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Nikon Scan 4 Reference Manual

1. CCD Scan Mode Multi Sample Scanning ff Super Fine Scan Mode Normal 1x Help Help Scanner Extras Scanner Extras i Auto focus when film is inserted Calibrate Calibrate Help Help Pixel Data Size Pixel Data Size Scar Bit Depth 5 Scan Bit Depth E Scanner Extras palette for 9000 ED Scanner Extras palette for 5000 ED with FH 835S film holder with SA 21 adapter ZA The Scanner Extras Palette The Scanner Extras palette is only available when the scan window Is active The Tool Chest Scanner Extras eS gt 71 The Scanner Extras palette contains the following options F Scanner Item Description All SA 21 SA 30 FH 869S FH 869G only Strip film offset Reposition film to match the scan position Manual focus adjustment Focus scanner manually using slider or by direct text entry Perform Perform autofocus when slide is inserted in MA 21 MA 20 S 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN autofocus when V ED COOLSCAN IV ED When holder is inserted in 9000 as or 8000 ED perform autofocus film is inserted on first frame FH 869S FH 869G FH 869GR excluded Calibration Recalibrate scanner when film has been left in device for extended periods Pixel data size Control amount of color information acquired for each pixel scan bit depth 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED l COOLSCAN IV ED Crop choices IA 20 S only 9000 ED 8000 ED Multi sample 5000 ED 4000 ED scanning
2. Clear User Deletes user defaults created with the Set User Set Settings tings option Restore Factory Restores the settings in effect at installation Defaults Restores user default settings created with Set User Settings Settings created with the SA 21 IA 20 S or SA 30 can be used with any of these adapters while settings created with the 9000 ED 8000 ED apply to all film holders Reset User Settings settings for Other Adapters or Scanners The maximum crop size and other settings differ depending on the adapter and scanner used When settings for a different scanner or adapter are selected from the settings menu only those options that apply to the current adapter are affected The Scan Window The Control Area Lk _ D 18 The Film Type Menu Choose the type of film to be scanned S ciino 9000 ED 8000 ED from the options in the film type negoco The film type menu is only available when a film holder is inserted in amp the scanner menu Positive p Neg Color Aclass Microscope Slides Neg Mona Select Positive when scanning glass microscope slides with the optional f FH G1 or FH 8G1 film holder Description Use with most makes of positive slides and reversal Positive film These films have a black film base and the image in each frame appears in its actual colors Use with color film negatives Color negatives can be Neg Color identi
3. Close Close the active window Save Save the image in the active win dow Save As Save the image in the active win dow under a new name Revert This command can not be used Page Setup Adjust printer settings Print Print the image in the active win dow Image Windows Menu Commands Edit Can t Undo 36Z Cut 36X Copy JC Copy Settings Copy All Settings Paste V Clear Select All 3A Undo Undo the preceding operation Cut When entering text in a dialog cut selected text and place it in the clipboard Copy When entering text in a dialog cut selected text to the clipboard Copy Settings Copy to the clipboard selected Tool Chest settings for the image in the active window A dialog will be displayed where the desired settings can be selected Copy All Settings Copy to the clipboard all Tool Chest settings for the image in the active window Paste Paste the contents of the clip board Clear When entering text in a dialog clear the contents of the current text box Select All When entering text in a dialog se lect all the text in the current text box When the scan window is active select all thumbnails in the thumbnail drawer 121 Macintosh Mac OS xX View Progress Monitor Display the progress window Zoom In B Zoom Out Hand Cursor v Selection Cursor Zoom Cursor Focus Cursor Show Grid 3G Progress M
4. Enable Post Proces Option Description The image is processed digitally to remove the effects of scratches and dust Use this setting to remove very thin scratches or dust that is barely visible Note that the overall sharpness of the image may be reduced scanning Time Scanning times will increase when Digital ICE is enabled Turn Digital ICE off to reduce scanning times The Information Panel When Digital ICE is enabled the option selected in the Digital ICE menu is displayed in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to Digital ICE settings The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced To view the effects any changes to Digital ICE settings click the Preview button in the scan window the preview image can not be updated using the Redraw button which can only be used with Digital ROC Digital GEM and Digital DEE The effects of Digital ICE are reflected in both the Natural and Processed panels MAFilm Negatives Noise may appear if Digital ICE is used to process overexposed images or images that have acquired very vivid colors through the developing process The best results will be obtained in correctly exposed images that have been developed normally ZA Monochrome Film Digital ICE can not be used with monochrome film unless the film has been developed in color ZA Kodachrome Film Digital ICE is not reco
5. The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced To preview the image at the new settings click the Redraw button If the desired results are not achieved adjust set tings and click the Redraw button again Before processing After processing c Digital DEE The status of Digital DEE is shown in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to Digital DEE settings Digital DEE is not available when the FH 816 or FH 8G1 is used with the 9000 ED or when the FH G 1 is used with the 5000 ED or COOLSCAN V ED MAscanning and Preview Times Scanning and preview times will increase when Digital DEE is enabled To reduce scanning and preview times remove the check from the En able Digital DEE check box WMedium Format Film 9000 ED Only When using Digital DEE to scan medium tormat film under Windows adjust Crop palette settings so that file size is 169 MB or less A Tile of 169 MB is equivalent to a Tull frame of 6x9 film crop size 6588 x 4482 pixels scaled to 100 at 2000 dpi 65 Enhancing Details in Highlights To preview the image at the new settings click the Redraw Digital DEE can also be used to reveal details in highlights button If the desired results are not achieved adjust set where the background is much brighter than the subject or tings and click Redraw again the subject much brighter than the background To enhance
6. Preferences dialog does not match your monitor e The CMYK profile chosen in the Color Management category of the Preferences dialog does not match the printer Images are too dark e The RGB color space profile chosen in the Color Management category of the Prefer ences dialog has the wrong gamma value for your platform e You need to adjust the gamma value chosen in the Gamma category of the Preferences 82 dialog for use when Nikon CMS is off e The brightness setting on your monitor requires adjustment The scanned image has a rough e The resolution setting in the Crop palette does not suit the output device jagged appearance e The halo width or intensity settings in the Unsharp Mask palette are too high File size is too large The value for resolution in the Crop palette is too high 136 Print size is too large or too small Crop palette settings are not adjusted correctly 36 Appendices Appendix A i 133 Appendix B cc O Glossary This glossary provides definitions of some of the terms used in this manual Term F Definition The number of bits used to express color also referred to as color depth The bit depth determines the amount of color infor mation in an image The greater the bit depth the larger the number of colors and the finer the gradations that can be ex pressed Bit depth can be used to refer both to the num
7. palettes can be saved and recalled separately using the palette settings menu Save Settings Export Settings To save settings for the current image use the Save Settings or Ex port Settings options before previewing another image 17 The settings menu contains the following options Optio F Description Last Saved Restores the most recent settings created with Save Settings Settings Set User Settings or Export Settings Description Saves current settings under a user specified name Saved settings will be added to the end of the settings menu To apply saved settings to selected thumbnails or to the image in the preview window select the desired settings settings list trom the list at the end of the settings menu Saves current settings as user default settings which can be recalled by selecting reset to user settings options Set User in the scan window or tool palette settings menus Set Settings tings created with the SA 21 IA 20 S or SA 30 can be used with any of these adapters while settings created with the 9000 ED 8000 ED apply to all film holders Export Exports current settings to a user specified location Settings Settings files have the extension set Import Imports settings created with the Export Settings Settings option Delete Displays dialog where settings created with Save Set Settings tings can be selected for deletion
8. this number Sample Shows a sample of the file names that will be assigned Preferences Batch Scan File Saving rF al Option Description To choose a destination folder for the images click this button and navigate to the desired folder Select a format from NEF TIFF TIFF CMYK JPEG BMP Windows only and PICT Macintosh only If the selected file format supports compression the amount of compression can be selected from this menu Compression Level WAFile Naming Conventions Windows Where long file names are supported the maximum length is 255 characters File names may not contain quotes or any of the following characters WW Z7 i p eu OR lt gt and I 1 In environments that do not support long file names the maxi mum length is eight characters file names may not contain spaces quotes or any of the following characters W Z7 4 ry x age me se ari T Macintosh The maximum length tor Macintosh file names is thirty one characters Colons are not allowed kL 98 File Saving The File Saving category is used to choose the default file type for images saved when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application The Macintosh version also has an option for choosing the creator application i e the ap plication that will start when files saved from Nikon Scan are double clicked Windows Preferences am
9. Crop which typically increase file size by about 10 KB or JPEG compression The Crop Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the Crop palette displays the crop settings menu Crop i FCrop mA E Co rop Settings to Clipboard ere ee Save Crop Settings Keep this Crop py Crop g p o W S959 H 3946 Pixels E Delete Crop Settings SS Save Crop Settings naa we 3 739 H 3 1 od Pixels eo oo Gad Import Crop Settings pal 5 959 Hi 3 346 Pl C Keep this Output Size Export Crop Settings Keep this FileSize Import Crop Settings 67 27 Megabytes Export Crop Settings wwe 0 93 DE Inches 7 Reset To Default Crop Settings f Keep this File Size 25 KBytes Scale 10000 Reset to Default Crop Settings Resolution a ooo gol Pees inch 4 Reset to User Crop Settings I Custom Windows Macintosh Description Copy Crop Settings to Clipboard Macintosh only Copy current crop settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the Crop palette by selecting Paste from the Edit menu Save current crop settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to the end of the crop Save Crop Settings settings menu where they can be recalled by selecting the desired settings by name Delete settings created using the Save Crop Settings option A dialog will
10. Manual Focus Adjustment Use manual focus adjustment when the desired results can Position phir not be achieved using auto Hep focus Adjust focus using the Position slider or by entering a value in the text box to Its right then click the Preview button in the scan window to refocus the scanner The new focus position will be used un til the next time film is inserted or Nikon Scan is restarted To focus the scanner automatically click the autofocus button in the scan window control area Manual Focus Adjustment Y Strip Film Offset Numerical boundary offset ranges are shown below 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED J First frame Subsequent frames 0 144 144 144 Medium format film 9000 ED 8000 ED F Frame size F First frame Subsequent frames S eas foo oo O eoe Small negative values may be possible with the first frame of medium format film Aa 73 Perform Autofocus When Film Is Inserted If this option is selected when the MA 21 MA 20 S slide mount adapter is inserted in the 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED or COOLSCAN IV ED an autofocus operation will automatically be performed when a Slide Is inserted Scanner Extras lf Auto focus when film is inserted Scanner Extras If this option is selected when the 9000 ED or 8000 ED is con nected an autofocus operation will be performed on the first frame when a film holder is in serted an autofocus operation will not be per
11. Save changes to settings in the scan window settings menu 17 4 Select all the frames to be scanned in the thumbnail drawer 5 Select the saved settings from the settings menu if this step is omitted the settings in the scan window and Tool Chest will apply only to the first frame the remaining frames will be scanned at default settings 6 Click the Scan button to scan the selected frames Multiple Frames Different Settings 1 Select the frames to be scanned in the thumbnail drawer 2 Preview the frames and adjust settings separately for each im age use the thumbnail drawer to switch between frames 3 Click the Scan button to scan the selected frames The Scan Window The Scan Button SF 210 SF 200 S Slide Feeder Adapters The slide feeder adapters available separately for the 5000 ED and 4000 ED also support batch scans allowing a series of slides to be scanned automatically at the same settings 1 Preview the first slide and adjust settings as desired 2 Select the number slides to be scanned in the Scanner Extras palette 76 3 Click the Scan button to scan the slides at current set tings WABatch Scan Settings Settings in the scan window and Tool Chest will be reset to default val ues if the film or holder is ejected before the Scan button is clicked WASlide Feeder Adapters Because slide feeder adapters do not support thumbnail previews im ages can not be selected in the thumbnail
12. The Scan Window The Tool Chest Preferences and Image Windows For troubleshooting information and a glossary of imaging terminology see the appendices Trademark Information Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc Apple the Apple logo Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trade marks of Apple Computer Inc Digital ICE Advanced is Digital ICE Digital ROC Digital GEM and Digital DEE Digital ICE Advanced are technologies developed by Applied Science Fiction Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Radius ColorMatch and Press View are registered trademarks of miro displays inc All other trade names mentioned in this manual or the other documentation provided with your Nikon product are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders lt gt 2 To make it easier to find the information you need the fol lowing symbols and conventions are used This icon marks cautions information that should be read before use to prevent damage to the scanner This icon marks notes information that should be read before using Nikon Scan Q This icon marks tips additional information that may be helpful when using Nikon Scan p This icon indicates that more information is available elsewhere in this manual or in other documentation MAillustrations Save where otherwis
13. Tools palette If it is not checked autofocus will moved only be performed when the button is clicked in the scan window control area Freview Settings Grid Settings 5 Ten or fewer thumbnails More than ten thumbnails Thumbnail Ferom auto focus when focus point i mowed when film iS inserted Preferences Automatic Actions 100 Advanced Color The Advanced Color category is used to specify output colors for the black white and gray points and to change the size of the area sampled when the eyedropper tools in the Curves palette are used It is also controls the portion of the tone range excluded in auto contrast operations Preferences Category Gamma Color Management File Locations Single Scar Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions RGE Grayscale White point target Master 255 Red 255 255 Gray point target Red 128 Black point target Master 0 Red o Blue 255 Preview Settings Grid Settings 128 Blue 128 Blue jo Greer jo Auto contrast calculations 2 excluded Black HE white 0 5 Sample point size ji Pa Cancel Help Preferences Advanced Color a O White Point Gray Point Black Point and Auto Contrast White Gray and Black Point Targets The targets in the RGB and Grayscale tabs specify de fault output values for the white gray and black points in each color model The fa
14. View Toolbar Display or hide the toolbar View Ctrl Ctrl zoom In zoom Out Status Bar Display or hide the status bar Selection Cursor w 200m Cursor Hand Cursor Tool palettes A list of Tool Chests is displayed in the View menu Select to display or hide Tool Chests Show Grid Chrl 6 w Toolbar w Status Bar Tool Palette 1 Progress Window Select to display or hide the prog ress window Progress Window Zoom In Zoom in on the image in the active window Zoom Out Zoom out from the image in the active window Selection Cursor Select the crop cursor Zoom Cursor Select the zoom cursor Hand Cursor Select the hand cursor Show Grid Display or hide the layout grid in the active window Image Windows Menu Commands Image Color Space Transform Settings Settings Section Color Space 6 bit Grayscale 16 bit Grayscale w 24 bit RGB Color Space 46 bit RGB Convert the image in the active window to a new color space and bit depth Transform Rotate Cy Rotate Cli Flip Horizontal Transform Flip vertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the ac tive window Settings Settings Overall CURVES Color Balance LEH Editor Unsharp Mask Reset To Default Settings Reset To User Settings Lask Saved Settings Setting 1 Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Settin
15. details in highlights select Enable Digital DEE and click More More button 4 More gt gt Redraw WwW i Highlight Highlight Adjustment Adjustment 4 bli WV slider and Threshold pho text box Before processing After processing Redraw button Adjust highlights using the Highlight Adjustment slider or by entering a value between 1 and 100 in the text box to its right Increasing highlight adjustment increases contrast in highlights while decreasing highlight adjustment has the opposite effect The default value is 1 Monotone Highlights Digital DEE has no effect if details in highlights have been totally obliter ated leaving highlights a single uniform color The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced amp La PP 66 Defining Shadows and Highlights The Threshold slider in the detailed view of the Digital DEE panel determines the border between shadows and highlights Mrnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Highlight Adjustment 4 b Threshold Threshold 4 p ha slider and text box Moving the slider to the right or entering a higher value in the Threshold text box increases the range of tones affected by the Shadow Adjustment slider and reduces the range of tones affected by the Highlight Adjustment slider Tone range affected by Shadow Adjustment Tone range affected by Highlight Adjustment Shadows Highlights T
16. film holder or adapter used and on whether Digital ROC Digital GEM or Digital DEE is used A system with more than the minimum amount of memory is recommended tMore free disk space may be required depending on the film type and number of frames Nikon recommends having as much free disk space as possible when running Nikon Scan Depending on the type of interface installed USB will operate at high speed USB 2 0 only maximum transfer rate 480 Mbps or full soeed USB 1 1 USB 2 0 maximum transfer rate 12 Mbps Windows XP and Windows 2000 Professional computers with a USB 2 0 interface support high speed USB For more information consult the manufacturer Additional information technical and support information may be available at the Nikon web sites listed in this manual 3 Read This First Introduction E 4 Macintosh CPU Power PC G3 or later G4 or later recommended os Mac OS 9 9 1 or later Mac OS X 10 1 5 or later e Mac OS 9 64MB or more 256 MB or more recommended e Mac OS X 128 MB or more 512 MB or more recommended r A minimum of 70MB required for installation 200 MB recommended with an additional 200 MB Mac OS 9 or 550 MB RAM EEE Aac OS X of free disk space available while Nikon Scan is running EA 800 x600 pixels or more with 16 bit color thousands of colors or more d Interface N Built in USB 1 1 ports USB 2 0 t AEEA Only built in Firewire ports supported IRSIEn tee CD ROM drive
17. letter R in the Layout Tools palette Button f Button F Description Description Rotates image 90 coun Rotates image 90 clock terclockwise Wise SI Ol fl I gt ABC amp ABC lt O t Flip Buttons Clicking these buttons flips the image in the active window The letter R in the Layout Tools palette turns red when the image is flipped Button Flips image horizontally Flips image vertically Show Grid When this option is checked a layout grid is displayed in the active window The Grid Settings category in the Prefer ences dialog 2 105 controls grid spacing and color Aa 34 Description ABC 9 OAA ABC VBC Information The Information palette provides information about the size and location of the current crop the position of the cur sor within the active image and the color of the point under the cursor _ Information _ Information Is amp 1596 G 200 pes Ole Is a arig YY 1630 B 177 A 181 IE g3 Y 2696 Calibrated RGB RGB Grayscale The Information Palette The Information palette is automatically updated to reflect changes to the crop in the Crop palette All measurements are in pixels The Information palette can be used in both the scan window and in image windows The Tool Chest Information Pixel and Crop Information tem Description X Ho
18. the Choose Custom Profile button will be active Clicking this button displays a standard open file dialog navigate to the disk and folder containing the manufacturer s profile The path to the selected profile will appear in the text box below the Use custom monitor profile radio but ton The RGB Tab The RGB tab is used to select a color space profile for the calibrated RGB color model The profile used can be selected trom the Color space menu Preferences Category W Use Nikon Color Management System Monitor RGB CMYK Color space Grid Settings The color space chosen here i used by Nikon Scan as the AGB edit color space The color spaces are separated two groups The upper group has a gamma of 2 2 and the lower group has a gamma of 1 6 The color spaces in each group are ordered by the size of their gamut the lower color spaces have wider gamut Narrow gamut color spaces appear more saturated and can be reproduced accurately by most devices Wide gamut color spaces allow flesibility in the editing of images but must be controlled to match the output device Wie recommend you to use a color space that has gamma of 1 8 if you Use a Macintosh monitor Waring Changing the status of the Nikon Color Management System will not take effect until Nikon Scan i quit and relaunched Cancel Help Preferences Nikon Color Management Each of the profiles listed may be classified according to i
19. 00 Multi Sample 1x information AYS information Image information displayed Image information displayed The settings section gives information about the time and date the image was created the film type the scan bit depth analog gain Digital ICE Advanced and multi sample scanning Image Windows The Settings Section lt 111 Rotating an Changing Image Orientation To flip or rotate the image in the active window e Use the flip or rotate buttons in the Layout Tools pal ette Layout Tools EB off a ell ef rotate Show grid Flip Layout Tools palette e Click the rotate clockwise or M rotate counterclock wise buttons in the toolbar e Use the options in the Image gt Transform sub menu Image Windows Rotating and Flipping Images Zoom d_ Flipping MaGeSpuues ZOOM o OU Zooming Images in and Out The active window can be zoomed in or out using the zoom cursor or the zoom options in the View menu The Zoom Cursor To select the zoom cursor e click the A button in the Layout Tools palette e select Zoom Cursor from the View menu or e click the button in the toolbar Click anywhere within the image window to zoom in on the selected point To zoom out click the image while pressing Alt Windows or option Macintosh The View Menu Open the View menu and select Zoom In to zoom in on the center of the image in the active window Select Zoom Ou
20. 16 Bit Grayscale 24 Bit RGB 43 Bit RGB Convert the image in the active window to a new color space and bit depth Transform Transform Rotate CY Rotate COW Flip Horizontal Flip Yertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the ac tive window Settings Settings Overall Settings User Settings Crop Settings Curve Settings Color Balance Settings LCH Settings Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Unsharp Mask Settings rvrvrvrvrvrvy Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Last Saved Settings Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Settings Section Display the settings section for the active window 125 Macintosh Mac OS 9 Scanner displayed only when scan window Is active Scanner Film Type Color Space Bit Depth Transform Settings Eject Slide Feeder Show Natural Pane T Film Type Film Type gt Positive v Neg Color Neg Mono Kodachrome Select type of film to be scanned Color Space Color Space d Grayscale Choose the scan color model Bit Depth Bit Depth dv Sbit 16 bit Choose the scan bit depth Transform Transform A Rotate CW Rotate CGY Flip Horizontal Flip ertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the preview area Settings Overall Settings User Settings Crop Settings Curve Settings Color Balance Sett
