CONTENTS Part A Installation ···························································································4 ONTENTS ················································································4 MPORTANT NOTES ·····················································································5 AFETY NOTES ································································8 NSTALLING THE COMPONENTS (PC)················8 NSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND THE DRIVER ) ··············9 NSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND THE DRIVER ···································································9 NSTALLING THE SCANNER Part B Operating instructions ··············································································...
Please check the box for completeness. Note! Save the original box, receipt and packaging material in case you have to return the scanner. CONTENTS Ø Slide scanner 3600 Ø magazine Ø power adapter and power cord Warning! Using a different power adapter may severely damage the scanner and will void the product warranty.
SAFETY NOTES Please observe the following safety notes in order to avoid damages of the scanner or injuries to yourself or other persons. Do not modify the scanner Inside the housing, there are energized parts. Do not open the housing. There is the risk of fire or electrical shock.
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Do not touch the power cord during periods of lightning activity Do not operate the scanner during periods of lightning activity. You might suffer an electrical shock via the electrical cords. The scanner may also be damaged. Disconnect the scanner from the power outlet during electrical storms.
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Operating ambient humidity range 15% to 76% relative humidity (non-condensing) If the scanner was stored or transported in cold temperature and then brought into a warm, humid environment condensation may occur. Allow the scanner to fully adapt to the room temperature before turning it on.
INSTALLING THE COMPONENTS INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND THE DRIVER (PC) If you have installed Windows XP on your system a test dialog may appear during installation. In this case, select "Continue anyway". 1. Place the Adobe Photoshop Elements software CD into your CD-ROM drive. If you have the autoplay function switched off search the CD for the “Autoplay.exe”...
INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE AND THE DRIVER (Mac) Mac users shall install the application software (Adobe Photoshop Elements) prior to installing the scanner driver CyberView X – MS. If a TWAIN compatible application software or a Mac plug-in is already installed on your computer you can install the scanner driver directly.
The inner ring shall contact the guiding pins. Note: The round magazine shall be filled evenly with slides. CS magazine • It is recommended to use the original CS system (reflecta, Braun) exclusively. Other CS magazines or CS frames may lead to disturbances. Universal magazine •...
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Removing a magazine Pull out the slide transport arm fully and remove straight magazines to the front or back. Lift round magazines to the top. TIP: Do not tilt the magazine to the open side since slides may fall out. Moving magazine backward/forward You can insert the next or previous slide in the magazine for scanning by pressing ÅorÆ...
Note! When using the single slide scanning function, please make sure that the slide lift snapped into place and that the slide transport arm has been moved completely into the scanner. Fig. 5 Fig. 6 The magazine tunnel should be empty or an empty magazine should be loaded correctly since the slide transport arm moves out during warm -up and calibration.
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Selecting the film type (Mac) Select the film type and the model. Example: For a positive film, select Positive Film à Generic Reversal. Previewing the scan Select Prescan Current Frame to pre-scan a single slide or Prescan… to create a selection of slides for pre-scanning.
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MB MB (approx.) (approx.) 1200 1800 11.7 2400 3000 3600 1200 1800 23.5 2400 3000 3600 For the jpg file format, the quality BEST was used to store the scans listed above. Starting the scan process Select Scan Current Frame to scan the slide loaded into the scanner, Scan Selected Films to scan the slides selected in the preview, or Multi -Scan...
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Scanning single slides When you press the scan button ( ) in the lateral control panel of the scanner, the current slide will be scanned automatically and transferred to the opened application software. Exiting the program After scanning the slides, the images are transferred to the application software (e.g. Adobe Photoshop Elements) or stored to the specified storage location.
Description of CyberView X – MS The CyberView X software (CVX) can be used in two different ways: as independent program as TWAIN driver directly from other programs. The user interface and the functioning of the program differ only slightly. With the TWAIN driver, the Scan menu offers options where you can define to transfer the scanned data to the calling program or directly to the hard disk.
Main window Menu bar 1.1.1 Scan Prescan: - Prescan Current Frame - Prescan… In contrast to the Prescan Current Frame option where a single slide is scanned, you can use the Prescan… option to enter a range. Individual ranges are specified using a hyphen (–), several ranges or single slides are separated by a comma.
