Minolta Dimage Scan Multi II, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Software Instruction Man Software Instruction Manual ual...

Page 2: ...ta Dim ge Scan Multi II The Dim ge Scan Multi II is a multiple format film scanner capable of scanning medium format 35mm 16mm and sleeved APS film With the optional APS adapter advanced photo system...

Page 3: ...CTING INDEX IMAGE 24 SELECTING FRAMES 24 ROTATING THE INDEX FRAMES 25 FLIPPING THE INDEX FRAMES 25 MAGNIFYING THE INDEX IMAGE 26 REVERSING THE INDEX IMAGE 27 SAVING AFTER LINING UP THE INDEX SCAN IMAG...

Page 4: ...NG HUE SATURATION LIGHTNESS AUTO SETTING 59 CORRECTING HUE SATURATION LIGHTNESS RESET 59 VARIATION CORRECTION 60 VARIATION CORRECTION COLOR BALANCE 61 VARIATION CORRECTION BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST CORRECTI...

Page 5: ...COLOR MATCHING THE SETTING OF OUTPUT COLOR IMAGE 92 REGARDING OUTPUT COLOR SPACE SETTINGS AVAILABLE 93 COLOR MATCHING THE SETTING OF ICC PROFILE 95 NAVIGATION 96 THE AUTOMATIC OPERATION BY THE NAVIGAT...

Page 6: ...and confidential The Dimage Scan Multi II and the supplied software are not designed for use with sepia color film However if you intend to use sepia color film select Color Negative in the film type...

Page 7: ...f available hard disk space About 2 GB or more of available hard disk space when loading with 16 bit and using the Digital ROC GEM functions About 3 GB or more is recommended Monitor Minimum VGA 640 x...

Page 8: ...ntosh and Power Macintosh G3 The standard built in SCSI board Connecting to the extension board inserted into the PCI bus NuBus is not available With a Blue White Power Macintosh G3 Power Macintosh G4...

Page 9: ...tallation instructions assume drive C or D is the CD ROM drive or the startup disk drive respectively WINDOWS 95 98 98SE 2000 NT4 0 Turn on the Dim ge Scan Multi II 1 Turn on the PC and start up Windo...

Page 10: ...Software License Agreement will appear 6 After reading the agreement if you accept it click on Yes The Serial Number Input dialog box will appear If you do not accept click on No Setup will be cancell...

Page 11: ...al When the DS Multi II Utility software is not used select TWAIN File When Next is clicked on the Select Program Folder dialog box appears 10 The name of the program folder in which program icons wil...

Page 12: ...se Agreement is saved as a text file If you do not accept the user License Agreement click on Decline The installation will be cancelled 8 Double click on the DS Multi II Installer icon The install sc...

Page 13: ...l number dialog box will appear 10 Enter the serial number described on the back of the CD ROM case Type it correctly 11 Click on OK The installation will begin Follow the proce dure displayed in the...

Page 14: ...nstalled automatically install this Plug in by performing the following procedure after the installation is complete When using only the DS Multi Utility without activating the DS Multi Plug in the in...

Page 15: ...TWAIN_32 Source The Select TWAIN Source dialog box appears 4 Select DS Multi 2 0 from the Source list then click on Select 5 STARTING UP THE TWAIN DRIVER WINDOWS 95 98 98SE 2000 NT4 0 This uses Adobe...

Page 16: ...UTILITY SOFTWARE When you intend to scan and save images only use the DS Multi II Utility software After performing step 1 and 2 on page 15 select Start Programs Minolta Dimage Scan Multi ver 2 0 DS...

Page 17: ...on assumes that the DS Multi II folder is installed in the Plug ins Import Export folder of Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE For the installation of the DS Multi II Plug in see page 14 Turn on the Dimage Scan M...

Page 18: ...the Index Scan Images p 28 Prescan Magnififying the Index Image p 26 Scrolling Prescan Images p 37 Auto Cropping Manual Cropping p 42 to 44 Manual Focus p 41 Changing CHP Cropping Area p 45 Rotating F...

