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1. quickPX User Manual NDEX INTERFACE This section deals with the general usage of the interface and with the different possiblities for ad jusments the settings window offers you I Ma n INTERFACE File View Tools Test Help w2 0 3 Lot Number Release of Camera Live View Button pen Settings settings Window Coin Type Presets Live View mr Banknotes Crop rectangle only Single Sided Round Out Mask inner holes Ll Coin iz round Coins 1 Mask picture Recent Shots Protocol 1 1 Lot Number the green number on the top left This display shows you the number for the next picture that will be taken by clicking on shoot To change the number of the next shot click in the display mark the characters you want to change and then type in the desired number In the event that the typed number already exists the pro gram asks you if you want to overwrite the old file by a pop up window Click on Yes to overwrite or click No to cancel After the picture files are created the system automatically jumps to the next number or to the reverse number respectively if the picture you just created was an averse number XXXa00 If there are many coins being photographed within the same lot number see the tab General the display counts on with the number behind the side abbrevation a or r right until all coins of the lots are photographed You can change how the system counts or rather how your
2. pictures are named in the tab Naming of the settings window quickPX 1 2 Release of Camera Shoot Press Shoot if you want to take a picture The system will now create shots according to the settings you have made or by the default set tings You can also push the space bar on your keyboard Because the system if not adjusted otherwise also creates masks please wait until the recently taken picture appears in the Recent Shots Protocol at the bottom of the interface before pressing shoot again 1 3 Live View Button Pressing this button will start Live View the pre view window on the right This comes in handy if the Live View window was minimized or deac tivated as a result of inactivity 1 4 SET Open camera settings By pressing the button set you can open the settings menu of Camera Control Pro 2 1 5 Settings window Here you can make extensive changes and ad justments to optimize the photographing of your objects With the tabs at the top of the settings window you can switch between thematically ordered settings areas With the arrow buttons tot he right you can show more options tabs 1 6 Coin Type Presets Here you have the possibility to optimize the settings for all the different coin types By de fault the buttons are furnished with beneficial settings for the following coin types from top to bottom Gold PP Especially usual for many reflecting gold coins as they are found mos
3. Rectangle Only If this box is checked the pictures are not cropped as usual but merely This feature works similar to the Round Out cut A rectangular image remains option but is only suitable for round coins For more erratic objects we recommend Round Out Aanknotes Crop rectangle only Single Sided Mask inner holes Coin i round Cons 1 Mask picture quickPX Lrop rectangle only Banknotes _ Round Out _ Coin iz round Mask picture Single Sided Mask mner holes Cons Mask picture If this option is activated pictures are automatically cropped otherwise no crop ping is performed 2 3 Processing General Processing Naming Color NewF 4 oo Q L LI L LI Lual ize Lhar Thumb 80 st Thumbs 50 Il cd Preview GU Picture size settings Here you can adjust the properties of the different picture sizes which the system creates with every press of the shoot button The different lines symbolize the respec tive picture type Thumb Thumb2 Preview and Large are the different sizes you can generate with when taking a picture The columns represent several adjustments you can make per picture size Qual The desired jpeg quality The higher the value you type in this panel the higher the pictu res quality and file size Recommended values lie between 65 and 90 depending on the pictures purpose With the non labeled checkbox in the second col
4. and further in the res pective project folder There you can find the pictures in the subfolder Bilder in the folders for the respective photo numbers 0 500 folder 0000500 501 1000 folder 0001000 The file name consists of 8 digits starting with five digits for low numbers the zeros will be added automatically at the beginning then a letter in dicating the coin s side a vor averse r for rever se and then two additional numbers normally zeros only for lots this numbers will be used to count the sub numbers quickPX Stock mode 2 In this mode the path structure and the file naming of the standard mode are basically kept but all pictures are saved directly in the Bilder folder oft he project The filname here can have up to 13 digits before the letter for side indication You can specify how many digits there should be exactly in the Filename lengt h frame by typing in the desired number or by raising or lowering the number by pressing the buttons on the right side oft he frame Consigner mode 3 In this Mode path structure and basic naming pattern are kept as well But here a consigner number with up to three digits is added as a prefix with a dash to the normal 8 digits picture name You can specify the consig ner number in the respective field which appe ars on screen as soon as you have chosen this mode It will be used until you change the num ber or the used naming mode Free folder mode
