Reflecta Cyberview X, User Manual

Page 1: ...0 5 2 2 4 Image Adjustment 10 5 2 2 5 Output Preview 11 5 2 2 6 Backward One Frame 11 5 2 2 7 Forward One Frame 11 5 2 2 8 Reload Magazine 11 5 2 2 9 Set Current Position 11 5 2 2 10 Go To 11 5 2 3 Cy...

Page 2: ...Adjustments to Selection or Frame 24 6 4 2 Variations 25 6 4 3 Colour Balance 25 6 4 4 Curves and Levels 26 6 5 Scanning Slides to Files 28 6 6 Scanning from Image Editor 29 6 7 Using the Scan Button...

Page 3: ...ures it does look difficult to master I already have an Image Editor Uead Photoimpact which is also very comprehensive with a lot of features I do not really understand so I hardly wanted to buy anoth...

Page 4: ...re the scanner seemed to work satisfactorily so I assumed that the latest version of firmware must be preloaded I contacted Native Digital the UK distributor for the scanner they confirmed I did not n...

Page 5: ...s The nature of any problems encountered when installing Cyberview is likely to be dependent on the configuration of the host computer Martin reported adverse interactions with virus software My drive...

Page 6: ...following message is displayed It takes about 3 minutes for the scanner to initialise then the Cyberview Preview window appears as shown below This window may be displayed differently according to wh...

Page 7: ...ays use the originally supplied cable cables which are too long can cause problems Turn off the scanner and PC Restart the PC and wait until it has booted up completely Switch on the scanner Start Cyb...

Page 8: ...tion 6 3 4 5 2 1 4 Image Adjustment Menu Variations see section 6 4 2 Colour Balance see section 6 4 3 Curves and Levels see section 6 4 4 5 2 1 5 Window Menu Exposure Setting see section 7 1 1 Output...

Page 9: ...e Eastman Kodak Kodak 100 Kodak 200 Kodak 400 Kodak 800 Kodak Portra 160NC ROYAL 200 ROYAL400 Konica Konica 100 Konica 200 Konica 400 Positive Generic Generic Positive 2 Generic Positive Raw Image Cyb...

Page 10: ...re scan Current Frame Pre scan 1 36 Pre scan 1 50 Pre scan 1 80 Pre scan 1 100 Pre scan See section 6 3 5 2 2 3 Scan Scan Current Frame Scan Selected Multi Scan The above 3 options are only displayed...

Page 11: ...agazine is loaded see section 6 2 2 5 2 2 9 Set Current Position See section 6 2 2 The current position is shown as Location in the Status Line section 7 3 2 5 2 2 10 Go To See section 6 2 2 The curre...

Page 12: ...e top left of the Preview window there is a clickable square which determines the measurement units inches centimetres or pixels this can be useful when defining the Default Scanning Area section 6 1...

Page 13: ...Setting The recommended settings are as shown in the picture above JS says using a default scan resolution of 1800 or 2700 is hardly any faster and that 3600 dpi gives more detail in the scanned pictu...

Page 14: ...re sometimes dramatically better Auto Gamma has not proved useful The scanner makes a certain amount of noise when in use and also vibrates This can be reduced by placing it on a towel or similar JS p...

Page 15: ...id not distinguish scratches on the slide sufficiently well from sharp edges in the picture and consequently scanned them out of focus Newer firmware appears to have fixed this I have found ICE very u...

Page 16: ...ype using a ROC value of 25 improves the colours and that a value of 50 sometimes works wonders I can confirm this and am now using ROC 25 as a standard setting for all my scans In the test I did the...

Page 17: ...rofile to compensate for any differences Such a process is essential for a professional scanning service but the kit is rather expensive for the amateur photographer I am taking my chances the picture...

Page 18: ...on the scanner has an orange slider When using Universal magazines regardless of the type of slides the orange slider must be at the end of the slide changing arm For CS and all other types of magazi...

Page 19: ...g the relevant button on the scanner itself You can move to a defined position using the Go To button see section 5 2 2 10 6 3 Pre scanning 6 3 1 Overview A pre scan takes about 20 seconds per slide a...

Page 20: ...n 6 5 otherwise you can apply Image Adjustments section 6 4 6 3 3 Pre scan Thumbnail Panel The Thumbnail Panel is used to select the images to which the Image Adjustments section 6 4 are to be applied...

Page 21: ...ection Area it appears as a four headed cross Click and hold to drag the Selection Area When the cursor is on a border of the Selection Area it appears as a horizontal or vertical two headed arrow Cli...

Page 22: ...one zoom in click causes the pre scan to fill the screen and further clicks give a very pixelated image The current zoom scale is shown in the Status Line section 7 3 2 6 3 4 4 Rotate 90 Left Rotate...

Page 23: ...e Digital ICE Menu GEM or click the GEM icon in the Cyberview Toolbox section 5 2 3 The following pop up is displayed Tick the checkbox to enable GEM and choose the required value As stated in section...

Page 24: ...nce and Curves and Levels See sections 6 4 2 6 4 4 for details of each Tab The checkbox label Apply to all frames means Apply to all pre scans This is only useful if all the pre scans need the same se...

Page 25: ...ame of your choice and recalled later in the Setting drop down list bottom left Saved Settings can also be deleted Image Adjustment Variations 6 4 3 Colour Balance Brightness Contrast and Saturation c...

Page 26: ...Curves and Levels This is only included here for completeness Unless you are a colour technology expert and very familiar with colour channels and histograms all you can do here is to experiment as fo...

Page 27: ...Cyberview Page 27 of 33 Dec 2008 Revert Auto Gamma...

Page 28: ...w to be displayed Click Browse to open an Explorer window and navigate to the required folder where the scanned pictures are to be stored Specify a prefix for the names of the files if omitted the fil...

Page 29: ...Do not start Cyberview or exit Cyberview if already active Start the Image Editor Select the Image Editor function Acquire Image from Scanner and select Cyberview as the source The Image Editor activa...

Page 30: ...tton the pop up window shown in section 6 7 1 is displayed Select To Host and click Scan Unfortunately with Photoimpact this always causes Photoimpact to crash To scan multiple slides press and hold t...

Page 31: ...3240 pixels then it will not fit on a monitor with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels hence the large red square and warning message shown in the top middle picture If you defined a Selection Area in...

Page 32: ...details of firmware downloads The required firmware version is downloaded as a BIN file and saved on the PC Help Menu Update Firmware and select the saved BIN file JS notes that if necessary it is pos...

Page 33: ...re shown in the defined units of measurement section 5 2 4 together with the Red Green Blue values 0 255 of the pixel at that position 7 3 2 Lower Right Zoom Scale section 6 3 4 3 Location position of...