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AGFA FOTOLOOK 3.6 User's Manual

1. Save Current Position Focus Distance Hm E Focus Distance The distance ofthe originalto areference point in the scanner at which the original will be focused Focusing is very important as the positioning of the original may vary depending on whether you scan mounted or unmounted transparencies and on the thickness ofthe holders used Normally the Focus Distance is taken from the selected holder In some cases for example mounted slides it may be necessary to override the focus distance Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 30 Mode Mode lets you switch between the available output modes When using FotoLook as plug in the available modes depend on the host application Line Art Mode Gray Scale Mode Mode bray 4Scale Ls Results in a 1 bit image composed of black and white values The pixels of the image are either black or white without intermediate gray levels Results in an 8 bit image composed of 256 levels of gray The Gray Scale 16 bit output mode results in a 16 bit image composed of 65 536 levels of gray This mode is not available forthe Horizon Ultra Displays the Gray Scale Conversions and Corrections dialog box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 31 Gray Scale Conversions and Corrections This dialog box allows you to convert from colors to grays It also allows you to carry out a gamma correction on the preview image output corrections for printing and embedding a Gray
2. Note To make a selection with a fixed aspect ratio press Shift while dragging the corner control points To make anew Selection within an existing selection hold down the Option key while clicking in the existing selection This is very useful if you selected all and you want to make a smaller selection afterwards Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 22 In the upper left corner of the image area you can see the unit of the ruler You can toggle between the possible units inch pica picaPS mm cm by clicking it Note Clicking the units changes the unit selection in the Res Size dialog box and general settings Some scanners allow to scan at different optical resolutions Certain areas on the scan bed can be scanned at ahigher resolution than other areas For scanning at high resolutions you will get the best results when scanning in this high res area Forthese scanners you will see that one of the rulers has a colored area below the ruler markers This area can be green or orange Green indicates that the current selection falls inside the high resolution area Orange indicates that the current selection falls partly outside the high resolution area The display at the bottom of the image area tells you In Overview phase the Input dimensions X Y W H of the current selection Input aU76 Y 1 95 Y 2r H 5 52 In Preview phase the width and height of the output image and an indication whether the ou
3. The Selective Color Correction dialog box appears The Selection checkbox is active by default 5 Inthe preview image move the cursor over the color you want to correct and click Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction 144 Selective Color Correction o ny oy mn gt EJ Show Selection Hutput Y 3 064 H 4 261 inch 3 187k If you want to select a larger input color area press the mouse button while moving the cursor over the image In the color wheel in the Selective Color Correction dialog box the selected colors are indicated by small white spots Note You can add colors to the color selection by pressing Shift while moving the cursor Note You can remove colors from the color selection by holding down the Command key while moving the cursor Adjust the selected input area in the color picker You can use the handles of the Saturation and Hue boundaries in the color wheel and the sliders in the input Lightness bar You can drag the input center point to another position or click a certain point The movement of this input center point is limited by the edges of the selection area You can also enter in numeric values in the input text boxes or use the arrow keys to move the input center point Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction 145 Selective Color Correction Custom E l CN E 27 O fe mo EJ Show Selection Hutput Y 3 064 H 4 261 inch 3 187k In the color picker you
4. Brighten Midtones Brightens very dark bradation a Originals Brighten MidtsShado Brightens shadows and bradation three quarter tones Brighten Shadows Default This is an S shaped curve compressing the highlights and shadows to obtain more contrast in the midtones bradation Applies a strongly More Contrast S shaped curve to obtain alot of contrast in the midtones Gradation Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 42 Gradation Editor If you click Gradation the Gradation Editor appears The Gradation Editor allows you to create change and save gradation curves These curves are downloaded to the scanner during the final scan A gradation curve is applied on all channels RGB at once and is used to change the overall contrast of the image The horizontal axis of the Gradation Editor represents the input densities The input densities are the densities the scanner actually reads from the original The vertical axis represents the output values Note The Gradation Editor is not available for negative originals or if an Imported Photoshop curve is selected in the Gradation pop up menu Gradation Editor Custom 1 To change the 1 4 tones 2 To change the midtones 3 To change the 3 4 tones 4 To save acurve 5 To use the curve Stl GY ada a a You can change the output values by typing in avalue or by clicking the arrows Higher values result in adark
5. Preview Scan Phase 1 2 Set all the scan parameters for this original Click Batch A dialog box appears Save this setting as Batchimagel More Cancel Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 115 3 Type the name under which you want to save the image and its settings 4 Click OK The settings are saved The image is stored in the batch folder Note If you want to store the image in another folder or use a different file format click More Clicking this button displays a dialog box where you can specify another folder another file name or another file format You return to the Scan dialog box 5 Repeat all the instructions in Overview scan phase and step 1 to 4 in this section for each original 6 Click Done A dialog box appears start batch scanning If you want to save the batch and execute it later click Later A Save As dialog box appears FotoLook Y 3 Batch 3 Behaviors 3 DuoScan a Desktop FLRestart FotoLook 5A Prefs 3 0 save this Batch as Cancel 7 Click Now to start the batch When the scan operation is finished the images appear in the folder Images inside the batch folder Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 116 Start Batch Scanning 1 Choose Execute fromthe Batch menu 3 FotoLook lac van SA fa Batch i Eject 7 Behaviors 3 DuoScan Gradation Temporary Items Desktop Select Batch Select a batch folder 2
6. lt Your Names Documents FotoLook Documents folder Batch Oo Done o Failed O Images O Previews o ToDo Delete Custom Defined Curves or Settings 1 2 3 Open the folder that contains the files that you want to remove Select the files that you want to remove Drag the files to the Trash Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 157 Copy Your Previous User Defined Settings to FotoLook 3 6 Drag your previous User Defined settings to the correct folder as shown above If the proper folder doesn t exist you first have to create it by making a dummy User Defined setting 1 Create a dummy User Defined setting 2 Activate Sherlock and search forthe dummy User Defined setting 3 Go to the correct location and remove the dummy User Defined setting 4 Drag the previous User Defined settings to the proper location Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 158 Appendix D Supported File Formats in Fotolook SA 4 pu 1 lo n m 0 WM U O Cp c 5 m PICT Gray Scale Color RGB The PICT format is widely supported by software otherthan DTP such as word processors spread sheets etc lt is Macintosh specific Save your image in PICT format if m Your application does not support TIFF m You want to place the image in many different Macintosh applications m The image has alow resolution and a small memory size Note The m
7. Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 99 Leave aspace between the selection rectangle and the edges of your image In the Preview scan phase you will refine your selection 8 Click Preview The preview image appears in the image are You can now work interactively on your image Preview Scan Phase Agfa FotoLook 3 5 Original Reflective inch yO Mode Color RGB 0 150 Ipi 100 4 Res SiZe Gradation Default Range Automatic Curves Sel Color Descreen 4 Sharpen Default for Screen Preview Output W 2 594 H 3 971 inch 2 104K 1 Refine your selection by manipulating the selection rectangle within the image area 2 Click Res Size The Res Size dialog box appears 3 Click the fixed scale control icon 4 Change the Scaling factor if necessary 5 From the Mode pop up menu choose Input Halftone Device or Contone Device Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 100 10 11 12 13 From the Resolution pop up menu choose the required resolution This selection overrides the resolution in the pop up menu at the highest levelin the FotoLook window Use this pop up menu if you have already chosen between Input Halftone and Contone Click OK From the Gradation pop up menu choose Default Gradation curves are not available for negative or line art originals From the Range pop up menu choose Automati
8. Color CMYK or Color Lab Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created In the image area select the fog area You can use the beginning or the end of afilm roll orthe area between two negatives Zoom in as much as possible to make your selection CAUTION Make sure you do not include the borders Click Preview If you have also selected a part of the holders you will see that the image in the image areaturns into black In this case the difference between the intensities of negative and holder which is black is too great to compensate Crop the image so the holders are not included anymore Make sure the fog strip remains selected Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 109 Preview Scan Phase 1 Click Customize in the Negative Film Types window Custom Film Type Based on AgfaHDcC2o0 sare AS 6 URI E Reference Fog Densities 0 43 G 0 65 60 56 D Elick Drag in the unexposed image area to measure fog densities Cancel 2 Type the name under which you want to save the custom film type 3 Inthe unexposed area in the image area click and drag to make a selection to measure the fog densities 4 Click OK in the Custom Film Type dialog box 5 Click OK in the Negative Film Types dialog box The new film type is added to the list of film types in the Negative Film Types dialog box Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 110 S
9. Profile Setup 34 R Range 120 Auto Density 124 Automatic 44 dialog box 46 Full Range 44 Line Art 121 Manual 44 Negative 137 Reflective 123 Threshold 44 Transparent 123 Index 174 Read out 35 87 reflective Range 123 scanning 98 reflective original 25 Repeat batch scanning 118 Res Size 38 Reset 53 54 resolution 38 1 Screen 41 Contone Device 41 Halftone Device 41 input 41 rotation 77 S sample size 75 saturation 55 Save Current Position 28 scale 39 Scan Area 28 Save Current Position 28 Scan Phase Final 20 22 Overview 19 21 Preview 19 scanning batch 78 112 black and white negative originals 111 color negative originals 106 negative 104 reflective 98 transparent 98 scratch disk 71 79 Screen 41 Sel Color 55 selecting image area 22 selection 24 modify 22 Selective color correction 55 143 setting black point 51 black point in CMYK 133 black point in gray scale mode 136 black point in RGB 130 neutral point 48 49 neutral point in CMYK 134 neutral point in RGB 132 white point 48 51 white point in CMYK 132 white point in gray scale mode 135 white point in RGB 129 settings 68 batch 78 batch scanning 115 Options 71 saving 78 Sharpen 62 sharpening 12 sharpening wizard 12 62 sharpness 61 62 advanced 64 amount 63 contour limit 64 default for print 62 default for screen 62 default settings 62 grain removal 66 kern
10. Select the batch folder 3 Click Select The scanning process starts The scanned images are stored in Batch gt Images Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 117 Repeat Batch Scanning When you have to make multiple scans of originals located in the same position for example when you are archiving using batch slide holders you can use the Repeat Batch functionality Depending on the size your batch job you can repeat batch scanning in two ways Repeat Batch Scanning for Small Jobs SS eo Open the batch folder in FotoLook Drag the settings out of the Done folder onto the To Do folder and then drag the batch folder onto the FotoLook SA icon User Batch 5 items 507 MB in disk mages Note If you want to modify the batch settings drag the batch out of the Done folder to the application icon Repeat Batch Scanning for Large Jobs Choose Execute from the Batch menu The Select Batch dialog box appears Select the batch folder for which you want to repeat batch scanning If there are images in the Done folder and the To Do is empty the Repeat Batch dialog box appears Note You can always open the Repeat Batch dialog box by pressing the option key while choosing Execute from the Batch menu Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 118 This batch with 4 settings was already executed completely To repeat it you must organize your images Organize Auto Number Folders Auto Number Files Base N
11. gt 200 ppi 100 gt 200 Ipi 3 813 6 218 em 969K gt None gt automatic 0 165 D 1 767 DB gt Aone gt Mone gt Default for Screen gt Auto 5 auto C45 gt Auto S0 auto C3 gt Aone E Comment E Shortcuts m Analyze E Save E Print Scanner Firmware Mlerory Driver version Mernoruy Largest unused block Engines FLScanbialog 3 6 FLScanDriver 3 6 ImageProsT application Maximum Image Size gt BUOSC AN T2500 1 6 0 gt 1 024k FotoLook 3 6 AG 4 667K D4 24k S601 3 6 0 1 2 3 0 8 gt FotoLook S 3 6 TESH Enter text up to 255 characters that is printed at the top of the page Opens a dialog box containing a brief description of all the FotoLook shortcut keys In Appendix A you will find the list of shortcuts Generates areport about the configuration Saves the information in a simple text file You can send this file by modem for technical support Makes a printout of all the information contained in the Info dialog box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 69 Options General Displays the_General Settings or Work Flow dialog box General displays adialog box where you can set general FotoLook preferences beneral Input Unit Output Unit Screen Unit Resolution Unit Sound After Scan Scratch Disk Default 288 6M m Input Unit m Output Unit El Screen Unit El Resoluti
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13. 68 Profile 87 Information 68 field 68 Preview window 23 input 39 histogram 124 resolution 41 Unit 70 79 input resolution 38 Interactive mode 18 J JPEG 161 K kernel 66 L lightest point 126 lightness 55 167 Line art Index 173 mode 31 Range 121 threshold 45 M Manual Range 44 master curve 53 54 Maximum Zooming 73 mirror 77 mode 31 Color CMYK 36 Color Lab 37 Color RGB 34 Gray Scale 31 interactive 18 Line art 31 Production 21 moire 61 monitor in Photoshop 92 N negative Automatic Range 138 density 26 Range 137 scanning 104 Negative Film Types 26 27 negative original 26 Neutral Point In CMYK 132 In RGB 128 setting in CMYK 134 setting in RGB 132 specifying in CMYK 134 specifying in RGB 131 neutral point setting 48 49 O Options 70 General 70 Settings 71 Work Flow 73 Original 25 Negative 26 Reflective 25 Transparent 25 output 39 output resolution 38 overview scan 22 Overview Scan Phase 19 21 P Photoshop CMYK setup 92 Gray Scale setup 92 monitor setup 92 RGB setup 92 Photoshop 5 x profile setup 94 Photoshop 6 0 profile setup 92 PICT 159 Preface 11 preferences 78 batch 113 Preview Position 78 preview scan 22 Preview Scan Phase 19 Preview window information 23 printing inks 94 Production mode 21 Profile 81 characterizing 84 Display 35 Info 36 information 87 setup in FotoLook 86
14. B 2640 Mortsel Belgium 2 This Agreement is governed by the laws of the country in which it was purchased 3 If the Programs are used within a country of the European Community nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as restricting any rights available under the European Community Software Directive O J Eur Comm No L 122 42 1991 4 lf any provision of this Agreement is held invalid the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect You acknowledge that you have read this Agreement understand all of its provisions and agree to comply fully with them You further agree that this Agreement contains the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between you and AGFA in relation to the Programs and that it supersedes any proposal or prior agreement oral or written and any other communications relating to the subject matter of this Agreement License Agreement 6 Contents Pik Ss tees hehe eater ee erin da eae anna 11 PROUT IF OOOO rro acacia 12 NA ES NN ae ee O T A ons ae a a E ON hE eT A 13 ADOUL ihe Documental A old conos 14 How to Use this OmLine Guide Z 1 etc eS AAA A 14 How to Print this On Line Guide ui dci 15 Chapter 1 Fotolook Referente civic a a aa 16 A A RN 17 INeractive Modelos a e O estat lati el 18 Overview Scan PRO italiana ida r aa 19 PREVIEW o E ei eo O 19 Filial Scan Pase A aa 20 Production MOQO A de eaxe 21 OVEMIEW can Phase A EOS 21 A A aatithes ae ataad
15. Click OK Chapter 7 Curves 142 Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction Selective color correction in RGB mode is useful if you apply display based color corrections Correction in CMYK mode is recommended if you want to apply target value based color corrections Overview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase Applying a Color Pair Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction 143 Overview Scan Phase 1 Place the original on the scanner 2 Open FotoLook 3 From the Original pop up menu choose the type of original you mounted Note If scanning atransparent original make sure Scanner Default is active in the Transparency Gamma window 4 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 5 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Color CMYK 6 Select the correct Profiles and Edit Space in the Profile Setup dialog box 7 Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created 8 Select the areato preview in the image area 9 Click Preview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A scan is done Preview Scan Phase 1 Fromthe Range pop up menu choose Automatic 2 Fromthe Res Size pop up menu choose the resolution you require Use this pop up menu if you have already chosen between Input Halftone and Contone in the Res Size dialog box 3 If required you can apply atone curve to the scanned image 4 Click Sel Colorin the FotoLook main window
16. Curve Editor Custom 1 Displays the x and y co ordinates of the cursor in In 35 1 Out 64 the curve area Shows the In and Out values as percentages CMYK or gray scale 2 Click the arrows to switch the display polarity of the curve 3 Click the curve to adda curve handle Up to 16 points can be added Drag a handle outside the curve areato remove the handle 4 Changes the corresponding curve The available color buttons depend on the Edit space 5 Changes the master curve 6 Displays the combined a P effect of the master curve TE 0 and the color curves 7 Resets the current curve to Arbitrary Smoothing a straight line or the current gamma to 1 0 bamma 8 To create acurve 9 Smooths your arbitrar Cancel A curve 10 To set gamma between 0 1 and 2 5 11 Saves acreated curve The curve is stored and the name of the curve appears in the Curve pop up menu Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 54 Sel Color Selective color correction is atechnique you can use to modify acolor selectively in either RGB or CMYK Edit space Selectively means that no other colors are affected gt eo When correcting the colors of an image you can choose to specify the colors in several color models Generally the HSL color model is used to correct colors more objectively HSL stands for Hue Saturation and Lightness Hue is the property of color that is determin
17. RGB mode Note For more information about Profile embedding refer to Profile Mismatch in Chapter 2 Check the checkbox Save Previews if you want to save all previews This requires more disk space and time but it allows you to reuse the previews when modifying batch settings afterwards Click Default Batch Folder A window appears FotoLook fe Batch Behaviors 3 DuoScan Desktop 3 Gradation Cancel Select Batch Select the default batch folder select the folderin which you want to save the scanned images and settings This folder is used to permanently store all the scan settings Click Select Batch You return to the Batch Preferences dialog box Click OK Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 114 Setting the Scan Settings Overview Scan Phase 10 Mount the originals From the Batch menu choose New The FotoLook dialog box appears Click Options at the bottom of the dialog box The Options dialog box appears Choose Work Flow From the Mode pop up menu choose the mode you want to use From the Behaviors pop up menu choose Batch Click OK You return to the FotoLook dialog box Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created Select the first original with the selection rectangle You can use the zoom button to make amore precise selection Click Preview in the lower part of the FotoLook window
18. Scale Profile Note See also Gray Scale Mode bray 3cale Conversions Luminance Color to Gray Scale Gray Scale Corrections Display Automatic Gamma 1 8 es Destination No Correction y C Cancel m Luminance not forthe Horizon Ultra m Display Gamma x x Click this checkbox to obtain better results when scanning acolor original in gray scale mode Most scanners use the green filter in the scanner to scan in gray scale mode By selecting Luminance the scanner uses acombination of parts of the red green and blue image signals to create the best gray scale result Note With the Horizon Ultra scanner the Luminance option is not necessary as this scanner always uses aneutral density filter to scan gray scale images To display the image with gamma compensation in FotoLook Choose Automatic Gamma to use the gamma that is defined as system profile Note The gamma of the System Profile you have selected in the Monitors control panel will be used To use another gamma than the Automatic gamma To create a Custom gamma If you want to display the image on your own workstation you can make the Display and Destination gamma equal Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 32 m Destination Used forthe scanned image To display the image on another monitor orto print the image Automatic Gamma To use the gamma that is defined as monitor system profile or that is set in Photoshop Gamma