5. pages the different tabs are presented 2 1 Presets lnitialsethnigs Processing WE Oyveride upper edges only No WhiteBalance Override Inhibit Turbo Check white balance Focal length warming Lreate MET Files Save Web Pictures As TIF Add Ha Hr Mode 5 Switch live view before shoot Light balance WB Override upper edges only Usually points in every corner of the picture are used to adjust the white balance performed by the camera Activating this option will have the effect that only the two corners at the top of the picture are picked for white balance this relevant for example in case you want to lie down a ruler at the bottom of the screen No WhiteBalance Override If this box is che cked no white balance adjustments are con ducted Inhibit Turbo The turbo mode prevents the au tomatical cropping of images This can effect a relevant rise in speed on older computers The pictures must be cropped afterwards however If this box is checked the turbo mode is deactiva ted Activating this option on newer computers is explicitly recommended Check white balance If this option is activated a warning in the live view window will appear if problems occur in white balance adjustment If you deactivate this option no warning will appe ar Focal length warning If this box is checked a warning in the live view window will apear if the focal length doesn t match the repuirements Deacivate this opti
6. pon the icon appears at the top of the settings screen The modification of the following adjustments you can follow depending on your camera mo del already in the live view window Exp Brightness Hier you can adjust the expo sition for this presets Values with a increase the brightness values with a decrease it Light Balance Here you can adjust the relation between overhead to side light see General The following adjustments only apply to the pic ture and are not visible in the live view window 13 quickPX Red Here you can decrease or increase the Red Value Green Here you can decrease or increase the Green Value Blue Here you can decrease or increase the Blue Value Saturation Here you can decrease of increase the Saturation Value Contrast Here you can decrease or increase the contrast value The preset AUX is at your disposal For your own convenience we recommend to make ex tensive adjustments only in this presets Please make adjustments in other presets with caution CAUTION Changes in color post processing can only be evaluated properly on a configurated high quality screen Non configurated screens distort the result therefore no reasonable color adjustments can be made on the basis of those screens display The checkbox Auto Exposure is only enab led if the preset OFF is activated The box is checked by default and effects the rudimental post processing me
7. you type in here will be added at the end of the number Sharpen Jpeg Qual 5 100 Normalize Path I None 103 Da alz Fi Speed Up reter to manual to learn about consequences ethrigs The following options apply to the created print pictures Sharpen The value in this panel defines to what extend the created print pictures are re sharpened see above Given that most mo dern digital cameras sharpen the taken image themselves you can ignore this item Jpeg Qual Here you can set the quality of the jpeg print pictures 5 is the lowest 100 the hig hest value Caution values lower than 90 make no sense for most print cases Normalize Path This function is similar to the function Round Out in the General Tab of the settings window Bumps which can occur at the edge of the coin picture when automatically cropped get smoothed out by this function Cau tion Only recommendable for circular objecis Size Here you can define the desired size of the print pictures in relation to the original object For example If it is desired as in many cases that the picture is larger than the original objects by 3 the value you have to type in here would be 103 Delete The system creates the print pictures in Tiff as well as the Jpeg format If one of these formats is of no use to you you can choose here to let it delete it automatically If you dont need i e pictures in th
8. 4 In this mode you can choose the target folder in which the pictures are saved freely you can do this in the New Project tab oft he settings window Like in stock mode you can specify how many digits should be before the side letter with a maximum of 13 digits To specifiy type the desired number into the field Filename length Please be aware that you can only use numbers as picture names here Free mode 5 In this mode you can choose the target folder for you pictures freely in the tab New Project Furthermore you can name you pictures freely Simply click into the picture name window and type in the desired name In the Presets Window you can activate an additional option to add an a for averse and respectively a r for reverse at the end of the chosen title With the Save Settings button you can save your adjustments You are free to change from standard mode to the modes stock and consigner anytime You can also change from free folder mode to free mode whenever you like User Manual 2 5 Color General Processing Naming Color Mew Exp Brighthtness Red 3 Green Blue Saturation Contrast Auto Exposure Save Settings In the tab Color you can make adjustments in color cost post processing First click on one of the coin type preset icons For example if you want to make adustments for antique gold coins click on the respective Preset first Thereu