21. Crop Cursor The Crop Cursor tool is used to make a selection or crop In the scan window the crop is the area selected for scan ning In image windows the crop is the source of the his togram To make a selection drag the mouse over the image in the active window The size of the crop can be changed by dragging its borders its location by placing the cursor anywhere inside the crop and dragging it to a new posi tion To cancel the crop double click anywhere outside the selected area The Zoom Cursor Image Windows Only When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application the Zoom Cursor tool is used to zoom the images in the ac tive image window in or out It can not be used in the scan window or a third party host application Select the Zoom Cursor tool and click anywhere within the Image window to zoom in on the selected point To zoom out click the image while pressing Alt Windows or option Macintosh The Zoom Cursor tool can also be activated by selecting Zoom Cursor from the Nikon Scan View menu The Focus Tool Scan Window Only The Focus Tool is used to select the focus point in the scan window It is only available when the scan window is active See The Autofocus Button 2J 15 for more information The Tool Chest Layout Tools K Rotate Buttons Clicking these buttons rotates the image in the active win dow Any rotations are reflected in the orientation of the
22. Folder Preferences Nikon MAID Profiles Macintosh The files containing the profiles listed in the RGB sheet are given below Profile File name SRGB NKsRGB icm Bruce RGB NKBruce icm NTSC 1953 NKNTSC icm Adobe RGB 1998 NkKAdobe icm CIE RGB NKCIE icm Wide Gamut RGB NkKWide icm Apple RGB NkKApple icm Color Match RGB NkKMatch icm Apple RGB compensated NkKApple_CPS icm Do not use the Scanner RGB profile when scanning images for use in a third party application Preferences Nikon Color Management When Nikon Scan Is used as an acquire plug in to the Macintosh version of Adobe Photoshop 5 or later full version the RGB profile will auto matically be passed to Photoshop when the image is scanned Be sure that the monitor profile matches that used in Photoshop by selecting the Photoshop monitor profile in the monitor sheet of the Nikon Scan color management tab CMYK Color Model Choose a monitor profile that matches that chosen in the monitor sheet and a color space profile that matches that selected in the CMYK sheet When Nikon Scan is used as an acquire plug in to the Macintosh ver sion of Adobe Photoshop 5 or later full version the CMYK profile will automatically be passed to Photoshop when the image Is scanned 93 File Locations Scratch DiS 1S The File Locations Windows or Scratch Disks Macin tosh category is used to choose the folder or volume disk that will be used for temp
23. Iw Create scan log Before each image fv Auto focus W Auto exposure for positive film W Auto exposure for negative film Description If this item is checked the default setting a dialog con taining the same options as appear in the Batch Scan category will be displayed at the start of a batch scan Prompt for this information If this item is checked the default setting a log show ing the operations performed and errors that occurred during the batch scan will be displayed in the Log tab of the progress window If Save to disk is select ed for After each image the log will be saved to the Create scan log same folder as the scanned images Alter each image W Save to disk i Stop on errors Before each image Option Description After batch scan If this item is checked the default setting an auto focus operation will be performed as necessary be fore each scan Close window and eject film Auto focus Before Each Image If Perform auto focus when film is inserted is selected in the Scanner Extras palette an autofocus operation will automatically be performed when a slide is inserted in a slide mount adapter 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED or when a holder other than the FH 8695S or FH 869G is inserted in the 9000 ED or 8000 ED As a result an autofocus operation will not automatically be performed before the image is scanned even i
24. Neutral Digital ROC Neutral Digital GEM Neutral Digital ICE OFF Digital DEE Neutral SlEnhancer Neutral Multis ample 1 Bit Depth 6 The Digital ICE Advanced Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the Digital ICE Advanced palette displays the Digital ICE Advanced settings menu ly ted Ril Save Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings On Normal Normal Copy Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings to Clipboard mal Delete Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings _ Save Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Import Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings 9 H lt 3 Export DA ICEN Advanicad Segs ne Import Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings b om Reset To Default Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Export Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings aries ecard cence eee Pi Reset to Default Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Reset to User Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings b _ __ Windows Macintosh Description Copy Digital ICE Advanced Settings to Clipboard Macintosh only Copy current Digital ICE Advanced settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the Digital ICE Advanced palette by selecting Paste from the Edit menu Save current Digital ICE Advanced settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to the end of the Digital ICE Advanced settings menu where they can be recalled by selecting the desired settings by name Delete Digital ICE Advanced De
25. Profile Color management system A general term encompassing both the model used to define color for example CMYK or RGB and the range or gamut of colors that can be expressed in a given color model See also CMYK Gamut RGB Color space A method for reducing file sizes for storage or transmission Compression algorithms can be divided into lossless algorithms Compression such as LZW in which no information is lost when files are restored to their original size for display or editing and lossy al gorithms such as JPEG in which some information is lost when the Tile is restored See also JPEG TIFF Appendices Appendix B 134 al Term F Definition The selected portion of an image dots per inch a measure of resolution The more dots per inch the higher the resolution See also ppi Resolution Apple s term for the IEEE 1394 interface See IEEE 1394 Gamma also written y a fundamental property of video systems determines the intensity of the output signal relative to the input When calculating gamma the maximum possible input intensity is assigned a value of one and the minimum pos sible intensity no input is assigned a value of zero Output is calculated by raising input to the inverse of the gamma value output input 1 y Gamma The range of colors that can be expressed by a given input device for example scanner or digital camera output device moni tor or
26. Redraw with optimal contrast It is only available with 9000 ED 5000 ED and COOLSCAN V ED film scanners To use the Scan Image Enhancer select Enable Scan Image Enhancer in the Scan Image Enhancer palette _y Scan Image Enhancer Enable Scan Image Scan Image Enhancer Enhancer PEPER check box _Help_ button scan Image Enhancer The status of the Scan Image Enhancer is shown in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to the Scan Image En hancer scanning Time Scanning times may increase slightly when the Scan Image Enhancer is enabled ZA Dark Images ZAThe Scan Image Enhancer Palette If the image is dark the Scan Image Enhancer may have no effect or The Scan Image Enhancer palette is only available when the scan may make the scanned image darker Turn the Scan Image Enhancer oft window is active if it fails to produce the desired results The Tool Chest Scan Image Enhancer E E A Ci 70 scanner Extras Controlling Scanner Settings The options available in the Scanner Extras palette vary with the model of scanner connected and the film holder or adapter in use Scanner Extras Scanner Extras Manual Focus Adjustment Strip Film Offset Help Reload Thumbnail Multi Sample Scanning Manual Focus Adjustment Mode Normal 13 Position 4 AE Help Help
27. Scanner Extras Slide Feeder Scan 76 Miscellaneous E Operation vy hans ie Mion San sore pee siete tat o Set target output levels forthe white point gray point and black point Preferences Advanced Color J10 Preferences Nikon Color Management 78 Preferences Gamma 82 Preferences Color Management 84 Ensure that colors are reproduced accurately on the monitor between applications and on different output devices Scan Index 130 Appendices _ _ _ _ Troubleshooting Glossary and Memory Requirements 9 Appendix A Troubleshootin O 132 133 lt Appendix B Glossar Q 134 137 _ Appendix C Memory Requirements Mac OS 9 Onl 138 139 Appendices PP 131 Appendix A i O Troubleshooting If any problems are encountered with Nikon Scan check the list below before contacting a Nikon representative F Problem p Possible Cause e The scanner is turned off or not connected Connect the scanner as described in the scanner User s Manual e The USB or IEEE 1394 Firewire interface is not correctly installed or the device drivers are Nikon Scan displays the error Nikon missing or corrupted See the manufacturer s manual for details Scan was unable to find any active The scanner device drivers are not correctly installed Windows only See the scanner hard devices ware manual for details e Your computer does not meet the specifications given
28. color balance settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to Save Color Balance Settings the end of the color balance settings menu where they can be recalled by selecting the desired settings by name Delete settings created using the Save Color Balance Settings option A dialog will be dis played where the settings to be deleted can be selected by name Import Color Balance Settings Import settings created using the Export Color Balance Settings option Export current settings to a file in a location of your choice Color balance settings Tiles have the Delete Color Balance Settings Export Color Balance Settings E Reset to Default Color Balance Settings Reset all sliders to 0 Restore the default color balance settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan Reset to User Color Balance Settings window settings menu 17 The Tool Chest Color Balance Unsharp Mask pp Using Unsharp Mask the user can increase the sharpness of images by making edges more distinct Unsharp Mask works by increasing the contrast of edges in the image while leaving other areas untouched The amount of sharpness is determined by three factors intensity halo width and threshold Apply button Lv insharp Mask Blue 53 540 Green 54 5 0 Al 54 5 0 uga Intensity 4 edl a Halo Gedal Halo width 4 H pE a Threshold Threshold 4 h lo levels The Un
29. gamma settings and you want the final image to be moditied for display on your monitor Preferences Nikon Color Management Use application gamma In some environments a value for gamma can be chosen in the host application and passed to the Nikon Scan plug in When Use application gamma is selected this value is applied to the main scan data before they are passed to the host application Two conditions must be fulfilled if this option is to be effec tive First the interface between the application and Nikon Scan must allow the gamma value to be passed to the Nikon Scan plug in The TWAIN interface used under Windows does not however allow the gamma value to be passed to the TWAIN source 1 e to Nikon Scan Consequently in the Windows version of Nikon Scan a default value of 2 2 is used for main scan gamma whenever Use application gamma is selected Second the application must support gamma transfer If Use application gamma is selected with a Macintosh application that does not support this feature Macintosh system gamma 1 8 will be used Use custom gamma When this option is selected a value for main scan gamma can be entered in the text box Color Management The profiles used by the Nikon Color Management System are specified in the Color Management category Preferences Category Color Management W Use Nikon Color Management System File Locations Single Scar Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Act
30. in the system requirements e Nikon Scan is not correctly installed Reinstall Nikon Scan as described in the scanner User s Manual The host application does not e The plug in has not been copied to the application s plug ins folder recognize the Nikon Scan plug in fe The application does not support Adobe Photoshop plug ins Use a different host applica Macintosh tion Film jams in the scanner See the scanner User s Manual for information on resolving jams 7 e An autofocus operation was not performed before the image was scanned J15 w u OMEL CH TOIGUS e The focus point requires adjustment J15 e The monitor profile chosen in the Color Management category of the Preferences dialog J85 does not match the monitor e The CMYK profile chosen in the Color Management category of the Preferences dialog 2 87 does not match the printer e The RGB color space profile chosen in the Color Management category of the Prefer ences dialog has too narrow a gamut colors too vivid or too wide a gamut image lacks contrast e Curves 41 color balance J 51 or LCH J 56 settings are incorrectly adjusted e Negative film was scanned without an autoexposure operation e Monitor settings require adjustment ED Appendices AppendixA OOOO I U UO Colors do not match the original Problem Possible Cause e The monitor profile chosen in the Color Management category of the
31. is when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the second when Use preview gamma is selected as the main scan gamma option In these cases preview gamma is applied to image data passed to the host application Preview gamma defaults to a value of 1 8 on the Macintosh 2 2 on Windows computers To choose a setting suited to the current monitor adjust the value so that the patterns of gray lines and dots above the slider match in density Gam ma can be set by entering a value directly into the text box or by moving the slider When making this adjustment set the resolution on the monitor to a low value such as 640 x 480 and sit as far away from the monitor as possible To restore the default setting for your platform click Reset Main scan gamma Main scan gamma options are only visible when Nikon Scan is being used as a TWAIN source or acquire plug in for another program when Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application preview gamma automatically applies both to the preview image and to the final scan Image data passed to the host application are modified according to the option chosen here Three options are available Main Scan Gamma fe Use preview gamma f Use application gamma B Use custom gamm Use preview gamma The gamma value chosen for preview gamma is applied be fore the data are passed to the host application Use this setting when the host application does not support inde pendent
32. not supported 5000 ED SA 30 35 mm film in strips of 2 40 frames 4000 ED SF 210 SF 200 S 35 mm slides up to 50 slides 1 5mm thick thumbnail preview not supported Read This First Getting Started Starting Nikon Scan Before scanning complete the following steps see the scanner documentation for details e Install Nikon Scan e Connect the power and interface cables e Turn the scanner on and insert the adapter and or place film in the film holder Nikon Scan can be used as a Stand alone application to scan process print and save images or it can be used to scan images into a third party application such as Adobe Photoshop where the images can then be processed printed or saved The application in which images are displayed after scanning is known as the host application F Operation Nikon Scan used as stand alone application Third party host application Open the Start menu and select Nikon Scan 4 from the pro Select Nikon Scan from the application s list of Acquire or gram list Windows only or double click the Nikon Scan icon Import sources For more information see the documenta in the install destination folder tion provided with the application Opening the scan window Images are previewed in the Nikon Scan scan window and modified using the tools in the Tool Chest Scan settings are adjusted Scanning in the scan window and Preferences dialog When preview is comple
33. required for installation For the latest information on supported versions of Mac OS see the Nikon web sites listed in this manual 3 tMore memory may be required depending on film type scan size resolution bit depth the number of scans performed in each session the film holder or adapter used and on whether Digital ROC Digital GEM or Digital DEE is used A system with more than the minimum amount of memory is recommended More free disk space may be required depending on the film type and number of frames Nikon recommends having as much free disk space as possible when running Nikon Scan Depending on the type of interface installed USB will operate at high speed USB 2 0 only maximum transfer rate 480 Mbps or full soeed USB 1 1 USB 2 0 maximum transfer rate 12 Mbps Mac OS X computers with a USB 2 0 interface support high speed USB For more information consult the manufacturer Users of Mac OS X whose computer is not equipped with USB 2 0 can install a RATOC PCIU3U USB 2 0 interface board for more information visit Ratoc Systems English language web site at http www ratocsystems com english index html ttThe computer may fail to recover from sleep mode when a 5000 ED COOLSCAN V or COOLSCAN IV is connected via USB 2 0 To prevent the computer trom entering sleep mode select System Preferences from the Apple menu open the Energy Saver pane in Mac OS 9 select Energy Saver from the Control Panels sub menu in th
34. the image is three color RGB the result is 24 bit color which can express roughly 16 7 million different color values The maximum bit depth depends on the scanner connected e9000 ED 5000 ED 16 bits 65 536 shades per channel e COOLSCAN V ED 8000 ED 4000 ED 14 bits 16 348 shades per chan nel e COOLSCAN IV ED 12 bits 4 096 shades per channel Scanning at the maximum bit depth results in larger files but increases accuracy 1 Images scanned at fourteen and twelve bits are converted to sixteen bits when opened in the host application The Tool Chest Scanner Extras IX240 Crop Choices The following crop choices are available when the optional IA 20 S APS IX 240 film adapter is inserted in the 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED or COOLSCAN IV ED 1X2740 Crop Choices Classic Wide Panorama Crop choice Description The size of the initial crop is adjusted for the classic APS setting with a width height ratio the same as 35 mm film 3 2 The size of the initial crop is adjusted for the wide APS setting with a width height ratio of 16 9 The size of the initial crop is adjusted for the panora ma APS setting with a width height ratio of 3 1 Classic Panorama 75 Multi Sample Scanning In multi sample scanning available only with the 9000 ED 8000 ED 5000 ED and 4000 ED the scanner makes multiple passes over the image and averages the results to r
35. usually considered to have resolutions of from 72 ppi Macintosh to 96 ppi Windows kL Pe 37 Follow the instructions below to choose an output size and resolution Keep this Crop When Keep this Crop is selected the size and location of the crop will not change when new values are entered for output size and resolution This option is the best choice for general purpose scanning 1 Select Keep this Crop 2 Drag the mouse in the preview area of the scan window to select a crop If no crop is selected the entire image will be scanned 3 Choose an option from the output units menu and enter the desired value for Width or Height The remaining di mension will change automatically to maintain the current crop The output size can also be chosen using the Scale slider 4 Choose an option from the resolution units menu and en ter the desired value for resolution or select a resolution for a specific output device trom the Custom button menu The Tool Chest Crop b Keep this Output Size When Keep this Output Size is selected the values en tered for output Width and Height will not change when the crop is resized or a new value is entered for file size Choose this option when scanning images that must display or print at a specified size 1 Select Keep this Output Size 2 Choose an option other than pixels from the output units menu and enter the desired value for Width and Height 3 Choose an option fr
36. whether multi sample scanning 9000 ED 8000 ED 5000 ED and 4000 ED only is in effect Lists the color values for the point under the cursor E igital B FE N eutral o reer Nea if changes are made to the settings listed at right the Bit Depth J colors in the Natural tab will be listed in the top row 5 the colors in the Processed tab in the bottom row low The Information Panel amp La PP 25 The Preview Button Previewing Images Click the Preview button to view the image to be scanned in the preview area If multiple frames are selected in the thumb nail drawer a preview will be performed for each frame Click the selected thumbnails in the thumbnail drawer to switch back and forth between previews Fa Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED 1 00 USB mef Fro al E af File Siz fa ME Analog ain Neutral Digital ROC Neutral Digital GEM Neutral Digital ICE Off Digital DEE Neutral SlEnkhancer Neutral Mulig ample 1 Bit Depth 8 Feror a preview scan and place the image into the Preview Area Preview Preview area button Wupdating Previews Be sure to click the Preview button to update the image after selecting a new frame size 9000 ED 8000 ED only or film type or after making changes to Digital ICE settings in the Digital ICE Advanced palette or to the Strip Film Offset option in the Scanner Extras palett
37. www nikon euro com e For users in Asia Oceania the Middle East and Africa http www nikon asia com Visit these sites to keep up to date with the latest product information tips answers to frequently asked questions FAQs and general advice on digital imaging and photography Additional information may be available trom the Nikon representative in your area See the URL below for contact information http www nikon image com eng kL P 3 System Requirements Nikon Scan must be installed before the scanner can be used to scan images See the documentation provided with the scanner for complete installation instructions Before installing Nikon Scan make sure that the computer satisfies the fol lowing system requirements Windows CPU 300 MHz Pentium or better os Preinstalled versions of Windows XP Windows 2000 Professional Windows Me Windows 98 SE RAM 128 MB or more 512 MB or more recommended A minimum of 40 MB required for installation 200 MB recommended with an additional 200 MB of free disk space avail pCR STORE 16 while Nikon Scan is running items NA 800 x 600 pixels or more with 16 bit color High Color or more Interface N Built in USB 1 1 USB 2 0 ports a3 REY9 OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 interface required IRSSTENtsate CD ROM drive required for installation More memory may be required depending on film type scan size resolution bit depth the number of scans performed in each session the
38. 6500K Des Adobe RGB 1988 6500K D65 CIE RGB Std Illuminant E en lt lt BA y Wide Gamut RGB Apple RGB 6500K D65 ColorMatch RGB 5000K D50 Apple RGB Compensated 6500K Des Default Windows Monitor 6500K Des 0 34570291 0 3585386 Default Macintosh Monitor 5000K Ds gt y Preferences Nikon Color Management 5000K D50 0 3290015 Chromaticity x y R G B y 0 34 ylo 595 y 0 07 Gamma Value NES HDTV CCIR 709 Bruce RGB Adobe RGB 252 Trinitron Keeping Colors True in Other Applications When an image is scanned in the Nikon Scan TWAIN source or acquire plug in and opened in another application or when an image saved using Nikon Scan is opened in another application the image will be processed according to the color space and monitor profiles selected in the application before being displayed on the monitor If the profiles used in the application do not match those used in Nikon Scan colors may not be the same as those in the original image RGB Color Model Choose a monitor profile that matches that chosen in the Monitor tab and a color space profile that matches that selected in the RGB tab the Photoshop profiles corresponding to those used in Nikon Scan are listed on the preceding pages If no matching RGB profile exists you can use the Nikon Scan profiles in the path Program Files Common Files Nikon Profiles Windows or System
39. Click the icon in the toolbar Read This First Getting Started Macintosh e Select the scan window from the Tools menu Show Nikon Browser Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED 1 00 USB Elements of Nikon Getting to Know Nikon Scan The Nikon Scan interface includes the windows identified below Click the links for more information Progress window fe 22 Shows the status of current tasks and lists operations that have been or are about to be performed E3 Nikon Scan 4 0 File Edit View Image Scanner Tools Window Help Ima ge windows o 106 b Settings Section JE Image1 8 Palette 1 EJ noes Tool Chest C2 30 Images are opened in im e z e o ae ania i gt rar OO eS con dINS dge windows after scan F Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED 1 00 USB ner looke 4 d ol en Proce ed l ee eee V LCH Editor x OO S or scannIn an ning where they can be 5 ro RL EME AR PRR BE BR BP p h J sai o ennancing IMages enhanced printed and m aa J J Soca i saved i i Preview Area A preliminary scan of the mage canbe displayed here SS J NUM 4 Scan window 12 Preferences J 77 This is where images are pre The Preterences dialog con viewed and modified before trols scan window settings scanning Read This First Elements of Nikon Scan j A PP 11 The Scanner Computer Interface The parts of the scan wi