19. at which the scanner scans your original Use Input if you do not know the required size orthe required output resolution of the final image or if you require different sizes or output resolutions The Output resolution multiplied by the Scaling factor equals the Input resolution By choosing an input resolution you can define the image size ofthe scanned image Sets the number of lines per inch centimeter matching the screen frequency that you will use for printing the scanned image A quality factor QF is taken into account for calculating the correct scanning resolution The Output resolution multiplied by the Scaling factor and by the Quality factor equals the Input resolution Use quality factor 2 if the screen frequency is lower than 133 Ipi orif the scene contains fine details Use factor 1 5 if the screen frequency is higher than 133 Ipi or if the scene has no fine details A higher quality factor requires longer scans and more disk space without increasing the image quality considerably The output resolution ppi or ppcm of the selected area after scanning Sets the number of pixels per inch centimeter matching the resolution that you will use for the scanned image The Output resolution multiplied by the Scaling factor equals the Input resolution Y Note Be aware not to use the printer resolution of your inkjet printer Refer to your printer manual for information about the proper resolution The proper resolut
20. below the threshold or black above the threshold Threshold NM O 20 40 60 20 100 EEN i la al m Low threshold The lower the threshold value the darker the resulting image more black pixels m High threshold The higher the threshold value the lighter the resulting image more white pixels Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 45 Range Dialog Box If you click Range the Range dialog box appears This dialog box is different for line art and for negative color originals Range Reflective and Transparent In the Range dialog box an input histogram is displayed in the upper part of the window This is the graphical display of the preview image scanned in full range Here you can set the lightest point and the darkest point The scanner uses all image data between these two settings at full bit depth The changes you make are visible in the output histogram in the lower part of the window for gray scale mode and RGB edit space Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 46 Densities Clipped rea 0 030 0 2 To set Automatic Range To set the darkest point Dmax by picking apoint or area in the image Double clicking this button allows you to set a Dmax clipping percentage for Automatic Range To set the lightest point Dmin by picking apoint or area in the image Double clicking this button allows you to set a Dmin clipping percentage for Automatic Range The density value according
21. electronically highlights The brightest areas in an original or an image represented in a halftone by the smallest dots or the absence of dots The dot area of highlights ranges from 0 to about 20 Compare with shadows histogram A graph that depicts the distribution of pixel values across the tonal range and the relative number of times each tone is recorded Digital cameras and scanners assign brightness contrast and black or RGB color values to each image pixel A pure white is represented with a value of 255 levels of color a pure black equals 0 Inspecting the histogram of adigital image is agood way to quickly evaluate the tonal range quality and highlight and shadow details Hue Color the main attribute of acolor that distinguishes it from other colors In the HSV and HSL color models the attribute of acolorin purest state without the addition of white or black based on the wavelength of light it reflects Color the main attribute of acolor that distinguishes it from other colors HSL A color model based on hue saturation and luminance HSV A color model based on hue saturation and value image The bitmapped result of capturing ascene input resolution The resolution at which a scanner scans an image commonly expressed in ppl JPEG The JPEG format is supported by most browsers lt compresses the file size by selecting discarding data The quality of the image depends on the compression ra
22. mode 37 color management 34 color negative originals customizing 108 scanning 106 color pair 58 60 Color RGB mode 34 ColorSync 82 ColorTune 81 contone device 39 41 contour limit 64 conversion gray scale 32 coordinates 24 correction color 143 dot gain 88 gamma 88 91 gray scale 32 creating color pair 60 curve 53 gamma curve 142 gradation curve 43 tone curve 141 cropping 22 curve Index 172 creating 53 54 141 gradation 42 master 53 54 reset 53 54 Curve Editor 53 Curves 52 140 Custom Film Type 27 customizing color negative film type 108 D dark areas protect 67 darkest point 127 DCS 160 density 26 Descreen 61 Destination Profile 34 dimensions 39 Display Profile 34 35 Dmax 127 Dmin 126 dot gain 94 correction 88 E Edit Space 35 87 EPS 160 F file formats 159 film type 26 black and white 27 color 27 customizing 108 Final Scan Phase 20 22 floating palette 74 sample size 75 focus 28 FotoLook PS 12 FotoLook SA 12 Full Range 44 G Gamma 53 54 83 94 correction 91 creating curve 142 General Input Unit 70 79 Options 70 scratch disk 71 79 Gradation 42 Gradation Editor 43 grain removal 66 Gray Scale conversions 32 correction 32 88 mode 31 H halftone device 39 41 Halftoning factor 41 height 39 histogram 124 HSL color model 55 hue 55 Image area 22 selecting 22 Info
23. picker you can define new output colors When you click OK the new color values are entered in the numeric fields in the lower part of the Selective Color Correction dialog box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 59 Manipulating the color pair list E Creating anew empty color Each time you pick up a color an empty color pair pair is filled and a new empty color pair is created automatically W Adding a color pair Selecting the empty color pair adds a new color pair to the list You can add up to ten pairs Note Whenever the empty color pair is selected the current mode is set to input mode and the preview is set so that the source selection is displayed m Modifying a color pair Select the color pair and pick up colors to alter the color information of the selected color pair m Creating anew color pair using Duplicate the color pair by selecting it and an existing color pair dragging it to the blank space of the list Now modify the duplicated color pair m Replacing a color pair To replace acolor pair with the contents of another pair select the color pair you want to keep and drag it onto the one you want to replace m Deleting a color pair Select and drag the color pair you want to delete to the trash icon in the Selective Color Correction dialog box You can also delete a color pair by selecting it and clicking the trash icon You can click Reset to permanently delete all color pairs and to clear the Selective Col
24. range percentages Note Embed your profiles if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give a warning if the embedded profile is different from their default profile Refer to Profile Mismatch for more information ColorSync Default Gray Profile When choosing ColorSync Default Gray Profile as a destination all the images that compensate Dot Gain Range will be displayed correctly Note Embed your profiles if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give awarning if the embedded profile is different from their default profile Refer to Profile Mismatch for more information Chapter 2 Profile Setup 90 Gamma Correction Most displays have agamma higher than 1 0 and need agamma compensation to display images correctly not too dark This compensation can be done by the application when it is displaying the images application display correction or by adjusting the images themselves image correction It is very important not to combine both methods as this results in the image becoming too bright or too dark Use image correction if you do not know which application will display the images later The default gamma used in most systems is 1 8 Mac or 2 2 World Wide Web and Windows Overview Scan Phase m Repeat the instructions Dot Gain correction Ov
25. remaining colors are then proportionally remapped For example the pixel under your cursor has the value 16 Red 11 Green and 12 Blue You have set the Black Point Min Value to 0 Green has the lowest value and is therefore is remapped to 0 Red to 5 and Blue to 1 m Adjust Balance allows you to individually specify the black point of each color Use this to remove acolor cast If you have selected Adjust Balance you must specify the R red G green and B blue minimum values The value you specify in each R G and B text box is assigned to the value of the respective color 3 Click OK Setting the black point SJ Note Make sure you set the values for the Black Point tool before setting the black point in the image 1 Click on the Black Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box Chapter 6 Range 130 2 Move the cursor over the preview image area 3 Click to set the black point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the black point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a black point with limits other than 0 and 100 or 255 may influence the display color or gray values Note Press Option while clicking the Black Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the black point Specifying the neutral point PA 1 Double click the Neutral
26. selection Makes a selection with a fixed aspect ratio Appendix A Shortcuts 148 Range dialog box Command Y Activates the automatic tool Command D Activates the black darkest point tool Command L Activates the white lightest point tool Curve editor dialog Command 1 Activates the red or the cyan box tone curve Command 2 Activates the green or the magenta tone curve Command 3 Activates the blue or the yellow tone curve Command 4 Activates the master tone curve Command R Resets the active tone curve Selective Color Command Increases the input color Correction dialog box selection Command Decreases the input color selection Appendix A Shortcuts 149 Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process These overviews show you the process when scanning an original Here you can see which functionality happens when and where scanner or driver Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process 150 Example data flow DuoScan T2500 final scan Gray Scale 8 bit Gray Scale 8 bit Gray Scale 16 bit Optimize Speed Quality Optimize Best Quality CCD CCD 12 bit 12 bit Descreen Descreen Sharpness Sharpness Descreen Sharpness Range Dmin Dmax Range Dmin Dmax 12 bit gt 8 bit White Black Point White Black Point White Black Point Curves Curves Curves Gray Scale Correction Gray Scale Correction Gray Scale Correction 12 gt 16 bit File or Photoshop
27. the Overview phase of the Interactive mode is active you can click the Interactive button at the upper part of the FotoLook dialog box to switch to the Preview phase Interactive Note You can press the Tab key to toggle between the Overview and Preview phase In the Preview phase you can manipulate the preview image and make a final scan If necessary you can make another preview scan by clicking the Preview button at the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box Preview Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 19 Final Scan Phase The third phase in the Interactive mode is the Scan phase When the scan settings are correct click Scan to scan the original on the scan bed The Scan dialog box closes If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which you application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 20 Production Mode Agfa FotoLook 3 5 Production Mode Original Reflective Scan Area Custom Mode Color RGB HUE Gradation Default Range Automatic Curves Sel Color Descreen 150 Ipi 100 Default for creen Sharpen UL Source Profile DuoScan T2500 Agta Ex Destin Profile Apple Multiple Scan 17 O30 Info Overview Input 0 812 Y0267 W64 H4388 Production mode allows you to work more productively when scanning originals one after
28. x xX To use another gamma than the Automatic gamma ee To create a Custom gamma If you want to display the image on your own workstation make sure that the Display and Destination gamma are equal Dot Gain Range If you want to print the image on an offset press you have to specify the dot gain and dot range for that specific printing unit ate To specify the dot gain percentage that matches your printing unit dot gain Dot range lets you specify the dot percentage limits minimum and maximum of the output range ColorSync Default Gray TO use as a system wide setting The ColorSync profile you have selected in the Monitors control panel willbe used The settings are separately stored forthe SA and the Plug in version You need to create and save the settings both forthe SA and the Plug in version Y Note At least ColorSync 2 6 is required to use ColorSync Default Gray Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 33 Color RGB Mode To set up your system for working with color images refer to Chapter 2 Profile Setup Mode Color RGB k a Results in a 24 bit image composed of 8 bits per color channel or 256 levels per color channel The 48 bit output mode results in an image composed of 16 bits per color channel or 65 536 levels per color channel This mode is not available forthe Horizon Ultra om Displays the Profile Setup dialog box Profile Setup dialog box Here you can select different types of Pr
29. 0 Agta Ex Destin Profile Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 Info Preview Output W 6 548 H 4 889 inch 6 130K The Interactive mode of FotoLook allows you to work interactively on the preview image This preview image simulates how the output image after a final scan will look This Interactive mode offers you therefore some input Gradation Range and output editing Selective Color Correction Curves tools Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 18 Overview Scan Phase The first phase in the Interactive mode is the Overview phase If the Preview phase of the Interactive mode is active you can click the Overview button at the upper part of the FotoLook dialog box to switch to the Overview phase Overview Note You can press the Tab key to toggle between the Overview and Preview phase In the Overview phase you can make a quick low resolution gray scale scan by clicking the Overview button at the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box verviel After an overview scan you can use the gray scale image in the image area to select the area to preview You can click the Preview button at the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box to make a preview image of high quality and resolution Preview After making a preview scan the Overview phase switches automatically to the Preview phase This preview image is used for interactive purposes Preview Scan Phase The second phase in the Interactive mode is the Preview phase lf
30. 6 Setting the White Neutral and Black Point in RGB Edit Space ococcoccccccconccccccononnncnns 128 Setting the White Neutral and Black Point in CMYK Edit Space o occocccccccococccccononnncnns 132 Setting the White and Black Point in Gray Scale MOode ccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeaeeeees 135 FCN CINCO AIG tots aaa 137 USING MESSI a o ra caido kareena leas data 138 e E E arcane eat doses encanta neste 138 setting the White and Black FOME 01d A eosin ees 138 Neutralizing or Correcting the IMage ooccocconconconcocconcononncnnonnnnnonnnnnonnonnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnss 139 Chapter 7 CUIVGS 14 di A A E ea does AAA Ad 140 Creating a TONS GUNE e od ceeadesets 141 creating a New Gamma GUNE airos a o en eee cates ees A A A A 142 Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction c cece cece e cece e eee e een ene neeeenees 143 Overview Scam NAS o eee 144 PREVIEW Scan as ada 144 Applyiing a COO Palas ie 147 Contents 9 Appendix B Overview of the Scanning ProceSs cccceeeeseeeeneeeeeeneeeeaee 150 Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 0ooooooococooooomo 154 Mac OS Ti e A tesa lad tas st slg O es Se oe seen 154 WAC OS A A a a henge ceaneee 156 Delete CUSIOM delined cues OF Seting Sua eee N 157 Copy Your Previous User Defined Settings to FotoLook 3 B oocooccccccocnconcocconiooncocnncnonnconnnons 158 Appendix D Supported File Formats in Fotolook SA cc
31. 63 Advanced Parameters Sharpness Custom Amount C El _ Auto Contour Limit _ Auto Grain Removal 80 4 _ Auto Protect Dark Areas Protect Skin Tones Cancel Several parameters have an influence on the sharpening process of an original If you want complete control over the sharpness of your image you will have to adjust one or more of these parameters The advanced parameters are Contour Limit Grain Removal Kernel size and Protection of Dark Areas To adjust them do the following 1 Click the Sharpen button The Sharpness dialog box appears 2 Deselect all the Auto check boxes of the parameters you want to adjust The dimmed fields become active Bl Contour Limit When you sharpen an image black and white contour lines will appear around edges of contrasting objects or areas in the image This is caused by the sharpening process in which adjacent pixels around the edges are given more contrast You can decrease this contrast by adjusting the Contour Limit parameter ranging from O to 100 Note Do not forget to deselect the Contour Limit Auto check box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 64 LJ low contour limit value high contour limit value high contrast between adjacent pixels resulting in sharper edges black or white lines You typically use a low value for images containing objects for example acar or if you prefer sharp edges in your images low contras
32. File or Photoshop File or Photoshop Range Dmin Dmax 12 gt 8 bit 8 bit 8 bit 16 bit Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process 151 Example data flow DuoScan T2500 final scan Color RGB Color RGB Color RGB 48bit Optimize Speed Quality Optimize Best Quality CCD CCD CCD 12 bit 12 bit 12 bit Descreen Sharpness Range Dmin Dmax Descreen Sharpness Descreen Sharpness Range Dmin Dmax Range Dmin Dmax Gradation Gradation 12 bit gt 8 bit Destination Profile White Black Point White Black Point Sel Color Source Profile gt Destination Profile Curves Sel Color Source Profile gt Destination Profile 12 gt 8 bit 12 gt 16 bit File or Photoshop 16 bit channel File or Photoshop 8 bit channel File or Photoshop 8 bit channel Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process 152 Example data flow DuoScan T2500 final scan Color CMYK Color CMYK Optimize Speed Quality Optimize Best Quality CCD 12 bit Descreen Sharpness Descreen Sharpness Range Dmin Dmax Destin CMYK Profile Range Dmin Dmax Gradation Source Profile gt Destin CMYK Profile White Black Point Curves Curves Sel Color Sel Color 12 gt 8 bit File or Photoshop File or Photoshop 8 bit channel 8 bit channel Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process 153 Appendix C Where to Find Your User De
33. FotoLook 3 6 Scanner Macintosh le SSSI FotoLook 3 6 is auser friendly scanning software program for Agfa scanners FotoLook makes it easy to capture images from photographic originals color or black and white line art transparent or negative originals and to manipulate the images in awell thought out way Preface Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference Chapter 2 Profile Setup Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals Chapter 5 Batch Scanning Chapter 6 Range Chapter 7 Curves Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction Appendix A Shortcuts Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files Appendix D Supported File Formats in Fotolook SA Glossary Index Trademarks AGFA and the Agfarhombus are trademarks of Agfa Gevaert AG Arcus ColorTune DuoScan FotoLook and Horizon Ultra are trademarks of Agfa Gevaert N V TFS is atrademark of Agfa Gevaert AG which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Adobe Adobe Gamma and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions ColorSync Power Macintosh and System 8 are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Apple Macintosh and Mac OS are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Gamma is atrademark of Knoll Software QuarkXPress is aregistered trademark of Quark Incorp
34. Ideally the black area should be nearly equal at the left and right side and at the bottom and top If one side of the originals is clipped you can enter a specific offset as acorrection Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 28 For example You have a black area at the left and your originals are clipped at the right 1 Note the width of the black area using the rulers 2 Divide the width by two Note Divide the width by two in order to make the black area nearly equal at the left and right side of the original 3 Enterthe value as a positive X offset Slide Holder Adjustment x 0 05 inch v o mch 4 Click OK The clipping of the images can occur at any side of the originals Enter the specific values as shown in this overview A black area appears at the right and your originals are clipped at the left e Enter the calculated value as a negative X offset A black area appears at the top and your originals are clipped at the bottom e Enter the calculated value as a positive Y offset A black area appears at the bottom and your originals are clipped at the top e Enter the calculated value as a negative Y offset Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 29 Note After entering the calculated value click Overview and check the position If necessary adjust the values until you reach the exact position When using a Horizon Ultra scanner you can set and save a focus distance and preview position