Page 19: ...x Film Type list box Preferences button Navigation button Status bar Closing button The upper left side of the window on Macintosh Index Scan button Tab Switching the Tab of the Index Scan Prescan Ima...

Page 20: ...tte APS Adapter AD 100 6x4 5 6x6 6x7 6x8 6x9 Medium Format Film Holder MH M1 and the mask corresponding to each film size or Universal Holder UH M1 and Wide Universal Mask WM M1 APS Sleeve Medium Form...

Page 21: ...s APS Sleeve 16mm Slide Feeder Color Negative Color Positive B W Negative B W Positive APS Cassette Auto Detect colour Color Negative Color Positive Transparent Media Special colour Color Negative Col...

Page 22: ...rames set in a Slide Mount Holder SH M2 35 mm Film Holder FH M1 or an APS adapter optional accessory are displayed in the Index window INDEX WINDOW NAME OF PARTS Rotate Left button Rotate Right button...

Page 23: ...e front Windows Press Ctrl Shift and R simultaneously Macintosh Press Command Shift and R simultaneously MAKING AN INDEX SCAN Insert the film holder into the scanner as instructed by the hardware manu...

Page 24: ...cted frame click on the frame to be cancelled again while holding the Ctrl key To select a sequence of index frames Example To select the images from frame numbers 2 to 9 Click on the images of frame...

Page 25: ...tate Right button is clicked the index frame is rotated in 90 increments either clockwise or counterclockwise ROTATING THE INDEX FRAMES Select the frame p 24 to be flipped and click on or To cancel fl...

Page 26: ...26 INDEX SCAN When is clicked the index image is magnified When the button is clicked again the image returns to the previous size MAGNIFYING THE INDEX IMAGE...

Page 27: ...27 INDEX SCAN Each time button is clicked the order of the index frames is switched between reverse order and original order REVERSING THE INDEX IMAGE...

Page 28: ...can be saved in the Windows Bitmap BMP file format or the JPEG file format Macintosh The displayed index scan image can be saved in the PICT file format or JPEG file format 2 Enter the desired file na...

Page 29: ...ied by the necessary number of lines for example when there are 15 index frames the frames are arranged in 6 columns multiplied by 3 lines A spacing of 50 pixels is allocated at the top bottom right a...

Page 30: ...s other than the Index Image file idx cannot be selected in the Save as Type list box or the file format pull down menu When the index scan images are displayed these images are saved regardless of th...

Page 31: ...of this software LOADING THE INDEX SCAN IMAGES SAVED AS THE INDEX FILE Click on Index Load button The standard open dialog box for your oper ating system will appear 1 Select the file to be loaded and...

Page 32: ...n manual When using the slide mount holder 35 mm film holder or APS adapter optional acces sory select the index scan image to be prescanned by performing the index scan before making a prescan p 23 t...

Page 33: ...izontal button Flip Vertical button Full Scale View button Zoom button Scroll button AE Area Lock button AE Lock button Point AE button Manual Focus button Auto Cropping button Change CHP button Only...

Page 34: ...ed in the final scan ROTATING THE PRESCAN IMAGE The Flip Vertical and Flip Horizontal buttons let you flip the image from top to bottom or left to right before scanning Click on to flip the image from...

Page 35: ...rame so it fills the screen This allows you to see close details and view the final composition Click on The prescan image is magnified so that it fits in the Main window When the Full Screen button i...

Page 36: ...ly When the maximum magnification is reached the will disappear The view of the prescan image cannot be magnified any further 2 To reduce the view of the prescan image Windows Press and hold the Ctrl...

Page 37: ...gnified by the Zoom button This function allows you to view other parts of the image when it is too big to fit in the window SCROLLING THE VIEW Click on The pointer will change to a hand icon 1 Click...

Page 38: ...used you can obtain a scanned image which reflects the exposure correction made when taking a photograph AUTO EXPOSURE LOCK Click on The prescan is performed with the AE function 1 Click on The expos...