40. Increase accuracy by increasing the number of passes the scanner makes over the image 9000 ED 8000 ED CCD scan mode Select Super Fine Scan to perform a single line scan instead of the normal three line scan 5000 ED 4000 ED SF 210 SF 200 S only Slide feeder scan Choose the number of slides scanned each time the Scan button is clicked Choose crop settings to match different APS IX 240 aperture settings The Tool Chest Scanner Extras r 72 Strip Film Offset This is option is used to position the film in the scan aperture It is only available with the SA 21 FH 869S and the optional SA 30 and FH 869G Strip Film Offset Reload Thumbnail To use this option the thumbnail drawer must be open with thumbnails displayed Select the desired thumbnail and ad just its position using the Boundary Offset slider or by en tering a value in the text box to its right If the right edge of the thumbnail is cut off move the slider to the right or enter a larger value to bring it into position if the left edge is cut off move the slider to the left or enter a smaller value Note that the direction of adjustment changes when thumbnails are flipped or rotated To view the effects of changes to the boundary offset click the Reload Thumbnail button and check the results in the thumbnail drawer The changes will not be reflected in the preview area until the Preview button is clicked The Tool Chest Scanner Extras
41. Nikon Introduction Scanning Basi Getting Started Elements of Nikon Sca Introduction Welcome to Nikon Scan Nikon Scan is used to control Nikon scanners trom a computer It can be used to preview images and adjust scanner settings before scanning giving the user control over advanced features supported by Nikon film scanners including e The Scan Image Enhancer automatically adjusts hue to produce images with clear contrast 9000 ED 5000 ED COOLSCAN V ED only e Digital ICE detects analyzes and automatically compen sates for scratches and dust e Digital ROC digitally restores faded colors in old film e Digital GEM automatically corrects for film grain smooth ing pictures taken with high speed film e Digital DEE reveals details in shadows of backlit and un derexposed shots and increases contrast in washed out areas of highlights to produce natural looking exposure 9000 ED 5000 ED COOLSCAN V ED only Nikon Scan also supports batch scanning and can be used to scan images directly into third party applications such as Adobe Photoshop Read This First Introduction About This Manual This manual has been written to guide the user through the process of scanning and enhancing images For informa tion on how to perform specific tasks see the Scanning Guide For information on specific elements of the Nikon Scan interface see
42. S new one To eject current slide available separately for 5000 ED without feeding a new slide press and 4000 ED Ctrl Windows or option Macin tosh while clicking eject button MAMaA 21 MA 20 S When the MA 21 MA 20 S is inserted in the scanner the button Is grayed out and unavailable Use the eject button on the adapter kL Pe 14 The Autofocus Button Clicking the autofocus button focuses the scanner on a selected point if no focus point has been selected the scanner will focus on the center of the frame E Nikon SUPER COOLSCS To select a new focus point click the button while press ing the Ctrl Windows or option Macintosh key The cur sor will take the shape of a set of cross hairs 4 Move the cursor over the point in the preview image that will be used as the new focus point and click to focus the scanner on the selected point The Focus Tool The focus point can be moved using the Focus Tool in the Layout Tools palette Click the gt button in the Layout Tools palette to select the Focus Tool then click in the preview image to select a focus point The Scan Window The Control Area Autofocus Preferences Depending on the options selected in the Preferences dialog an auto focus operation may be performed automatically when the focus point is moved or an image is previewed or scanned e f Perform autofocus when focus point is moved is selected
43. SAT slider Black point slider a a ee Input Output oint White point input value Black point input value The Tool Chest Curves To edit the white point or black point click the correspond ing slider once to activate it then drag it to the right or left a value can also be entered directly in the text box underneath the slider Matching the black point slider with the low est input value displayed in the histogram will set the mini mum output value for the selected channel to the darkest pixel actually present in the image steepening the curve and enhancing contrast without sacrificing detail in shadows Similarly matching the white point slider with the highest input value displayed in the histogram will set the maximum output value for the selected channel to the brightest pixel present in the image enhancing contrast without loss of de tail in highlights Any changes are applied instantly to the active image 45 Sampling the Image for White Point or Black Point The white point or black point can be set by directly sam pling the image allowing the user to choose the pixels that will be used to set the maximum white point or minimum black point output value This makes it possible to set the black point by matching it to a pixel in the darkest part of the image containing detail you want to preserve eliminat ing details in darker areas that are not important to the final Image Similarly you ca
44. SB Show Nikon Browser Open the Nikon Browser compo nent of Nikon View Scanner Firmware Version Port Open the scan window for the se lected scanner Window Vi i ni d Oils Fit To Screen Actual Size Cascade Tile Arrange Icons w 1 Imagel 33 53 Fit To Screen Resize the active window to fit the screen Actual Size View image in active window at 100 Cascade Arranges image windows so that they overlap Window continued Tile Arranges image windows so that they do not overlap Arrange Icons Arranges minimized image win dows along the bottom of the Nikon Scan application window Open windows A list of the images currently open is displayed at the end of the Win dow menu Help Help Help Topics About Mikon Scan Help Topics Open Nikon Scan help About Nikon Scan Display version information for Nikon Scan 120 Macintosh Mac OS X Application menu About Nikon Scan Preferences 3K Services gt Hide Nikon Scan 4 amp H Hide Others NSH Show All Quit Nikon Scan4 Q About Nikon Scan Display version information for Nikon Scan Preferences Display the Preferences dialog Quit Nikon Scan 4 Quit Nikon Scan File New ZN Open 0 Close sw Save 3S Save As 8S Revert Page Setup Print 3P New This command can not be used Open Open an image file File continued
45. Scratch Disks settings only take ef fect after you have quit and restarted Nikon Scan Single Scan CO Scan Settings for Single Scans The Single Scan category is used to specify the tasks per After scan formed automatically before and after single scans r Description If this item is checked when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the image created when the Scan but Preferences amai E ton is clicked will be saved to disk instead of being opened E e A fons fees Save to in an image window When the Scan button is clicked a M Auto exposure for positive film disk Save dialog will appear specify a name location and Auto exposure for negative film file type for the image This option has no effect when ae Nikon Scan Is being used as a plug in or TWAIN source for Grid Settings Save to disk another application The default setting is off BE Des oee When this item is checked the scan window automatical Close ly closes after scanning Holders are automatically eject window ed from the 9000 ED 8000 ED and film is automatically Before scan and eject ejected from the SA 21 IA 20 S SA 30 5000 ED 4000 F film ED and SF 210 SF 200 S 5000 ED 4000 ED The de fault setting is off Option P Description If this item is checked the default setting an auto Auto focus focus operation will be performed as necessary be fore making a scan WZ Before Scan Auto expos
46. The Thumbnail Drawer Tab 1 pr 24 The Information Panel The information panel provides information about the image in the preview area ra Nikon SUPERCOOLScCANMmmE Area siescription Seealso Orientation f Shows the orientation of the preview image reflect H 3846 fling any flips or rotations that have been performed le Size 67 3 ME Reaoa he Keda Jif the image has been flipped the letter R will be Digital ROC Neutral Digital GEM Neutral shown in red Dimensions File size Gives the height and width of the current crop in pix Eee ri els and the size of the file that will result if the crop is ager lk scanned at the current output size and resolution Digital G EM Neutral ao Wed image enhancement oe Ae mp Shows the status of analog gain Digital ICE Ad Pashenac Neutral vanced and the Scan Image Enhancer A warning Digital ROC Neutral icon will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to these settings 4nalogh ain Neutra Digital ROC Neutral Digital GEM Neutral Digital ICE OFF Digital DEE Neutral SlEnhancer Neutral Digital GEM Neutral Digital ICE OFF Digital DEE Neutral SlEnhancer Neutral Multis ample 1 Bit Depth 3 Scanner extras Digital ICE OF Digital DEE Neutral Indicates the current bit depth which determines the number of colors in the image and
47. ain Scan Image Enhancer and Scanner Extras palettes are available only in the scan win dow When Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the other palettes can be used both before scanning in the scan window and after scanning in image windows The Tool Chest E m 30 Tool Chest Operations Opening the Tool Chest Displaying the Contents of a Tool Palette To display the default Tool Chest click the Tools button in the To display or hide the contents of a tool palette click the scan window control area and select Tool Palette 1 from triangle to the left of the palette title the menu that appears Tool Palette 1 Title bar File Size 67 3 ME Analogaain Neutral Digital ROL Neutral JE e E Show grid el Ed Progress Window Cron The Tool Chest Using the Tool Chest gt 31 Changing the Order of Palettes in the Tool Chest To change the order of palettes in the Tool Chest click a tool palette title bar and drag it into a new position Tool Palette 1 _ gt Layout Tools 3 temas La Tool Palette 1 E v Curves Moving the Layout 2 T Tools palette toa p position following the Crop palette Tool Palette 1 EE The Tool Chest Using the Tool Chest Opening a Tool Palette in a Separate Window Tool palettes can be opened in a separate window by click ing the palette title and dragging it outside the cur
48. al Common Tasks Operation Scan Index amp BB PEP 128 Image Size and Resolution a Operation P Set image size and output resolution Crop 36 Image Enhancement a ebelauon 4 E mend Restore colors lost through fading O O pioc Advanced Digital ROC IED Reduce te effects offimagran O O O piona Advanced Digital GEM EA Revel detas in highlights and shadows O piota advanced Digita DE S Adjust contastin highights midtores orshadows fors OOOO Adjust color balance in ighlghts msid tones or shadows ors OOOO Adjust brightness contrast and color balance over the entire tone renge Color Balane JSD Samenes OOOO o a Adjust brightness color saweton adhue O forgo OOS Analog Gain J69 Scanner Extras Strip Film Offset C 73 eee T o Scanner Extras Multi Sample Scanning 76 Scan Index Batch Scanning Automatic Processing and Scan Window Settings a Operation Specify actions performed before and after a single mage is scanned preferences singe san 5 Specty actions performed before during and after a batch scan Preferences Batch sean Q90 Choose a default file format Preferences File Saving 99 Specify actions performed when film is inserted Preferences Automatic Actions 100 Specify actions performed when an image is previewed Preferences Preview Settings 103 teak Batch Scans 29 Choose the number of slides in a batch scan SF 210 SF 200 S
49. and selected images viewed edited and printed For more information see the Nikon View Reference Manual or Nikon View s on line help gt Shooting Data Folders H Application Data O Cookies H Desktop E vy Favorites Local Settings B My Documents E My Albums My eBooks ae marn S 7 ore Files Pocket_PC My Docum B My Recent Documents 4 NetHood 9 PrintHood O SendTo H Start Menu Templates H UserData gt WINDOWS 4 images O images selected Nikon View The Show Nikon Browser option can only be used if Nikon View 6 has been installed from the supplied Nikon View 6 CD If an earlier version of Nikon View is already installed on the computer upgrade to Nikon View 6 MABrowsing Images Created with Nikon Scan Some functions are not available when browsing images created with Nikon Scan Nikon View does not support BMP Windows or PICT Ma cintosh Save files in TIFF or JPEG when using Nikon View Large files created with Nikon Scan may not display in slide shows Color Management For accurate color reproduction choose the same color space profile in Nikon Scan and Nikon View Product Registration Nikon View 6 or later can be registered on line See the Nikon View Reference Manual for more information 127 Scan Index _ Index to Scanning Options This section lists common scanning operations Click the links to view related sections of this manu
50. anned Preferences Nikon Color Management Color Space Profiles Separate profiles are available for the RGB and CMYK color models Nikon Scan comes with a selection of profiles for the RGB color model while CMYK profiles for color printers are uSually provided by the manufacturer Color space pro files are used when editing images in the scan window and when making the final scan Monitor Profiles Monitor profiles are usually provided by the manufacturer although profiles for some common monitor types may be included with the computer operating system Monitor protiles apply when images are displayed on a monitor for example when an image is displayed in the preview area or an image window Y Creating Monitor Profiles If desired Adobe Photoshop can be used to create a monitor profile for a specific environment This protile can then be used in Nikon Scan For information on creating monitor profiles see the documentation provided with Adobe Photoshop This option is not available in Adobe Photoshop LE kL Pe 79 The Scanning Process The illustration below shows the role Nikon CMS plays in the scanning process CMS profiles are shown in blue user operations in red When Nikon CMS is on uncalibrated RGB image data trom the scanner are converted to grayscale or calibrated RGB depending on the color model selected in the scan window RGB data are processed according to the profile selected for the calibrated RGB c
51. application import sources opens the scan window If this is the first time window Windows or menu bar Macintosh The Tool Chest Nikon Scan is used the Tool Chest will also be displayed will also be displayed the first time Nikon Scan Is used f E3 Adobe Photoshop El Adobe Photoshop Clements iy Edit Image Enhance Layer Select Filter View Winde New gt Es n4 CoN Joe amp me a G gt Nikon Scan 4 Help Open ano 2 i g iei 4 ReadM Opens Mikon Scan File Edit Image Enhance Layer Select Filter View Window Help a n a BS Ble amp oo o P Te 9 q I Resize Windows To Fit T Ignore Palettes Actual Pixels ree File Edit View Scanner Tools Help Fit On Screen Print Size Be Ga ey NORA RY amp fal BOC E SS H Tool Chest E rime Tool Chest Scan window Scan window array Third party application illustration shows Adobe Photoshop lt A UP 9 Opening the Scan Window from Nikon Scan When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application the scan window can be opened by selecting the scan window from the Nikon Scan Tools menu Use this option if the scan window has been closed after scanning Windows e Select the scan window from the Tools menu show Nikon Browser e Select Open Twain Source from the File menu e
52. ayed only when scan window Is active Film Type Color Space Bit Depth Transform Settings vvrvvyv Eject Show Natural Pane T Film Type Positive v Neg Color Neg Mono Kodachrome Select type of film to be scanned Color Space Color Space p Grayscale v Calibrated RGB Choose the scan color model Bit Depth v 8 bit 16 bit Choose the scan bit depth Transform Rotate CW Rotate CCW Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the preview area Settings Overall Settings User Settings Crop Settings Curve Settings Color Balance Settings LCH Settings Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Unsharp Mask Settings vvvvvyvy wy Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Eject Eject the film or holder from the scanner Slide Feeder Choose the number of slides scanned when a slide feeder is inserted in the scanner Show Natural Pane Show Processed Pane Switch between the Natural and Processed panels in the preview area Image Windows Menu Commands Tools Tools Help Help Show Nikon Browser Nikon Scan 4 Help 9 Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED 1 00 USB Show Nikon Browser Open the Nikon Browser compo nent of Nikon View Scanner Firmware Version Port Open the scan window for th
53. be displayed where the set tings to be deleted can be selected by name Import Crop Settings Import settings created using the Export Crop Settings option Delete Crop Settings Export Crop Settings Export current settings to a Tile in a location of your choice Crop settings Tiles have the extension ncc Reset to Default Crop Settings Cancel the current crop and reset resolution and scale to default values Restore the default crop settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan window settings Reset to User Crop Settings Menu gO 17 The Tool Chest Crop Curves The Curves palette is used to adjust brightness contrast and color in specitic portions of the tone range highlights mid tones and shadows The main editing tool in the Curves palette is the curve edit display which contains a curve showing the relationship between input the tones in the original image and output how the tones in the input will be represented in the final image Separate curves control the relationship between input and output for the image as a whole the master curve and for each of the component colors or channels in the current color model red green and blue in the case of the RGB color model The default curve in each case is linear meaning that tones will be output exactly as they are input v Curves z Cs IJ Current channel 255 Curve edi
54. ber of bits per channel and to the combined bit depth for all channels thus for example an image with a bit depth of eight bits per channel can be said to have a bit depth of twenty four bits An image with a bit depth of one bit has only two colors typically black and white with no gradation between the two See also Channel Bit depth The input value below which all input tones are mapped to the minimum output value by default no color or black Any de tails darker than the black point will be lost See also Tone Tone curve The component colors in a given color space The RGB color space is made up of red green and blue channels and a master Channel channel that combines the three See also Color space CMS See Color management system Black point A reflective subtractive color model commonly used in printing which models color using combinations of the three second CMYK ary colors used in printer s ink Cyan Magenta and Yellow Because no combination of these three inks will create a true black blacK ink is also used A method of ensuring consistency of color reproduction between devices such as scanners monitors and printers and be tween different computer platforms In the color management system used in Nikon Capture 3 accurate color reproduction is ensured through the use of profiles that provide information about the characteristics of the monitor or printer and the color space used for editing See also ICC
55. best if the darkest and lightest points of the image are not printed or displayed as saturated black or white even when the colors in the original represent a true black or true white For example e Making blacks less saturated can reduce the amount of ink consumed e Making whites less saturated can prevent undesirable lines trom ap pearing when a true white is printed in ink for example when white is printed on a colored background c Default Output Values The default output levels for white point and black point can be set in the Advanced Color category of the Preferences dialog 101 LL _ Pe a7 Step 4 Setting the Gray Point The point midway between the maximum and minimum input values is known as the gray point or midpoint This point represents a neutral shade corresponding to an output level of 128 The gray point is controlled by a slider at the bottom of the curve edit display Moving the midpoint slider to the left increases the brightness of mid tones with out washing out highlights Moving the slider to the right darkens mid tones without obliterating detail in shadows The midpoint can be set using the gray point slider or by directly sampling the image using the gray point eyedropper tool Gamma Gamma also written y is a fundamental property of video systems which determines the intensity of the output signal relative to the input When calculating gamma the maximum po
56. can also be accessed by selecting Preferences from the Edit menu in Mac OS X select Preferences from the Nikon Scan application menu Preferences lt q PP 77 Nikon Color Management The Nikon Color Management System or Nikon CMS en sures that image data trom Nikon scanners are reproduced consistently and accurately on monitors or printers With this powerful tool colors can be manipulated in a calibrated RGB color model before the data are passed to the host applica tion Profiles detailing the color characteristics of the chosen color model and the output device monitor or printer en sure that colors will be reproduced accurately in almost any operating environment WCMYK Images can not be scanned in CMYK If CMYK data are required con vert images to CMYK before saving them to disk Note that images can only be saved in CMYK if Nikon CMS is on Nikon CMS is on by default Preferences Nikon Color Management Keeping Colors True Nikon CMS involves two categories of preferences one Gamma for use when Nikon CMS is off and the other Color Management for use when Nikon CMS is on Gamma specifies how data from the scanner will be mod ified tor display on the monitor Because monitor profiles can not be used when Nikon CMS is off this adjustment must be made manually Color Management is used to turn Nikon CMS on and off and select the protiles tor use with the monitor and wi
57. ct the new value for white point and the master curve will be displayed in the Curves palette To sample the image for the black point click the A button and move the eyedropper cursor over the image until you find the point that you want to use to set the minimum input value then click the mouse button to select the black point White Point and Black Point Output Levels Once the input levels tor the black and white points have been determined output levels can be altered to reflect the actual shade of the darkest and brightest pixels in the image If the darkest shade in the image represents a true black for example the output level for the black point can be lett at zero If however darkest shade present in the image is a lighter color the output level for the black point can be raised to achieve more natural coloration The output levels tor the white point and black point are set using the white point and black point output sliders on the left side of the curve edit display White point output slider 4 c Black point E output slider The Tool Chest Curves To set the output level click the slider once to activate it then drag it up or down until you have found the desired output level the output level can also be set by entering a value directly in the text box to the left of the slider The ef fects of the change will be reflected in the active image YoOutput Levels In some cases It is
58. ctory default setting for white point is 255 for each channel which displays as white on most computer monitors The factory default for the gray point is 128 which displays as a neutral gray The default for the black point is zero which displays as black To restore fac tory detaults for the color model in the selected sheet click Reset eJ The Master Channel To set the white and black points for the master channel in the RGB color model select RGB in the Curves palette channel menu click the white or black point eyedropper tool while pressing Ctrl Windows or option Macintosh and sample the image Youtput Values Although output values in the Advanced Color palette range from zero to 255 calculations are performed at a precision of sixteen bits 101 Auto Contrast Calculations The Auto contrast calculations option controls how auto contrast operations in the Curves and LCH Editor palettes calculate the input values for the white point and black point By default the white point is set to a value that excludes 0 5 of the brightest pixels in the current crop the black point to a value that excludes 0 5 of the darkest pixels in the crop This produces an optimal dynamic range with minimum loss of detail in shadows and highlights To preserve detail at the expense of dynamic range lower the excluded value for auto contrast a value of zero will set the black and white point respectively to
59. d Appendices Appendix C q i 139
60. drawer nor can settings be adjusted separately for each slide in a batch scan To scan a series of slides at different settings preview and scan each slide separately W Preferences gt Batch Scan The Batch Scan category 2 96 in the Preferences dialog contains a variety of batch scan options or a 29 The Tool Chest Setting up Scans and Enhancing Images The tools in the Tool Chest can be used before scanning to select the area to be scanned rotate and flip images specify size and resolution adjust color brightness and contrast improve sharpness and mitigate the effects of dust scratches and fading When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application some tools can also be used to edit images opened in image windows after scanning Click the links below for more information Using the Tool Chest 31 Layout Tools 2 33 Information 2 35 Crop 36 Color Balance 2 51 Unsharp Mask 2 53 LCH Editor 56 Digital ICE Advanced 61 Analog Gain 69 Scan Image Enhancer 2 70 Scanner Extras 71 _ Layout Tools _ Information b j lz E D 7 al m T T m a lix ti w Curves H Color Balance fe Unsharp Mask H LCH Editor _ Digital ICE4 Advanced _ Analog Gain Scan Image Enhancer _ Scanner Extras bea bea bea bea fe The Scan Window and Image Windows The Crop Digital ICE Advanced Analog G