35. Point in RGB Edit Space If you have specified the values already and you were satisfied with the result you do not have to specify them again You can immediately set the white neutral and black point Specifying the white point maximum value 1 Double click on the White Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box 2 In the Choose White Point dialog box select either Keep Balance or Adjust Balance Choose White Point w Keep Balance Mat Dalue O Adjust Balance R 255 D 2455 B 255 Cancel m Keep Balance enables you to specify the white point of individual colors simultaneously Use this when you want to maintain color balance and color cast If you have selected Keep Balance you must also specify the Max Value The value you specify is assigned to the color with the highest value The values of the remaining colors are then proportionally remapped For example the pixel under your cursor has the value 238 Red 240 Green and 245 Blue You have set the White Point Max Value to 255 Blue has the highest value and is therefore is remapped to 255 Red to 248 and Green to 250 Chapter 6 Range 128 3 m Adjust Balance allows you to individually specify the white point of each color Use this to remove acolor cast If you have selected Adjust Balance you must also specify the R red G green and B blue maximum values The value you specify in each R G and B text box is assigned t
36. Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box Neutralize 0 25 50 75 100 Look PS A EEE A a ll Cancel 2 Drag the sliderto alower or higher percentage A lower percentage may retain some of the color casts 100 completely neutralizes the selected point or area in the preview image 50 neutralizes the selected point or area in the preview image by half 3 Click OK Chapter 6 Range 131 Setting the neutral point lt I Note Make sure you set the values for the Neutral Point tool before setting the neutral point in the image 1 Click the Neutral Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box 2 Move the cursor over the preview image area 3 Click to set the neutral point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the neutral point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Setting the White Neutral and Black Point in CMYK Edit Space Specifying and setting the white point minimum value Za If you are working in CMYK Edit Space no output histogram is available The Range dialog box allows you to enter the minimum percentages for the white point 1 Click the White Point tool The C M Y and K fields appear 2 Specify the C cyan M magenta Y yellow and K black minimum values 3 Move the cursor over the preview image area 4 Click to set the white point Chapter 6 Range 132 You can als
37. RGB CMYK _ Save Previews Choose the sound to alert you that a batch is completed You can choose any sound that is available in your system Choose the file format in which you want to save the scanned images If you select a mode that does not support this file format during scanning FotoLook SA saves the image as TIFF The file BatchLog informs you of any images that have been saved in adifferent format Check the checkbox Append File Extension if you want to add a3 letter extension to the file name tif eps dcs pct or jpg Note It is recommended to use file extensions when storing files on a server that is used by PC and Mac users and also when using Mac OS X Check the desired Embedded Profiles check boxes to ensure color management across systems and applications Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 113 10 11 Note It is important to embed profiles into scanned files When you open afile with an embedded profile in an application that supports profiles the correct color conversions can be applied Profile embedding in FotoLook is possible under the following conditions o The file format is TIFF JPEG EPS or DCS o The file is scanned in Gray RGB or CMYK mode Note Gray Profiles that compensate for Dot Gain Range and Custom Gamma in the Gray Scale Conversions window will be created on the fly o Color management is enabled check box in the FotoLook profile setup dialog box when displaying color
38. YK output devices only support 8 bits channels use the 64 bit output mode only if you intend to do extensive color corrections afterwards This mode is not available for the Horizon Ultra Displays the Profiles Setup dialog box Note The Color Management checkbox is not available because separations always require color management Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 36 Color Lab Mode Mode Color Lab EJ Results in a 24 bit image composed of 256 levels of L lightness 256 levels 127 of a and 256 levels 127 of b The Color Lab 48 bit results in an image composed of 65 536 levels of L lightness 65 536 levels 32 700 of a and 65 536 levels 32 700 of b This mode allows you to scan images into device independent color This means that you are sure that the colors of your images are always the same on whatever device it is displayed The Color Lab 48 bit ensures you that no data is lost during color conversions Note that only afew applications support Lab 48 bit currently This mode is not available for the Horizon Ultra Displays the Profiles Setup dialog box In this dialog box you have to select the Lab output Profile Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 37 Res Size 150 ppi 100 Selects the resolution at which the scanner scans the area that you selected The values displayed in the pop up menu depend on the resolution mode and scaling factor that you have
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40. ac OS 8 6 and as your Display Profile in Profiles for Standard Devices Mac OS 9 X and Mac OS X Note In some control panels you first have to save the settings and then export them as a ColorSync Profile Chapter 2 Profile Setup 83 Profile Setup on System Level In FotoLook you can capture images and simultaneously convert their color gamuts for output to specific devices for example monitors or printers This conversion is based on the use of ColorSync Profiles In the Monitors control panel you set a ColorSync Profile on system level This allows you to select a monitor Profile from within any application or driver Supporting color management To set a monitor Profile on system level do the following ColorSync Profiles for Standard Devices Displays Mac OS 8 6 and Mac OS 9 1 ColorSync 2 5 3 0 1 Inthe Apple menu go to Control Panels and open the Monitors or Monitors amp Sound panel The Monitors or Monitors and Sound panel appears 2 Click Colors and choose your Profile in the ColorSync Profile menu Your Profile is now set on system level and can be selected from within FotoLook Photoshop or any other application that supports ColorSync Mac OS X ColorSync 3 0 Note If you calibrated your monitor before the correct settings are probably already applied 1 Inthe Apple menu go to System Preferences and open ColorSync The ColorSync window appears 2 Select Profiles for Standard Device
41. ad out space 9 Click OK Chapter 2 Profile Setup 87 How to Scan an IT8 1 Click the Profile icon The Profile Setup dialog box appears 2 Clearthe Color Management check box in the Color Profiles dialog box 3 Select None in the Gradation pop up menu Note Set Dmax to the highest value allowed in Range to avoid problems when scanning Rx targets 4 Select None in the Curves pop up menu 5 Select None in the Sharpen pop up menu 6 Select None inthe Sel Color pop up menu Gray Scale Mode In order to display images correctly in gray scale mode you need to apply a gamma compensation In order to print an image correctly on a web offset press you need to adjust the dot gain and dot range of images Dot Gain Correction Gray Scale images can be adjusted for the dot gain and limited dot range of the press Consult your printer to obtain the proper values for the selected paper type A dot gain of 20 aminimum printable dot of 3 and a maximum printable dot of 97 are good defaults for printing on coated paper Overview Scan Phase 1 Place the original on the scanner 2 Open FotoLook 3 From the Original pop up menu choose the type of original you mounted Note If scanning atransparent original make sure Scanner Default is active in the Transparency Gamma window 4 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 5 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Gray Scale 6 Click Overview in the lower part o
42. adow and midtones are known as 3 4 tones and those between highlight and midtones are known as 1 4 tones reflective original An original that is printed on an opaque layer Compare with transparent original re Raster element The smallest element that a printer or imagesetter can write to film or paper A grid of rels builds the halftone cell The resolution of a printer or imagesetter is expressed in rels per inch rpi The larger arel the lower the resolution reproduction The result of printing many copies of asingle image resolution A measure of the fineness of spatial detail that a device can record or produce The higher the resolution the finer the detail Resolution is expressed in elements per unit for example pixels per inch ppi for scanners and monitors and rels per inch rpi for printers and imagesetters Monitors have the lowest resolution 70 ppi laser printers have resolutions ranging from 300 to 600 rpi imagesetters have resolutions ranging from 1200 to 3600 rpi Glossary 169 RGB Red Green Blue The primary colors in the additive color model The RGB modelis used in colortelevisions monitors and scanners rpi Rels per inch or raster elements per inch A measure of the resolution ofa printer or an imagesetter Often confused with dots per inch saturation Saturation is the extent to which acolor is not dull or gray The less gray ina color the higher the saturation High s
43. ame Framework SamplescanBatch Select an option to organize your images to prevent that your previous images willbe replaced You can choose between Auto Number Folders Each time you repeat a batch job anew subfolder is created in the Images folder Each new subfolder has the same basename that you type once in the Base name field FotoLook will automatically add anumber to each new folder For example you type as base name Cars The subfolder for the first repeated batch job will be Cars_1 the second Cars_2 and so on Auto Number Files Each time you repeat a batch job the files are saved to the same folder but FotoLook will automatically add anumber to each file For example your base name is Oldtimer The file for the first repeated batch job will be saved as Oldtimer_1 the second as Oldtimer_2 and so on AppleScripts Below the separator you can find some sample AppleScript files You can write yourown AppleScript files with procedures to organize your images These files have to be stored in the Repeat Batch Scripts folder Refer to the ReadMe file for more information about AppleScripts Before you execute anew Batch job you can reset the AppleScript status by clicking the Reset button Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 119 Chapter 6 Range Range Line Art Range Reflective and Transparent setting Automatic Range Setting a Clipping Percentage Setting the Lightest Poi
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45. and black points The White Point tool enables you to remap the gray values of the pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the lightest parts in your preview image You first specify a minimum value forthe white point then set the white pointin your preview image The Black Point tool enables you to remap the gray values ofthe pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the darkest parts in your preview image You first Specify a maximum value for the black point then set the black point in your preview image Locates the optimal threshold Indicates the threshold in percentages Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 50 Range Negative In the Range dialog box for negative originals you can examine the input histogram of the current selection In this histogram you can use the sliders to define the range forthe green channel of the preview image The range of the other channels change accordingly In the lower part of the Range Negative dialog box you can also set the white neutral black point for the defined area Range Negative 1and2 The white and black sliders indicate the minimum and maximum density applied to the green channel The other channels are adjusted proportionally 3 The gray slideris the most important correction lt indicates the occurrence of catch light or backlight This should not influence the Dmin of the image Move the
46. aturation corresponds to an intense vivid color low saturation to a quiet dull grayish color scanned image Any image that has been captured by a digitizing device such as a scanner video camera etc and stored scanner A device that converts images such as photographs into digital form so that they can be stored and manipulated on computers When used in conjunction with OCR software a scanner can convert a page of text into an editable document screen frequency screen ruling The spacing of the lines in a halftone image usually measured in lines per inch lpi Each line is composed of anumber of halftone dots shadows The darkest areas in an original or an image represented in ahalftone by the largest dots The dot area of shadows ranges from about 80 to 100 Compare with highlights sharpening Sharpening intensifies the differences in light and dark passages in an image It analyzes pixel values and alters the contrast and brightness levels of adjacent pixels to create a perception of increased sharpness Sharpening provides a good approach to adding snap to gray scale images before converting them to line art but oversharpening can also draw unwanted attention to elements such as scanning artefacts that you would rather not enhance Glossary 170 skeleton black generation A color separation technique that substitutes black ink for calculated amounts of cyan magenta and yellow ink Using black in
47. aximum supported pixel width in FotoLook SA for PICT files is about O 12 400 pixels in Gray scale mode For 16 bit modes only the TIFF format can be used o 3 100 pixels in RGB mode For 48 bit modes only the TIFF format can be used TIFF Gray Scale Color RGB Color CMYK Color Lab The TIFF format is widely supported on both Macintosh and PC platforms by nearly all DTP packages Save your image in TIFF format if m Your image processing application supports TIFF You need to edit the image m You want one compact file that can be compressed m You want to print the image on any printer Appendix D Supported File Formats in FotoLook SA 159 EPS Gray Scale Color RGB Color CMYK for color printers Save your image in EPS format if m Yourimage processing application does not support TIFF m You do not need to edit the image m You will only print on a PostScript printer m You will not separate the image afterwards DCS Color CMYK for Color Separations The DCS format saves five EPS files Cyan Magenta Yellow Black anda preview picture file Save your image in DCS format if m Yourimage processing application does not support TIFF m You can handle 5 files for one image m You do not need to edit the image you can edit DCS files in Photoshop but this is an exception m You need asmall file to import into a page layout application You can crop and position the image on the small preview t
48. c You can modify the range manually by setting the white and black point or neutral point in the Range dialog box Therefore you have to click Range If required you can apply atone curve to the scanned image If required you can apply selective color correction From the Descreen pop up menu choose None From the Sharpen pop up menu choose Low Final Scan Phase Click Scan If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which another application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 101 In Production Mode 1 Putthe reflective or transparent original on the scanner 2 Open FotoLook The FotoLook dialog box appears Overview Scan Phase 1 Hold down the Command key while pressing D to toggle between Interactive mode and Production mode Make sure you are in Production mode Agfa FotoLook 3 5 Production Mode Original Reflective Scan Area Custom HUE Mode Color RGB Gradation Default Range Automatic Curves Sel Color Descreen 150 Ipi 100 Sharpen Default for creen Source Profile DuoScan T2500 Agfa Rx Destin Profile gt Apple Multiple Scan 17 O30 i z amn E k 3 info Overview cc pete Bi e ar I Input X12 1436 189 H3119 2 Fromthe Original pop up menu choose Reflective or Tra
49. cale mode lf you want to display the images on your monitor o Choose Gamma 1 8 to display the images on your Macintosh o Choose Gamma 2 2 to display the images on your PC or if you want to place the images on the Internet Or lf you want to use your images for offset printing o Enterthe dot gain and the range depending on your output device and save the profile Note Selecting the new profile in the ColorSync workflow will automatically synchronize the profiles between your applications O Choose your own Gray Profile if you have already created one Select Preview to display a preview of your changes Click OK Note You also have to change these settings when you are scanning with the Fotolook PS plugin Chapter 2 Profile Setup 92 Profile Mismatch Embed your profiles in FotoLook if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give awarning if the embedded profile is different from their default profile working space Embedded Profile Mismatch The document s embedded color profile does not match the current RGB working space Embedded Apple RGB Working sRGB 1EC61966 2 1 How do you want to proceed __ Use the embedded profile instead of the working space Convert document s colors to the working space Ci Discard the embedded profile don t color manage We recommend that you select Us
50. canner might be quite different froma particular display Displays can also vary radically from each other and the final output device uses subtractive CMYK rather than additive color RGB Another problem in adequate color conversion concerns color gamut Color gamut is the range of colors that can be represented by agiven device or media Each device produces aunique color gamut even when correctly calibrated to the manufacturer s specifications What is ColorTune ColorTune Agfa s own color management software takes care of the variations caused by the different devices by using Profiles Such a Profile contains an accurate description of the characteristics of each device These Profiles are then used to modify the colors in an image as it is passed from one device to the next to ensure the result matches the original The process of making unique device Profiles is called characterization You can do this with ColorTune ColorTune offers you different tools to work with Profiles m creation and editing of customized Profiles with the ColorTune Profile application m converting and previewing images from one color space to another color space with ColorTune Preview application m converting images and embedding Profiles in the images with ColorTune Batch application Note In this manual we only describe ColorTune in FotoLook For using ColorTune with Photoshop please refer to your ColorTune manual Chapter 2 Profile S
51. canning Black and White Negative Originals Note No customization can occur for black and white negative originals Overview Scan Phase 1 Place the film strip in the holder of the scanner 2 Open FotoLook 3 Fromthe Original pop up menu choose Negative 4 Choose the correct contrast curve in the Negative Film Types dialog box 5 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 6 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Gray Scale 7 Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created 8 Select the areato preview in the image area CAUTION Make sure you do not include the borders 9 Click Preview Preview Scan Phase 1 Setthe size and resolution for the selected image 2 Fromthe Range pop up menu choose Auto If you want to manipulate the range of the negative original click Range to display the Range dialog box 3 If required apply atone curve to your image 4 I f requires apply sharpness Final Scan Phase e Click Scan If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which another application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 111 Chapter 5 Batch Scanning FotoLook SA allows you to scan in batch mode Batch scanning is the ability to perform separate prescan adjustments on each original scan multipl
52. ccceeeeeeeeeeeeaee 159 NOS SA aaa a tia ee eee ee ee 162 Aa 172 Contents 10 Preface The Preface introduces you to FotoLook 3 6 and the contents of this guide About FotoLook What s New About the Documentation How to Use this On Line Guide How to Print this On Line Guide Preface 11 About Fotolook FotoLook 3 6 is auser friendly scanning software program for Agfa scanners FotoLook makes it easy to capture images from photographic originals color or black and white line art transparent or negative originals and to manipulate the images in a well considered manner The FotoLook scanning software program offers almost all the tonal correction tools you could ask for and takes full advantage of the scanner s downloadable gamma capability FotoLook uses the revolutionary image processing method used in AGFA Photofinishing Systems to enhance the reproduction of color negatives FotoLook 3 6 supports a for you This wizard guarantees identical output results independent from the scanner the resolution or the type of original If however you want complete control over the sharpening process you can also set each individual sharpening parameter yourself FotoLook can be used with several image editing applications and page layout applications running on the Apple Macintosh orthe Apple Power Macintosh computers Agfa offers FotoLook as a Photoshop plug in FotoLook PS or as a stand alone application FotoLook SA There are so
53. chapter explains all the elements that appear in the dialog boxes The elements are described in order of their appearance To display the FotoLook interface choose Scan fromthe File menu in FotoLook SA or choose Import Agfa FotoLook PS 3 6 from the Photoshop File menu FotoLook can be used in Interactive or Production mode The Interactive mode contains three scanning phases an overview phase apreview phase and afinal phase The Production mode contains only two scanning phases an overview phase and afinal phase O The elements displayed depend on your scanner and on the mode Interactive or Production you are working in O The Custom settings in the pop up menus contain the settings used in your last image O You can toggle between Production and Interactive mode by holding down the Command key while pressing D You can also choose Production or Interactive from the Type pop up menu in the Work Flow dialog box The next time you open FotoLook it will open in the mode that you have last chosen FotoLook Interactive Production Overview s Preview gt Overview s Final scan phase scan phase scan phase scan phase Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 17 Interactive Mode Ag a FotoLook 3 5 Original Reflective vi Mode Color RGB 0 Res Size 150 ipi 100 Gradation Default Range Automatic Curves Sel Color Descreen Sharpen Default for Screen 0 Source Profile DuoScan T250