9. above 3 here as long as the value of the sharpening of the camera itself is above Ji 10 General Processing Naming Color Mew Ft oo OD L LI L LI Qual Size Char Thumb Bl 40 Thumbs 80 Preview SU Large Insert fileinfa Size 1 Margin Insert Logo The following five options only apply to web images Insert fileinfo If this option is activated additi onal picture information is inserted into the meta information of the picture files Margin Here you can adjust the thickness in pixels of the white edge around the coins A value of O means that no edge is kept Insert Logo This function only applies to web pictures where averse and obverse pictures are conjoined If this box is checked a logo is inser ted in the space between averse and obverse pictures By default this logo is a white space and can be found in the folder c users public quickPX with the name logo tif If you want to insert your own logo simple overwrite this file in the said folder with your logo keep the name of ogo tif Size 1 Here you can define the size of your logo A relation value is given here to keep the perceived size of the logo the same for all images For example if you type in 12 into the panel the size of the logo is 1 12 thus a twelfth of the image Add In this panel you can type in a desired en ding for the pictures names Whatever
10. ally zeros only for lots this numbers will be used to count the sub numbers Stock mode 2 In this mode the path structure and the file naming of the standard mode are basically kept but all pictures are saved directly in the Bilder folder oft he project The filname 14 quickPX here can have up to 13 digits before the letter for side indication You can specify how many digits there should be exactly in the Filename length frame by typing in the desired number or by raising or lowering the number by pressing the buttons on the right side oft he frame Consigner mode 3 In this Mode path structure and basic naming pattern are kept as well But here a consigner number with up to three digits is added as a prefix with a dash to the normal 8 digits picture name To change the consigner no go to the naming tab Free folder mode 4 In this mode you can choose the target folder in which the pictures are saved freely you can do this in the New Project tab oft he settings window Like in stock mode you can specify how many digits should be before the side letter with a maximum of 13 digits To specifiy type the desired number into the field Filename length Please be aware that you can only use numbers as picture names here Free mode 5 In this mode you can choose the target folder for you pictures freely in the tab New Project Furthermore you can name you pictures freely Simply click into the p
11. asures the systems performs for example brightening of dark spots If you remove the hook from this box the system will perform no post processing in matter of color By pressing the button Save Settings you can Save your adjustments for the respective preset for future sessions Ohterwise your changes will be lost after closing the program User Manual 2 6 NewProject Naming Color New Project Slabs About Project mode Standard Catalog mode 1 Stack mode 3 Consigner Catalog mode Free folder mode 4 B Free mode Filename length amp r pr E k te N 9 E E Project path Create new project Go to the tab New Project to start a new pro ject You have the choice between five different Settings regarding the naming oft he pictures and the path where they should be saved see also the tab Naming Standard mode 1 In this mode your images are saved in the chosen hard drive partition in the Projekte folder and further in the res pective project folder There you can find the pictures in the subfolder Bilder in the folders for the respective photo numbers 0 500 folder 0000500 501 1000 folder 0001000 The file name consists of 8 digits starting with five digits for low numbers the zeros will be added automatically at the beginning then a letter in dicating the coin s side a vor averse r for rever se and then two additional numbers norm
12. d Lightbalance regulator With this regulator you can change the relation between sidelight and overhead light The more you slide the regulator to the left the lower the intensity of the side light and the more you slide the regulator to the right the lower the intensity of the overhead light Both lights have the maximum intensity when the regulator is situated in the center Less sidelight can be applicable for objects with high reliefs because in those cases irritating light reflections can occur when photographed with a high sidelight intensity On the other hand small scratches or patina stains are suppres sed in their depiction under intensified side light Aperture Setting In special cases where the depth of field does not suffice to depict the object well focused for its entire surface i e very big objects or extreme enlargements a short term aperture setting can be chosen here Simply click on the arrow to open a drop down menu and then choose the desired aperture setting by clicking on it Don t forget to change the aperture setting back to the default setting the first entry in the drop down menu as soon as the special setting isn t required anymore Color Histogram The color histogram shows you the frequency distribution of the different colors the most recent taken picture consists of You should always make sure that no color overlaps the right edge of the histogram considerably An overlap means tha