Page 39: ...ion 1 Click on When the Shift key is pressed the AE area is indicated by a line instead of the cropping area indicated by a dashed line By dragging the line surrounding AE area the AE area can be spec...

Page 40: ...rences p 88 the focus should be adjusted with the Point AF or the Manual Focus function FOCUS The focus is determined by detecting the contrast in an image Therefore the focus may not be adjusted appr...

Page 41: ...alue and the white bar shows the maximum focus value previously obtained Click and drag the slider to the left and right Click on the slider arrow to make a small change Click on the slider bar to mak...

Page 42: ...automatically so that a holder frame or a slide mount holder frame is removed AUTO CROPPING Click on The auto cropping will begin and the prescan image can be cropped automatically so that a holder fr...

Page 43: ...be performed without cropping MANUAL CROPPING Resize only a cropping frame by click ing on the frame to be resized then dragging the pointer up or down or left or right Resize the cropping frame propo...

Page 44: ...reviously displayed cropping frame is cancelled You can resize the cropping frame to cover the full prescan image again by pressing the following keys When the Prescan window is displayed Windows Pres...

Page 45: ...to quickly and easily define the cropping frame by the standard APS formats C H and P APS FORMATS C H AND P Click on to display the APS cropping frames Each time the CHP button is clicked the cropping...

Page 46: ...indow RGB CMY INFO To display the next frame click on the Right Arrow button 1 To display the previous frame click on the Left Arrow button When the selected image is not prescanned yet the prescan im...

Page 47: ...ce Correction button Hue Saturation Lightness Correction button Variations button Undo button Redo button Correction Reset button Snapshot button Image Correction Job Load button Image Correction Job...

Page 48: ...stogram Correction dialog box will appear Channel Selection list box Tone curves Input Gamma slider Higstogram Input Shadow slider Output Shadow slider Gray scale Histogram RGB display button Tone cur...

Page 49: ...corrected separately CORRECTING THE TONE CURVES Click on the arrow next to the Channel Selection list box to select the channel R G B RGB of the colour to be corrected When a prescan image is monochro...

Page 50: ...GB can be selected 1 Click on and move the cursor on the tone curve display The cursor changes to the pencil shape 2 Draw the desired curve by dragging The value of the horizontal axis is displayed in...

Page 51: ...ial value of the Black point is 0 in each R G and B 1 Input the desired black point value and click on OK 2 Click on The cursor changes to the black dropper shape 3 Click on the shadow point to be cor...

Page 52: ...t value and click on OK 2 Click on The cursor changes to the white dropper shape 3 Click on the highlight point to be cor rected in the prescan image The image is corrected so that the point you click...

Page 53: ...ogram returns to the previous one Setting the Gray point Click on the gray point to be correct ed in the Prescan image The image is corrected so that the point you clicked is a gray point The colour i...

Page 54: ...ted clearly with the 0 setting in the black level In this case adjust the Output level by moving the Output Shadow slider to the right slightly while checking the correction result The Histogram part...

Page 55: ...am dialog box When the Histogram RGB display button is clicked again the histogram of each R G B channel will disappear 1 By dragging the Input Highlight slid er right or the Input Shadow slider left...

Page 56: ...RGB color balance correction By dragging the Colour Balance slider to the right or inputting a big plus number in the text box each colour content is increased to emphasize each colour CORRECTING BRI...

Page 57: ...balance The change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area Click on the Reset button The corrections made in the Brightness Contrast Colour Balance Correc...

Page 58: ...big minus number in the text box the saturation of the image is reduced Lightness correction By dragging the Lightness slider to the right or inputting a big plus number in the text box the lightness...

Page 59: ...e change will be reflected in the prescan image displayed in the Image Correction display area Click on the Reset button The corrections made in the Hue Saturation Lightness Correction dialog box will...

Page 60: ...Variation correction dialog box will appear 1 Click on the arrow in the Correction list box to select the correction item Colour Balance Brightness Contrast and Saturation can be selected from the Cor...