54. chosen in the Res Size dialog box lt Note If the resolution you want to select is notin the list use Other To display the LS Note In the Options gt General dialog box you can set the Input Resolution and Screen Unit preferences Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 38 Res Size Dialog Box 1 With these control buttons you can choose which dimensions are fixed a Fixed scale factor b Fixed width c Fixed height d Fixed width and height 2 The input dimensions of the selected area 3 The output l dimensions of the Resolution selected area Mode Halftone Device 4 Column calculator 5 Specifies input Screen 150 Ipi_ QF halftone or contone resolution Info 6 Displays information Output Dimensions 1 125 300 pixels about the image Image Size 2 SEEK Input Resolution 220 ppi Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 39 m fixed scale m fixed width m fixed height m fixed width and height lumn Calculator Enter the required scaling factor This allows you to enlarge or reduce images without having to resize them later The scale factor influences the values of the Resolution modes 1 If you have chosen Input as the Resolution mode changing the Scaling factor changes the Output Resolution 2 If you have chosen Halftone or Contone Device Output as the Resolution mode changing the Scaling factor changes the Input resolution Example I
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56. e and Transparent 1 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Gray Scale or Color 2 Fromthe Original menu choose Reflective or Transparent 3 Click Range The Output part of the Range dialog box varies according to the Edit Space 7 2 280 Densities 0 080 ea 0 6 Clipped Area 0 2 A a eee a AL al 2 JS a erin alta er Y A O O O M0 M 50 Yo Y 50 K 0 K 100 0 64 128 192 fale Cancel Cancel Gray Scale RGB CMYK Chapter 6 Range 123 Setting Automatic Range i le 1 Click Automatic FotoLook defines the lightest point and the darkest point in the selection The sliders in the input histogram are positioned according to the detected values In the output histogram the density values in your image are proportionally remapped between the Dmin and Dmax values You can drag the sliders to modify the values 2 Click OK The new values are applied during the actual scan Setting a Clipping Percentage The clipping percentage is the percentage of pixels that is clipped from the Dmin and Dmax value of an image This means that pixels that are lighter than the Dmin value are converted to white Pixels that are darker than Dmax value are converted to black Note Because certain pixels are converted to white or black clipping causes loss of detail In perfect images no clipping occurs But sometimes noise and dust cause the Dmin point being too low and
57. e originals in one operation and create separate files for each original To scan in batch mode efficiently several originals have to be arranged on the glass plate of the scanner This is always possible for reflective originals Transparency holders and frames can restrict your arrangement of the transparent originals Note You can use originals of different types line art gray scale color in one batch If you have to make several batches because of the number of Originals you have to scan it is best to sort the originals by type Setting Preferences Setting the Scan Settings Overview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase Start Batch Scanning Repeat Batch Scanning Repeat Batch Scanning for Small Jobs Repeat Batch Scanning for Large Jobs Bate h BatchLog om Chapter 5 Batch Scanning 112 Setting Batch Preferences Use the Batch Preferences dialog box to choose the default file format in which you want the images to be saved and the sound you want to alert you when a batch is completed You can also select the folder in which you want to save the batches The preferences are applied the moment you execute the batch Note The default behavior can be overruled by using the More button in the Batch Name dialog box Open FotoLook SA Choose Preferences from the Batch menu The Batch Preferences window appears Batch Preferences File Format TIFF _ Append File Extension Embed Profiles _ Gray vf
58. e right to brighten the preview image Note You cannot drag the white slider over the gray slider Using TFS You can click TFS if you want to reset all the operations you made in the Range dialog box With TFS you can neutralize the image the neutral point is re positioned in the center of the color wheel and set the optimal density range for your image e Click TFS FotoLook defines the lightest point and the darkest point in the image The sliders in the input histogram are positioned according to the detected values Setting the White and Black Point Instead of using the sliders to make an image darker or brighter you can use the following tools pa White Point NI Black Point 1 Click the White Point Tool Chapter 6 Range 138 Move the cursor over the preview image In the floating palette you can see which point is the lightest point in the image The lightest point is where the RGB values are as close as possible to 259 Click to set the white point In the floating palette the figures are close to 255 This indicates that acolor cast has also been removed Repeat instructions 1 to 4 forthe Black Point Tool Neutralizing or Correcting the Image lt I With the Neutralize Tool you can change the overall colors of the image You do not alter the range of the image as you only change the colors and not the lightest and darkest points in the image 1 2 SS eo Click Neutralize Mov
59. e the cursor over the preview image The cursor changes into across hair cursor Click in the image to select the color that you want to neutralize or to specify anew reference color A cross hair appears in the color wheel to indicate the reference point in the preview image To neutralize the selected color click in the center of the color wheel To specify anew destination color click that color in the color wheel The complete color range of the preview image is adapted to this reference color Q You can use the arrow keys to move the cursor in the color wheel The arrow keys help you to position the cursor more precisely Note If your original does not contain a neutral color you can adjust the color balance by clicking on aknown color for example grass sky skin in the preview image and modifying that color Chapter 6 Range 139 Chapter 7 Curves Creating a Tone Curve Creating aNew Gamma Curve Chapter 7 Curves 140 Creating a Tone Curve You can create acustom tone curve by changing an existing tone curve 1 Choose an existing tone curve from the Curve pop up menu 2 Click Curves to display the Curve Editor dialog box Curve Editor Custom In S669 Outs 14 3 a n BE a Arbitrary S moothing O Gamma 3 Select Arbitrary to create your own curve 4 Click the R G B orthe C M Y K button to change the corresponding curve or click the Master button to alter t
60. e the embedded profile instead of the working space to avoid extra conversions Click OK The colors will match even if the profile setup was different Note If you want to avoid profile mismatches in the future select the proper profile or convert the image to the internal working space A profile mismatch will not occur if the Destination Profile or Gray Scale conversion in FotoLook is the same as the profile used in Photoshop Note For more information refer to Setting Batch Preferences in Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Profile Setup 93 Photoshop 5 0 and 5 5 1 2 Open Adobe Photoshop Choose RGB Setup from the Color Setting submenu from the File menu The RGB Setup dialog box appears RGB Setup RGE Monitor RGB Gamma White Point 3000 K D350 Primaries Custom Monitor AppleYision DYS Man Gamma 1 8 Mm Display Using Monitor Compensation Choose Monitor RGB from the RGB pop up menu if you want to use the images on your computer By choosing Monitor RGB Photoshop uses the system Profile you have set in the Monitors control panel Do not change any of the other settings Note If you want to exchange images with other computers we recommend that you choose Apple RGB from the RGB pop up menu Click OK Note To compensate for dot gain and gamma in gray scale images and to output gray scale images accurately you can specify dot gain in FotoLook Photoshop 5 x allows you
61. e to change these settings when you are scanning with the FotoLook PS plugin Chapter 2 Profile Setup 97 Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals Reflective originals can be scanned using the reflective mode in the FotoLook scanner driver Transparent originals can be scanned using the transparent mode in the FotoLook scanner driver In Interactive Mode Preview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase In Production Mode Overview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 98 In Interactive Mode 1 Putthe reflective or transparent original on the scanner 2 Open FotoLook The FotoLook dialog box appears Agfa FotoLook 3 5 P overview interactive origina S Mode 3 From the Original pop up menu choose Reflective or Transparent Note If scanning a transparent original make sure Scanner Default is on in the Transparency Gamma window 4 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 5 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Color RGB Note If you want to do a Profile Setup see Chapter 2 Profile Setup 6 Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box The scanner quickly performs alow resolution gray scale scan of the entire glass plate The preview image is displayed in the image area in the FotoLook dialog box 7 Select the area for scanning by manipulating the selection rectangle within the image area
62. ed by the wavelengths of light reflected from or transmitted through an object lt is the property we refer to when we call a color by its name such as red purple or bluish green Saturation is the extent to which a coloris not dull or gray The less gray in a color the higher the saturation High saturation corresponds to an intense vivid color low saturation to a quiet dull grayish color Lightness indicates how light or dark a color is how close it is to white and black Lightness is the property that determines for example whether a color is a light pink or a dark pink Hue Saturation and Lightness can be illustrated by athree dimensional model consisting of various palettes Circular movement around the axis of the palettes varies the hue Saturation decreases when shifting from the pure hues at the edge of the palette to the neutral or grayer colors at the center Lightness increases as you move from black at the bottom of the chart to white at the top ofthe chart Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 59 Sel Lalor lt applied Sel Color Displays the Selective Color Correction dialog box Selective Color Correction Dialog Box If you click Sel Color the Selective Color Correction dialog box appears In the Selective Color Correction dialog box you can create acolor pair to convert aselected input color to adefined output color You can create more color pairs and use them in combination to obta
63. een simple mode and expanded mode lf you switch back to simple mode a message asks you to reset the values to their defaults Expanded mode EJ Color Management Source Agfa Duo can 12500 Agta paper Rx T Display Colorsync System Profile Destination Colorsync System Profile EditSpace Destination Read out Colorsync System Profile Cancel Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 35 E Edit Space Source Standard RGB Destination E Read out Color CMYK Mode If you have selected Profiles and you want to do output editing color correction curves you have to define the Edit space If you are used to work in RGB it is possible to work in RGB Edit Space To edit the preview image in the scanner color space RGB To edit the preview image in aneutral color Space RGB To edit the preview image in the color space of the output device RGB CMYK To define the color space that is used to display the output values in the Floating Palettes and Watchpoints window Usually the Edit space and Read out space are the same Displays the Profile Info dialog box This allows you to check which conditions were used to create a Profile Mode Color CHMYE k a m Results in a 32 bit image composed of 8 bits per color channelor 256 levels per color channel The 64 bit output mode results in an image composed of 16 bits per color channelor 65 536 levels per color channel Since most CM
64. efault profile Profile Mismatch The embedded profile does not match the current RGB setup Specify desired input conversion c Input Conversion From Agfa Duo5can 140 Agta paper Rx Black Point Compensation Don t Convert Convert e Click Convert if you want the colors to match the setup in FotoLook Note If you want to avoid profile mismatches in the future select the proper profile or convert the image to the internal color space A profile mismatch will not occur if the Destination Profile or Gray Scale conversion in FotoLook is the same as the profile used in Photoshop If a Profile Mismatch does occur click Convert The colors will match even if the profile setup was different Note For more information refer to Setting Batch Preferences in Chapter 5 Chapter 2 Profile Setup 96 Photoshop 5 0 LE Photoshop 5 0 LE doesn t support embedded profiles To get optimal results you need to set the Destination Profile in FotoLook to Apple RGB for color mode and Gamma 1 8 for Gray Scale mode 1 2 D O Oo Open FotoLook From the Mode pop up menu select Color RGB oio LJ The Profile setup dialog box appears Select Apple RGB as Destination Click OK From the Mode pop up menu select Gray Scale Click The Profile setup dialog box appears Select Gamma 1 8 as Destination Click OK Note You also hav
65. efore setting the white point in the image 1 Click on the White Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box 2 Move the cursor over the preview image area 3 Click to set the white point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the white point Your preview image is updated with the remapped gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a white point with limits other than O and 100 or 255 may influence the display gray values Note Press Option while clicking the White Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the white point Chapter 6 Range 135 Specifying the black point maximum value 5 In a gray scale preview the pixel value is displayed as a percentage from 0 to 100 A pixel with a value of 0 is white and a pixel with a value of 100 is black 1 Double click the Black Point tool Choose Black Point Man Value 100 e Cancel 2 Entera percentage value to define the maximum black point 3 Click OK Setting the black point 5 Note Make sure you set the values forthe Black Point tool before setting the black point in the image 1 Click on the Black Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box 2 Move the cursor over the preview image area 3 Click to set the black point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the black point Yo
66. efore value to the After value by clicking on the corresponding button at the top of the watchpoint window Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 76 Rotation Mirror You can rotate or mirror the image Click this button to display the Rotation dialog box The number of possibilities depends on the scanning application SA or PS A small F symbol is added to the thumbnails to visualize a vertical or horizontal flipping Rotation Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 77 To zoom in on the selected area in the image area The Scan Area pop up menu is set to Custom which is the size of your selection To zoom out on the selected area in the image area The dimensions of Custom are used until you zoom out In the Options gt Work Flow dialog box you can set a Max Zooming factor to zoom in or out without the occurrence of pixelization in the image area Note Both zooming buttons are disabled if the selection covers the full area of the image area Preview Position a Indicates the area that is used by the preview image in the total image area To select the total image area double click the Preview Position tool Batch Scanning FotoLook SA allows you to scan in batch mode Batch scanning is the ability to scan multiple originals in one operation perform separate prescan adjustments on each original and create separate files for each original Before you choose New from the Batch menu choose Preferences from the Batch
67. el 66 settings 62 shortcuts 148 size 28 38 Smoothing 53 54 Source Profile 34 specifying black point in CMYK 133 black point in gray scale mode 136 black point in RGB 129 neutral point in CMYK 134 neutral point in RGB 131 white point in CMYK 132 white point in gray scale mode 135 white point in RGB 128 T TFS 12 138 Threshold 44 50 Line Art 45 TIFF 159 tone curve 53 Transparency Gamma 25 Transparent Index 175 Original 25 Range 123 scanning 98 Transparency Gamma 25 U user defined files 154 V virtual memory 71 79 W Watchpoint window 76 white point 83 In CMYK 132 In Gray Scale 135 In RGB 128 setting 48 51 setting in CMYK 132 setting in gray scale mode 135 Setting In Negative Mode 138 setting in RGB 129 specifying in CMYK 132 specifying in gray scale mode 135 specifying in RGB 128 width 39 Work Flow 73 Z zoom 73 78 Index 176
68. er preview of the original O To reset the gradation curve to a straight curve type 0 three times use the Tab key to go to the next numeric field Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 43 Range In the Range pop up menu you can choose between Automatic Full Range or Manual Note For more information on howto use and set the range see Chapter 6 Range not for negative and line art originals not for negative originals FotoLook calculates the optimum dynamic range forthe cropped area FotoLook also measures the density values of the brightest highlight and the darkest shadow Captures the original using the full range that is available This option is mainly used when scanning in 16 or 48 bit images to allow post processing without loss of information Displays the Manual Scan Range dialog box In case of line art Originals the Threshold dialog box is displayed Displays the Range dialog box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 44 Manual Scan Range Dialog Box original are distributed between the Dmin and Dmax values Manual Scan Range J Min ENE BE vex 260 Jo Min To set a minimum density value E Max To set a maximum density value Threshold Dialog Box The threshold value denotes the gray value selected as the midpoint for converting shades to black or white In the Threshold dialog box you can set the point at which pixels are converted to white
69. erview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase 1 Click You find this button next to the Mode pop up menu The Gray Scale Conversions and Corrections dialog box is displayed bray Scale Conversions L Luminance Color to Gray Scale bray Scale Corrections Display Automatic Gamma 1 8 ea Destination Dot Gain Range ll ee Cancel 2 Choose Automatic Gamma from the Display pop up menu The gamma of the preview image is now adapted to the display gamma 3 Choose the proper gamma from the Destination pop up menu You can use Automatic Gamma if the images will be displayed on your system only Note Embed your profiles if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give a warning if the embedded profile is different from their default profile Refer to Profile Mismatch for more information Chapter 2 Profile Setup 91 Profile Setup in Photoshop Profile Setup preferences vary according to your Photoshop version version 6 0 5 x or5 0 LE Photoshop 6 0 Open Adobe Photoshop Choose Color Settings from the Edit menu The Color Settings window appears Select the same RGB and CMYK profiles as the profiles that you use in FotoLook Note Using the ColorSync workflow will automatically synchronize the profiles between your applications Refer to ColorSync Profiles for Documents for more information In Gray S
70. eset the Range always to Automatic afterascan This to avoid applying previous range settings to anew image Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 73 Floating Palette White Black Point Before After R a5 yf ao G aii oF oe B 150 150 As you move the cursor overthe preview image the floating palette displays RGB and CMYK color values The information that you find in the floating palette depends on m The color mode you are working in RGB color values appear if you are working in Color RGB mode CMYK color values appear if you are working in Color CMYK mode m The Profile set up in the Profile Setup dialog box The floating palette can display Input Before After and Output values The Input values are always expressed in scanner RGB densities Source The Before After values are expressed in the Edit space units Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 74 The Output values are expressed in the Read out space usually Destination If you are working in Lab mode the Read out space displays Lab values m The level of editing FotoLook main dialog box no editing Range dialog box input editing Curve Editor and Selective Color Correction dialog box output editing Note In Overview mode the floating palette displays no color values You can adjust the sample size of the pixels in the preview image Adjusting the Sample Size As you move the curso