61. dvanced Color F Multi sampling Preview Settings i Digital ICE Grid Settings if Cache preview image for single image adapter Cancel Help 103 Preferences Preview Settings p Option Auto focus Auto exposure for positive film Auto exposure for negative film Multi sampling Digital ICE Cache preview image for single image adapter Description If this item is checked the default setting an auto focus operation will be performed as necessary when the Preview button is clicked If this item is checked the default setting an autoex posure operation will be performed as necessary be fore previewing film positives If this item is checked the default setting an autoex posure operation will be performed as necessary be fore previewing film negatives Check this item to perform multi sample scanning during preview 9000 ED 8000 ED 5000 ED 4000 ED only Multi sample scanning will not be per formed if Normal 1x is selected in the Scanner Ex tras palette Selecting this option increases the time needed to complete a preview while the effects of multi sample scanning may not be visible in the pre view area at the normal zoom ratio If this item is checked the default option the image will be processed during preview to reduce the effects of dust and scratches This option only takes effect if Enable Digital ICE is selected in the Digital ICE Ad vanced palette Sel
62. e ay The Scan Window The Preview Button E E P top N fao 26 The Preview Area C Previewing the Effects of Changes to Settings The preview image created when the Preview button is clicked is displayed in the preview area The preview area contains two panels a Natural panel showing the unprocessed image and a Processed panel that shows the effects of any changes to settings Click the Natural and Processed tabs for a quick before and after comparison that helps deter mine whether changes to settings are having the desired effect RELE Processed shows changes to settings Natural unprocessed image switching Between the Natural and Processed Panels When Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the Show Natural Pane Show Processed Pane options in the Scanner menu and the Ctrl T Windows command T Macintosh shortcuts can be used to switch back and forth between the Natural and Processed tabs Analog Gain Scan Image Enhancer Changes to analog gain and the Scan Image Enhancer are reflected in both the Natural and Processed panes The Scan Window The Preview Area La PP 27 The Scan Button O Scanning Images Click the Scan button to scan begin scanning if multiple images are selected in the thumbnail drawer all the selected im ages will be scanned When scanning is complete the images will be opened in image w
63. e in the active window A dialog will be displayed where the desired settings can be selected Copy All Settings Copy to the clipboard all Tool Chest settings for the image in the active window Paste Paste the contents of the clip board Clear When entering text in a dialog clear the contents of the current text box Select All When entering text in a dialog se lect all the text in the current text box When the scan window is active select all thumbnails in the thumbnail drawer Preferences Display the Preferences dialog 124 Macintosh Mac OS 9 View aE SE a foom In foom Out Hand Cursor Selection Cursor zoom Cursor Focus Cursor Show Grid 6 Progress Monitor Tool Palette 1 Zoom In Zoom in on the image in the active window Zoom Out Zoom out from the image in the active window Hand Cursor Select the hand cursor Selection Cursor Select the crop cursor Zoom Cursor Select the zoom cursor Focus Cursor Select the cursor used to choose the focus point Show Grid Display or hide the layout grid in the active window Progress Monitor Display the progress window Tool palettes A list of Tool Chests is displayed at the end of the View menu Select to display or hide Tool Chests Image Windows Menu Commands Image Image Color Space Transform Settings Settings Section Color Space amp Bit Grayscale
64. e selected scanner Window displayed only when image window is active Window Fit To Screen Actual Size Untitled 1 Fit To Screen Resize the active window to fit the screen Actual Size View image in active window at 100 Open windows A list of the images currently open is displayed at the end of the Win dow menu Nikon Scan Help Open Nikon Scan help 123 Macintosh Mac OS 9 Apple menu f About Nikon Scan About Nikon Scan Display version information for Nikon Scan File Close Save Save As dts Revert Page Setup Print a6 P New This command can not be used Open Open an image file Close Close the active window Save Save the image in the active win dow File continued Save As Save the image in the active win dow under a new name Revert This command can not be used Page Setup Adjust printer settings Print Print the image in the active win dow Quit Quit Nikon Scan Image Windows Menu Commands Edit Can t Undo Cut Copy Copy Settings Copy All Settings Paste acy Clear Select All HA Preferences K Undo Undo the preceding operation Cut When entering text in a dialog cut selected text and place it in the clipboard Copy When entering text in a dialog cut selected text to the clipboard Copy Settings Copy to the clipboard selected Tool Chest settings for the imag
65. e Apple menu and set the Put system to sleep whenever it is inactive for slider to Never Additional technical and support information may be available at the Nikon web sites listed in this manual 3 Read This First Introduction 5 Scanning Basics Required Hardware Nikon Scan Adapter and or film holder After installing Nikon Scan and Nikon View connect the scanner and ready the film and adapter or film holder See the scanner User s Manual for more in formation Open the scan window Mina Sean 4 0 PRR ESE2 50 08 To use Nikon Scan as a stand alone application select Nikon Scan from the Start menu Windows or dou ble click the Nikon Scan icon INAP to vosi Ke iL IPES LORS ADS tp SES WD To use Nikon Scan to scan images into third party applications such as Adobe Photoshop select Nikon Scan trom the application s list of acquire or import sources Read This First Scanning Basics Scanning Images with Nikon Scan nsert film See the scanner User s Manual for details Click the Scan button to scan the images The images will be opened in windows in the host application Preview Preview Click the Preview button to preview images in the scan window Adjust settings Scan window Save the pictures using the Save or Save As command in the host ap plication Ky Fi hz z ka l
66. e Images Digital ROC may add color to monochrome images or images scanned in grayscale Digital ROC The status of Digital ROC is shown in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to Digital ROC settings Digital ROC is not available when the FH 816 or FH 8G1 Is used with the 9000 ED or 8000 ED or when the FH G1 is used with the 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED or COOLSCAN IV ED kL 63 Digital GEM Reducing Film Grain Digital GEM Grain Equalization Management digitally pro cesses images to reduce the effects of film grain To use Digital GEM select Enable Post Processing and choose a value for grain equalization using the Digital GEM slider or by entering a value between O Digital GEM off and 4 maxi mum effect in the text box to its right The default setting IS 3 _ Digital ICE4 Advanced Enable Digital ICE Enable Post Processing check box text box The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced To preview the image at the new settings click the Redraw button If the desired results are not achieved adjust set tings and click the Redraw button again MAscanning and Preview Times Scanning and preview times will increase when Digital GEM is enabled To reduce scanning and preview times remove the check from the En able Post Processing check box Digital GEM The status of Digital GEM is sho
67. e compression ratio decreases the Tile size it also makes the block pattern more visible and may result in noticeable loss of detail the actual effect depends on the output scale and the type of subject It is recommended that Tiles be saved at the lowest compression ratio possible if necessary they can always be opened and saved again at a higher compression ratio The compression ratio can be chosen from a menu in the Save As dialog Five options are available ranging from Excellent Quality which of fers the lowest compression and highest image quality to High Compression which offers the highest compression and lowest image quality Image Windows Saving Images Po 3 110 The Settings SeCti ON seee Viewing Image Information To view information about the image in an image window click the Settings Section triangle or select Settings Section from the View menu Imagel 12 Settings Section Click to view image information i Windows Macintosh Image information hidden Image1 12 Untitled 1 16 Click ick to Clickto JI SMe EO ayes hide image ow These were the settings used to scan the image information 672003 4nalog Gain Master 0 00 4 25 06 PM 4nalog Gain Red 0 00 AKON SUPER COOLSCAN S000 ED 0 00 information 2003 0607 17 36 40 Negative Color Film Analog Gain Green 0 00 Digital ICE OFF Image 6 Bit Scan 4nalog Gain Blue 0
68. e image See also Halo width Threshold Universal Serial Bus A standard for computer serial interfaces which allows automatic plug and play recognition of periph eral devices and hot plug connection of peripherals while the computer or device is on Tone curve USB The input value above which all input tones are mapped to the maximum output value the default for the master channel is white Any details brighter than the white point will be lost See also Tone Tone curve White point Appendices Appendix B Ly PP 137 Appendix CC O Memory Requirements Mac OS 9 Only Under Mac OS 9 the amount of memory required for best performance varies with the scanner used The following table lists the total system memory needed for full use of all scanner functions together with the recommended memory alloca tion tor Nikon Scan when used as a Stand alone application Use these values as a guide when entering the preferred memory size J 139 p Scanner d Total memory Memory allocation preferred size 9000 ED 8000 ED 1 5GB or more 800 MB F E 4000 ED COOLSCAN IV ED 768 MB or more 450 MB Memory required when scanning 6x9 medium format film at full size using FH 869S film holder with Digital DEE 9000 ED only Digital ICE Digital ROC and Digital GEM tMemory required when scanning forty frames using optional A 20 S or SA 30 adapter 5000 ED 4000 ED or six frames usin
69. e noted the illustrations in this manual show the menus and dialogs displayed when the SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED is used under Windows XP Illustrations from Mac OS X are included where operations for Windows and Macintosh versions differ ZA Background Knowledge This manual assumes familiarity with operations common to the Ma cintosh and Windows operating systems Refer to the documentation provided with the operating system if in doubt concerning the meaning of any of the terms used here Printing This Manual To print this manual for ease of reference select Print from the Ado be Acrobat Reader File menu and specify the desired page range Read This First Introduction Use the following buttons and links to navigate the manual GED Clektogoback one page SSS a5 cick to g0 forward one page a Click to g0 to the beginning of the section SABE cick to return to the table of contents Blue underlined text indicates a link to an other part of this manual or the World Wide and or Web Click the text to follow the link note blue under that a web browser and an Internet connec lined text tion are required to link to the World Wide Web Y Life Long Learning As part of Nikon s Lite Long Learning commitment to ongoing prod uct support and education continually updated information is available on line at the following sites e For users in the U S A http www nikonusa com e For users in Europe http
70. e on film can be set by direct entry or using the Scale slider Enter a value for output resolution minimum 90 ppi The units for resolution can be chosen from the menu to the right of the text box The Tool Chest Crop Description Select from the following menu of custom resolutions Add Resolution Add custom resolution Delete Resolution Delete custom resolution Inkjet Printer Set resolution to 360 dpi Dye Sublimation Printer Set resolution to 300 dpi 400 dpi Printer Set resolution to 400 dpi Choosing an Output Resolution elnkjet printers Most inkjet printers require three or four dots of different colors to reproduce a single pixel simulated halftone The target output reso lution for an inkjet printer in pixels per inch or ppi is therefore less than the printer s catalogue resolution in dots in per inch or dpi In general a resolution of 360 ppi will produce acceptable results e Dye sublimation printers Printers that use photographic or dye sublimation processes reproduce each pixel with a single dot continuous halftone The target output resolution for these devices is therefore the same as the printer resolu tion Commercial printing Commercial printing processes typically use from 150 to 300 lines per inch lpi As a rule of thumb assume an output resolution in ppl of about double the number of lines per inch when scanning for output on a commercial printer e Monitors Computer monitors are
71. ecting this option increases the time needed to complete a preview If this item is checked the default option Nikon Scan will store the last preview created with the MA 21 MA 20 S slide mount adapter This preview will be displayed the next time the scan window is opened or the MA 21 MA 20 S is inserted Preferences Preview Settings ZA Autofocus Autoexposure If an autofocus or autoexposure operation has already been performed on the current frame it will not automatically be repeated before a preview or scan The autofocus and autoexposure buttons in the scan window can be used to perform these operations manually if desired If Perform auto focus when film is inserted is selected in the Scanner Extras palette an autofocus operation will automatically be performed when a slide Is inserted in a slide mount adapter 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED or when a holder other than the FH 8695S or FH 869G is inserted in the 9000 ED or 8000 ED As a re sult an autofocus operation will not automatically be performed before the image Is scanned even if Auto focus is selected in the Preview Settings category In the case of the 9000 ED and 8000 ED this ap plies only to the first frame in the holder an autofocus operation will au tomatically be performed prior to scanning for all subsequent frames 104 Grid Settings Creating a Layout Grid The Grid Settings category determine
72. ects brightness rather than color editing lumi nosity has a similar effect to editing the master curve in the Curves palette Steepening the curve increases the differ ence between light and dark areas of the image increasing contrast Moving the gray point alters the brightness of mid tones while preserving detail in highlights and shadows v LCH Editor Lightness Output level sliders Gray point slider Black point slider nput output White point slider levels sW Editor Selection Shortcuts The editor can also be selected using the following shortcuts Ctrl Shift 1 Windows 6 option 1 Macintosh Luminosity editor Ctrl Shift 2 Windows option 2 Macintosh Chroma editor Ctrl Shift 3 Windows 6 option 3 Macintosh Hue editor The Tool Chest The LCH Editor Description Shows the distribution of pixels of different luminosi ties in the input The horizontal axis corresponds to luminosity in the range 0 255 the vertical axis to the number of pixels Output Choose the maximum and minimum values for out level sliders put Black point T der Choose the minimum input level Gray point l slider Set the gray point gamma value Histogram White point Choose the maximum input level Input output Input and output levels for the point under the cursor levels in the curve edit display Click to view the luminosity distribution for the final image Click again to v
73. ed to the host application if Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the value for preview gamma is passed to the scanner instead of main scan gamma The LCH Editor and Unsharp Mask tools can not be used when Nikon CMS is off Scan Scanner Extras Digital ICE Advanced Scan Image Enhancer Analog Gain Preview Gamma adjustment ee Preferences Nikon Color Management Image processing Host application Preview gamma Curves Processed ta Color Balance b scan Main scan gamma Preview Natural tab gamma kL Pe 81 Gamma When the Use Nikon Color Management System option in the Color Management category 84 is off the con trols in the Gamma category are used to adjust data from the scanner so that they display correctly when previewed on the monitor or opened in another application Preferences Category Preview Gamma Color Management File Locations Single Scar Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings 3 l Cancel Help Preferences Nikon Color Management Preview gamma Preview gamma applies to the image displayed in the pre view area of the scan window In general preview gamma is solely tor display in the preview area and does not apply to the image data that are passed to the host application when the Scan button is clicked There are two exceptions to this rule however The first
74. educe the effects of electronic noise producing more accurate reproductions with smoother changes in tone Multi Sample Scanning Mode Normal 1 To use multi sample scanning select the desired setting from the Mode menu F Mode OES Description Normal 1x Multi sample scanning off Precision increased by equivalent of Good 2x 2 one bit per channel Precision increased by equivalent of Fine 4x two bits per channel Precision increased by equivalent of More Fine 8x three bits per channel Precision increased by equivalent of Super Fine 16x Us four bits per channel Ascanning Time Scanning time increases in proportion to the number of passes The Tool Chest Scanner Extras CCD Scan Mode This option is available only with 9000 ED and 8000 ED film scanners To speed scanning these scanners use a three line CCD Although the scanner automatically compensates for slight differences in output between each line the very small differences that do remain could cause a drop in image quality when for example the image is processed by sharply steepening curves to increase contrast This can be prevented by selecting Super Fine Scan to scan the image with a single line note that scanning times will triple Super Fine Scan produces no noticeable improve ment when scanning images with a standard tone curve CCD Scan Mode W Super Fine Scan Help Slide Feeder Scan This option is availab
75. elected in the preview area Keep this Output Size 38 Adjust file size resolution and the selection in the preview area without changing the chosen output size Keep this File Size 39 Adjust output size resolution and the selection in the pre view area without affecting the chosen Tile size The Crop Output size File size Scale Output resolution palette contains the following items Description Gives the dimensions of the current crop The units for input size can be chosen from the menu to the right of the display the units chosen are reflected in the rulers in the preview area Gives the output dimensions of the current crop i e the size of the crop after scanning The units for output size can be chosen from the menu to the right of the display If a new value is entered for Width or Height when Keep this crop is selected the other value will change auto matically to maintain the current crop If Keep this file size is selected when Pixels is chosen in the output units menu the other value will automatically change to main tain the specified Tile size This change will be reflected in the dimensions of the current crop States the size of the file that will result if the crop is scanned at current settings before JPEG compression if applicable and not including file headers which typically increase file size by about 10 KB Scale output size relative to the size of the imag
76. electing Paste from the Edit menu Save current LCH Editor settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to the Save LCH Curve Settings end of the LCH Editor settings menu where they can be recalled by selecting the desired settings by name Delete settings created using the Save LCH Curve Settings option A dialog will be displayed where the settings to be deleted can be selected by name Import LCH Curve Settings Import settings created using the Export LCH Curve Settings option Delete LCH Curve Settings Export current settings to a file in a location of your choice LCH Editor settings files have the exten sion nlv Export LCH Curve Settings Reset to Default LCH Curve Settings Reset all curves in the LCH Editor to linear Restore the default LCH Editor settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan window Reset to User LCH Curve Settings settings menu 17 The Tool Chest The LCH Editor Digital ICE Advanced Digital ICE quad Advanced Digital ICE Digital ROC Digital GEM Digital DEE The Digital ICE Advanced palette controls the Digital DEE The following functions are available 9000 ED 5000 ED and COOLSCAN V ED only Digital ICE Digital ROC and Digital GEM functions built into Nikon scanners to reduce the effects of scratches dust fading film grain and under or over exposure _y Digital ICE4 Advanced E M Enable D
77. enu Windows only Image Windows Document Color Space Printing Images amp Aan P 113 Editing Images Editing Images After Scanning The image in the active window can be edited using the following palettes in the Tool Chest Palette Operation Flip rotate and scroll images zoom images in or out select an area to be copied to the clipboard and display or Layout Tools e4 33 hide the layout grid Information 35 View information about the color of the point under the cursor and the size and location of the current selection tunes o color Balance YSN Adjust brightness contrast and color balance oertheentemage O O O Oo OoOo Unsharp Mask 53 Make edges more distinct either over the entire mage Or in areas where a spedite color predominates tei editor Y56 _ Achustbnghiness olorsatuation andhue OOOO WATool Palette Settings The settings in effect in the scan window are applied to data from the scanner when the Scan button is clicked Any further changes to settings in image windows apply to these modified image data To reflect this tool palette settings are restored to their default values when the images are opened in image windows Image Windows Editing Images Lk _ D 114 The toolbar Quick Command Access The toolbar gives access to many commonly used commands EARS Description with a single click The Windows and Macintosh versions of Nikon Scan have differen
78. er ences from the Edit menu Windows Mac OS 9 or the Nikon Scan application menu Mac OS X The Scan Window The Control Area l 21 The tools Button Clicking the Tools button displays a menu that can be used The Progress Window to open the Tool Chest or progress window Selecting Progress Window opens the progress window The Acauiing preview progress of the current task ac iy quiring thumbnails preview or ees or HEE scanning is shown at the top of AGN Na the window To cancel the current Digital ROC Neutral WENE os task click Stop Progress Window The Tool Chest Clicking the triangle under the rogress Window Select Tool Palette 1 to open the Tool Chest 2 30 J J progress meter displays the Acquiring preview Tool Palette 1 Eq Queue and Log tabs The Performing Scar soca Gab lists ne tacks tat ntormation aber og have yet to be performed To can _ gt Crop E a cel a task select it in the list and T eea z click the m button The Log tab lists the tasks that have been H w LCH Editor x completed _ Digital ICE4 Advanced _ Analog Gain Scan Image Enhancer _ 5Scanner Extras The Scan Window The Control Area 22 The Thumbnail Drawer fab Selecting Frames If the current adapter or film holder supports thumbnail pre Click to display thumbnails fw Nikon SUPER COOLSC 000 ED 1 00 USB Fra me sjo Eeljaa s views the f
79. f Auto focus is selected for Before each image In the case of the 9000 ED and 8000 ED this applies only to the first frame in the holder an autofocus operation will automati cally be performed prior to scanning for all subsequent frames Auto exposure for positive film If this item is checked the default setting an auto exposure operation will be performed as necessary before scanning film positives Auto exposure for negative film If this item is checked the default setting an auto exposure operation will be performed as necessary before scanning film negatives Preferences Batch Scan q lt 96 After each image The File Saving Options Dialog If Save to disk is selected in the Batch Scan category when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application a Description If this item is checked the default setting when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application scanned im File Saving Options dialog will appear at the start of a ages will be saved to disk instead of being opened in im batch scan Save to age windows When the Scan button is clicked a dialog disk will appear where the user can specify a location and file type and choose how the files will be named This option File Saving Options File Naming Prefix IIE Suffis Number ao of Digits 2 Lial Starting Index 1 has no effect when Nikon Scan is being used as a plug in or TWAIN source f
80. fied by their orange tinted film base and by the fact that the colors in the images are reversed Neg Mono Use with black and white negatives Use with Kodachrome positives Kodachrome film is manufactured by Eastman Kodak and is usually mount ed in cardboard or plastic slide mounts embossed or printed with the label Kodachrome Kodachrome The Scan Window The Control Area k 19 The Color Model Menu Choose whether to scan images in color or monochrome grayscale The options available depend on whether the Nikon Color Manage ment System CMS in on the default setting or off Grayscale w Calibrated RGB The color model menu CMS on Option Description Choose when scanning images that will be printed Grayscale or displayed in monochrome Calibrated RGB Choose when scanning images that will be printed in CMS on color or edited or displayed on a computer monitor RGB CMS off Use to edit raw RGB data from the scanner Nikon Color Management Color management systems using ICC profiles ensure consistent color reproduction among devices such as scanners monitors and printers The Nikon Color Management System is one such ICC profile system and functions to ensure that colors from the scanner are reproduced accurately on the monitor See the Nikon Color Management System 2 78 for details eY Calibrated RGB RGB Calibrated RGB is available when Use Nikon Color Management is se