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number of scans you want to perform. The scans are performed starting from the current position of the magazine. When you select Scan ... to File…, you are prompted to enter the storage location, the base file name, the file type and the quality (JPEG) of the image(s). - Enter the desired path or click on the Browse...
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- Preference... This section is divided into three 3 sub-windows: 1.1.1.1.Scan Setting You can define the resolution, the color depth and the scan mode for the pre- scans and the scans. Note for the color depth: Please note that various programs cannot work with a 16 bit color depth.
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1.1.1.3. Default Scanning Area CVX recognizes three different scan formats. You can specify the slide sizes to be used automatically for the pre-scans and a scan offset to position the actual slide section. Please note that the x/y values for the offset must correspond to the coordinate values as required by Adobe Photoshop.
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1.1.2 Preview - Zoom In: CVX changes the mouse pointer to a magnifying glass. When you now click in the preview window, the pre-scan is magnified. - Zoom Out: When you click in the preview window, the pre-scan is reduced. - Rotate 90 Left: The preview is turned 90 degrees counter clockwise.
1.1.3 Image Adjustment You can use the Variations..., Color Balance..., and Curves and Levels... menu items to adjust color and contrast. The settings supplement or add to each other. In the bottom area of the Image Adjustment window, you can save the settings defined in the three windows to be used for other scans.
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1.1.3.1. Variations In this window, you can correct the colors and the brightness of the scan using the three areas "Shadows", "Midtones" and "Hightlights" with a corresponding setting between Fine (for little change) and Coarse (for great change). Prior to correcting the scan, set the area and the degree. Now, click on one of the corrected images to accept the correction.
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1.1.3.2.Color Balance The values for brightness, contrast, saturation and color (CMY or RGB) of the image can be adjusted with the sliders or by entering the values in the corresponding fields. You can use the buttons with the magnifying glasses to zoom in and out the Before and After windows to have a close look at the changes.
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1.1.3.3. Curves and Levels You can adjust the color values through gamma correction. As in the Color Balance window, you can use the magnifying glasses buttons to zoom in the Before and After windows to have a close look at the modifications. You can use the three buttons with the pipettes to set a black, gray or white eye drop for the image with a simple mouse click.
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1.1.4 Window - Exposure Setting… Using the sliders for the different colors, you can correct the exposure already when scanning. If your images to be scanned have a color imbalance you can make corrections already when scanning. The same applies for dark images – increase the three colors evenly in order to obtain a stronger general exposure without shifting colors during the scanning.
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- Output Preview… By defining the output format via the output medium (type and size) and the output parameters (resolution in DPI and dimensions), you will receive an impression of the designed output. 1.1.5 Help - User Manual Opens this manual in CVX. - Update Firmware You can upgrade the firmware version;...
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Icon bar With the icon bar, you can access the features of the menus faster. Menus with sub-menus are identified with the arrow to the left of the icon. Please refer to the menu bar section of this manual (1.1) for a detailed description. [ Negative ] [ Positive/slide ] [ Black &...
If you move the magazine manually to a new position you can use this menu item to enter the new position so that the counter i n the CVX works properly. You can enter a position which the scanner shall address. Example: You want to scan all slides from position 51-100.
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Preview -> Zoom In (maximum value 1000%) Preview -> Zoom Out Preview -> Rotate 90 Left Preview -> Rotate 90 Right Preview -> Flip Horizontal Preview -> Flip Vertical Scan -> Revert Selecting the ruler units in the Preview window You can specify the measurement unit in "in"...
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Status line (Preview window) In the bottom left corner, the color levels of red, green, blue, and the coordinates of the respective position are displayed [see I]. In the bottom right corner, the current image, the zoom level, and the number of selected frames [see II] are displayed. [ I ] [ II ] The status line of the main window shows the settings for the exposure in the...
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The Advanced mode displays additional information about the planned output. Changes in these two entry areas result in corresponding changes of the other values.
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Thumbnail Panel The images from the preview are displayed as thumbnails. By default, all images of the preview are selected (visible from the marked check boxes below the images). When pre-scanning more than six images, you can use the left/right arrow buttons to scroll through the images.
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Support Visit our home page for support and driver updates. The Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop Album products are updated by Adobe. Please contact the following web site if you need support for these products: www.adobe.de...
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