71. etup 81 Calibrating your Monitor When examining the quality of images displayed on a monitor various attributes must be considered the tone of the image contrast brightness the color the sharpness and so on To ensure consistency in tone and color you must calibrate the monitor and characterize it as part of acolor production system You important however to use amonitor Profile that has a monitor setting gamma color temperature similar to the one set by the application software and the monitor calibration tools You can calibrate your monitor using Adobe Gamma or ColorSync If want to calibrate your monitor with Adobe Gamma referto the Adobe Gamma documentation If you want to calibrate your monitor using ColorSync follow the instructions below If you don t want to calibrate your monitor make sure that you have selected the correct profile Note The calibration workflow depends on the version of your Monitors Sound control panel Mac OS 8 6 and 9 1 1 Inthe Apple menu go to Control Panels and open the Monitors or Monitors amp Sound panel The Monitors or Monitors amp Sound panel appears 2 Click the Color button 3 Click Calibrate and follow the instructions on your screen You can now adjust the settings for calibrating your monitor The settings can vary according to your Monitors amp Sound control panel version Go to instruction 4 for more information about the settings Mac OS X 1 In
72. f the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created 7 Select the areato preview in the image area 8 Click Preview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A scan is done Chapter 2 Profile Setup 88 Preview Scan Phase 1 Click Un You find this button next to the Mode pop up menu The Gray Scale Conversions and Corrections dialog box is displayed Gray Scale Conversions Luminance Color to Gray Scale Gray Scale Corrections Display Automatic Gamma 1 8 y Destination Dot Gain Range ea Cancel 2 Fromthe Display pop up menu choose Automatic Gamma 3 Fromthe Destination pop up menu choose Dot Gain Range and click The Dot Gain Range dialog box appears Dot Gain Range Dot Gain ol Dot Range hin hl aH Cancel 4 Type the values that your printer recommends for Dot Gain and Dot Range The finished scanned images are adjusted to those values Chapter 2 Profile Setup 89 You can fill in the Dot Range minimum and maximum value by using the recommended minimum and maximum printable dot When choosing Automatic fromthe Range pop up menu all gray scale values between 0 and 100 are automatically mapped to the new Dot Range This method assures that all parts of your images are printed correctly Use the White Point and Black Point tools in the Range dialog box to specify which parts of the image need to be remapped to the required dot
73. f the Output Resolution is 150 Ipi the Quality factoris 1 5 and you change the Scaling factor to 200 then the Input Resolution becomes 450 ppl Type in afixed width The height changes proportionally This output format is taken into account after the selected scan areais scanned The scale is also updated Type in afixed height The width changes with the same proportions This output format is taken into account after the selected scan areais scanned The scale is also updated Scale the input selection by typing in the width and the height The output dimensions are now fixed so you can make the selection wider and smaller with fixed proportions In this case the selection rectangle has a fixed aspect ratio By clicking the Column Calculator icon you display the Column Calculator dialog box Here you can type in the number of columns a picture will take up in a publication the column width and gutter The gutter is the vertical space between adjacent columns Columns Column 5ize Width cm Gutter cm Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 40 i Resolution mode Input Halftone Device for example imagesetters and laser printers Contone Device for example dye sublimation and inkjet printers E Resolution or Screen You can define the resolution as input resolution Input or as output resolution Contone Device or Halftone Device Your choice will depend on the final goal of the image Resolution
74. fined Files Mac OS 9 Mac OS X Delete Custom Defined Curves or Settings Copy Your Previous User Defined Settings to FotoLook 3 6 Mac OS 9 The Application Support folder structure These files are located in the FotoLook folder System folder Application Support Agfa FotoLook An alias to the FotoLook folder is available in the Agfa FotoLook 3 6 folder The FotoLook folder Note Replace lt Your Scanner gt by the name of your scanner and lt User Defined files gt by the names of your personal settings m Sharpness o lt User Defined files gt O marketing brochure O my personal sharpness setting m Negatives E Gradation O Imported o lt User Defined files gt O marketing brochure O my personal sharpness setting E lt Your Scanner gt Em Corrections o CMYK O Curves e lt User Defined files gt e marketing brochure e my personal sharpness setting O Sel Color Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 154 O Gray o Curves o lt User Defined files gt e marketing brochure e my personal sharpness setting o RGB o Curves o lt User Defined files gt e marketing brochure e my personal sharpness setting O Sel Color Batch Behaviour Temporary items The Preference folder structure These files are created at runtime and are located in the folder of your scanner System folder Preferences Agfa FotoLook lt Your Scanner gt Your scanner folder Calibrations Holder
75. g is not displayed in the Preview scan phase Sharpening can be used to enhance the apparent sharpness of an image Sharpening searches out areas in the image where adjacent light tone and dark tone pixels meet These areas appear as the edges of objects in the image By lightening some of the light pixels and darkening some of the dark pixels a greater contrast is achieved This gives the edges a sharper appearance FotoLook 3 6 supports a Sharpening Wizard that automatically sets all the correct sharpening parameters for you This wizard guarantees identical output results independent from the scanner the resolution or the type of original If however you want complete control over the sharpening process you can also set each individual sharpening parameter yourself With the Sharpening Wizard you can either m choose one of the default settings m setan exact amount of sharpness or m alterthe advanced parameters that have an influence on sharpness Default Settings Default for Screen Default for Print If you want to sharpen your image without having to set all the different sharpening parameters simply select a sharpness level in the Sharpen pop up menu You can choose between None Default for Screen and Default for Print None if your image requires no sharpening Default for for images to be used on screen for example on CD ROM or on Screen the internet or when printing to ahigh resolution printer inkjet with micr
76. ges usually scanned between applications or between computer platforms This flexible standard can represent black and white gray scale and color images It is commonly used in page layout applications tone curve A curve that plots the modification of densities in an image A 45 straight tone curve leaves the image intact Changing the shape of the curve modifies the image white point A movable reference point that defines the lightest areain an image causing all other areas to be adjusted accordingly Glossary 171 Index A Arbitrary 53 54 aspect ratio 22 automatic density 124 range 44 138 batch log file 79 preferences 78 113 repeat 118 scanning 78 112 settings 115 batch repeat AppleScripts 119 auto number files 119 auto number folders 119 Behaviors 73 black point In CMYK 132 In Gray Scale 135 In RGB 128 setting 51 setting in CMYK 133 setting in gray scale mode 136 Setting In Negative Mode 138 setting in RGB 130 specifying in CMYK 133 specifying in gray scale mode 136 specifying in RGB 129 black and white negative originals scanning 111 C calibrated holders 28 calibrating brightness 83 contrast 83 gamma 83 monitor 82 white point 83 characterization 81 clipping setting percentage 124 color correction 143 gamut 81 hue 55 lightness 55 167 management 81 mask 26 saturation 55 space 81 values 74 Color CMYK mode 36 Color Lab
77. ght result in cyan C red and blue light make magenta M and red and green light form yellow Y ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange This is a system for referring to letters numbers and common symbols by code numbers This widely used file format is useful for transferring files between Macs and PCs batch scanning Sequential scanning of multiple originals using previously defined unique settings for each Bezier curve A curve named after Pierre Bezier of which the shape can be changed by moving its control points A Bezier curve has atotal of four control points one at each end of two straight direction lines Each direction line meets the curve in a single point bit Binary digit The smallest unit of information in a computer a 1 or aQ It can define two conditions on or off bitmap A digitized image forming a grid of pixels The color of each pixel is defined by a specific number of bits cache A portion of RAM or disk space used to keep often used data for quicker access calibration The adjustment of adevice by measuring its deviation from standard values and then during operation of the device applying values to compensate for the deviation In prepress in particular calibration is the fine tuning of scanners monitors printers imagesetters and slidemakers in order to increase the accuracy of their output Glossary 162 CMS Color Management System A set of
78. ghtening with gamma gt 1 or darkening with gamma lt 1 occurs mainly in the midtones gamut The limited range of colors provided by aspecific input device output device or pigment set grain The extent to which an overall granulated pattern appears in a photograph due to chemical and physical characteristics of the film paper or development process gray levels A limited number of fixed gray levels usually between 16 and 256 levels of gray gray scale A range of grays with regular tone intervals from white to black A gray scale image is an image that contains various levels or shades of gray gutter The vertical space between adjacent columns or the area between the inside margins of facing page documents halftone A technique used to simulate acontinuous tone original such as aphotograph The printing press prints a matrix of miniature dots of varying size or lines of varying thickness A limited set of inks only black ink or CMY K inks can thus give the naked eye an illusion of many shades of gray or many colors See also halftone cell and halftone screen halftone cell The grid composed of raster elements rels that form the halftone dot Glossary 165 halftone screen Refers to the screen aglass plate ruled with crossing opaque lines through which an original is photographed to make a halftone image Nowadays it also refers to the matrix stored into computer memory to make halftone images
79. gray slider towards the Dmin setting to weaken the influence of acatch light or a backlight on the global density of the image 4 Use TFS to set acorrect density range based on the green channel and make the image neutral All other operations are reset 5 The Neutralizer tool proposes a neutral point You can click in the image to specify a different reference point and click in the color wheelto specify the new destination color 6 Sets awhite point 7 Sets ablack point Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 51 Curves Note For more information on creating and changing curves see Chapter 7 Curves predefined curves are included in the Curves pop up menu Note When you are working in Line Art mode the Curves pop up menu is not available Note When you are working in Lab mode editing takes place in RGB Note This tone curve editing does not override the selection you made in the Gradation pop up menu but both manipulations are applied in succession during the final scan The gradation curves are applied at full bit depth of the scanner before color conversions See also Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process Curves Applies a linear tone curve The curve is at a 45 angle leaving the input and output intensities the same Choose ahigh gamma setting gt 1 0 to lighten the image and increase contrast in the darker portions of the image Choose alow set
80. hat is saved with the four separations For the final output the high resolution color separations are used m You will print the color separations on an imagesetter When printing a DCS file on a Color PostScript printer only the low resolution preview picture will be printed Appendix D Supported File Formats in FotoLook SA 160 JPEG When you save your scanned files in JPEG format you can set an image quality for your files The quality of JPEG images depends on the compression ratio that is applied to the image High compression results in low image quality and a small file size Low compression results in high image quality and a large file size 1 Click Scan to scan your image A Save as dialog box appears Select JPEG in the File Format pop up menu The Quality pop up menu appears Selectthe quality for your JPEG image You can choose between Low Medium High and Maximum quality with O Low highest compression smallest file size O Maximum lowest compression largest file size Enter aname forthe image and click Save Appendix D Supported File Formats in FotoLook SA 161 Glossary This glossary explains anumber of terms that are commonly used in this manual additive colors Red green and blue are the primary colors of light from which all other colors can be made By emitting red green and blue light in varying proportions and intensities monitors can achieve all other colors Green and blue li
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82. have selected m your selection of Original Reflective Transparent or Negative How to Select the Profile 1 Open FotoLook 2 Choose Color RGB Color CMYK or Color Lab from the Mode pop up menu 3 Click the Profile icon The Profile Setup dialog box appears Ex Color Management Source Agfa DuoScan 12500 Agfa paper Rx Info Display Colorsynec System Profile Info Destination Colorsync System Profile Info gt Cancel Note In CMYK and Lab Color mode no Color Management checkbox is available 4 Fromthe Source pop up menu select the Profile that matches your scanner and original type It is recommended that you create a Profile for your own scanner Please refer to the ColorTune manual for creating Profiles Chapter 2 Profile Setup 86 Note The Source Profile depends on the input device and on the photographic material that you are scanning Select the Source Profile for Agfa Fuji or Kodak depending on the manufacturer of the original lt is recommended to create your own profile based on an IT8 of the manufacturer Contact the manufacturer to obtain an IT8 7 1 Tx or IT8 7 2 Rx target You can download the reference file that matches your IT8 target from our support site http support agfa com See also How to Scan an IT8 5 From the Display pop up menu select ColorSync System Profile FotoLook now uses the Profile you have set as System Profile in the Monito
83. he master curve Note In Gray Scale only a master curve is available Chapter 7 Curves 141 gt eo 9 Change the selected tone curve by dragging the curve handles You can also add or delete handles You add a curve handle by clicking the area where you want the handle to appear You can delete a curve handle by dragging it out of the tone Curve area Move the pointer over the curve handles to see the In and Out values of the curve handles Click the double arrows below the curve to display the In and Out values as levels or percentages Check Smoothing if necessary Hold down the Curves Overview button to display the separate and the master tone curve simultaneously Note To reset the current curve click Reset Click Save to store the created tone curve If you do not save the curve it is added as Custom to the Curves pop up menu In the dialog box that appears you have to enter aname under which you want to save the tone Curve Save GUAYE 35 Saving to Preferences FotoF low Corrections CTE Curves User Defined Click OK in the Curve Editor dialog box If no name was given to the curve when saving Custom appears in the Curve pop up menu Creating a New Gamma Curve Select Gamma to create anew gamma curve If you select Gamma a slider and a text box appear T 1 Fa Gamma a a select avalue between 0 1 and 2 5 by dragging the slider or by typing the required value in the text box
84. heel is used for displaying the input and output selection and for displaying the individual colors picked up from the preview image You can use the handles to specify which hues and saturation levels have to be included in the selection Drag the hue control points 1 and 2 to define the range of hues in the input color selection Drag the saturation control points 3 and 4 to define the range of saturation in the input color selection When you drag the saturation boundary to the edge of the color picker more pure colors are included Dragging the saturation boundary to the center of the picker includes more neutral levels Note Some areas in the color wheel define colors that are not printable out of gamut colors Clicking an out of gamut color automatically remaps this color to its closest equivalent within the gamut range a The position of the input center point defines which color has to be changed To avoid sudden changes the colors around this center point are mapped to the colors around the center of the output color You can move this input center point to another position or click on acertain point in the selected area The movement of this center point is limited by the edges of the two dimensions b The output center point is disabled when you are selecting the input color Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 58 c The input center point is disabled when you are selecting the output c
85. in an output image First define the input color Then select the output color to create a color pair Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 56 selective Color Correction Custom 1 Color pair the input color left and the output color right 2 Checkmark color pair displays the effect of the corresponding pair 3 Checkmark all color pairs displays the overall effect of all the color pairs 4 Trash deletes the selected color pair 5 Color wheel displays the input and output selection and the individual colors picked up from the preview image 6 The lightness dimension of the selected input color 7 The lightness dimension of the selected output color 8 Defines the color values of an input color 9 Defines the color values for the target color 10 The color box of the input or output colors 11 Visualizes the selected input color Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 57 E Show Selection Color pair list E Color wheel W Saturation and hue Is checked by default After you have selected an input color in the preview image you see that all pixels of the same color in the image turn to ashade of white depending on the amount of change In output mode you see that all the white spots are now filled with the defined output color See Manipulating the color pair list In this wheel the hue and saturation dimensions ofa color can be manipulated The color w
86. influence the scanned image You can add asetting to the pop up menu In FotoLook you can import asetting froma settings file of another FotoLook driver by copying it to the correct folder Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 71 Scan Setting Optimize O Speed O Quality o Best Quality Save To select predefined settings Default to apply to your scan The default settings can be used to resetthe scan parameters The Custom settings contain the settings used in your last scan Click Save to add user defined settings These settings are provided by anumeric command key Up to 9 command keys can be created automatically In some situations you may want to make alot of scans as quickly as possible In other situations you may want to scan at the highest possible quality The required quality of the scanned image determines the scanner speed High quality entails low speed reduced quality entails high speed Optimize allows you to choose between different modes to satisfy your requirements When you select Speed the scanner will perform an elementary calibration This reduces the scanning time considerably When you select Quality the scanner performs a full calibration of the scanner Best Quality enables the image processing at full bit depth of the scanner avoiding artefacts like To save asetting to asettings file Enterthe name under which you want to save the setting and click Save The name is added to the Scan Setti
87. ion will depend on the paper quality A higher resolution requires longer scans and more disk space without increasing the image quality considerably Resolution becomes Screen when you select Halftone Device from the Mode pop up menu Selecting Halftone Device overrides the selection you made in the pop up menu at the highest level Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 41 Gradation Note See also Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process Gradation curves help you to improve your images by shifting tones Predefined gradation curves are included with FotoLook The gradation curve is downloaded for the final scan to the scanner at its full bit depth to avoid posterization Note Gradation curves are not provided for negative or line art originals 9 Note Gradation curves are always applied during the final scan at 12 bit and on all color channels at once They are used to change the overall contrast of the image Curves are generally used in 8 bit processing mode The Curve Editor allows you to separate acurve in three RGB or four CMYK color channels offering greater possibilities for output editing Rememberthat applying both functions in one scanning process will cumulate in the final scan Import Photoshop curves Imported curves cannot be edited by the Gradation Editor Gradation Import Applies alinear bradation gradation curve Brightens the midtones bradation by about 5
88. ions Note Do not forget to deselect the Grain Removal Auto check box low grain removal value no noise will be removed high grain removal value most noise will be removed for example in human faces or in negatives Note Grain removal has an influence on the overall sharpness of your image A higher degree of grain removal results in aless sharp image Kernel Kernel refers to the size of the matrix that is used for sharpening The Kernel size isthe number of pixels that is modified at contrasting edges of an image A higher kernel size sharpens more of the pixels surrounding the edge resulting in smoother edges Note Do not forget to deselect the Kernel Auto check box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 66 3x3 for image resolution lower than the optical resolution of your scanner 5x5 for image resolution equal to the optical resolution of your scanner O 7x7 for image resolution higher than the optical resolution of your scanner Protect Dark Areas If you apply sharpening to dark areas the noise that is present in these areas is pronounced and may cause your image to deteriorate Protect Dark Areas does not apply sharpening in dark areas to avoid this noise from appearing in your image Protect Skin Tones If you select Protect Skin tones sharpness will not or less be applied to skin tones Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 67 Saving your Settings After you have custom