81. formed when the FH 869S FH 869G or FH 869GR is inserted lf Auto focus when film is inserted The Tool Chest Scanner Extras Calibration If the scanner is left on for an extended period the temperature inside the scanner will rise and the scanner may need to be recalibrated Click Calibrate to recalibrate the scanner Scanner Extras Calibrate Help If the MA 21 or MA 20 S is inserted remove any slides from the adapter before recalibrating Users of the IA 20 S will be prompted to rewind the film before calibration begins Film will automatically be ejected from the SA 21 SA 30 9000 ED or 8000 ED before calibration begins and will automatically be reloaded when calibration is complete The Status LED The scanner status LED will blink while the scanner is being recalibrated Do not perform any additional operations in Nikon Scan until the status LED has stopped blinking kL Pe 74 Pixel Data Size The option selected in the Scan Bit Depth menu determines the num ber of bits acquired per color chan nel for each pixel in the image The options available depend on the scanner used e 9000 ED 5000 ED 16 bits 8 bits e COOLSCAN V ED 8000 ED 4000 ED 14 bits 8 bits e COOLSCAN IV ED 12 bits 8 bits Pixel Data Size Scan Bit Depth a Bit Depth Color and File Size Scanning at a bit depth of eight bits yields 256 shades per pixel for each component channel of the current color model if
82. g SA 21 COOLS CAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED with Digital DEE 5000 ED and COOLSCAN V ED only Digital ICE Digital ROC and Digital GEM Assumes all frames are previewed and scanned at Tull size Turn virtual memory off when using Nikon Scan To turn virtual memory off quit all applications open the Memory control panel select Off for Virtual Memory and restart the computer Appendices Appendix C amp 138 Allocating Memory to the Host Application 1 After making sure the host application is not running open the application folder and click the host application icon once to select it To allocate more memory to Nikon Scan when it is used as a Stand alone application open the Nikon Software Nikon Scan 4 folder in the install location the default installation folder is the Applications folder on the Start up disk and click the Nikon Scan icon Select Get Info 3 I from the Finder File menu The application info dialog G Nikon Scan 4 Info will be displayed 40 0 Select Memory from the Show menu snow Memory Je Consult the table on the previous page and enter the appropriate value for Sa ime eae Ji i Memory Requirements Preferred size Suggested Size 81920 k Hinimum Size 40000 K Preferred Size 81920 4 Hote This application may require 3 309 KE more memory if moved to another hard disk ar virtual memory is turned off in the Memory control panel _ Locke
83. ges are displayed on your monitor either in the scan window preview area or a Nikon Scan image window Monitor profiles contain information about the color and gamma characteristics of the monitor allowing images to be adjusted for more accurate color reproduction Preferences Category W Use Nikon Color Management System Monitor RGB CMYK f Use Factory default monitor profile f Use custom monitor profile L chonse Custam Profien Grid Settings The profile chosen here is used to display images on your monitor Waring Changing the status of the Nikon Color Management System will not take effect until Nikon Scan i quit and relaunched Cancel Help Preferences Nikon Color Management Use factory default monitor profile default Nikon Scan is supplied with default monitor profiles for use when no other protile is available see below To use the default profile for your platform select Use factory default monitor profile Default Windows Monitor Profile Gamma 2 2 The default Windows monitor profile NkMonitor_Win icm is identical to the sRGB profile Default Macintosh Monitor Profile Gamma 1 8 The default Macintosh monitor profile NkMonitor_ Mac icm is identical to the profile used for Apple 17 moni tors with a D white point Use custom monitor profile Use this option to select a profile supplied by the company that manufactured the monitor When this option is se lected
84. gs Section Display the settings section for the active window 119 Windows Scanner displayed only when scan window Is active Scanner Film Type Scan Color Space Bit Depth Transform Settings Eject Slide Feeder Show Processed Pane Ctrl T Film Type Positive v Neg Color Neg Mono Film Type Kodachrome Select type of film to be scanned Scan Color Space Space i Grayscale w Calibrated RGB Choose the scan color model Scan Color Bit Depth Bit Depth aw amp bit 16 bit Choose the scan bit depth Transform Transform Rotate Cy Rotate Cc Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the preview area Settings Overall User Settings Crop Curves Color Balance LCH Editor Digital ICE4 Advanced Unsharp Mask rwrorvrvr yw T Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Last Saved Settings Setting 1 Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Eject Eject the film or holder from the scanner Slide Feeder Choose the number of slides scanned when a slide feeder is inserted in the scanner Show Natural Pane Show Processed Pane Switch between the Natural and Processed panels in the preview area Image Windows Menu Commands Tools Show Nikon Browser Nikon SUPER COOLS CSN S000 ED 1 00 U
85. hotographs In some implementations TIFF supports lossless LZW and packbit compression in lossless compres sion methods no information is lost when the image is compressed as opposed to lossy compression methods such as JPEG in which detail is sacrificed to achieve higher compression ratios Images saved in TIFF format using Nikon Scan are not com pressed See also Compression JPEG TIFF Pixel brightness measured either as the combined intensity for red green and blue or the intensity of each of these colors channels individually The number of tones that can be expressed depends on the bit depth of the image The distribution of tones in the image can be seen in the Curves palette histogram See also Bit depth Tone A visual tool for editing tones enhancing brightness and contrast in a selected portion of the tone range Changing the shape of the tone curve changes the mapping between input the tones in the original image and output tones as they appear after editing The digital equivalent of a densitometric curve See also Tone A standard for input devices such as scanners and digital cameras Applications that support TWAIN can acquire data from and TAT TWAIN compliant device A filter for increasing the apparent sharpness of bit mapped images Sometimes abbreviated as USM Unsharp masks em Unsharp Mask phasize the differences in color and brightness between edges outlines and the rest of th
86. hreshold Threshold 4 HF P mo Try increasing the threshold value if shadow brightness fails to brighten shadows in the desired tone range or if highlight adjustment is affecting too great an area The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced Moving the slider is to the left or entering a lower value in the Threshold text box increases the range of tones affected by the Highlight Adjustment slider and reduces the range of tones affected by the Shadow Adjustment slider Tone range affected by Shadow Adjustment Tone range affected by Highlight Adjustment Shadows Highlights Threshold Threshold 4 gt 50 Try decreasing the threshold value if highlight adjustment fails to increase contrast in the desired tone range or if shadow brightness is affecting too great an area cJ Threshold Ideally the threshold for shadow adjustment should be twenty to forty greater than the highest of the R and G values in the brightest shadows The threshold for highlight adjustment should be twenty to forty less than lowest of the R and G values in the dark est highlights To choose a threshold that can be used for both shadows and highlights enter the average of the highest value R or G in the brightest shadows and the lowest value R or G in the darkest highlights Color values can be deter mined by moving the cursor over the image and observing the R and G values in the scan window information panel Analogh ain
87. ia hi _ gt Digital ICE4 Advanced lz w 5 H 2 m gt A lz lle x 1S 4 2 l 5 fiz S m AEIJE S kj 2 Ss o a e A g lea flia li gt n canner Extras Tool Chest Use the tools in the scan window and Tool Chest to adjust settings and enhance pictures before scanning Use Nikon View to organize saved pictures Getting Started Oe Before Scanning Supported Scanners and Film Nikon Scan 4 supports the following scanners e SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED 9000 ED e SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED 8000 ED e SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED 5000 ED e SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED 4000 ED e COOLSCAN V ED e COOLSCAN IV ED The following types of film can be scanned F Scanner Film holder adapter Film FH 835M 35 mm slides FH 835S 35 mm film 9000 ED 8000 ED FH 869S E 1 i 3 FH 869G Medium format 120 220 2 or Brownie film electron microscope film FH 896GR Medium format 120 220 2 or Brownie film electron microscope film 35 mm panorama film FH 869M Medium format 120 220 2 or Brownie slides FH 816 16 mm film FH 8G1 Glass microscope slides MA 21 MA 20 S 35 mm slides batch scans and thumbnail preview not supported 5000 ED SA 21 35 mm film in strips of 2 6 frames 4000 ED 35 mm film in strips of 1 6 frames batch scans and thumbnail preview not supported COOLSCAN V ED i COOLSCAN IV ED IA 20 S APS IX 240 film cartridges FH G1 Glass microscope slides batch scans and thumbnail preview
88. iew the input luminosity distri bution Restore the luminosity curve to linear Restore all curves in the LCH Editor to linear Set maximum and minimum input levels to exclude val ues for 0 5 of the brightest and darkest pixels in the crop The percentage of pixels excluded can be adjust ed in the Advanced Color category of the Prefer ences dialog 101 e Fe mir The Chroma Editor The chroma editor is a useful tool for adjusting color satura tion Steepening the curve increases saturation in the af fected range making colors more vivid Flattening the curve results in flatter less vivid colors Moving the gray point to the left makes the image as a whole more vivid while mov ing it to the right averages out differences between colors making the image grayer One effective way to make full use of the scanner s dynamic range is to steepen the curve in the portions of the histogram that contain the greatest number of pixels while leaving colors corresponding to a neutral gray unaffected v LCH Editor x Chroma 259 td Output level Sliders Gray point slider a E Black point slider Nput output White point slider levels The Tool Chest The LCH Editor Item P Description Shows the distribution of pixels of different chromas in Histogram the input The horizontal axis shows chroma the verti cal axis the number of pixels Output Choose the maximum and minim
89. igital ICE On Normal w W Enable Post Processing Digital ICE Digital ROC Digital GEM Shadow Adjustment More gt gt Digital DEE Redraw button ZAThe Digital ICE Advanced Palette The Digital ICE Advanced palette is only available when the scan window is active The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced or Description x s r Function Ea Reduces the effect of dust and scratches when Digital ICE the image is scanned T Processes images digitally to restore colors lost Digital ROC through fading 963 os Processes images digitally to reduce the effects Digital GEM of film grain Enhances detail in underexposed or overex Digital DEE posed areas of the image 9000 ED 5000 ED and COOLSCAN V only MAscanning Glass Microscope Slides Turn Digital ICE Advanced off when scanning glass microscope slides in the FH G1 or FH 8G1 medical holders available separately Digital ICE Advanced may fail to produce the desired results with glass microscope Slides Lt 61 Digital CE Correcting for Scratches and Dust Digital ICE Image Correction and Enhancement reduces the effects of dust and scratches when images are scanned To use Digital ICE select Enable Digital ICE and choose On Normal or On Fine from the Digital ICE menu x Digital ICE4 Advanced Eee rane F ble Digtal ICE On Normal e Hace Cga r Onna ICE check box X Bi TT
90. ilm type selection 5 Color model and profile selection Changes to color model or color space profile Preferences Nikon Color Management Image processing Scan Host application Res pem k Processed tab gt C2 Color Balance profile LCH Editor Unsharp Mask el Natural tab profile Scanning with Nikon CMS Off If Use Nikon Color Management System is not selected in the Color Management category profiles can not be used to ensure that the data from the scanner are reproduced ac curately when passed to another application or displayed in the monitor Because the color profiles required for a cali brated RGB color space are not available when Nikon CMS is off images can only be scanned as uncalibrated RGB or gray scale Similarly the absence of a monitor profile means that gamma adjustment must be used to correct the image for display on the monitor or for editing in another application These adjustments to gamma are made in the Gamma category of the Preferences dialog Before preview Preview The illustration below shows how scanning proceeds when Nikon CMS is off The image shown in the preview window is adjusted for display in the monitor according to the value chosen for preview gamma in the Gamma category When the Scan button is clicked the main scan gamma and any changes to curves and color balance are passed to the scan ner where they are applied to scan data before the image is transferr
91. imaging application such as Adobe Photoshop images will be opened in the third party application after scanning See the documentation provided with the application for information on the operations that can be performed Image Windows q PP 106 The Nikon Scan Applet When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application images can be saved viewed and printed in image windows opened in the Nikon Scan applet The Tool Chest can also be used to perform simple imaging tasks When Nikon Scan is used as a TWAIN source or acquire plug in for a third party imaging application such as Adobe Photoshop images will not be opened in the Nikon Scan ap plet after scanning Instead they will be opened in the third party application where they can be viewed edited printed and saved according to the options available Starting the Nikon Scan Applet For intormation on starting the Nikon Scan applet see Starting Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application 9 If no scanner is connected the following message will be displayed when Nikon Scan is started Nikon Scan X Mikon Scan was unable ta Find any active devices Image Windows The Nikon Scan Applet Getting Started Click OK to close the message To open a previously saved image for viewing printing or editing select Open from the Nikon Scan File menu Windows Macintosh E Nikon Scan 4 0 wis Edit View Scanner Tools Open Twa
92. imultaneously defines the gray point for each of the red green and blue channels while leaving the gray point for the master curve unchanged Grayscale images can not be Sampled for gray point To sample the gray point click the 4 button When the cur sor is moved over the active image it will take the shape of an eyedropper Move the cursor over the image to find a pixel to use to set the gray point keeping an eye on the pixel level display in the Information palette to identity pixels with a neutral input value look for pixels that should be a neutral gray color in the final image With the cursor over the target pixel click the mouse button The gray point for each of the component channels will be adjusted to alter color balance without altering the brightness of the sampled pixel the weight assigned to each channel can be selected using the Gray point target options in the Advanced Color catego ry of the Preferences dialog J 101 The image will au tomatically be altered to reflect the new value for gray point cYResizing the Curve Edit Display The Tool Chest can be resized by dragging its borders Windows or by dragging the handle at its lower right corner Macintosh The size of the curves edit display changes with the size of the palette For in creased precision enlarge the palette when editing curves Step 5 Editing Curves Directly Curves can be reshaped to make adjustments to brightness a
93. in Source Frink Setup cYOpening Images from the Toolbar Windows Only Image Tiles can also be opened by clicking the ly button in the toolbar Windows only 107 Image Windows When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application images are opened in image windows after scanning except when Save to disk is selected in the Preferences dialog 1 77 or when a file is selected using the Open option in the File menu Windows Macintosh e Untitled 1 16 SER Image Windows Image Windows Viewing Images Y Layout Grid If Show grid is selected in the Layout Tools palette a layout grid will be displayed over the image in the active window The grid can also be displayed by selecting Show Grid from the View menu Y selecting the Active Window When multiple windows are open in the Nikon Scan applet a window can be activated and brought to the front by clicking the window or by choosing it from the windows listed at the bottom of the Window menu The Tool Chest Many of the tools in the Tool Chest can be applied to images in image windows If multiple images are opened in image windows in the Nikon Scan applet settings can be adjusted and saved separately for each im age With the exception of images saved in NEF format the settings in each tool palette will be reset to default values when an image is opened When an image saved in NEF format is opened the
94. in the Automatic Actions category of the Preferences dialog the scan ner will automatically refocus when a new focus point is selected using the Focus Tool elf Auto focus is selected for Before scan in the Single Scan category of the Preferences dialog an autofocus operation will au tomatically be performed when the Scan button is clicked to scan a single image elf a batch scan is performed when Auto focus is selected for Before each image in the Batch Scan category of the Preferences dialog the scanner will automatically perform an autofocus operation before each scanning each image elf Auto focus is selected for Settings to be applied to preview in the Preview Settings category of the Preferences dialog an autofocus operation will automatically be performed when a frame is previewed 15 The Autoexposure Button At default settings the scanner automatically adjusts exposure as necessary before displaying images in the preview area The autoexposure button is only required if autoexposure has been Nikon SUPER COOLSCA turned off by removing the check from the Auto exposure for positive film or Auto exposure for negative film H H options in the Single Scan Batch Scan or Preview Set tings categories of the Preferences dialog In these cases click the W button before performing the selected operation single scan batch scan
95. indows in the host application Nikon Scan 4 0 j x File Edit View Image Scanner Tools Window Help Image pierce ioe p Settings Section No scanning items gt window a ie lz ae 3 g 3 ad S lia fic fy Curves oly Color Balance oly Unsharp Mask hiv i dl ERICA CAILE _ gt Digital ICE4 Advanced Scan Image Enhancer _ gt Scanner Extras Scan button Host Application The host application is the application in which images are displayed after scanning When Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application scanned images will be opened in Nikon Scan If Nikon Scan is used as a TWAIN source or acquire plug in for a third party application such as Adobe Photoshop images will be opened in image windows in the third party application The Scan Window The Scan Button l i D Pp 28 Batch Scans Batch scans allow a batch of multiple frames to be scanned with a single click of the Scan button Using the Thumbnail Drawer Batch scans can be performed with film holders and adapters that support thumbnail previews 2J 23 all frames selected in the thumbnail drawer are scanned when the Scan button is clicked The images can be scanned at the same settings or settings can be adjusted separately for each frame Multiple Frames Same Settings 1 Select one frame in the thumbnail drawer 2 Preview the image and adjust settings as desired 3
96. ings LCH Settings Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Unsharp Mask Settings vrrvvrvrvrvy Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Last Saved Settings Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Eject Eject the film or holder from the scanner Slide Feeder Choose the number of slides scanned when a slide feeder is inserted in the scanner Show Natural Pane Show Processed Pane Switch between the Natural and Processed panels in the preview area Image Windows Menu Commands Tools Tools Show Nikon Browser Nikon SUPER COOLS CAN 5000 ED 1 00 USB Show Nikon Browser Open the Nikon Browser compo nent of Nikon View Scanner Firmware Version Port Open the scan window for the selected scanner Window displayed only when image window Is active Window Fit To Screen Actual Size Untitled 1 Fit to Screen Resize the active window to fit the screen Actual Size View image in active window at 100 Open windows A list of the images currently open is displayed at the end of the Win dow menu Help About Balloon Help Show Balloons Nikon Scan4Help 7 Nikon Scan Help Open Nikon Scan help 126 Browsing Images Selecting Show Nikon Browser in the Nikon Scan Tools menu opens the Nikon Browser component of Nikon View where image Tiles that have been saved to disk can be browsed
97. int and passing through the points that define tristimulus chromaticity in the Apple RGB color space profile This pro file is unique in that it preserves the characteristics of Apple RGB while allowing more saturated colors It is not provided in the standard install of Photoshop 5 0 but can be selected as the RGB color space profile for Photoshop by importing the profile NKApple_CPS icm Gamut In addition to gamma profiles can be classified according to their gamut or the range of colors that can be expressed us ing the profile Gamut is conventionally expressed by means of chromaticity a measure of color developed by the Com mission Internationale de l clairage CIE The CIE system which is modeled on human color perception maps the physical wavelengths of light to three coordinates known as CIE X Y and Z that give unique numerical expression to the full range of color differences that can be perceived by humans Chromaticity is a measure of color from which considerations of brightness have been factored out giving a two coordinate system In the chromaticity diagram at right the complete gamut of colors visible to humans is in the area enclosed by the green line The curved portion of the line gives the chromaticity of pure unmixed colors with wavelengths in the visible spectrum of 380 780nm The blue end of the spectrum 380nm is at the bottom left corner the red end of the spectrum 780 nm at the bo
98. ions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings Monitor RGB CMYK f Use factory default monitor profile f Use custom monitor profile chene Guster Profi The profile chosen here is used to display images on your monitor Waring Changing the status of the Nikon Color Management System will not take effect until Nikon Scan is quit and relaunched Cancel Help Preferences Nikon Color Management Use Nikon Color Management System This option turns the Nikon Color Management System on and off Changes to this setting only take effect after Nikon Scan has been quit and restarted When Nikon CMS Is On Images are processed to ensure consistent color repro duction as described in How Nikon CMS Works 2 79 Because color management profiles typically contain their own settings for gamma the controls in the Gamma tab are dimmed and inactive When Nikon CMS Is Off monitor and color space profiles are not used and the controls in the Color Management tab are dimmed and in active The only tool available for ensuring that colors trom the scanner will be displayed accurately on the monitor is the Gamma category 82 The only adjustments made to the image before it is passed to the host application are gamma adjustment and changes to curves and color balance made in the scan window The Monitor Tab The Monitor tab specities the profile that will be used when ima
99. le when an optional SF 210 or SF 200 S slide adapter is used with the 5000 ED or 4000 ED En ter the number of slides to be scanned in the Feed Images text box This is the number of slides that will be scanned in sequence when the Scan button is clicked To scan all the slides in the feeder enter a large value the maximum value is 99 Slide Feeder Scan Feed Images i Preferences Fine Tuning Nikon Scan The settings in the Preferences dialog are used to fine tune the controls in the scan window To view the Preferences dialog click the Prefs button in the control area of the scan window The settings in the Preferences dialog are divided into the categories shown below Click the links for more information Nikon Color Management 78 Gamma o 82 Color Management A 84 File Locations 94 C3 Nikon SUPER COOLSCA Preferences Category Preview Gamma Color Management File Locations Single Scan Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings File Saving A 99 Automatic Actions A 100 Advanced Color 101 Preview Settings L21 103 Grid Settings f 105 Prefs button Read Nikon Color Management before reading Cancel Hep the Gamma and Color Management sec tions Categories wJ Nikon Scan Menus When Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application the Preferences dialog