Page 61: ...licked the image is placed in center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider the value of correction can be changed in the range from 1 to 20 The initial...

Page 62: ...cted is clicked the image is placed in the center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider the value of correction can be changed in the range from 1 to 2...

Page 63: ...to be corrected is clicked the image is placed in the center and new variation images are displayed By dragging the Variation Amount Control slider the value of correction can be changed in the range...

Page 64: ...emory is available CANCELLING THE IMAGE CORRECTION Click on The cancelled image correction will be resumed REDO THE CORRECTION Click on All the image corrections will be reset and the image will retur...

Page 65: ...on the thumbnail image to be deleted then press the Delete key Press the Command key and D key simultaneously for Macintosh When the Correction Reset button p 64 is clicked or the software is shut do...

Page 66: ...item is saved you can easily correct the image by loading the appropriate correction job IMAGE CORRECTION JOB IMAGE CORRECTION JOB SAVING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB Click on The register Image Correction Jo...

Page 67: ...JOB LOADING IMAGE CORRECTION JOB Click on The Select Image Correction Job dialog box will appear 1 Select the image correction job and click on OK The saved image correction job will be applied to th...

Page 68: ...ection image is displayed in the left side and the post correction image is displayed in the right side CHECKING THE CORRECTION RESULT WHILE LINING UP IMAGES Click on The post correction image will be...

Page 69: ...s the scanning mode in the Preferences the Digital ROC function cannot be used When the Digital ROC function is turned on the settings of Auto Expose for Slides in the Preferences the colour matching...

Page 70: ...nd smooth image can be obtained even when the image of 35 mm film is magnified DIGITAL GEM Click on in the Main window The Digital GEM tab will be activated 1 Click on in the Main window The prescan w...

Page 71: ...tton Digital GEM check area Digital GEM image display check area Digital GEM image display area Drag the Digital GEM Adjust slider or input the desired value directly in the text box Values from 0 to...

Page 72: ...the area or change the area size refer to the operations of the cropping frame p 43 to 44 6 Click on the Digital GEM check but ton To get the Digital GEM check image the film will be scanned accordin...

Page 73: ...Digital GEM function may not always operate effectively depending on the condition of the film Much more time is required for scanning when the Digital GEM function is turned on compared with when th...

Page 74: ...ity Software p 78 The Final Scan When using the Image Correction Job Deleting a Job p 87 Registering the Image Correction Job p 86 When using Twain Driver Plug in Software Image Editing Application p...

Page 75: ...these settings be changed the new settings can be saved to another job file All Job files are collected within the Job File List that designates 10 individual categories for each image output destinat...

Page 76: ...he job file name to be applied from the list The scan setting saved in the selected job file will be displayed in the right of the win dow When another job file is selected the setting is changed corr...

Page 77: ...le image sizes Ink jet Ink jet printers Uses an output resolution of 200 dpi The image size will vary Web Page For use on home pages Uses an output resolution of 72 dpi Image size is listed in pixels...

Page 78: ...of the image editing application you use 1 Perform suubsequent operations according to the instruction for your image editing application For details see the instruction manual for the image editing...

Page 79: ...stem only The PICT graphic file format uses a lossless compression scheme and is compatible with many Macintosh applications Only TIFF can be selected when using a utility software and selecting 16 bi...

Page 80: ...d for output output resolution the size required for output output size magnifications etc When the Scan Settings window is not displayed SCAN SETTINGS WINDOW NAMES OF PARTS Job Name list box Job Load...

Page 81: ...available When selecting 6 x 4 5 6 x 6 6 x 7 6 x 8 6 x 9 TEM Film Whole area interpolation 2820 2820 1128 564 376 282 188 141 112 When inputting value directly the desired value from 70 to 2820 is av...

Page 82: ...pecified When pixel is selected in the Unit list box the magnification size cannot be selected or specified Output Size text box This allows you to specify an output size With the default setting the...