89. ions by saving images as aset of EPS files Some page layout applications e g QuarkXPress can import DCS files You can layout text and images and put them on film together density A measure of the darkness of an image on paper or film In case of paper which is reflective the less light reflected the higher the density In case of film which is transparent the less light showing through the higher the density Paper has a density range from about 0 Dto 2 D film from about 0 2 Dto 4 0 D Glossary 163 density range the difference in density between the brightest highlights and darkest shadows of an image dithering Simulating more gray levels or colors than an output device can actually render Dithering is the electronic way of creating halftone images Dmax The point of maximum density in an image or original Dmin The point of minimum density in an image or original dot gain An imperfection of printing that causes halftone dots to print larger than they should This imperfection is mainly caused by the spread of light on film recorder gain or by the absorption of ink by paper press gain This darkens the overall tone of the image Calibration can remedy this through acalibration curve Dot gain is most noticeable and referred to in the midtones dpi dpcm Dots per inch dots per centimeter A commonly used measure for the resolution of scanners monitors printers and imagesetters However the te
90. ized the parameters you can save the settings for later use 1 Click Save in the Sharpen dialog Box A Save dialog box appears 2 Type aname for your setting 3 Click Save The setting will be saved The name of the setting will appear in the Sharpen pop up menu below the default settings For more information about where the settings are saved refer to Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined files Information Field When you are in Interactive or Production mode the information on the Profiles Setup the selected Film Type appears ER WL Source Profile GuoSean T2500 Agta Rx Destin Profile 4pple Multiple Scan 17 S50 Info Displays the Info dialog box with the current settings your Agfa scanner model its internal software version and its memory the FotoLook software version the application you are using the maximum image size you can capture Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 68 Info Dialog Box Original Mode Source Profile Destination Profile Scan Coordinates in inch CERO YO 11 Cw H Input Resolution Scale Factor Output Resolution Output Dimensions Cw HJ Image Size Gradation Range Crnin Dmax Curve Sel Color Sharpness Amount Contour Lirit Grain Removal Kernel Descreen Comment Info Scan Settings Custom gt Reflective Color RGB gt BuoScan T2500 Agta Ex gt Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 0 591 7 061 2 092 9 509 1 501 2 448
91. k gives more depth in the reproduction corrects atone curves in the shadows and results in a better gray neutrality subtractive colors For printing subtractive color mixing is used On a white surface such as paper inks are used to subtract the colors that are not needed In printing the three primary colors are cyan magenta and yellow An ink absorbs or subtracts lights of all colors except the ink s own color Cyan ink for example absorbs light of all colors but cyan lf all the primary colors are placed on a white page all light is absorbed and the page appears black Although the three primary colors can theoretically be used to print all other colors black ink is commonly used asa fourth printing color Black ink is less expensive gives atruer black and results in afaster drying time TFS Total Film Scanning technology TFS is a revolutionary image processing method used in AGFA Photofinishing Systems to enhance the reproduction of color negatives It is based on an Expert Systems approach using large sets of empirical data threshold The gray level above which ascanner records white pixels In order to obtain an image with only black or white pixels from an original with many gray levels you should set the threshold The threshold setting will determine which range of gray levels are recorded as white pixels and which as black TIFF Tagged Image File Format A standard file format for exchanging bitmapped ima
92. lor CMYK or Color Lab 7 Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box A low resolution gray scale scan is created Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 106 8 Select the areato preview in the image area You can also choose a selection from the holder list in the Scan Area pop up menu CAUTION Make sure you do not include the borders 9 Click Preview Preview Scan Phase EENS Agta Fotolook 3 5 Mode Color RGB Res Size 150 Ipi 100 Range Automatic Curves sel Color Sharpen Default for 5 creen gt Apple Multiple Scan 17 D50 Film Type AgfaHbC oo Output W 0 575 H 1 337 inch 214K 1 Refine your selection by manipulating the selection rectangle within the image area 2 Setthe size and resolution forthe selected image 3 Fromthe Range pop up menu choose Automatic If you want to manipulate the range of the negative original click Range to open the Range dialog box 4 If required apply atone curve to your image 5 If required apply selective color correction 6 If required apply sharpness Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 107 Final Scan Phase e Click Scan If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which another application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Customizing Color Negative Originals For color nega
93. me differences between both versions of FotoLook E FotoLook SA allows batch scanning next to one by one scanning E FotoLook SA supports horizontal and vertical flipping but no rotation E FotoLook SA scans only to a file DCS EPS PICT TIFF JPEG and does not display the scanned image To use FotoLook correctly it is very important that scanner monitor and output devices are well calibrated and characterized A correct use of Profiles is also required Agfa s own color management software ColorTune and Mac OS ColorSync are used together with FotoLook to ensure color fidelity throughout the whole scanning process Chapter 2 gives you more information on calibration characterization and Profile setup Preface 12 What s New In FotoLook 3 6 improvements were made and extra functionality has been added The most important improvements are listed here below General improvements m Slide Holder Adjustment corrects consistent position offset errors between the predefined batch holder positions in FotoLook and the real scan m File Fomats you can save images in 16 bit channel instead of the usual 8 bit channel B File Extension adds a standard 3 letter extension to the file m Embed Gray Scale Profiles profile embedding is also supported now for gray scale images W ColorSync Default Profiles for Documents FotoLook 3 6 supports the default profiles for documents for the different modes m Protect Skin Tones sharpne
94. menu to specify the batch folder This folder is used to permanently store allthe scan settings If you did not select a batch folder FotoLook creates a default Batch folder Batch BatchLog Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 78 E Batch m BatchLog El To Do E Done E Failed m Images a Previews After abatch scan is executed the settings are distributed over the To Do Done and Failed folders inside the batch folder Normally the To Do folder remains empty The images are stored in the folder Images and the preview images in the folder Previews You can also postpone the batch scanning execution and store the settings for later execution After execution you can consult the Batch Log file by choosing Show Log from the Batch menu This file contains information about the scan operation For each image the name the time and date that scanning started the format in which the image was saved and the time that was needed for scanning is displayed If an error occurred during scanning you find the detailed procedural information All the scan settings of the different scans in a batch are grouped in this folder Each time a scan is executed the settings are moved to the Done folder When all the scans are completed the To Do folder becomes empty After interrupting the scanning process this folder will contain the scan settings waiting to be executed After ascan is completed the Done folder contains the se
95. mma curve of the scanner This gamma curve compensates for the gamma characteristics of the film E None To apply agamma of 1 0 during the scanning process Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 25 Negative Note See also Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals Original Negative T ea To scan a negative transparent original for example afilm strip eS Displays the Negative Film Types dialog box Negative Film Types is neutralized and that a better negative to positive conversion is achieved Negative Film Types Film Type AgfaHDC 00 Y Match Photographic Print Customize Cancel Match Photographic Select this checkbox so that the resulting image looks like Print the photographic print Do not select this checkbox if you want to view all the details in the image Customize Displays the Custom Film Type dialog box This button is only available if you have already made a color preview scan and thus arrived in Interactive mode Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 26 Custom Film Type To customize anew color film roll before scanning Note See also Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals Custom Film Type Based on AgfaHDC 200 save As Ee EL Reference Fog Densities R 0 43 6 0 65 B 0 66 D Click Drag in the unexposed image area to measure fog densities Cancel E Based on The film type that was chosen in the Negative Film Types dialog box E Save as Enter anew name t
96. must specify the output color that the input color has to be converted to 7 Define an output color in the color wheel and in the Lightness bar or in the preview image Note Make sure you are working in the Output color mode Click in the To field in the Selective Color Correction dialog box to activate the Output mode Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction 146 Selective Color Correction Custom y l rrom PA CN E 27 O a ah EJ Show Selection Y 3 169 H427inch 4 757 You can drag the output center pointto another position or click a certain point You can also type in numeric values in the output text boxes to move the output center point Applying a Color Pair If necessary you can create more color pairs Select the new color pair and repeat step 5 to 7 in the Preview Scan Phase section e Click OK The selected input color is now replaced by the selected output color The Selective Color Correction dialog box closes and Custom appears in the Sel Color pop up menu e Click Reset if you do not want to apply the selected color pair s on your image You can select another color pair or create anew color parr e Click Save if you want to save the color correction under a name This name appears in the Sel Color pop up menu Chapter 8 Selective Color Correction 147 Appendix A Shortcuts This appendix summarizes shortcut procedures you can use to accomplish cer
97. ng pop up menu If there is already a setting with the name that you have entered Replace is enabled and Save is dimmed Settings are stored in the Settings folder for lt your scanner gt For more information about where the settings are saved refer to Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined files Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 72 Work Flow In the Work Flow dialog box you can choose which type of work flow Production or Interactive to use Work Flow r Type Behaviors Default Maximum zooming Overview Interactive x Reset to Auto Range after Scan m Type El Behaviors El Maximum Zooming m Resetto Auto Range after Scan Cancel Select the type of work flow that you prefer to work in Production mode is mostly used to scan alot of originals as quickly as possible Q In the main dialog box you can toggle between Production and Interactive mode by holding down the Command key while pressing D Select predefined parameters that correspond best to your normal way of working To receive more information about the selected Behaviors click Info Before you begin an overview or preview scan you can choose azooming factor in the Maximum Zooming pop up menu A higher zooming factor allows you to zoom in on the preview image without loss of information The higher the zooming factor the longer it takes to create the preview image and the more memory is needed Select this checkbox to r
98. nsparent Note If scanning atransparent original make sure Scanner Default is on in the Transparency Gamma window 3 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 4 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Color RGB Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 102 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Note If you want to do a Profile Setup see Chapter 2 Profile Setup Click Overview in the lower part of the FotoLook dialog box The scanner quickly performs a low resolution gray scale scan of the entire glass plate The preview image is displayed in the image area in the FotoLook dialog box Select the area for scanning by manipulating the selection rectangle within the image area Click Res Size The Res Size dialog box appears Click the fixed scale control icon ES Change the Scaling factor if necessary From the Mode pop up menu choose Input Halftone Device or Contone Device From the Resolution pop up menu choose the required resolution This selection overrides the resolution in the pop up menu at the highest level in the FotoLook window Use this pop up menu if you have already chosen between Input Halftone and Contone Click OK From the Gradation pop up menu choose Default Gradation curves are not available for negative or line art originals From the Range pop up menu choose Automatic From the Curves pop up menu choose None From the Sel Colo
99. nt Dmin and the Darkest Point Dmax setting the White Neutral and Black Point in RGB Edit Space setting the White Neutral and Black Point in CMYK Edit Space setting The White and Black Point in Gray Scale Mode Range Negative Using the Sliders Using TFS setting the White and Black Point Neutralizing Correcting the Image Chapter 6 Range 120 Range Line Art 1 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Line Art 2 Fromthe Original pop up menu choose Reflective Transparent or Negative 3 Click Range Range Line Art The histogram displays the density distribution of the original All pixels left of the threshold level are setto black All pixels right of the threshold level are set to white 4 Drag the sliderto a higher percentage to lighten the original Chapter 6 Range 121 Example 100 0 threshold at 75 e Drag the slider to alower percentage to darken the original Example 100 0 threshold at 25 5 Click Auto Threshold E to enable FotoLook to calculate the optimal threshold for the line art original 6 Click OK to apply the threshold you have set In the pop up menu Custom appears Note It is often difficult to judge the proper threshold for fine lines because of the low resolution of the preview image Using Sharpness is often a better way to enhance details This can only be judged by looking at the final scan Chapter 6 Range 122 Range Reflectiv
100. o click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the white point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a white point with limits other than O and 100 or 255 may influence the display color or gray values Note Press Option while clicking the White Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the white point Specifying and setting the black point maximum value 5 If you are working in CMYK Edit Space no output histogram is available The Range dialog box allows you to enter the maximum percentages for the black point 1 Click the Black Point tool The C M Y and K fields appear 2 Specify the C cyan M magenta Y yellow and K black maximum values c Engl M 90 e 79 k 95 3 Move the cursor over the preview image area 4 Click to set the black point You can also click and drag to select an area in which FotoLook will search for the black point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a black point with limits other than 0 and 100 or 255 may influence the display color or gray values Note Press Option while clicking the White Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the black point Chapter 6 Range 133 Specifying and setting the neutral poin
101. o save the customized color film Negative Film Types black and white originals Note The Negative Film Types dialog box will not be available in case ofa line art negative original In case of a gray scale negative original referred to as black and white the Negative Film Types dialog box will offer you alist of predefined gammas which cannot be customized Negative Film Types Film Type L Match Photographic Print Cancel Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 27 Scan Area Scan Area Mla Area y To choose which scan area you want to use The image dimensions are immediately adapted to your choice a Displays the Save Current Position dialog box Save Current Position Save Current Position Preview Position 2 UY O Ws H 10 inch save Slide Holder Adjustment X 0 04 inch 0 2 inch E Preview Position The X Y W and H dimensions of the current selection E Save To save new positions Use Save if you frequently scan the same positions Some combinations of scanner and batch slide holders show a consistent error between the predefined batch holder position in FotoLook Scan area pop up and the area that is actually scanned You can correct the global positioning errors in batch slide holders by entering the proper coordinates in the Xand Y fields If you make an overview with the predefined batch slide holder and your position is correct no clipping will occur on the original
102. o the value of the respective color Click OK Setting the white point Za eo eo Note Make sure you set the values for the White Point tool before setting the white point in the image Click on the White Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box Move the cursor over the preview image area Click to set the white point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the white point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a white point with limits other than O and 100 or 255 may influence the display color values Note Press Option while clicking the White Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the white point Specifying the black point minimum value 2 N ls Double click the Black Point tool in the lower part of the Range dialog box In the Choose Black Point dialog box select either Keep Balance or Adjust Balance Chapter 6 Range 129 Choose Black Point e Keep Balance Min Value O Adjust Balance A DO b 0 m Keep Balance enables you to specify the black point of the individual colors simultaneously Use this when you want to maintain color balance and color cast If you have selected Keep Balance you must specify the Min value The value you specify is assigned to the color with the lowest value The values of the
103. odots Default for when scanning images to print on an offset press classic Print screening Note Grain or dust may be accentuated by sharpening For very grainy black and white photos made with high speed film set the Sharpness to None Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 62 Amount of Sharpness Sharpness Custom Amount 100 bm Auto Contour Limit 44 gt Lf Auto Grain Removal s0 gt Lf Auto Kernel 3x3 Auto _ Protect Dark Areas _ Protect Skin Tones If the default sharpness settings are too general to suit your needs you can set an exact amount of sharpness either in percent or in absolute values 1 Click the Sharpen button The Sharpness dialog box appears 2 Setthe amount you prefer either in percent or in more detailed absolute values amount in percent With Auto check box enabled you find the following values in the Amount pop up menu 1 less for sharpening less than 100 100 for default sharpening 3 more for sharpening more than 100 a Other you can set an exact amount of sharpness ranging from 0 no sharpening to 1000 very high sharpening W amountin absolute values To set an amount of sharpness in absolute values yourself you first have to deselect the Amount Auto check box to disable the Sharpening Wizard The values you see in the Amount pop up menu depend on the resolution you have used for your scan Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference
104. ofiles You can choose to work in simple mode orin expanded mode Simple mode E Color Management Source Agfa Duo5scan 12500 Agta paper Rx tl Info Displavy Colorsync System Profile tl Info Destination Colorsync System Profile tl Info Cancel E Color Management Click this checkbox to select or deselect color management in RGB mode If you want to E Color Management work with the raw scanner data and apply color management in ahost application do not select this checkbox E g scanning an IT8 requires scanning in the original scanner color space E Source Select the Profile for your scanner Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 34 m Display Select the Profile for your monitor This Profile is used to display the preview image in FotoLook We recommend to choose the ColorSync System Profile FotoLook then uses the Profile you have set in the Monitors control panel for display See Chapter 2 Profile Setup E Destination Select the Profile of the output device monitor RGB printer CMYK printer that you will send the scanned image to Selectthe ColorSync Default RGB or CMYK profile to use the ColorSync profile that you have selected in the ColorSync control panel Default Profiles for Documents Y Note The settings are separately stored forthe SA and the Plug in version You need to create and save the settings both forthe SA and the Plug in version E Click this triangle to toggle betw