100. lected in the Color Management category of the Preferences dialog RGB when it is not The Scan Window The Control Area The Frame Size Menu 9000 ED 8000 ED Only When scanning medium tormat 120 220 2 or Brownie film using the FH 869S or optional FH 869G film holder select the frame size from the options below with other holders the appro priate frame size is selected automati cally The maximum length of the film strip that can be scanned in these hold ers depends on the frame size ebe45lcm vy 6x45 cm 6x6fem 6 x 7 icm 6 x 8 icm F Frame size P Maximum length O asem Fourfames O 6x6 em 6x7 cm Two frames The Preferences Button The Help Button Clicking the Prefs preferences 2fslibratedHuh F Clicking the Help button displays 2fslibraredBhah F button displays the Preferences the Nikon Scan help dialog dialog 77 Preferences A E Nikon Scan Help Category a cy A Preview Gamma Show Back Forward Home Color Management File Locations Automatic Actions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings ae SCANNER FILM HOLDER FILMTYPE SOFTWARE Welcome to the Nikon Help System Click on a topic in the title bar above for more information Cancel Help Nikon Scan Help dialog Preferences dialog Yusing Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application The Preferences dialog can also be opened by selecting Pref
101. lete settings created using the Save Digital ICE Advanced Settings option A dialog will be dis Settings played where the settings to be deleted can be selected by name Save Digital ICE Advanced Settings Import Digital ICE Advanced ah Import settings created using the Export Digital ICE Settings option Settings Export Digital ICE Advanced Export current settings to a file in a location of your choice Digital ICE Advanced settings files have the Settings extension nla Reset to Default Digital ICE a l l l 3 Turn off all Digital ICE Advanced functions and restore all sliders to default settings Advanced Settings Reset to User Digital ICE Restore the default Digital ICE Advanced settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan Advanced Settings window settings menu 2 17 The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced Analog Gain The Analog Gain palette is used to adjust color by modity ing exposure for the colored elements in the scanner s light source Gain Is measured in Exposure Values EVs the same unit used for measuring exposure compensation on many cameras _y Analog Gain Analog Gain Analog gain sliders and text boxes Help Redraw button ZAThe Analog Gain Palette The Analog Gain palette is only available when the scan window is active cYExposure Values Exposure Values are a meas
102. ma Color Management File Locations Single Scar Batch Scan Default file format jee Automatic Actions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings Macintosh Preferences Gamma Color Management Scratch Disks Single Scan Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Advanced Colar Preview Settings Grid Settings Default file format TIFF Hid Compression level No Compression vi Use alternate creator code Nikon Scan 4 i Choose Application S Preferences File Saving Choosing a Default File Format and Creator Default file format Compression level Use alternate creator code Macintosh only Description Select the default file format from NEF TIFF TIFF CMYK JPEG BMP Windows only and PICT Ma cintosh only Select Last used to choose the for mat most recently used to save images when Nikon Scan was used as a Stand alone application If the selected file format supports compression the amount of compression can be selected from this menu If this option is selected a new creator application can be chosen by clicking the Choose Applica tion button and navigating to the desired appli cation This option is not available in the Windows version of Nikon Scan Automatic Actions I Preview Area Options The Automatic Actions category controls the actions per P Description formed when media are inserted in the scanner or the focus If Si
103. mmended when scanning Kodachrome film with the 8000 ED 4000 ED or COOLSCAN IV ED When scanning Koda chrome film with the 9000 ED 5000 ED or COOLSCAN V ED select Kodachrome in the film type menu Depending on the frame scanned blurring or localized loss of detail may occasionally result when Koda chrome film is scanned with the 5000 ED or COOLSCAN V ED kL Pe 62 Digital ROC Restoring Faded Colors Digital ROC Reconstruction of Color digitally restores colors lost through fading of the original film To use Digital ROC select Enable Post Processing and choose a value for color reconstruction using the Digital ROC slider or by entering a value between O Digital ROC off and 10 maximum effect in the text box to its right The default setting is 5 _y Digital ICE4 Advanced Enable Digital ICE On Normal Enable Post A _ Processing F Erabi Post Processing check box Digital ROC 4 Digital ROC Hbf feslider and f pfs text box Digital GEM 4 The Tool Chest Digital ICE Advanced To preview the image at the new settings click the Redraw button If the desired results are not achieved adjust set tings and click the Redraw button again WAscanning and Preview Times Scanning and preview times will increase when Digital ROC is enabled To reduce scanning and preview times remove the check from the En able Post Processing check box ZA Monochrome Film Grayscal
104. n match the white point to a pixel in the brightest area of the image containing details important to the final image While direct sampling can be used with any channel it is most effective when used with the master curve When the master curve is selected sampling will set the white or black point for red green and blue curves si multaneously the master curve itself is unaffected Y Setting the White or Black Point for the Current Channel By default sampling sets the white point or black point for all channels and displays the master curve To set the white point or black point for the current channel only press the Ctrl key Windows or option key Macintosh while clicking the Al or p button To modify brightness and contrast without affecting color balance select the master channel and press Ctrl Windows or option Macintosh while clicking the a or button The Tool Chest Curves To sample the white point click the button When the cursor is moved over the active image it will take the shape of an eyedropper Move the cursor over the image to find the pixel that you want to use to set the white point keeping an eye on pixel level display in the Information palette to identity pixels with high input values With the cursor over the target pixel click the mouse button The input value for the selected pixel will be used as the input value for the white point The image will automatically be altered to re fle
105. n the final output image after changes to curves click the W button Click the but ton again to view the input tone distribution Asixteen Bit Images The histogram uses eight bit precision with the result that spikes may be visible in the histogram when previewing images at a bit depth of sixteen bits Sixteen bit precision is however used when the image is scanned kL 42 Step 2 Channel Selection The channel menu is used to select compo nents of the current color model for editing Select the master curve to modify tones for all channels in the image In the RGB color model the red green and blue curves can be moditied separately The histogram shows tone levels for the selected channel only RGB When the master curve is selected the auto contrast but ton and white point and black point eyedropper tools apply simultaneously to all of the red green and blue curves the master curve is unaffected When one of the red green and blue curves is selected these controls can be used to edit only the selected curve CY Channel Selection Shortcuts The current channel can also be selected using the following shortcuts e Ctrl Windows 6 Macintosh Master channel RGB e Ctrl 1 Windows 6 1 Macintosh Red channel RGB e Ctrl 2 Windows 6 2 Macintosh Green channel RGB e Ctrl 3 Windows d6 3 Macintosh Blue channel RGB The Tool Chest Curves Step 3 Setting White and Black Poin
106. nd contrast in specific portions of the tone range Adding New Points to the Curve Move the cursor to the desired location in the curve edit display and click A new point will be added at this position and the curve will automatically be adjusted to pass through this point Points can be repositioned by dragging them to new locations in the curve edit display Steepening a section of the curve will enhance contrast in that portion of the tone range while changing the curve to map input to higher or lower output levels will brighten or darken tones in the af fected portion of the tone range The image in the active window will automatically be adjusted to reflect changes to the curve Removing Points from the Curve Points can be removed from the curve by dragging them out of the curve window Resetting the Curves to Linear The default linear curve for the current channel can be re stored by clicking the 4 button in the Curves palette To reset all curves to linear click the t button Zr lt gt 4 The Curves Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the Curves palette displays the curves settings menu iy Curves x Copy to Clipboard RGE Save Curve Settings 255 Delete Curve Settings Import Curve Settings Export Curve Settings Reset To Default Curve Settings Reset To User Curve Settings Iw Te la ls lE d Option P Description i Copy current c
107. ndow are identified below Click the links for more information Thumbnail drawer tab 23 Title bar Click to display the thumbnail area where multiple Shows the scanner currently frames can be selected for preview or scanning connected Control area J 13 Contains frequently used scan Sec F ning and preview controls Stiba Ge F Information panel J 25 ASEC IGLE i Digital GEM Heutral Lists information on current Digtal icE Oi settings Santuai A EAE Bit Depth 8 Preview button 2 26 Click to view selected frames in the preview area Scan button 2 28 Click to scan the selected frames _ The Scan Window q Preview area 2 27 Preview images before scan ning Interactive help Windows only Displays a brief tip about the control under the cursor Perform a preview scan and place the image into the Preview Area Interactive help text and tool tip for the Preview button 12 irae i fx gg A _ _ Fr No Ff 5A al a Lr AM Ya Ve Bee 0 A i ay 4 f i wi VU a 2 eee mr 7 E E PN g j ICdf VVINAOVI The scan window control area contains trequently used preview and scan controls Click the links below for more informa tion about the buttons and menus in the control area F fegicolor F Fed5icml F Calibrated AGE Y H BESE File Size 172 AnalogG ain Neutral Digital ROC Neutral Digital GEM Neutral Digital ICE Off Digital DEE Neu
108. ngle image adaptor is selected the scanner point is adjusted using the focus tool in the Layout Tools will automatically perform a preview when a slide is palette inserted in the MA 21 MA 20 S slide mount adapt er or the optional SF 210 SF 200 S slide feeder If Multiple image adaptor is checked the scanner will automatically perform a preview using user de ae i fault settings when film is inserted in a multi frame File Locations Bado e inset adapter if no user defaults are defined factory de eee fares nde R faults will be used This option is not available when Preview when film is inserted Preferences Category se These actions are not eee one Bg eae supported by the the 9000 ED or 8000 ED is connected BHALA ACUUT E Advanced Color Thumbnail when film iz inserted SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED 3000 ED lf Ten or fewer thumbnails is selected the scan ner will automatically generate thumbnails when APS or strip film with ten or fewer frames is inserted in a multi frame adapter If More than ten thumbnails is checked the scanner will automatically generate thumbnails when film is inserted in the SA 30 or IA 20 S This option is not available when the 9000 ED or 8000 ED is connected If this option is select the scanner will automatical Perform auto ly perform an autofocus operation when the focus focus when point is changed using the focus tool in the Layout focus point is
109. not take effect until Nikon Scan i quit and relaunched Cancel Help eY CIVIY K Images can not be scanned in CMYK If CMYK data are required con vert images to CMYK before saving them to disk Note that images can only be saved in CMYK if Nikon CMS is on Nikon CMS is on by default Preferences Nikon Color Management Use factory default CMYK profile default Nikon Scan is supplied with a default CMYK profile the SWOP color library for use when no other profile is avail able This profile is used when Use factory default CMYK profile is selected Use custom profile Use this option to select a profile supplied by the company that manufactured your printer When this option is selected the Choose Custom Profile button will be active Click ing this button displays a standard open tile dialog navigate to the disk and folder containing the manufacturer s profile The path to the selected profile will appear in the text box below the Use custom CMYK profile radio button RGB Profiles Provided with Nikon Scan Windows Profiles Gamma 2 2 SRGB This RGB profile is used in the majority of Windows mon itors It closely resembles the RGB commonly used in color television and is also used in the digital television broad casting system that is on its way to becoming the industry Standard in the United States of America Software and hardware manufacturers use it as a default color profile and guarantee operation
110. obe RGB 1988 CIE RGB A video color space profile established by the CIE While it boasts a fairly wide gamut It suffers from the drawback that the area devoted to the reproduction of cyan is relatively small The corresponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 is CIE RGB Wide Gamut RGB This color space profile designed by Adobe incorporates most of the visible colors This however has the consequence that most of the colors it can express can not be reproduced on standard monitors and printers The corresponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 Is Wide Gamut RGB ES G 88 Wide Gamut RGB compensated Nikon scanners can scan some colors that cannot be ex pressed using the Wide Gamut RGB color space profile The compensated Wide Gamut RGB profile redefines Wide Gamut RGB to include all the colors that can be output trom the scanner Because many of the colors that can not be ex pressed in Wide Gamut RGB occur in the blue portion of the gamut the level of detail in the blue area has been greatly increased because the gamut has been expanded in a non linear fashion to incorporate just those colors that could not otherwise be expressed it can not be represented in chro maticity diagrams using a standard RGB triangle As is the case with Wide Gamut RGB most of the colors defined in this profile can not be reproduced on monitors and print ers It is output to the host application as Wide Gamut RGB When scanning image
111. olor space These data are stored in memory so that the color model can be changed without performing another preview Any changes made using the color enhancement and Unsharp Mask tools also apply to these data When the image Is displayed in the preview win dow the monitor profile is used to ensure that the preview image Is as true as possible to the data in memory Preview Before preview When the Scan button is clicked to perform the final scan the scan data are processed according to the selected color Space profile and any changes that were made using the color enhancement and Unsharp Mask tools in the scan window The data are then transterred to the host appli cation Where possible the color space profile is transferred to the host application together with the image data The TWAIN interface used in Windows however does not allow profiles to be passed to another application with the result that under Windows the profile is only transferred to the host when Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application note that profile information is lost when the image is saved in a format such as BMP that does not allow the profile to be recorded When images are displayed in image windows in Nikon Scan the monitor profile ensures that the image on the screen reflects the original as closely as possible Scanner Extras Digital ICE Advanced Scan Image Enhancer Analog Gain Preview New color Space profile F
112. om the resolution units menu and en ter the desired value for resolution or select a resolution for a specific output device from the Custom button menu 4 Adjust the size and location of the crop The crop will be maintained at the height width ratio specified in Step 2 and the value for scale will automatically be adjusted ac cording to the size of the crop ZA Keep This Output Size Keep this Output size fixes the physical dimensions of the image when output on a printer on monitor When Pixels is selected in the output units menu adjusting resolution will cause the values shown in the out put size text boxes to change The physical dimensions of the image when output on a printer on monitor will however remain constant kL 38 Keep this File Size ZFile Size When Keep this File Size is selected the file size will not The file size listed in the Crop palette does not reflect file headers change when the crop is resized or new values are entered for output size or resolution Choose this option to specity the exact file size of the final image or to keep Tile sizes to a minimum for storage or electronic distribution 1 Select Keep this File Size 2 Choose an option from the file size units menu and enter the desired value for File size 3 Drag the mouse in the preview area of the scan window to select the crop Output size scale and resolution will be adjusted automatically The Tool Chest
113. onitor Tool Palette 1 Tool palettes A list of Tool Chests is displayed at the end of the View menu Select to display or hide Tool Chests Zoom In Zoom in on the image in the active window Zoom Out Zoom out trom the image in the active window Hand Cursor Select the hand cursor Selection Cursor Select the crop cursor Zoom Cursor Select the zoom cursor Focus Cursor Select the cursor used to choose the focus point Show Grid Display or hide the layout grid in the active window Image Windows Menu Commands Image Color Space Transform gt Settings gt v Settings Section Color Space Color Space 8 Bit Grayscale 16 Bit Grayscale V 24 Bit RGB 48 Bit RGB Convert the image in the active window to a new color space and bit depth Transform Rotate CW Rotate CCW Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Both Axes Rotate or flip the image in the ac tive window Settings Overall Settings User Settings Crop Settings Curve Settings Color Balance Settings LCH Settings Digital ICE4 Advanced Settings Unsharp Mask Settings vvvvvyvyr vy Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Last Saved Settings Copy save load delete or reset settings for all tool palettes or for selected tool palettes Settings Section Display the settings section for the active window 122 Macintosh Mac OS xX Scanner displ
114. or another application If this item is checked the default setting scanning will stop when minor errors are encountered If it is not Sopen checked scanning will only stop when all the selected im Gample IMGOOT ti errors ages have been scanned film jams in the scanner or a hardware error occurs File Saving Directory After batch scan C Documents and Settings UserMy Docume File Format TIFF k Compression Level Cancel Description When this item is checked the scan window automati Close cally closes after scanning Holders are automatically window ejected from the 9000 ED 8000 ED and film is automati and eject Cally ejected from the SA 21 IA 20 S SA 30 5000 ED film 4000 ED and SF 210 SF 200 S 5000 ED 4000 ED The default setting Is off Preferences Batch Scan amp 97 The File Saving Options dialog contains the following File Naming Files saved during a batch scan are assigned names consisting of a pretix a file number of trom one to six digits assigned in ascending order trom a user specified starting point and a suffix The options in the File Naming area control the prefix file number and suffix P Option Description Enter a prefix of up to 65 characters Enter a suffix of up to 65 characters Number Say of Digits Specify the number of digits in the file number Starting File numbers are assigned in ascending order starting from Index
115. or preview on film of the affected type positive or negative The Scan Window The Control Area The Zoom Buttons Click the 8 button to zoom in on the current crop enlarging it to fill the preview area If a smaller se lection is made within the original crop clicking the button will zoom the new selection in to Till the preview area To zoom out to the previous view click the button WAPreview Image Quality Nikon SUPER COOLSCA The image in the preview area may seem rough and uneven at high zoom ratios This can be cured by clicking the Preview button to pre view the image at the new zoom ratio kL Pe 16 The Settings Menu The settings menu can be used to Save and export the following set tings and recall them as desired e the current scanner film type color model and the location and dimensions of the current crop e all settings in effect in the Tool Chest including image orienta tion curves color balance LCH Editor Unsharp Mask and Digi tal ICE Advanced settings Save Settings Set User Settings Export Settings Import Settings Delete Settings Clear User Settings Reset to Factory Defaults Reset to User Settings Last Saved Settings Setting The Scan Window The Control Area Tool Palette Settings Menus The settings for the Crop Curves Color Balance LCH Editor Unsharp Mask and Digital ICE Advanced
116. orary storage or virtual memory while Nikon Scan is in operation It is recommended that only disks with a high data transfer rate such as hard disks be selected for temporary storage Windows The folder currently selected for temporary storage Is shown under Folder for Temporary Data To choose a different location click Change Location and navigate to the de sired drive and folder Preferences Category Folder for Temporary Data C Documents and Settings UsersLocal Settings T emp hikon Change Location Waring Changes made to the Folder for Temporary Data will not take effect until Mikon Scan is quit and relaunched Single Scan Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Grid Settings Preferences File Locations Scratch Disks Choosing a Location for Temporary Storage Macintosh The volume used for temporary storage can be chosen from the Scratch disk menu The amount of space available on the selected disk is shown under the menu Preferences Gamma Color Management Scratch Disks Single Scan Batch Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Advanced Color Preview Settings Grid Settings Scratch disk Macintosh HD he 53 9 Gbytes disk space available Warning Changes made to the scratch disk location will nat take effect until Nikon Scan is quit and relaunched WA Changes to File Locations Scratch Disks Settings Changes to File Locations and
117. ors tor example is 96 ppi The greater the density of dots or pixels the higher the resolution and the greater Resolution the capacity to express detail Resolution is hence the digital equivalent of film resolving power Computer monitors typically have a resolution of 72 ppi 90 ppi or 96 ppi while printers may have resolutions of 300 dpi 600 dpi 1200 dpi or 2400 dpi See also ppcm ppi Appendices Appendix B lt amp La Le 136 Term Definition An additive color model commonly used in monitors in which light emitted in three primary colors Red Green and Blue is ne combined to create a wide variety of colors White is modeled by mixing 100 of all three colors Scale The output size of an image as a percentage of the input size At a scale of 50 images are output at half their original size The limit up to which Unsharp Mask will be applied While it is generally the case that the higher the threshold the greater the amount of sharpening applied the exact effect depends on other Unsharp Mask settings such as halo width See also Halo width Unsharp Mask Threshold A small preview image the digital equivalent of a photographic film contact sheet If the current adapter can read multiple frames thumbnails will be displayed in the scan windows thumbnail drawer Thumbnail Tagged Image File Format an image file format for color or grayscale images suited to storing bit mapped images such as digital p
118. osh version of again in Nikon Scan these settings will be loaded into the Windows Nikon Scan and does not support CMYK sixteen bit gray Tool Chest and applied to the image This allows settings to only scale or sixteen bit RGB be adjusted without affecting the original image the origi nal image is the image acquired from the scanner modi PICT tied according to the settings in effect in the scan window Macintosh at the time image was scanned Note that Nikon Capture only does not support NEF images created in Nikon Scan PICT can be viewed on most Macintosh computers and supports JPEG compression This format is not available in the Windows version of Nikon Scan and does not support CMYK sixteen bit grayscale or sixteen bit RGB JPEG is a good choice for images that will be output at low resolution or distributed in electronic form Images can be compressed allowing more images to be saved in the same amount of disk space Note however that JPEG compression results in loss of information that can not afterwards be re stored This format is not available when saving CMYK im ages or images with a bit depth of sixteen bits per channel Image Windows Saving Images q l 109 e choosing a Compression Ratio JPEG and PICT images can be compressed using JPEG compression in which images are divided into blocks eight pixels on a side and detail within each block selectively reduced Although raising th