Page 83: ...ect the size of image data file the higher the resolution value of image is the longer the scanning time and printing time are required compared with the lower value resolution of image The necessary...

Page 84: ...40 and 480 in the Output W and H size text boxes respectively and click on the Output size lock but ton The Output size is locked so that the size cannot be changed 2 Drag the cropping frame to determ...

Page 85: ...ropping frame to determine the cropping area While the cropping area is changed the input resolution is also changed accordingly As the output size is locked the ratio of length and breadth of the cro...

Page 86: ...o be reg istered from the Category list box 3 Input the job name to be registered and click on OK The scan settings you specified are regis tered with the specified name as a job file The Job Registry...

Page 87: ...gistered 2 After clicking on the job name to be deleted Windows Press the Delete key Macintosh Press the Command key and D key simultaneously The deleted job cannot be restored again If you delete the...

Page 88: ...88 SETTING THE PREFERENCES THE PREFERENCE WINDOW DISPLAY Click on in the Main window The Preferences window will appear 1...

Page 89: ...t whether to close the driver software after scanning when using Twain driver or Plug in Software and image editing application The driver software is specified not to be closed after scanning in the...

Page 90: ...ed This performs the index scan at high speed The autofocus function is not used while scanning The index images are displayed in a thumbnail representation after only easy auto expose function is per...

Page 91: ...her to display or not to display all index frames in the Index window rotated by 180 degrees when performing the index scan with the APS adapter optional accessory When using an APS film shot by a cam...

Page 92: ...Colour Matching function matches the colour data of the image to the monitor specifications colour space COLOUR MATCHING COLOUR MATCHING THE SETTING OF OUTPUT COLOUR IMAGE Click on Colour Matching ON...

Page 93: ...AL SECAM This colour spacing is currently the accepted standard used in Europe for television broadcasting This standard is the most suitable colour spacing available for work intended for television...

Page 94: ...lour space as specified in the application use Adobe Photoshop Ver 5 0 2 5 5 The monitor colour matching function is set to OFF No colour space is specified use Windows Mac OS When using an applicatio...

Page 95: ...he checkmark and click on Load The file open dialog box will appear 1 Select the ICC profile of the monitor you use and click on Open 2 To use the ICC profile specify the ICC profile of the monitor yo...

Page 96: ...perations of scanning When clicking on the Navigation button in the Main window the Navigation window appears Navigation Flow Operation Item checkboxes Repeated Operation Item checkboxes Navigation Me...

Page 97: ...m checkbox When the checkbox is clicked to remove the checkmark the icon of the clicked item is removed from the flow chart These checkboxes are available only when 35 mm or APS Cassette is selected i...

Page 98: ...r APS Cassette is selected in the film format The Repeated Operation Item checkboxes are available only when 35 mm or APS Cassette is selected in the film format When performing the automatic operatio...

Page 99: ...escanned and pressing the Enter key or by double clicking on the image to be prescanned the operation resumes And when Scan Flow Job Selection is swlected the Job Selection window appears and the oper...

Page 100: ...Select the operation items to be auto mated in the Operation Item check boxes and the Repeated Operation Item checkboxes 1 Click on the Navigation Menu list box to select Save Setting The navigation...

Page 101: ...ATION DELETING A NAVIGATION SET Click on the Navigation Menu list box to select Delete Setting The navigation set deleting dialog box will appear 1 Select the navigation set to be delet ed and click o...

Page 102: ...nstruction manual supplied with the slide feeder 1 Select Slide Feeder from the Film Format list box and select the film to be set from the Film Type list box 2 Click on in the Main window The first s...

Page 103: ...tinuous Loading can be performed varies depending on the image editing application For details refer to the instruction manual supplied with the image editing application you use 6 Click on Save or OK...

Page 104: ...Digital ROC ON Digital GEM OFF about 1 min 30 sec about 60 sec Digital ROC OFF Digital GEM ON about 35 sec about 2 min 40 sec Digital ROC ON Digital GEM ON about 1 min 30 sec about 2 min 00 sec 6 x 9...