105. olor d The output center point can be clicked and dragged to acertain point to define the output color that the input color has to be corrected to To alter the output center point first switch the dialog to output mode d E Luminance Use the two bars at the right hand side of the color wheel to alter the luminance dimension The left bar represents the luminance dimension of the selected input color the right bar of the selected output color The sliders in both bars can be moved up or down E From area If you know which RGB or CMYK values define an input color type the values for the color components in the numeric fields or use the arrows The values are updated if the input center point is changed position lf anew value is entered the position of the input center point in the color wheel also changes m To area If you know which RGB or CMYK values define the output color type the values for the color components in the numeric fields or use the arrows The values are updated if the position of the output center point is changed If anew value is entered the position of the output center point in the color wheel also changes You can also drag the From values the colored box tot the To area orto one color in the To area m Color box You can always display the standard Apple color picker by double clicking the color box of the input or output colors In this color
106. on Unit E Sound After Scan Cancel To choose which unit to be used to show the width and height of the input selection in the image area and in the Res Size dialog box To select the required output unit as displayed in the Res Size dialog box To select lines per inch lpi or lines per centimeter lpcm as the measurement unit for the screen ruling for Halftone Devices To select pixels per inch ppi or pixels per centimeter ppcm as the measurement unit forthe resolution To choose the sound that will mark the end of ascan operation You can select any sound that is available in the system Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 70 m Scratch disk For processing some types of color images and rotations FotoLook requires temporary disk space ona scratch disk Select a disk that has enough free space FotoLook needs about the same temporary disk space as the size of the image m Reset To set the preferences to their default values Note Because of the lower performance it is less advisable to use virtual memory on a server or on aremovable disk If possible select a different scratch volume than the one used for Photoshop Photoshop needs about three times the image size as virtual memory to store the image Settings Settings displays adialog box where you can define which scan settings to use as adefault A setting consists of your selections for each of the options in the main and supplementary dialog boxes that
107. or Correction dialog box m Showing the effect of a color Select acolor pair You can see the effect on pair the preview image if the Selection checkbox is not selected You can display the combined effect of all color pairs by clicking the checkmark icon Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 60 Descreen Note See also Appendix B Overview of the Scanning Process Descreen helps to eliminate moir patterns that may occur when you scan a screened printed reflective original Most pictures that are printed on regular non photographic paper are screened or dithered Descreen can influence the sharpness value together with Descreen Note The Descreen setting is not simulated in the preview image Note Descreen is not available for line art and negative originals In FotoLook you can choose the print quality type that was used to Magazine 133 Ipi reproduce your original Art Magazine 175 Ipi Descreen Displays the Descreen dialog box Descreen Newspaper 85 Ipi Descreen Dialog Box expressed in lines per inch that was used to reproduce your original Descreen ipi The Descreen can range from 30 to 250 Ipi Cancel Note Using Descreen will make the scanning process slower due to the extra processing required The scan resolution depends on the Descreen lpi and not on the selected resolution Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 61 Sharpening Note The result of sharpenin
108. orated Other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Copyright O 2001 Agfa Gevaert N V All rights reserved All software and hardware described in this document are subject to change without any notice Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual Note A note of this type gives you additional information m Listed items are preceded by a solid square 1 Numbered steps describe the actions you must take to perform a task O Important tips give you important additional information CAUTION Read these cautions very carefully Trademarks amp Conventions 2 License Agreement License Agreement Limited Use License Term Limited Warranty and Liability General License Agreement License Agreement You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software If you do not agree with these terms and conditions you should return the package within 10 days of purchase together with proof of purchase and your money will be refunded Within this package you will find one or more CD ROM s containing copies of computer software programs which or portions of which are owned by Agfa Gevaert N V AGFA and which may also contain complete software programs which or portions of which are owned by other parties the Other Owners This package also contains documentation relating to the software programs referre
109. percentage Increase the Dmax percentage when there is too much noise or reflection in the dark areas of your image Setting the Lightest Point Dmin and the Darkest Point Dmax Lightest Point 1 Click the Lightest Point pickup tool 2 Click in the lightest point of the preview image to define the reference point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the lightest point Note You can undo this action by first clicking the Darkest Point tool and than holding down the Option key while clicking the Lightest Point tool Chapter 6 Range 126 Darkest Point 1 Click the Darkest Point pickup tool 2 Click in the darkest point of the preview image to define the reference point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the darkest point Note You can undo this action by first clicking the Lighthest tool and than holding down the Option key while clicking the Darkest Point tool Using the sliders Instead of using the Lightest Point and the Darkest Point tools you can also drag the sliders beneath the histogram to influence the Dmin and the Dmax settings of the preview image If you press the Option key while dragging the sliders you see the clipping in the preview area If the triangles are rotated the density range of the image is too large for the histogram Chapter 6 Range 127 Setting the White Neutral and Black
110. r over your preview image the pixel values are displayed in the floating palette In the sample area of the floating palette you can change the sample size This can be useful when selecting and measuring specific points in the preview image Drag the cursor over the sample area to display this tool Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 15 Watchpoint Window The Watchpoint palette allows you to select up to three static points in the image Use these points to display the most important color selections as you make your changes Every time the preview image is changed due to some user interaction the values in the Watchpoint window are updated Watchpoint 1 Before After 172 172 177A 177 167 167 You can create anew watchpoint by clicking the watchpoint icon and selecting a point in the preview image A new watchpoint is added in the preview image F 4 d and in the Watchpoint palette You can remove awatchpoint by selecting the corresponding number in the palette and by clicking the Trash icon You can also drag the watchpoint button onto the Trash Note The Watchpoint window is only visible in Interactive mode For each watchpoint and each color a Before and After value is displayed The Before value is fixed and is set at the moment you create the watchpoint The After value is not fixed and equals the Before value after applying all changes that occurred since the creation of the watchpoint You can reset the B
111. r pop up menu choose None Fromthe Descreen pop up menu choose None From the Sharpen pop up menu choose Low Final Scan Phase Click Scan If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which another application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals 103 Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals Negative originals can be scanned using the negative mode in the FotoLook scanner driver The negative scanning algorithms of FotoLook will calculate the optimal lookup tables to convert negative signals to a positive RGB space In the software you will find alist containing negative film types You can select a type from this list create anew type or customize a negative film type to compensate for film tolerance variations or lab development variations Note As each scanner varies referto the Owner s Guide of your scanner for more detailed information on placing negative originals General Tips Scanning Color Negative Originals Preview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase Customizing Color Negative Originals Overview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase Scanning Black and White Negative Originals Overview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 104 General Tips Some general tips for scanning negative transparent o
112. range for reflective transparent and negative Originals Chapter 7 tells you how to use the Curve Editor Chapter 8 instructs you howto correct the colors of a RGB or CMYK image selectively m The appendices provide information on shortcuts definitions and file formats How to Use this On Line Guide Chapter 1 eh FotoLook Click any text or graphic that is P a identified as ahypertext link Chapter e Foto ook reference The cursor changes into apointing Chapter 3 Setting up your monitor finger when positioned over a link Chapter 4 Profile Setupin Fotolook Underlined text is linked to another part of this guide Dotted underlined text is linked to co sion is the glossary in this guide t O Preface Click on the bookmark name to go to Ol 1 Installing Foto Lonk the topic marked by that bookmark p 5 Click the triangle to the left of a bookmark to show and hide t O 2 FotoLook reference p O 3s Setting up your monitor subordinate bookmarks PO 4 Profile Setupin FotoLook Use the First Page orLast Page button to move the document to the first or last page of this manual Preface 14 EX Po Use the Go Back and Go Forward buttons to retrace your steps in this guide moving to each view in the order visited 4 O Use the Previous Page or Next Page button to move the document backward or forward one page ata time You can also use the keyboard arrows al Use the zoom tool
113. related software utilities that help ensure calibrated color display and output by describing the characteristics and limitations of each device in an imaging system A CMS also oversees the transformations from one color space to another such as those occurring when RGB values are converted to CMYK See also Profile CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black The subtractive color model used in process printing Cyan magenta yellow and black are the primary colors that combined can reproduce a wide range of colors Cyan magenta and yellow are the subtractive colors Black K is added to CMY to enhance details and allow printing of atrue neutral black Compare with RGB color cast An image orareproduction has a color cast when its overall appearance inaccurately tends to one hue Especially with transparent originals a color cast can impede good reproduction Color model A method of describing representing or reproducing colors The most common model Other color models are HSV HSL and CIELab contone An abbreviation for continuous tone A color or gray scale image format capable of illustrating continuously varying tonal ranges contrast The visual relationship between each tone in areproduction lf contrast is high the difference between each tone is sharp and abrupt If it is low the distinctions are subtle and nearly imperceptible DCS Desktop Color Separation A file format that creates four color separat
114. riginals m Make sure the negative transparencies are extremely clean lf they are dusty or scratched color casts or bad tones may occur m Always use the transparency holder and or transparency frame that you use to scan transparent originals with your scanner You can always make a frame out of black paper and use this frame to mask the original m You can set Behaviors to Negative Strip and set the zooming factors you want to use when scanning negative originals CAUTION Make sure you select the area for scanning within the image area of your original and do not include the borders Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 105 Scanning Color Negative Originals 1 Place the film strip in the holder of the scanner 2 Open FotoLook Agfa FotoLook 3 5 interactive Original es inch p Mode Color RGB om Info Overview Preview Input X 2 3 Y 0 53 1 3 Fromthe Original pop up menu choose Negative 4 Choose the correct film type in the Negative Film Types dialog box If the film type that you want to use is not listed in the pop up menu and you are using afilm type of a manufacturer of which another film type is listed you can select this film type as a base for the required film type If another film type of the same manufacturer is not listed select a film type with the same sensitivity 5 Fromthe Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area 6 Fromthe Mode pop up menu choose Color RGB Co
115. rm is slightly misleading because of the apparent but non existent relation with dots in ahalftone More accurate measures of resolutions are ppi pixels per inch for scanners and rpi rels per inch for imagesetters or printers dynamic range The difference in tones between the brightest highlights and darkest shadows of an image EPS Encapsulated PostScript A file format that consists of text and datain the PostScript language This format can easily be printed by many different applications on many different platforms An EPS image has two parts a low resolution bitmap for displaying the image PICT image for in screen previews and aresolution independent description for printing the image PostScript code file format The structure that the data for a particular document is stored in e g ASCII RTF PICT TIFF Most applications can save documents in one or more standard formats as well as their native format Glossary 164 fog The density resulting from developing anon exposed negative gamma curve A particular type of tone curve When the value of a gamma curve is 1 the curve is ata45 angle and straight leaving the input and output densities the same A gamma higher than 1 brightens the output agamma lower than 1 darkens the output The further the gamma is from 1 the more the curve bulges Applying agamma curve does not affect the range of an image but rather the distribution of its density The bri
116. rs control panel 6 Fromthe Destination pop up menu select the Profile of the final output device for your images This could be a printing device RGB CMYK ora monitor RGB mode for computer based presentations You can also select Lab mode for device independent output When you define an RGB or CMYK printer as your final output device the scanned image is converted to match its specific color gamut An image that has been converted to the color gamut of aprinter in this way is not displayed accurately on a monitor outside FotoLook Please refer to your Photoshop manual for the use of Profiles to create CMYK files that can be correctly viewed on an RGB monitor in Photoshop Note Click Info to check if the Profiles were created in the correct conditions Note Embed your profiles if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give a warning if the embedded profile is different from their default profile Refer to Profile Mismatch for more information 7 If you want to control the color space in which you want to edit the image or the read out values click the triangle If not click OK E Color Management Source Agfa DuoScan T2500 Agta paper Kx Display Colorsync System Profile Destination Colorsync System Profile Edit Space Destination Read out Colorsync System Profile 8 Specify the Edit space and Re
117. s TX Holder RX Previews Settings custom Sharpness Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 155 Mac OS X The Application Support folder structure These files are located in the FotoLook folder Users lt Your Name gt Library Application Support Agfa FotoLook The FotoLook folder Note Replace lt Your Scanner gt by the name of your scanner and lt User Defined files gt by the names of your personal settings E Sharpness o lt User Defined files gt m Negatives E Gradation O Imported o lt User Defined files gt E lt Your Scanner gt m Corrections o CMYK O Curves O Sel Color e lt User Defined files gt O Gray O Curves e lt User Defined files gt o RGB O Curves O Sel Color e lt User Defined files gt Note In Mac OS X the User Defined settings are directly saved in the proper folder A specific User Defined folder will not be created since your Custom setting the last setting you have used but didn t save is stored in the Preferences folder Appendix C Where to Find Your User Defined Files 156 The Preferences folder structure These files are located in the FotoLook folder Users lt Your Name gt Preferences Agfa FotoLook lt Your Scanner gt Your scanner folder Calibrations Holders TX Holder RX Previews Settings custom Sharpness The FotoLook Documents folder structure These files are located in the FotoLook folder Users
118. s and choose your Profile in the Display Profile pop up menu 3 Close the ColorSync window A ColorSync Save As window appears 4 Enterthe name of the ColorSync workflow and click Save Your Profile is now set on system level and can be selected from within FotoLook Photoshop or any other application that supports ColorSync Chapter 2 Profile Setup 84 ColorSync Profiles for Documents FotoLook 3 6 also supports the default profiles for the different modes that can be set in the ColorSync window Default Profiles for Documents These default profiles are suitable for RBG and CMYK mode All applications that support ColorSync will use these System wide settings s Note To use the default profiles in gray scale and Lab mode you need ColorSync 2 6 Colorsync Profiles Use this panel to specify profiles for standard devices or default profiles for documents Default Profiles for Documents RGB Default Photoshop 6 0 CMYK Default Generic CMYK Profile Gray Default Generic Gray Protile Lab Default Generic Lab Profile Chapter 2 Profile Setup 85 Profile Setup in FotoLook Profile Setup options vary according to the color mode chosen RGB CMYK Lab or Gray Scale For more information on profile setup in Gray Scale mode refer to Gray Scale Mode Color Mode RGB CMYK Lab The Profiles that are available in the pop up menus depend on m the mode Color RGB Color CMYK or Color Lab you
119. s to magnify and reduce the page display Click the Find button to search for part of a word acomplete word or multiple words in this document You can also consult the supplied index Print Choose Print from the File menu to ee Caution Due to re scaling some of the screen shots included in this document may appear unclear when displayed at 100 magnification You can view these screen shots more clearly by using the Zoom tool to increase the default magnification How to Print this On Line Guide 1 Fromthe Apple menu choose Chooser The Chooser dialog box opens 2 Select your printer driver 3 If necessary select your network zone 4 Select your printer 5 Click OK 6 From the File menu choose Page Setup 7 Choose A4 or Letter from the Paper pop up menu This on line guide fits on Letter and on A4 paper 8 Select Orientation Portrait 9 Click OK 10 Fromthe File menu choose Print Preface 15 Chapter 1 Fotolook Reference Introduction Interactive Mode Overview Scan Phase Preview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase Production Mode Overview Scan Phase Final Scan Phase Image Area Original Scan Area Mode Res Size Gradation Range Curves Sel Color Descreen Sharpening Information Field Info Options Floating Palette Watchpoint Window Rotation Mirror Zoom Preview Position Batch Scannin Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 16 Introduction This
120. small reflecting objects or spots cause the Dmax point being too high This is corrected by clipping parts of the image Normally the default clipping percentage gives you the best results You can however alter the percentage for clipping yourself You typically increase the clipping percentage to reduce noise or small reflecting objects or spots in your image Note Setting the clipping percentage yourself will only enhance your result when used very carefully Note You can reset the default clipping percentage at any time 1 Click Options in the FotoLook dialog box 2 Choose General from the upper pop up menu 3 Click the Reset Button All your settings are now set to default 4 Click OK Chapter 6 Range 124 W Clipping percentage for the lightest point 1 Double click the Lightest Point pickup tool The Automatic Range Clipping dialog box appears Automatic Range Clipping Dmin Clipping 0 1 To The Dmin Clipping can range from Dto 10 a Cancel 2 SetaDmin clipping percentage Increase the Dmin percentage when there is too much noise or reflection in the light areas of your image Chapter 6 Range 125 W Clipping percentage for the darkest point a 1 Double click the Darkest Point pickup tool The Automatic Range Clipping dialog box appears Automatic Range Clipping Dmax Clipping 0 To The Dmax Clipping can range from Dto 10 o Cancel 2 SetaDmax clipping
121. ss will not or less be applied to skin tones PostScript Pica Ruler Units PicaPS is added as ruler unit in FotoLook 3 6 The PicaPS matches the default pica unit in Photoshop E Separate Destination Profiles for Stand alone and Plug in match the special color managment requirements for Photoshop W Switched icons in range dialog box Dmin and Dmax icons have switched positions to better match the slider positions Special for Mac OS X m On the Fly Language Switch switch languages without rebooting or reinstalling FotoLook Preface 13 About the Documentation This manual includes reference material as well as application procedures The structure of this manual mirrors the organization of the FotoLook interface O All the procedures from chapter 4 to chapter 8 are written for the Interactive mode of FotoLook W Chapter 1 isthe reference chapter lt explains all the elements that appear in the dialog boxes in order of their appearance E Chapter 2 demonstrates how to calibrate your monitor how to characterize Profiles using ColorTune color management software and how to use these Profiles with FotoLook and Photoshop m Chapter 3 teaches you howto scan reflective and transparent originals Chapter 4 teaches you howto scan negative originals E Chapter 5 informs you on the use of FotoLook SA for scanning in Batch mode m Chapters 6 7 and 8 handle input and output editing in FotoLook Chapter 6 explains how to set the