119. output The LCH Editor Palette The LCH Editor palette can be used in both the scan window and in image windows WThe Apply Button Changes to the LCH Editor only apply when the button at the top left corner of the LCH Editor palette is checked When this button is checked changes to settings will be reflected in the image in the active window The box can be checked and unchecked for a quick before and after comparison to determine whether changes to settings are having the desired effect The Tool Chest The LCH Editor Editing Colors The hue editor features unique controls for unparalleled flex ibility when editing colors Using this tool a specific range of input colors can be mapped to another range of output colors This allows all the reds in the image for example to be made more orange or even green or blue The desired editor is selected from the menu at the top of the LCH Editor palette Apply button fv cr editor Editor menu VZANikon Color Management J 78 The LCH Editor is only available when the Nikon Color Management Sys tem CMS is on If Nikon CMS is off the tools in the LCH Editor pal ette will be disabled To use the LCH Editor with a color space that has the same gamut as uncalibrated RGB data obtained directly from the scanner turn CMS on and select the Scanner RGB color space profile kL 56 The Lightness Editor Although it aff
120. p Adjust printer settings 1 Image tif Recent files Exit Recent files are listed in the order opened Choose a file to open it Open Twain Source in an image window Open the scan window Exit Open ae Exit Nikon Scan Open an image file Close Close the active window Save Save the image in the active win dow Save As Save the image in the active win dow under a new name Image Windows Menu Commands Edit Undo Chrl 2 Cut krls Copy Chrl 0 Copy Settings Copy All Settings Paste Ctrl Clear Delete Preferences Ctrl k Undo Undo the preceding operation Cut The Ctrl X shortcut can be used in dialogs to cut selected text to the clipboard The menu command itself can not be used Copy The Ctrl C shortcut can be used in dialogs to copy selected text to the clipboard The menu command it self can not be used Index to Menu Options Copy Settings Copy to the clipboard selected Tool Chest settings for the image in the active window A dialog will be displayed where the desired settings can be selected Copy All Settings Copy to the clipboard all Tool Chest settings for the image in the active window Paste Paste the contents of the clipboard to the Tool Chest The Ctrl V shortcut can be used to paste text in a dialog Clear Delete the contents of the current text box Preferences Display the Preferences dialog 118 Windows
121. points that exclude a certain percentage of the brightest and darkest pixels in the image steepening curves for enhanced contrast the exact percent age of pixels excluded can be specified in the Preferences dialog By default 0 5 of the brightest and darkest pixels are excluded producing a curve that makes optimal use of the output tone range while preserving details in shadows and highlights The Tool Chest Curves To perform an auto contrast operation click the but ton The white and black points for each of the red green and blue channels will be moditied simultaneously and the master curve will be displayed in the Curves palette the master curve itself is unaffected by this operation Clicking the button with the Ctrl Windows or option Macintosh key held down adjusts contrast only for the channel currently selected in the channel menu To modify brightness and contrast without affecting color balance select the master channel and click the button while pressing Ctrl Windows or option Macintosh 44 White Point and Black Point Sliders The white point and black point sliders can be used to match the white and black points to the histogram displayed in the curve edit display While these sliders can be used to edit curves for any channel the best results are usually obtained when they are used to modify the master curve v Curves RGE 7 2 4 l White point
122. printer or color profile No gamut can reproduce all of the colors seen by the human eye The gamut of primary RGB Red Green and Blue transmitted light displays film transparencies and color monitors is very different from and comple mentary to the gamut of secondary CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow and black reflected light displays printed materials See also CMYK Profile RGB Gray point Controls the output level for mid tones in the original image See also Tone Tone curve A color model reproduces image data in shades of gray Eight bit grayscale supports 256 shades sixteen bit grayscale 65 526 Shades See also Bit depth The extent of pixels around a selected central pixel affected when Unsharp Mask is applied Also referred to as radius In creasing the halo width increases the width of edges affected by Unsharp Mask Excessive application of Unsharp Mask results in an undesirable halo along edges in the image See also Unsharp Mask Gamut Grayscale Halo width A bar graph showing the distribution of tones or chroma in an image The horizontal axis shows tone level brightness or chro ma the vertical axis the number of pixels The bars in the graph show the number of pixels of a given brightness or chroma in the image The histograms displayed in the Curves and LCH Editor palettes shows the distribution for the selected chan nel and can be used for reference when editing curves See also Tone Tone cu
123. quired to achieve the same degree of appar ent sharpness Before applying a mask scale the image to the desired size and resolution ZANikon Color Management 78 Unsharp Mask is only available when the Nikon Color Management Sys tem CMS is on If Nikon CMS is off the tools in the Unsharp Mask palette will be disabled D gt Creating Unsharp Masks Step 1 Select a Color Select a color from the color menu Masks apply only to edges where the selected color predominates To create a mask that applies to all colors select All a Red Green Blue Cyan Magenta F 4 E i E Yellow 1 eh a Step 2 Set Intensity Halo Width and Threshold Use the sliders or enter values directly in the text boxes to their right Intensity The amount the contrast of edges will be increased The size of the area that will be affected The greater the halo width the wider edges will appear Too large a value for halo width will produce a halo along edges in the image The limit at which sharpening will be applied If the threshold is zero sharpening will apply to all pixels in the image Increasing the threshold increases the amount of contrast that must be present between pixels before the mask will be applied with the result that only more dis tinctly contrasting edges will be affected Threshold The Tool Chest Unsharp Mask Step 3 Check the Results To compare the effec
124. rames to be scanned can be selected from the ZIETIE thumbnail drawer Click the thumbnail drawer tab to open the thumbnail drawer By default frames are listed by number to display the frames as small thumbnail previews click the Thumbnail Tena enne button Frames can be selected for preview or scanning by drawer tab ns clicking the associated frame number or thumbnail To select aldeta bide thombnaiis multiple frames for a batch scan click each frame while press _ as Click to close Ut Nikon SUPER COOLSC N 5000 ED 1 00 USB UO il num r pp umbers SSettngs WV ing the Ctrl Windows or command Macintosh key or press thumbnail the shift key and click two images to select these images and all i drawer frames between them m rag to resize B thumbnail Selected thumbnail drawer Film Holders and Adapters That Do Not Support Thumbnail Previews The following film holders and adapters do not support thumbnail previews MA 21 MA 20 S 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED SF 210 SF 200 S available separately for the 5000 ED and 4000 ED and FH 869GR available separately for the 9000 ED and 8000 ED The thumbnail drawer tab is not displayed when these adapters and holders are inserted in the scanner e Batch Scans A Batch scans are supported with the following film holders and adapters 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED SA 21 IA 20 S available separa
125. rent win dow to create a new Tool Chest containing only the selected palette Tool Palette 1 Layout Tools Layout Tools Palette Layout Tools a CE4 Advanced Teer Image Enhancer Dene Extras Tools can be added to the new window by dragging ad ditional palettes into the window The new window will be added to the tools menu in the scan window If you close the new window by clicking the window close box you can open it again by selecting the desired Tool Chest trom the tools menu Layout fools The Layout Tools palette contains tools for making selec tions and adjusting focus in the scan window It can also be used to flip and rotate images both before and after scan ning and to navigate images displayed in image windows x Layout Tools Show grid palette differ de pending on whether the active window is the scan window or an image window The tools available in the Layout Tools F Tool Scan window Image window facuse o o Afoa v f e femen o oS efom e S oS fp e f S At T The Tool Chest Layout Tools Setting up Scans and Orienting Images 4 The Hand Cursor Image Windows Only When Nikon Scan is used as a Stand alone application the Hand Cursor tool can be used to scroll images that have been opened in image windows after scanning It can not be used in the scan window or a third party host application 3 The
126. rizontal X and vertical Y distance of cursor from top left Y corner of image Color values for point under cursor If selected color model is grayscale only one channel Luminosity or brightness is shown If selected color is model RGB separate values are shown for Red Green and Blue channels If image has been modified two values will be shown for each channel giving color before and after processing Size of area sampled to de termine color value can be changed using Sample point size option in Advanced Color category of the Preferences dialog 102 L Coordinates of Top Left corner of crop Fa Height and Width of crop Crop The Crop palette is used to specify the dimensions and resolution at which the current crop will be scanned Crop input size size of area a ee H 3 488 Pixels scanned f Keep this Output Size we 1 15 H 0 87 Inches Output M Keep this File Size size File size 45 8 MBytes gt Output Scale q i 100 z Scale resolution Custom Custom Ql iio WAThe Crop Palette The Crop palette is only available when the scan window is active The Tool Chest Crop Output Size and Resolution Three options are available for choosing output size and resolution Select an option according to how the image will be used Keep this Crop 2 38 Adjust output dimensions file size and resolution without changing the crop s
127. rve Histogram The International Color Consortium an international organization working to develop standards for color management and color management profiles ICC profiles were developed for the conversion of color space information between devices and ICC are now on their way to becoming a global standard ICC profiles have been proposed as an International Organization for Standardization ISO standard See also Profile Appendices Appendix B 4 A 135 Definition A high speed transfer protocol developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for connecting peripherals such as hard disks MO drives and digital cameras to a computer via a cable A standard graphic format designed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group Images are compressed using a discrete cosine transform that takes advantage of the properties of human vision which is more sensitive to light in the lower wavelengths to increase quantization at lower frequencies JPEG compression is lossy meaning that information is lost when images are compressed leading to a drop in image quality A lossless compression option is also supported in some implementations JPEG images can be compressed to as much as 100 1 though quality will be significantly reduced At a compression ratio of 20 1 image quality is not noticeably diminished Nikon Electronic Image Format an image Tile format developed by Nikon to support high resolution image da
128. s into Photoshop 5 0 using this profile set the Photoshop RGB profile to Wide Gamut RGB Preferences Nikon Color Management Scanner RGB This profile replicates the color space achieved when scanning with Nikon CMS off Its main purpose is to allow the LCH editor and Unsharp Mask tools which are not available when Nikon CMS is off to be used to edit the colors produced by the scanner In order to produce the effect achieved by turn ing Nikon CMS off the monitor profile is not used nor is an ICC profile included with the image when it is opened in the host application Macintosh Profiles Gamma 1 8 Apple RGB This profile is used in desk top publishing applications and in Adobe Photoshop versions 4 0 or earlier and is the typical RGB profile for Macintosh monitors The corresponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 is Apple RGB This profile is suit able for working with images displayed on the Macintosh ColorMatch RGB The ColorMatch profile is native to Radius PressView mon itors It has a wider gamut than Apple RGB with a particu larly wide area devoted to the reproduction of blues The corresponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 is Color Match RGB Preferences Nikon Color Management Apple RGB compensated This profile defines tristimulus red green and blue chroma ticity as the intersection of the curve that marks the limits of the visible gamut with lines drawn trom the Apple RGB white po
129. s selected for the color model the Color Balance palette contains only brightness and contrast sliders Apply button fj Jato Balance eJ The Color Balance Palette The Color Balance palette can be used in both the scan window and in image windows sWThe Apply Button Changes to color balance only apply when the button at the top left corner of the Color Balance palette is checked When this button Is checked changes to color balance will be reflected in the image in the active window The box can be checked and unchecked for a quick be fore and after comparison to determine whether changes to settings are having the desired effect The Tool Chest Color Balance Adjusting Overall Color Contrast and Brightness Brightness Contrast Color balance Red Green Blue Description The brightness slider adjusts brightness for the entire im age Dragging the brightness slider in the direction brightens the image while dragging the slider in the direction darkens the image A value for brightness be tween 100 and 100 can be entered directly in the text box to the right of the slider Dragging the contrast slider in the direction height ens the difference between highlights and shadows in the image increasing contrast Dragging the slider in the direction decreases the difference between light and dark portions of the image lowering contra
130. s the color and spac f Option Description ing of the grid displayed over the image in the active window Choose the grid color when Show grid is selected in the Layout Tools palette Display grid Enter the spacing for the layout grid Units can be se line every lected from the menu to the right of the text box Preferences Rene Display n Enter the number of subdivisions into which each grid Gamma Color Black subdivisions cell will be divided The main grid appears as solid per line lines the subdivisions as broken lines Color Management File Locations Display grid line every i 00 Inches Single Scar com 7 Balch Sean Dike sw CIN cubicle ops fine If this item is selected a layout grid will automati Aisle Penaia Show grid cally be displayed in the preview area If Nikon Scan Advanced Color fornew lis used as a Stand alone application a layout grid review Settings owe windows Will also be displayed on images newly opened in im age windows Cancel Help Preferences Grid Settings _ 105 Using Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application This chapter describes the operations that can be performed in image windows when Nikon Scan is used as a stand alone application Click the links tor more information Macintosh Menu bar Toolbar H se sog HE Image window ra Nikon Scan serves as a TWAIN source or acquire plug in for a third party
131. selecting the desired settings by name Delete settings created using the Save Unsharp Mask Settings option A dialog will be dis played where the settings to be deleted can be selected by name Import Unsharp Mask Settings Import settings created using the Export Unsharp Mask Settings option Export current settings to a file in a location of your choice Unsharp Mask settings files have the Delete Unsharp Mask Settings Export Unsharp Mask Settings E a Reset to Default Unsharp Mask Settings Delete all masks in the Unsharp Mask list Restore the default Unsharp Mask settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan Reset to User Unsharp Mask Settings window settings menu 17 The Tool Chest Unsharp Mask The LCH Editor ss The LCH Editor models color using three components Light ness brightness Chroma color saturation or vividness and Hue Each component has its own edit display Lu minosity and chroma are represented by curves which can be edited in much the same way as the tone curves in the Curves palette Steepening the luminosity curve increases the difference between bright and dark portions of the image increasing contrast Steepening the chroma curve increases color saturation making colors more vivid Both editors feature histograms auto contrast and white black and gray point sliders Output sliders are also available to edit the maximum and minimum values for
132. settings in each tool palette will be reset to the values in effect when the image was saved 108 Saving mages a Supported File Formats To save the image in the active window under a new name era Description choose Save As from the File menu A Save As dialog Use TIFF when saving images for high quality output or will be displayed after navigating to the desired location editing Images scanned at a bit depth of twelve or more enter a file name and choose a file type Click Save to save twelve fourteen or sixteen bits will be saved as sixteen the image bit TIFF images scanned at a bit depth of eight bits as eight bit TIFF Although the lack of compression will result Choosing a File Type in larger files a high level of image quality will be main Nikon Scan supports the following formats tained TIFF is supported in a wide variety of applications on both Windows and Macintosh platforms rr vr eee Format Description As above except that the image Is converted to the CMYK Changes to settings in the Tool Chest are not directly ap color model when saved This option is available only plied to images saved in NEF Nikon Electronic Image For when Nikon CMS is on Nikon CMS is on by default mat Instead information about settings is saved separate Most Windows users will be able to view files of this type ly in the same file as the image When the image is opened BMP This format is not available in the Macint
133. sharp Mask Palette The Unsharp Mask palette can be used in both the scan window and in image windows WW The Apply Button Changes to Unsharp Mask only apply when the button at the top left corner of the Unsharp Mask palette is checked When this button Is checked changes to settings will be reflected in the image in the active window The box can be checked and unchecked for a quick before and atfter comparison to determine whether changes to settings are having the desired effect The Tool Chest Unsharp Mask Increasing Sharpness Unsharp Mask can be applied to all the colors in the image or selectively to areas of the image in which red green blue cyan magenta or yellow predominate as determined by the color values for each pixel The brightness luminosity of the affected pixels is adjusted to sharpen edges without affect ing color balance The controls in the Unsharp Mask palette can be used to create multiple masks one for each color or for all colors YUnsharp Mask Unsharp Mask sharpens edges without affecting color balance by ad justing only luminosity brightness The effect is the same as perform ing Unsharp Mask with the Luminosity channel selected in the Adobe Photoshop Lab color model Aimage Size and Resolution The amount of Unsharp Mask required depends on the size and resolu tion of the final image The more pixels in the image the greater the amount of Unsharp Mask re
134. sor is moved over the curve edit display the input and output values for the point under the cursor are The first step in adjusting tone levels and shown in the input output display Apply button fv arves z RGB X 2 2 ra o foo fs Input output display The Apply Button Changes to curves only apply when the button at the top left corner of the Curves palette is checked When this button is checked changes to curves will be reflected in the image in the active window The box can be checked and unchecked for a quick before and after compari son to determine whether changes to settings are having the desired effect The Tool Chest Curves Step 1 Viewing the Histogram color balance in the Curves palette is to view the histogram displayed in the background of the curve edit display The histogram provides information on what tones are present in the original image and in what amounts information that is used when setting the black point and white point and editing curves The histogram takes the form of a bar graph The horizontal axis shows the tone level pixel brightness with shadows to the left and highlights to the right The vertical axis gives the number of pixels of each tone level found in the current crop scaled to Tit in the curve edit display note that the histogram does not show the position of pixels within the crop To view the distribution of tones i
135. ssible input intensity is as signed a value of one and the minimum possible intensity no input is assigned a value of zero Output is calculated by raising input to a power that is the inverse of the gamma value output input In practical terms raising the gamma value has the same effect as mov ing the midpoint slider to the left raising mid tone output values and brightening the image while leaving the maximum and minimum values untouched Lowering the gamma value has the same effect as mov ing the midpoint slider to the right lowering mid tone output values and darkening the image The default value for gamma is one which produces a linear curve in which input and output values are the same Gamma can be set to any value between 0 45 and 3 00 The Tool Chest Curves The Gray Point Slider The gray point slider is located at the bottom of the curve edit display Gray point O E zal i jo 1 00 255 slider Input Uutput Gamma value Move the slider to the left to increase the brightness of mid tones in the selected channel or move it to the right to decrease brightness Alternatively you can enter a value for gamma directly in the text box under the slider The ef fects of changes to the gray point can be seen in the active image Sampling the Image for Gray Point The gray point can also be set by direct sampling Regardless of the channel currently selected in the channel menu sam pling s
136. st A value for contrast between 100 and 100 can be entered in the text box to the right of the slider While the brightness slider adjusts brightness for the im age as a whole the three color balance controls allow the user to adjust brightness for each color individually For example dragging the red slider in the direction brightens the red portions of the image making the im age as a whole more red Dragging it in the direc tion dims the red elements in the image bringing out the remaining colors Color balance can also be set by entering values between 100 and 100 directly in the text boxes to the right of the sliders 51 The Color Balance Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the Color Balance palette displays the color balance settings menu ily Color Balance l E tint a ts Copy to Clipboard Brightness 4 0 E E a eommnrmnte eT save color Balance SeN Contrast 4 b E Delete Color Balance Settings Red 4 gt o Import Color Balance Settings econ 4 b 0 Export Color Balance Settings Blue d b 0 Reset To Default Color Balance Settings Reset To User Color Balance Settings Description Copy current color balance settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the Copy to Clipboard Color Balance palette for another window by activating the window and selecting Paste from the Edit menu Save current
137. t to ZOOM out To scroll the image use the image window scroll bars or use the hand cursor to drag the image To view the entire image at the maximum possible zoom ratio select Fit to Screen from the Window menu To view the image at a zoom ratio of 1 1 select Actual Size from the Window menu 112 ColorSpace Printing IMAG CS ccs Selecting a New Color Model and Bit Depth Printing the Image in the Active Window To convert the image in the active window to a new color To print the image in the active window select Print from model and bit depth select one of the following options the File menu In the Windows version of Nikon Scan im from the Image gt Color Space sub menu ages can also be printed by clicking the button in the toolbar Option P Description 8 bit Convert image to eight bit grayscale capable of express Grayscale ing 256 shades of gray 16 bit Convert image to sixteen bit grayscale capable of ex Grayscale pressing 65 536 shades of gray 24 bit Convert image to RGB at a bit depth of eight bits per RGB channel twenty four bit RGB 48 bit Convert image to RGB at a bit depth of sixteen bits per RGB channel forty eight bit RGB PA cConverting Color Images to Grayscale c Print Preview Windows Only If a color image is converted to grayscale and then saved the lost color To preview the image to be printed select Print Preview from the information can not be restored File m
138. t display IN IN ISIN IN le lE The Curves Palette The Curves palette can be used in both the scan window and in im age windows The Tool Chest Curves Fine Tuning Color Contrast and Brightness Input is plotted along the horizontal axis with shadows the dark areas of the image to the left highlights the bright areas of the image to the right and mid tones in between The left end of the axis marks the minimum possible value for colors in the selected channel zero or no color the right end the maximum value In the case of the master curve the minimum value represents areas of the input image that are a true black the maximum value represents areas that are a true white Output is plotted along the vertical axis with the minimum possible output value again zero or no color at the bottom and the maximum output value at the top he v Curves RGB x 255 adows Output eS KX Ns NS S le lE ob A nput ju 1 uU 409 li Output Input The Curve Edit Display Although values for input and output in the Curves palette range from zero to 255 eight bit precision familiar to users of other image editing software the results of any changes to curves are calculated at a preci sion of sixteen bits This allows images scanned at twelve and fourteen bits to be moditied without lowering the quality of the output kL Pe M When the cur