Page 105: ...out 50 sec Digital ROC ON Digital GEM OFF about 3 min 10 sec about 55 sec Digital ROC OFF Digital GEM ON about 20 sec about 6 min 30 sec Digital ROC ON Digital GEM ON about 3 min 10 sec about 3 min 50...

Page 106: ...1 inch 1 1 OFF 8 5 ON 2451 1632 LetterQuater 1144 300 381 inch 1 1 OFF 5 4 ON 1635 1089 LetterEighth 850 300 283 inch 1 1 OFF 4 3 ON 1215 810 1223 300 407 mm 36 24 OFF 148 99 ON 1748 1165 Photo4x6 124...

Page 107: ...107 JOB FILE LIST 35 MM...

Page 108: ...OFF 88 118 ON 1039 1393 Ink JetPrinter A4Full 1006 200 503 mm 42 56 OFF 210 282 ON 1653 2220 A4Half 709 200 354 mm 42 56 OFF 148 199 ON 1165 1566 A4Quater 502 200 251 mm 42 56 OFF 105 141 ON 826 1110...

Page 109: ...109 JOB FILE LIST 6 X 4 5...

Page 110: ...to4x6 533 300 177 mm 56 56 OFF 100 100 ON 1179 1179 Photo3x5 Photo9x13 470 300 156 mm 56 56 OFF 88 88 ON 1039 1039 Ink JetPrinter A4Full 748 200 374 mm 56 56 OFF 210 210 ON 1653 1653 A4Half 526 200 26...

Page 111: ...111 JOB FILE LIST 6 X 6...

Page 112: ...38 LetterQuater 576 300 192 inch 3 2 OFF 5 4 ON 1584 1275 LetterEighth 366 300 122 inch 3 2 OFF 3 3 ON 1008 810 533 300 177 mm 70 56 OFF 124 100 ON 1464 1179 Photo4x6 532 300 177 mm 70 56 OFF 124 100...

Page 113: ...113 JOB FILE LIST 6 X 7...

Page 114: ...46 inch 3 2 OFF 8 5 ON 2274 1635 LetterQuater 531 300 177 inch 3 2 OFF 5 4 ON 1635 1175 LetterEighth 366 300 122 inch 3 2 OFF 4 3 ON 1125 810 533 300 177 mm 79 56 OFF 139 100 ON 1642 1181 Photo4x6 544...

Page 115: ...115 JOB FILE LIST 6 X 8...

Page 116: ...10 7 ON 3000 2022 LetterQuater 638 300 212 inch 3 2 OFF 7 5 ON 2100 1413 LetterEighth 547 300 182 inch 3 2 OFF 6 4 ON 1803 1212 531 300 177 mm 84 56 OFF 148 100 ON 1748 1175 Photo4x6 538 300 179 mm 8...

Page 117: ...117 JOB FILE LIST 6 X 9...

Page 118: ...40 715 LetterFull 2776 300 925 inch 1 1 OFF 11 6 ON 3276 1890 LetterHalf 2161 300 720 inch 1 1 OFF 9 5 ON 2550 1471 LetterQuater 1385 300 461 inch 1 1 OFF 5 3 ON 1635 943 LetterEighth 1080 300 360 inc...

Page 119: ...119 JOB FILE LIST APS...

Page 120: ...5 43 ON 1240 507 LetterFull 2291 300 763 inch 1 1 OFF 11 5 ON 3270 1362 LetterHalf 1782 300 594 inch 1 1 OFF 8 4 ON 2547 1062 LetterQuater 1144 300 381 inch 1 1 OFF 5 2 ON 1635 681 LetterEighth 890 30...

Page 121: ...121 JOB FILE LIST 16 MM...

Page 122: ...CENTER AREA 2820 Category Job name Input Res Output Res Mag Unit Input Size Lock IN Output Size Lock OUT Input Pixels W H W H W H 2820 87 24 9280 2688 Custom default 705 300 235 pixel 2320 672 OFF 232...

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