122. t PA 1 Double click the Neutral Point tool Neutralize 0 25 50 75 100 rook bop A 2 aie Cancel 2 Drag the sliderto alower or higher percentage A lower percentage may retain some of the color casts 100 completely neutralizes the selected point or areain the preview image 50 neutralizes the selected point or areain the preview image by half 3 Click OK The Neutralize dialog box closes and you are returned to the Range dialog box 4 Move the cursor over the preview image area 5 Click to set the neutral point You can also click and drag to select an areain which FotoLook will search for the neutral point Your preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values 6 Click OK Chapter 6 Range 134 Setting the White and Black Point in Gray Scale Mode You can specify a minimum and a maximum dot range percentage for your printer either by specifying the value here or in the Gray Scale Corrections dialog box Specifying the white point minimum value Za In a gray scale preview the pixel value is displayed as a percentage from 0 to 100 A pixel with a value of 0 is white and a pixel with a value of 100 is black 1 Double click the White Point tool Choose White Point Min Value LE Cancel 2 Entera percentage value to define the minimum white point 3 Click OK Setting the white point Za Note Make sure you set the values forthe White Point tool b
123. t between adjacent pixels resulting in smoother edges no black lines You typically use a high value for images containing flat areas for example human faces or landscapes or if the edges in your scanned images are too sharp Figure 1 shows the transition between two contrasting adjacent pixels without contour limit adjustment White point ack point Figure 1 gt Original without contour limit Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 65 Figure 2 shows the effect of contour limit adjustment on the transition between two contrasting adjacent pixels A low contour limit value red line results in avery contrasting transition between the adjacent pixels A high contour limit value green line results in aless contrastive transition 0 low contour limit PAN 90 high contour limit y White point Slack poin A 90 high contour limit Y 0 low contour limit Figure 2 Note Contour Limit has an influence on the overall sharpness of your image A higher degree of contour limit results in a less sharp image Grain Removal If you sharpen images containing dust particles or if you sharpen high speed film and 35 mm images noise can appear in smooth or flat areas To remove this noise adjust the grain removal parameter ranging from 0 to 100 Note Sharpness uses different settings for 35 mm slides Selections smaller than 24 and 36 mm will use a different sharpness setting than larger select
124. tain tasks Scan dialog box Overview phase Interactive phase Zooming Selecting areas Command P Command Escape Option while starting FotoLook Enter or Return Tab Command D Command Command N Command W Command 0 Command 1 Command O Command P Control while clicking Overview Control while clicking preview Command R Command S Command T Command P Control while clicking Preview Command Command Double click within the image area Hold down the Option key while clicking in an existing selection Hold down the Shift key while dragging a corner handle of a selection Prints most dialog boxes and alerts Stops most actions Cancel Stops most actions Cancel Searches for all connected scanners Starts scanning Toggles between Overview and Interactive scanning phase Toggles between Production and Interactive work flow Displays the Information dialog box Displays the Options dialog box Closes the Scan dialog box Activates the default settings Activates the user defined settings Starts an overview scan Starts a preview scan Deletes the current overview Deletes the current preview Displays the Range dialog box Displays the Res Size dialog box Displays the Tone Curve dialog box Starts an preview scan Deletes the current preview Zooms to the original size Zooms out on the selected area Resets the selection rectangle to its full size Makes anew
125. that was already a halftone 2 changing the size of halftone images in an application 3 choosing incorrect screen angles in process printing or 4 misregistration of halftone screens in process printing neutral gray An area of an image is neutral gray when it does not have any apparent color cast original The pictorial source in its original form for example an artwork or aphotograph Compare with image and reproduction Glossary 167 pica The unit of measurement used in setting representing 12 points A pointisa type size where there are traditionally 72 27 to the inch pica PS Pica PostScript is the unit of measurement used in setting A point is atype size where there are 72 to the inch PICT A file format for transferring graphics between Macintosh applications PICT can handle 24 bit color graphics pixel Picture element A square dot that is the smallest unit of abitmapped image A scanner creates a bitmap by sampling the original and storing each sample in a pixel The higher the resolution of ascanner the smaller the pixels will be The resolution of a scanner should be expressed in pixels per inch ppi pixel depth A measure of the amount of gray levels or colors that the pixels in atone curves can contain Pixel depth is abinary unit of measurement lf the pixel depth is 1 the image can contain only two gray levels or colors for example a black and white image pixel depth 8 allows 256 gra
126. the Apple menu click System Preferences The System Preferences window appears 2 Click Displays The Displays pane appears 3 Select the Color tab click Calibrate and follow the instructions on screen You can now adjust the settings for calibrating your monitor The settings can vary according to your Monitors amp Sound control panel version 4 Adjust the settings for calibrating your monitor Chapter 2 Profile Setup 82 Brightness and Contrast E Gamma E Monitor color characteristics m White point For optimal calibration you set a high contrast and an intermediate brightness Gamma defines the color contrast of your monitor Generally you can choose between gamma 1 0 1 8 standard gamma for Macintosh monitors and 2 2 mainly for television and pc compatibility Color characteristics define the range of colors displayed on your screen By selecting your type of monitor color characteristics are set for you automatically The white point determines the warmth or coolness of white D50 warm yellowish lighting 1 D65 6500 cooler This is the equivalent to midday sunlight This is the standard for working with graphics 1 9300 coolest indoor lighting This is the default white point of most monitors and televisions Assign aname to the settings and create the ColorSync Profile The ColorSync Profile will be displayed in the Colorsync pane as your System Profile M
127. the other with predefined settings So no interactive controls are possible but you can still alter settings in the Res Size Descreen and Sharpen dialog box In Production mode you can only select predefined tone curves gradation curves selective color settings and range settings if these options are available for the type of original that you are scanning Overview Scan Phase The first phase in the Production mode is the Overview phase You can make a quick low resolution scan by clicking the Overview button OUerviel After an overview scan you can use the gray scale image in the image area to select the area for final scanning Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 21 Final Scan Phase The second phase in the Production mode is the Scan phase When the scan settings are correct click Scan to scan the cropped area of the original on the scan bed The Scan dialog box closes If you are working in FotoLook SA a Save As dialog box appears in which you application such as Adobe Photoshop If you are working in FotoLook PS your image will appear in your image editing application Image Area The overview and preview scan are displayed in the image area You can select an areafor scanning by manipulating the selection rectangle within the image area Only the area within the selection rectangle is scanned You can change the dimensions of the selection by dragging the handles of the selection rectangle
128. ting lt 1 0 to darken the overall image and increase contrast in the lighter portions of the image Low gamma settings have to be set in the Curve Editor dialog box Displays the Curve Editor dialog box Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 52 Curve Editor If you click Curves the Curve Editor appears The Curve Editor allows you to create or modify the curve to apply to your image A curve lets you convert the input values of your images into the output values of the scanned image RGB mode Curve Editor Custom 1 Displays the x and y co ordinates of the cursor in the curve area Shows the In and Out values as levels 2 Click the arrows to switch the display polarity of the curve 3 Click the curve to adda curve handle Up to 16 points can be added Drag a handle outside the curve areato remove the handle 4 Changes the corresponding curve The available color buttons depend on the Edit space 5 Changes the master curve 6 Displays the combined effect of the master curve and the color curves 7 Resets the current curve to MEA va a a straight line or the current gamma to 1 0 Arbitrary Smoothing 8 To create acurve 9 Smooths your arbitrary Curve save Cancel I 10 To set gamma between 0 1 and 2 5 11 Saves acreated curve The curve is stored and the name of the curve appears in the Curve pop up menu Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 53 CMYK mode
129. tion that is applied to the image Glossary 166 kernel size The number of pixels sampled as aunit during image manipulation and sharpening process Lab The CIE 1976 L a b is a uniform color Space proposed by the CIE for use in the measurement of small color differences The lightness L and the color parameters a b define a color completely Lab mode allows you to scan images into device independent color This means that you are sure that the colors of your images are always the same on whatever device it is displayed lightness or luminance Lightness indicates how light or dark a color is how close it is to white and black Lightness is the property that determines for example whether acolor is alight pink or a dark pink line art A picture that contains only black and white without grays such as pen ink drawings In order to digitize a line art original ascanner only needs to register whether a pixel is turned on black or off white The pixel depth is 1 The term line art is sometimes used to describe drawings containing flat colors without tonal variation Compare with contone Ipi Lines per inch The measure of frequency the spacing of the lines in a halftone screen usually ranging from 55 to 200 The higher the frequency the smaller the halftone dots and the higher the quality moire An undesirable visual pattern on areproduction caused by 1 scanning and screening halftoning an image
130. tive originals an orange mask is used to guarantee stable and verifiable color and tone conversion from a negative film to a positive print This orange mask has certain densitometric characteristics color mask density or fog which are typical for the different film types or for film processing in alab The color mask density can be checked on an unexposed area of film e g the beginning or the end of afilm roll or the area between two negatives fog area see figure below lf necessary move the strip within the holder until you can see an unexposed area it r 1 It is best to customize a negative film type to compensate for film tolerance variations or lab development variations Overview Scan Phase 1 Place the film strip in the holder of the scanner 2 Open FotoLook 3 From the Original pop up menu choose Negative Chapter 4 Scanning Negative Originals 108 4 Choose the correct film type in the Negative Film Types dialog box Negative Film Types AgfaHDC100 A Agfa HDC 00 AgfaHDl400 Fuji6100 FujiG200 Fu jiG400 KodakGold100 KodakGold200 KodakGold400 Customiz If the film type that you want to customize is not listed in the pop up menu and you are using afilm type of a manufacturer of which another customized film type exists you can use this film type as abase forthe new customization From the Scan Area pop up menu choose Max Area From the Mode pop up menu choose Color RGB
131. to set up your monitor to display the expected dot gain and to compensate for the monitor gamma Set up your monitor before Starting to work with FotoLook This control does not interfere when displaying color images Choose CMYK Setup from the Color Setting submenu from the File menu The CMYK Setup dialog box appears select ICC and choose the preferred profile s Note Make sure to select the same profile as Destination in FotoLook Chapter 2 Profile Setup 94 10 Click OK Choose Grayscale Setup from the Color Setting submenu from the File menu The Grayscale Setup dialog box appears Grayscale Setup Grayscale Behavior ok d RGB Black Ink Cancel ef Preview Select RGB if you want to display the images on your monitor lt Note Make sure to select Automatic Gamma as Destination in FotoLook Or select Black Ink if you want to use the images for offset printing Note Enter the dot gain and the range manually in FotoLook depending on your output device Select Preview to display a preview of your changes Note You also have to change these settings when you are scanning with the FotoLook PS plugin Chapter 2 Profile Setup 95 Profile Mismatch Embed your profiles in FotoLook if you want your images to be displayed and printed correctly by applications that support embedded profiles Some applications may give awarning if the embedded profile is different from their d
132. to the position of the cursor in the input histogram Input histogram The sliders indicate the active Dmin and Dmax setting You can modify the setting by dragging the sliders Pressing Option while dragging the sliders displays the clipped areas The values of the active Dmin and Dmax setting Displays how much of the image is clipped with the current density settings If you are working in RGB Edit Space or Gray Scale mode you can consult an output histogram in the lower part of the Range dialog box The output histogram is a Static display that cannot be adjusted lt shows the effect of setting a white neutral black point and of the lightest and darkest point You can see if the Dmin and the Dmax settings cause clipping If posterization appears in the histogram it will disappear automatically if you make your final scan with Best Quality Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 47 RGB Edit Space Note The RGB Edit Space is also used when you are working in Lab mode AFA 9 Resets the white neutral black points 10 The White Point tool enables you to remap the color values of the pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the lightest parts in your preview image You first specify amaximum value color image for the white 0 64 125 192 Fae point then set the white point in your preview image 11 Sets aneutral point 12 The Black Point tool enables yo
133. tput dimensions are fixed Fix or not and the image size The image size is the storage space needed for storing the scanned image and is calculated automatically H 5 52 inch Output Fix Ww 3 48 Fix H 6 73 inch Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 23 Selection Coordinates Selection Coordinates HO inch W inch vo 0 48 inch H inch A1 7 58 inch Y1 15 23 inch Cancel You can display this dialog box by clicking the bar at the bottom of the image area Here you can change the coordinates and input dimensions of the selection rectangle Note The dimensions ofthe selection rectangle remain the same when you change the XO left or YO top coordinates Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 24 Original The scanner operates differently according to the type of original you are scanning Reflective Note See also Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals Original Reflective To scan an opaque original forexample aphotograph Transparent Note See also Chapter 3 Scanning Reflective and Transparent Originals Original Transparent e To scan atransparent original for example a slide re Displays the Transparency Gamma dialog box Transparency Gamma To apply the scanner s default gamma orto apply no gamma Transparency Gamma Scanner Default i None Cancel W Scanner Default To use the built in ga
134. ttings of the images that were successfully scanned To execute these settings again you can drag the settings out of the Done folder onto the lo Do folder and then drag the batch folder onto the FotoLook SA icon If ascan has failed processing the scan setting appears in this folder After ascan is completed the images or aliases after using More of the images are placed in the Images folder In the Preferences dialog box you can ensure that FotoLook keeps all the previews in the same folder When executing ascan again the correct preview is displayed in the image area Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 79 Chapter 2 Profile Setup About Color Management What is ColorTune Calibrating your Monitor Mac OS 8 6 and 9 1 Mac OS X Profile Setup on System Level ColorSync Profiles for Standard Devices Displays ColorSync Profiles for Documents Profile Setup in FotoLook Color Mode RGB CMYK Lab Gray Scale Mode Profile Setup in Photoshop Photoshop 6 0 Photoshop 5 0 and 5 5 Photoshop 5 0 LE Chapter 2 Profile Setup 80 About Color Management Color management is asystem ensuring color fidelity across input and output devices ensuring that the color reproduction in the final printed result is faithful to the original object The difficulty in controlling color rendition throughout the entire production process is due to the varying characteristics of the media For instance the native color space of the s
135. u to remap the color values of the pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the darkest parts in your preview image You first specify aminimum value color image for the black point then set the black point in your preview image 13 Output histogram Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 48 CMYK Edit Space Note In case of CMYK Edit Space you can fill in numeric fields In this part of the dialog box you can set a white black neutral point and these settings are taken into account by the FotoLook application M 3 To M GO S w fw To T 79 OS K 0 7 K 95 S 10 11 12 13 Resets the white neutral black points The White Point tool enables you to remap the color values of the pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the lightest parts in your preview image You first specify a minimum value color image for the white point then set the white point in your preview image Sets aneutral point The Black Point tool enables you to remap the color values of the pixels in your preview image You can interactively adjust the values of the darkest parts in your preview image You first specify a maximum value color image for the black point then setthe black point in your preview image Numeric fields Chapter 1 FotoLook Reference 49 Gray Scale mode Range Line art Range Line Art 11 Resets the white
136. ur preview image is updated with the remapped color or gray values Note Applying atone curve after setting a black point with limits other than O and 100 or 255 may influence the display color or gray values Note Press Option while clicking the Black Point tool after having selected another tool to individually reset the black point Chapter 6 Range 136 Range Negative The Negative Range dialog box is used to make little corrections on the Automatic settings 1 Choose Gray Scale Color RGB or Color CMYK mode from the Mode pop up menu 2 Choose Negative from the Original menu 3 Click Range Range Negative Chapter 6 Range 137 Using the Sliders Drag the gray slider to influence the tonal distribution of the image Drag the white and the black slider if necessary to change highlights and shadows in the image In this way the sliders can be used for gamma correction The area between the white and the black slider display the total bit depth of the scanner you can work with e Drag the gray slider to the left to make the clipping area due to catch light more narrow Drag the gray slider to the right to accentuate the catch light in the preview image e Drag the black slider to the left to darken the preview image Drag the black slider to the right to brighten the preview image e Drag the white slider to the left to darken the preview image Drag the white slider to th
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138. y levels or colors pixel depth 24 allows about 16 million colors pixelization If the image resolution is too low the PostScript language may use the color value of single pixel to create several halftone dots when printing This results in pixelization or coarse looking output plug in A software module that adds capabilities to an application posterization Visible tonal bands produced by converting acontinuously varying gradation into too few discrete levels ppi ppcm Pixels per inch pixels per centimeter a measure of the resolution of a scanner indicating the number of pixels that the scanner records over 1 inch centimeter of the original Glossary 168 Profile The color characteristics of an input or output device used by CMS to ensure color fidelity PDF Portable Document Format Formats that allow any document to be saved opened and viewed without the original application used to create the file One example is Adobe Acrobat quality factor The number of scanned pixels per line in a halftone screen for screening color and gray scale images In order to reproduce an image the pixel ratio should be between 1 and 2 Forexample when the screen frequency is 133 Ipi the image should be between 133 and 266 ppi FotoLook uses a quality factor of 1 5 A higher quality factor will require longer scans and more disk space without increasing the image quality considerably quarter tones Tones between sh

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