13. e screen Should live view be invisible click on the botton live view in the top area of the interface 1 8 Recent Shots Protocol Here the program shows you the six most recent pictures you took including the number with which they were saved You can enlarge the pictures by clicking on the preview picture Another click on the enlarged picture closes it You can delete a picture guickly by right clicking on the preview picture and clicking on delete You can rotate pictures you took by right clicking on the preview picture and then clicking on ro tate Now qcturn exe should open Rotate the picture now into the desired position by simply moving the mouse When the picture is to your satisfaction press enter on your keyboard This saves the changes you ve made and closes qcturn exe Note To make this work the box delete TIFF in the Reprocessing tab must be unchecked If you have rotated a picture the web pictures must be recreated To do this right click on the preview picture and then click with the left but ton of your mouse on Reprocess User Manual SETTINGS WINDOW Here you can make adjustments for your project and your shots The different possibilities for adjusments are organized in tabs structured by topic You can open the tabs by clicking on them in the tab bar at the top of the settings window By clicking on the arrows on the right of the tab bar you can uncover more tabs On the following
14. e tiff format mark the corres ponding item with a left click If you need both formats select the item None NOTE delete TIFF must not be activated if you want to turn or reprocess the images because the system needs the TIFF files for that 7 Speed Up refer to manual to learn about consequences save Settings The following option applies to web pictures as well as print pictures Speed Up By default the system creates raw data These data Is large larger than neces sary Converting and reprocessing of large data amounts takes a long time thus you have the possibility here to define which target size in pixels your pictures should have According to this the system converts the pictures to this new size and then performs the aforementioned reprocessing steps That quickens the process significantly and the raw data is conserved in its original size 2 4 Naming General Processing Naming Color Newh t Mode Standard mode 1 1 Stock mode 3 Consigner mode _ Free folder mode 4 3 Free modes Filename lengh 8 Here you can change the naming pattern of the images and to some extend the logic behind the path structure where the pictures are saved You can do this after setting it in the New Project tab Five different naming modes can be chosen Standard mode 1 In this mode your images are saved in the chosen hard drive partition in the Projekte folder
15. icture name window and type in the desired name In the Presets Window you can activate an additional option to add an a for averse and respectively a r for reverse at the end of the chosen title In the panel Project path you can specify where the project should be created and therefore you pictures should be stored Please notice that all digits which are not a must not be changed When you are done making adjustments click on the button Create new project to create the project User Manual 2 8 InitalSettings The tab Initalsettings depicts settings of the system and is solely relevant for maintenance and troubleshooting purposes 2 9 About Click on the tab About to recieve more informa tion on the producer and contact data 15 quickPX User Manual CREATED BY DANNER PC GESTEUERTE SYSTEME ALTE WAIBLINGER STRASSE 37 71336 WAIBLINGEN INFO DANNER PCSYS DE 16
16. ion you can photograph several coins in one lot number i e in case of lots The objects are photographed as usual but the system now counts with the ending of the lot number a01 a02 etc until the stated amount is reached After that it jumps to the next lot number Please consider that the counter next to Coins also sets back to 1 as soon as all sub numbers are done The following example illustrates this feature for a coin value of 3 Crop rectangle only Banknotes Round Out Mask mner holes Coin is round Loins 3 Mask picture Single Sided Round Out This option activates the round out function For some coins the automatic cropping can leave unwanted traces on the edge of the coins picture see the example picture for Coin is round The Round Out function generates a mean value between these bumps and thereby smooths out the edge Banknotes Crop rectangle only Single Sided I Round Out Mask inner holes Cons Mask picture Coin Is Round This option should be activated for round objects if the automatic cropping does not work properly resulting of the material i e reflecting or engraved edges of the coin That can be the case of coins with an edge engraving parts of the engraving remain while the rest of the edge is cut see item Round Out Banknotes Single Sided Round Out Mask inner holes _ Coin is round Cains Mask picture Crop
17. on if the warning shouldn t appear Create MET Files This option effectuates the creation of metrics data with every shot It is set by default and appears only for maintenance purposes Note that this box has to be checked for postprocessing by Danner PC gesteuerte Systeme Save Web Pictures As TIF Activate this option to save web pictures in TIF format instead of jpeg Add a r Mode 5 This option affects mode 5 free mode in naming the picutes which you can find in the Naming tab If this option is activa ted an apprevation a for averse and respeci vely r for reverse will be added to your chosen picture name Switch live view before shoot This option should only be activated if you use the Nikon D300 camera because it can t focus while Live View is active Activating this option shuts live view briefly to give the camera time to focus All other supported camera models focus much more precisely while in live view therefore the option should be deactivated in this case Light Balance This option exists solely for maintenance purposes and displays if you use a system with or without light balance Press Save Settings to apply your changes also for future sessions Otherwise you changes will be lost after closing the program 2 2 General General Processing Naming Color New F Lens 000 mr _ Crop rectangle only Round Out Banknotes Single Side