139. t toolbars Select the hand cursor to scroll images Hand Cursor Windows To displ pid deta ner Ttooibari the Vi Choose the selection cursor to select an area in the o display or hi e e toolbar select Toolbar trom the View J oo Cursor active window menu When displayed toolbar can be dragged out of the menu bar to a new position anywhere within the Nikon Scan Select the zoom cursor to zoom images in and out application window where it will float in an independent Zoom Cursor window Rotate the image in the active window counter mJ Rotate 90 CCW clockwise EL eS ONG Ie Rotate the image in the active window clockwise The toolbar contains the following buttons Rotate 90 CW Description Open Nikon Scan help Open an image in Nikon Scan Open Open Twain Open the scan window Save the image in the active window source ave Copy the current selection to the clipboard Print Print the image in the active window Image Windows The Toolbar 4 115 Macintosh Button P Description In the Macintosh version of Nikon Scan each image window Choose the selection cursor to select an area in has its own toolbar Selection Cursor the window R aes O Ce Ll a Select the zoom cursor to the zoom image in and Zoom Cursor Jout The toolbar contains the following buttons P Select the hand cursor to scroll the image Hand Cursor Display a dialog where selected Tool Chest set Copy Set
140. ta In Windows NEF files have the extension nef The advantage of NEF Is that while user settings such as curves and color balance are saved MES they are not applied to the original image data NEF images may thus be edited and saved several times without degrading or altering the original image Digital artifacts or data in an image file that are not a part of the original image The presence of noise is reflected in a loss Mo in image quality Plug in A software module that adds functionality to another application pixels per centimeter a measure of resolution The more pixels per centimeter the higher the resolution See also ppi Reso lution IEEE 1394 JPEG ppcm ppi pixels per inch a measure of resolution The more pixels per inch the higher the resolution See a so ppcm Resolution Settings controlling basic operations performed by a given program adjustable by the user A tile defining the color characteristics of an input device such as a scanner or digital camera an Output device such as a printer Profile or monitor or the color space used for editing images Profiles are used by color management systems to ensure consistent col or reproduction The Nikon Color Management System used in Nikon Scan employs ICC profiles See also Color space ICC The density of dots or pixels that make up an image measured in dots per inch dpi or pixels per inch ppi the resolution of Windows monit
141. te click the Scan button to scan the images into image windows in the host application Images are processed in Nikon Scan Images are processed in the third party application Images are saved from Nikon Scan Images are saved from the third party application Ystarting Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application Windows If a shortcut was created during installation Nikon Scan can be started by double clicking the Nikon Scan icon on the desktop starting Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application Macintosh If Nikon Scan was added to the Dock or an alias was created during installation Nikon Scan can be started by clicking the Nikon Scan icon in the Dock Mac OS X or by double clicking the alias on the desktop Mac OS 9 Calibration 9000 ED 8000 ED When the 9000 ED is turned on the status LED will blink for one to two minutes while the scanner is calibrated Do not start Nikon Scan until the Status LED has stopped blinking In the case of the 8000 ED calibration is not performed until Nikon Scan is started Do not use the controls in the scan window or Tool Chest until the status LED has stopped blinking Read This First Getting Started Ee 8 Starting Nikon Scan as a Stand Alone Application Starting Nikon Scan from a Third Party Application The scan window opens on the desktop and menus for the Selecting Nikon Scan from the application s list of acquire or Nikon Scan application appear in the Nikon Scan
142. tely SA 30 available separately for 5000 ED and 4000 ED SF 210 SF 200 S available separately for 5000 ED and 4000 ED 9000 ED 8000 ED FH 835M FH 835S FH 869S FH 869G available separately FH 869M available separately FH 816 available separately FH 8G1 available separately The Scan Window The Thumbnail Drawer Tab WAhigh Contrast Images Thumbnails may have unusual coloration if the associated image is very high contrast The preview image and final scan are unaffected GArilm Offset Thumbnails generated with the FH 869S FH 869G SA 21 or SA 30 may be slightly out of position Use the Strip Film Offset control in the Scanner Extras palette to adjust thumbnail position WAFrame Count The frame number display for the SA 21 supplied with the 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED and COOLSCAN IV ED always contains six frames regardless of the actual number of frames in the film strip while the frame number display for the SA 30 available separately for the 5000 ED and 4000 ED always contains forty frames The correct number of frames will be displayed when the fim button is clicked to create thumbnail pre views Both the frame number and thumbnail displays for the 9000 ED and 8000 ED contain as many frames as there are apertures in the holder even if some apertures are empty e The Thumbnail Display The thumbnail display is stored in memory until new film is inserted in the scanner The Scan Window
143. th the CMYK and calibrated RGB color models when Nikon CMS is on c Turning Nikon CMs Off In general much better results can be achieved with Nikon CMS on It may however be necessary to turn color management off to e Speed processing If the computer has a slow CPU the processing required for color management may result in longer scan times Try turning color man agement off for reduced scan times e Edit data from the scanner directly Advanced users may want to turn Nikon CMS off to edit uncalibrated RGB data from the scanner gt How Nikon CMS Works When image data are passed from an input device such as a scanner to an output device such as a monitor or printer color management ensures that the image displayed on the output device looks the same as the original To accom plish this task the color management system must have information about the color characteristics of both the input and output devices as well as the color space used for edit ing The files containing this information are called ICC pro files Nikon Scan uses the following three types of profile Input Profiles Inout profiles provide information on the input device i e the Nikon scanner Fixed protiles detailing the color char acteristics of supported Nikon scanners are provided with Nikon Scan An input protile is selected automatically based on the model of scanner used and the type of media pos itive or negative being sc
144. the darkest and brightest pixel in the crop To increase the dynamic range at the expense of detail raise the excluded value Preferences Advanced Color Sample Point Size This setting determines the size of the area sampled for the color value display and the white point gray point and black point tools Sample point size can be set to 1x 1 3x3 or 5x5 pixels When the sample size is set to 3x3 or 5x5 Nikon Scan averages the pixels sampled Choosing a large Sample size reduces precision but also minimizes the effects of noise choosing a small sample size has the opposite ef fects MA digital DEE When inspecting color values to determine the threshold for Digital DEE set the sample point size to 5x5 pixels Note that color values are displayed in the Information palette and information panel when an eyedropper tool is selected be careful not to click the image when determining the threshold for Digital DEE If an eyedropper cursor is selected clicking the image could reshape the active curve 102 Preview Settings Automating Previews The Preview Settings category determines the operations performed automatically when the Preview button is clicked Preferences Category Gamma Settings to be applied to preview Color Management File Locations if Auto focus single scan ff Auto exposure for positive film Batch Scan es File Saving i Auto exposure for negative film Automatic Actions A
145. tings tings can be copied to the clipboard Button Description R Shows the orientation of the image reflecting any Image Orientation flips or rotations Paste settings copied with the 4 button into the Paste settings Tool Chest for the current image an Zoom the image in Zoom In Zoom the image out Zoom Out a Rotate the image counterclockwise Rotate 90 CCW Q Rotate the image clockwise Rotate 90 CW Image Windows The Toolbar E 116 The Status Bar Windows Onl y o o Tool Tips When the cursor is moved over a button or menu a brief The status bar can be hidden or displayed by selecting Sta description of its function appears in the status bar at the tus Bar from the View menu bottom of the application window a Nikon Scan 4 0 File Edit View Image Scanner Tools Window Help Imagel 12 Settings Sector Save the active document Status bar display for the Save button Image Windows tThe Status Bar Windows Only f Nikon Scan 4 0 Fie Edit YER Image Scanner Tools Zoom In Ctrl lt Zoom Cut Ctrl t Selection Cursor Zoom Cursor Hand Cursor Show Grid Chrl 6 Tool Palette 1 117 Windows File Print Open Twain Source Print the image in the active win Open Ctrl a dow Close Print Preview Preview the image to be printed Save Ctrl 5 Save Os Print Ctrl F Print Preview Print Setup Print Setu
146. tral SIE nhancer Meutral Multis ample 1 Bit Depth 6 lt r F control Description O OO O Eject the film or holder Focus the scanner on the point selected with the focus tool Optimize exposure automatically ho Zoom the crop selected in the preview area in or Out Settings ww Save reset and load scan window settings Specify the type of film to be scanned Calbrsted Gp Choose to scan images in color or grayscale 9000 ED 8000 ED only Bs IC Specify the film frame size Open the Preferences dialog View help Display the Tool Chest or progress window VAs J j Pn F La Dran A Anr AEn A or h aa reared 7 TMA LIL ON ia aU g ape UU PIC VULITIUL ATCa The Eject Button The amp eject button ejects film holders or ejects or rewinds film as described below 9000 ED 8000 ED Clicking the amp button ejects film holders from the scanner The Scan Window The Control Area Fs Nikon SUPER COOLSCA 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED The operation performed by the button varies depending on the adapter used J Adapter P Description MA 21 MA 20 S Eject button not available SA 21 Ejects film from adapter IA 20 S available separately Rewinds film SA 30 available separately for _ l 5000 ED and 4000 ED Ejects film from adapter Ejects current slide and feeds a SF 210 SF 200
147. ts The endpoints of the curve are referred to as the white point and the black point The black point for a given channel represents the darkest shade minimum value for that color the white point the brightest shade maximum value By default the input and output values for the black point are zero The darkest shade in the input image may however be greater than zero with the result that a portion of the curve is dedicated to reproducing tones not actually present in the image Increasing the input value for the black point until it matches the darkest shade in the image will Steepen the curve enhancing overall contrast without caus ing a corresponding loss of detail in shadows Similarly if the Original image does not actually contain shades correspond ing to the maximum value the white point can be lowered to match the brightest shade in the image There are two steps to selecting a white point and black point for the final image choosing the white point and black point input levels and selecting output levels White Point and Black Point Input Levels Inout levels tor the white point and black point can be set using any of the following three methods e automatic contrast adjustment e white point and black point sliders e direct sampling using the white point and black point eyedropper tools Automatic Contrast Adjustment In automatic contrast adjustment Nikon Scan automati cally selects white and black
148. ts gamma value and gamut Gamma is a fundamental char acteristic of imaging systems which determines the intensity of the output signal relative to the input in human terms gamma controls the subjective brightness of images through alterations to the output level for mid tones Windows and Macintosh systems process video signals differently and these differences are reflected in the difference in the Standard gamma values for these platforms The default system gamma for Macintosh computers is 1 8 the de facto standard tor Windows systems 2 2 Nikon CMS includes eight RGB profiles with a Windows gamma of 2 2 SRGB Bruce RGB NTSC 1953 Adobe RGB 1988 CIE RGB Wide Gamut RGB compensated Wide Gamut RGB and Scanner RGB and three profiles with a gamma value of 1 8 Apple RGB ColorMatch RGB and compensated Apple RGB for use on the Macintosh When scanning images choose a profile with a gamma value suited to the system on which the image will be edited The CMYK Tab The CMYK sheet is used to select a profile for use with the CMYK color model Preferences Category W Use Nikon Color Management System Monitor RGB CMYK f Use Factory default ChE profile f Use custom CM YE profile Grid Settings Choose Custom Profile When saving TIFF files in CAE the chosen profile will be used to generate the color space and will be embedded in the file Waring Changing the status of the Nikon Color Management System will
149. ts of the Unsharp Mask with the un modified image click the Apply button at the top left corner of the Unsharp Mask palette to turn the effects of Unsharp Mask on or off Step 4 Create Additional Masks Repeat steps 1 3 to create additional masks for different colors New masks will be added to the end of the Unsharp Mask list Masks apply in the order listed To change the order select a mask in the Unsharp Mask list and click 4 to move it up in the list or to move it down To delete a mask select it and click the t button The Unsharp Mask Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the Unsharp Mask palette displays the Unsharp Mask settings menu ily Unsharp Mask I l Copy to Clipboard Save Unsharp Mask Settings Delete Unsharp Mask Settings Import Unsharp Mask Settings Export Unsharp Mask Settings Reset To User Unsharp Mask Settings 4 gt _ 14 gt Em Reset To Default Unsharp Mask Settings 4 pf Option Description Copy current Unsharp Mask settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the Copy to Clipboard Unsharp Mask palette for another window by activating the window and selecting Paste from the Edit menu Save current Unsharp Mask settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to Save Unsharp Mask Settings the end of the Unsharp Mask settings menu where they can be recalled by
150. ttom right corner The straight diagonal line connecting these two points represents the dif ferent shades of purple created by combining red and blue light The colors inside the area enclosed by these lines are created by mixing light of different wavelengths Preferences Nikon Color Management No color profile is capable of expressing the Tull range of col ors visible to the human eye The diagram below compares the gamut of colors visible to the eye with the colors that can be expressed in each of the RGB profiles provided with Nikon CMS The gamut for each profile is contained in the triangle defined by the three points that mark the extremes of red green and blue for that profile red is at the bottom right corner green at the top of the triangle and blue at the bot tom left corner The white point for each profile is shown by the symbol in the center of the triangle y 1 Apple RGB 0 9 Color Match RGB 0 8 NS rr rs sRGB 0o EEANN NTSC 1953 Bruce RGB Adobe RGB 1988 TOP OO Re CIE RGB 0 4 AEE Senne NG E Wide Gamut RGB 0 6 0 5 Human 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 0 9 1 aS A b 91 The following table shows the gamma values for the profiles included with Nikon CMS together with the chromaticity val ues for the white point and for red green and blue White Point Profile Name VEIE SRGB 6500K Des NTSC 1953 Std Illuminant C Bruce RGB
151. um values for out level sliders put Black point a shay Choose the minimum input level Gray point slider Set the gray point gamma value White point Choose the maximum input level Input output Input and output levels for the point under the cursor levels in the curve edit display Click to view the chroma distribution for the final im age Click again to view the input chroma distribu tion Restore the chroma curve to linear Restore all curves in the LCH Editor to linear The Hue Editor The controls for editing hue are unique consisting of a rain bow colored background bisected by a horizontal line which represents the hues colors in the original image input col ors Superimposed on this line is another horizontal line representing the colors in the image after editing output colors Before editing the input line is the same as the output line so that reds in the input are reproduced as reds in the final image By changing the shape of hue curve the user can map input colors to different output colors over a selected portion of the color range To edit the hue curve click once in the edit window to ac tivate the hue editor then click the point on the curve over the hue you want to edit Drag this point up or down until it intersects with the desired output color _y v LCH Editor Hue EO 3 Output slider Width slider o 0 a jT Scale button Input O
152. ure f this item is checked the default setting an auto f If Perform auto focus when film is inserted is selected in the for positive xPosure operation will be performed as necessary Scanner Extras palette an autofocus operation will automatically be film before scanning film positives performed when a slide is inserted in a slide mount adapter 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED COOLSCAN IV ED or when a holder other than the FH 869S or FH 869G is inserted in the 9000 ED or 8000 ED As a result an autofocus operation will not automatically be performed before the image is scanned even if Auto focus is selected for Before scan In the case of the 9000 ED and 8000 ED this applies only to the first frame in the holder an autofocus operation will automatically be performed prior to scanning for all subsequent frames Preferences Single Scan r Aan D 95 Auto exposure f this item is checked the default setting an auto for negative exposure operation will be performed as necessary film before scanning film negatives Batch Scan Scan Settings for Batch Scans The Batch Scan category is used to specity the tasks per formed automatically before during and after batch scans Before batch scan Preferences Category Gamma Color Management File Locations Single Scan File Saving Automatic Actions Grid Settings Before batch scan iv Prompt for this information
153. ure of the quantity of light that falls on the scanning element Charge Coupled Device or CCD At 1EV the CCD is exposed to twice the normal amount of light while at 1 EV the amount of light is halved EVs are sometimes referred to as steps The Tool Chest Analog Gain Controlling the Scanner s Light Source The Analog Gain palette contains the following items Description Adjust exposure for all elements by dragging the slider or by entering a value between 2 00 and 2 00 in the text box to its right Adjust exposure for the red green and blue elements Red Green by dragging the sliders or by entering values between Blue _3 00 and 2 00 in the text boxes to their right Update the preview image to reflect changes to ana Redraw og gain Reset Reset all analog gain sliders to 0 Wsmear Choosing too high a value for exposure may produce smear or other defects in the scanned image cYAnalog Gain The status of analog gain is shown in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to analog gain Scan Image Enhancer 9000 ED 5000 ED COOLSCAN V ED On1 se Automatic Color Brightness and Contrast Adjustment The Scan Image Enhancer automatically adjusts brightness To preview the effects of the Scan Image Enhancer click and color saturation during scanning to produce an image
154. urve settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the Curves palette Copy to Clipboard for another window by activating the window and selecting Paste from the Edit menu Save current curves settings under a user specified name These settings will be added to the end of the EME UE OSL S curves settings menu where they can be recalled by selecting the desired settings by name i Delete settings created using the Save Curve Settings option A dialog will be displayed where the set Delete Curve Settings tings to be deleted can be selected by name Import Curve Settings Import settings created using the Export Curve Settings option Export Curve Settings Export current settings to a file in a location of your choice Curves settings files have the extension ncv Reset to Default Curve Settings Reset all curves to linear Restore the default curves settings created with the Set User Settings option in the scan window settings Reset to User Curve Settings ant gO 17 The Tool Chest Curves Color Balance The Color Balance palette offers simple controls for adjust ing brightness contrast and color balance for the entire im age Unlike the controls in the Curves palette however the Color Balance palette does not allow changes that affect only a portion of the tone range The controls in the Color Balance palette are described op posite Note that when grayscale i
155. utput The Tool Chest The LCH Editor To determine the hue of a specific pixel move the cursor over the image The point corresponding to the hue of the pixel under the cursor will be highlighted on the input line Description Adjust the width of the curve that passes through the selected point increasing or decreasing the range of adjacent hues affected by the change Width slider Click to change the vertical scale from 60 through 120 to 180 and back again the degrees in this scale refer to a 360 color wheel Increasing the scale in Scale button creases the range of hues visible in the display while decreasing the scale increases precision Output slider Map all input colors to different output colors Restore the hue curve to linear Restore all curves in the LCH Editor to linear The LCH Editor Settings Menu Clicking the triangle in the top right corner of the LCH Editor palette displays the LCH Editor settings menu _ v LCH Editor Copy to Clipboard Lightness Save LOH Curve Settings Delete LCH Curve Settings 255 Import LEH Curve Settings Export LEH Curve Settings E Reset To Default LZH Curve Settings Reset To User LEH Curve Settings Description Copy current LCH Editor settings to the clipboard These settings can then be pasted into the LCH Edi Copy to Clipboard tor palette for another window by activating the window and s
156. when it used It is also on its way to becoming the standard for images on the web This profile is Suited to users who plan to use their digital images as is without editing or printing them It however suffers from the drawback of a narrow gamut with a limited area avail able tor reproducing blues The corresponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 is SRGB Bruce RGB This color profile attempts to expand on the ColorMatch RGB gamut by defining the chromaticity for G as lying be tween the values for G in the Adobe RGB and ColorMatch color space profiles It was proposed by Bruce Fraser who claims that it includes most of the colors in the SWOP CMYK gamut It is not provided in the standard install of Photoshop 5 0 but can be selected as the RGB color space profile tor Photoshop by importing the profile NkBruce icm Preferences Nikon Color Management NTSC 1953 This is the color space for video defined by the National Television Standards Committee NTSC in 1953 and used in early color televisions This color space is also used in some Far East newspaper and printing organizations The corre sponding RGB setting in Photoshop 5 0 is NTSC 1953 Adobe RGB 1988 A color space profile defined in Photoshop 5 0 It has a wider gamut than sRGB and includes the colors found in most CMYK gamuts making it suitable for users involved in desktop publishing The corresponding RGB setting in Pho toshop 5 0 is Ad
157. wn in the scan window information panel A warning icon Fry will be displayed if the preview image has not been updated to reflect changes to Digital GEM settings Digital GEM is not available when the FH 816 or FH 8G1 is used with the 9000 ED or 8000 ED or when the FH G1 is used with the 5000 ED 4000 ED COOLSCAN V ED or COOLSCAN IV ED LL 64 Digital DEE Enhancing Detail in Shadows and Highlights Digital DEE Dynamic Exposure Extender reveals details in shadows and highlights correcting for underexposure in back lit subjects or shaded areas and for overexposure in brightly lit areas Digital DEE is only available with 9000 ED 5000 ED and COOLSCAN V ED film scanners Enhancing Details in Shadows To enhance details in shadows select Enable Digital DEE and adjust shadow brightness using the Shadow Adjust ment slider or by entering a value between 1 and 100 in the text box to its right The larger the value the brighter shad ows in the image will be The default setting is 50 Enable Digital ia DEE check box Ty JEnable A gta DEE Shadow Shadow Adjustment Adj ustment zii a slider and More gt gt _ More gt gt text box Redraw ten selecting a Crop When using Digital DEE select a crop that excludes the frame borders and other unexposed areas of the film ZA Monotone Shadows Digital DEE has no effect if details in shadows have been totally obliter ated leaving shadows a single uniform color

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