1. Place the scan material.
•
To scan a photo, place the photo on the upper glass bed, as detailed in the “Position the
Scan Material” section in this guide.
•
To scan film, insert the holder with the loaded film into the transparency bay of the scanner,
as detailed in the “Position the Scan Material” section in this guide.
2. Launch ScanPotter as a stand-alone by clicking on the program icon, or by selecting it from the
application folder in your Mac OS X system.
3. In the Scan Source options menu, depending on the scan material you are using, choose
either
Reflective
for photos,
Negative Film
for negatives, or
Positive Film
for transparencies and slides.
4. Specify your scanning requirements in the Scanner Settings column.
a) Select the appropriate image type (e.g., RGB Color) in the Color Type as your image output
type.
- Select
Color
to scan the image in color.
- Select
Grayscale
to scan the image in grayscale.
- Select
Black & White
to scan the image in black-and-white.
b) Select a desired resolution in the Resolution for your image output resolution.
c) Select
Automatic Detection
or a desired dimension in the Scan Frame as your preview image
size.
5. Click the
Preview
button to perform a preliminary scan of the image in the Preview window.
6. If necessary, resize the scan frame (floating dotted rectangle) around the image by dragging on
the square spots on the edge or on the corner of the scan frame to determine the final size of the
actual scan.
7. If necessary, specify file settings for your output image files, using the options offered in the File
Saving Settings column.
8. If necessary, click the
Image Settings
button to switch to a window in which you can select a
preset image effect to the image directly or adjust image quality manually by using the additional
image correction tools.
9. Click the
Scan
button to start scanning.
NOTE:
For details on scanning photos and film, see the ArtixScan M2 Supplement in the Microtek software
CD/DVD.