18. recent shot was created Bottom settings area Crop rectangle only m _ Round Out _ Coin iz round F Banknotes If banknotes are being photogra phed it easily happens that they get depicted distortedly With this option you can activate an augmented graphic rectification to counteract this effect Banknotes Single Sided Mask inner holes Lrop rectangle only Mask inner holes Cons Banknotes Round Out _ Coin is round Mask picture Single Sided Single Sided If you activate the option Single Sided the system jumps directly to the next lot number without inserting a reverse number so no picture with the r00 ending is created which is useful i e if you want to photograph one sided medals Caution this option will be automatically deactivated after the shot Always ensure that the check mark is set before photo graphing one sided objects Crop rectangle only Banknotes Round Out Coin is round Mask picture Single Sided Mask inner holes Coins Mask Inner Holes If this option is activated the system also crops holes within the object rele vant i e for some medals Caution This option only comes into effect if the option Mask Pictu res is activated simultaneously _ Crop rectangle only Round Out Coin is round Mask picture m m Banknotes Single Sided Mask inner holes Cons Coins With his opt
19. t the color possesses a very high saturation and structures are lost Additional picture information This are you can find under the color histogram Lens information Here the lens you used in your most recent picture is shown Color distribution in the corners The values separated by dashes depict the red green blue distribution in the corners of the most recent pic ture These values are used for the white balan ce They should have approximately the same value If that is not the case you can adjust it in CCP2 For that purpose click on the button Set in the main interface Now the settings menu of CCP2 should open Now click on the tap Expo sure 2 Right next to the item White Balance you find the button Fine Tune Click on it Now a window opens where you can pull the slider in the direction of the color which was un derrepresented in the most recent picture If the value for the color blue for example was lower than the values of the other colors pull the slider into the direction of blue When you re done click on OK Repeat the last shot now and check the color distribution again Repeat the process until the value are approximately egual Mean brightness in the corners The value to the right of the color distribution depicts the mean brightness in the corners It is mainly relevant for maintenance purposes Focal length The value on the bottom shows you the Focal length with which the most
20. tly in the mo dern age User Manual Gold For matt gold FDC coins usual in the antique and modern age Silver PP For strongly reflec ting silver coins primarily found in the modern age Silver bright Suitable for silver coins without a relevant patina Silber dark An option for silver coins with a dark patina Bronze green dark For bronze coins with a strong green colo ring or a very dark patina Bronze brown Bronze coins without a patina are ideally pho tographed with this setting AUX A user defined channel which is reserved for your indivi dual settings OFF OFF No special settings are used here Instead the basic settings are ap plied Simply click on the respective icon if you want to apply a setting All following photos will be created with this setting The settings apply until you click on another icon or restart the program You can adjust the settings for the different coin types according to your personal taste You can do this in the Color Tab in the settings window 1 7 Live View This is the preview window Here you can see you the photo will look like approximately befo re post processing Always make sure that the quickPX object lies at least roughly in the center of the screen and that it is shown in it s entirety Adjust the reflector on the device so it is shown at the top margin of the screen Then push it back that it is just outside of th
21. umn you can choose whether you want to create the respective image size per shot or not If you want the system to create the respective User Manual type click on the corresponding box so a hook appears inside it Size Here you set the size more specifically the height of the created image size type in pi xels CAUTION For the image size Large last line there is a specialty By typing 999 in the panel you dont create a picture with 999 pixels in height but simply the maximal height The picture thus will be not reduced in size for the image size large Char The web images are created additionally to the print images They are saved in a sepa rate folder and named with the identification code you can define here In every box there must be two characters The first one stands for the obverse image the second one for reverse images If the web images are conjoined only the first character is used 00 If this box is checked the images for this image size will be conjoined that means obver se and reverse images are in one picture 00 If this box is checked the web pictures created within this picture size also end with the characters OO else they end with the side abbreviation Sh This represents Sharpening and defines to which extend the web pictures created within this picture size should be re sharpened 0 me ans no re sharpening It is not recommended to set a value

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