VueScan User Guide for Scanning
VueScan User Guide for Scanning
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First steps with VueScan
Common tasks
Quick settings
Advice
The following tutorial is designed to familiarize you with the software and the user interface.
and to help digitize your first photos and slides.
You will find useful tips and suggestions here on how to carry outcommon taskssuch
batch scanning and PDF file scanning.
If you have used a scanner before, what you have found resembles something that
a bit similar to VueScan. But still, it is worth taking some time to
getting used to where everything is before diving in.
The most important area is thepreview panelHere is where the document
digitalizado aparece después de que se escanea. Utilice esta área para preparar sus
images before scanning them at maximum resolution
The adjustments are made with the controls on the left panel. This is called the
Options panel. It has tabs running along the top. These are
they use to change the type of configuration is set
Basic workflow
You can do almost everything in VueScan with just pressing theScan button.
You can also see more options usingentrada | Opciones and you can choose options
additional before pressing thepreview buttonoScan button.
The basic process for digitizing an image can be summarized in three simple steps.
steps (for an explanation of the more advanced functions, see the appendices of this
manual):
Place the face photo inside the scanner or load the slide/negative in the
slide scanner
2. When the preview has finished, its image will be displayed in thepanel view
previous
3. Click and drag the mouse to draw a box around the image. This
ensures that the scanner does not miss white areas during the exploration time
Scan and save
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Place the photo with the short edge against the short edge, bottom of the scanner.
This completely automates the batch scanning process, so you don't have
keep clicking on theScan button
4. Click the Scan button. Once VueScan has completed the first
exploration, place the following image in exactly the same position.
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Save files
VueScan automatically saves each image or document scanned automatically and
It puts it in a default folder.
You can change this, however, if you want to organize your images in a way
different.
It is very easy to set up:
Choose folder
3. Use the search window to choose where you want to save the image. Make
click Accept
1. In the File name box, delete what is already there and write a name for
the image
2. Add a plus sign at the end of the name after some digits - VueScan does
save each subsequent exploration, automatic numbering for each in sequence
The best way to decide on the resolution to scan your images is to make use of
from VueScan presets. These allow you to quickly select the correct resolution.
for the task in question:
2. If you want to send the image to a printer, go to the next step; otherwise, do
click on theScan buttonahora
Quick Settings
Each task so far has been carried out using the basic, default configuration.
These are very good for photo scanning on a flatbed scanner.
If you want to scan documents, magazine articles, slides, or negatives, however,
It is necessary to use different settings.
Color slide
5. SetFilter | Descreen
Advice
Be discerning
The best way to save time when scanning a pile of photos is to do it first
some tough decisions about what to scan. A good rule of thumb is that one should only
scan one in every five photos from a roll of film. Most people can go to
through a set of 36 photos or slides and quickly see the 7 or 8 they would like
explore.
Of course, if these are the only existing photos of your father's wedding, then it is
likely that you want to scan all of them. Otherwise, be selective - no one needs
scan priority images of a friend's backyard of a 10-year-old cousin
back (smile).
Save disk space by scanning all photos and slides using the
JPEG file format. Few people will be able to see much difference between files.
JPEG and file types like TIFF and BMP, but JPEG files only take up to 10 percent
one hundred percent of disk space of these other types of files. With VueScan, adjustof exit
JPEG fileto do this.
Backup on CD
After each day's work, burn all the images you have explored onto a CD.
CD label and then make sure you can read the images from the CD.
Record two CD games, keep a system for yourself, and store a copy.
teacher separately.
Alternatively, upload the images to a cloud service, and for good luck.
use two different cloud providers.
Only use the master copy if your main copy has problems, otherwise do not.
I touched it again. If friends or family want a copy, make a copy of your copy.
principal.
CDs can fail, be carried out, get scratched, get lost, eaten by the dog - so always
Keep two copies! Cloud providers can go bankrupt - use two different ones.
Instead, use TIFF, which stores all the data of an image without any
lossless, even when compressed. TIFF is a good option for archiving
files, and for image operations in image editing applications such as
Photoshop (TM). The disadvantage of TIFF is the file size. Even when it
compressed files are much larger than JPEG files.
Record TIFF files on high-quality CD-R or DVD discs for permanent files
A large amount of time involved in the exploration is gathered with the movement of
the scanning head (for flat scanners) or the media holder
(for film scanners). The following tip will produce faster scans.
Place the media in the horizontal orientation in the scanner (place the
long edge of the photo, for example, against the short edge, bottom of the scanner). This
reduce the area that needs to be covered by the scanner head.
To achieve the best results when scanning printed documents, adjustas an entry
Mediaof 'Text'. This will ensure that the result is limited to black and white, which
reducirá el ruido. Normalmente los paquetes de OCR esperan formato de archivo TIFF; set
output | TIFF fileYou can also find themulti-page TIFF output
youtput | multi-page PDFuseful option, as several pages will be saved in a
single file.
If it saves images that are significantly larger than the amount of memory
on your computer, set theentrada | Rotación in None. This will cause the crop
much faster.
Most of the common tasks have already been covered in the previous section.
The next section explains how to take advantage of some of the more advanced features.
of VueScan.
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The light of a sunset, for example, can be adjusted so that the ground appears
gray instead of orange and the explorations of the flowers may seem less intense.
To solve this:
If you are scanning slides, then make sure you have set up
Entrada | Medios a "Imagen"
You can set the neutral color value using the manual setting, but
keep in mind that this may seem counterintuitive like reducing the red color
neutral, for example, will increase the overall red color of the image.
It is easier to use the right mouse button, click on a neutral color (i.e. hue
in gray) to update the (control key for use with Mac OS X) color balance. It can
reset the color balance white balance by double-clicking on the image
with the (control key use with Mac OS X) right mouse button.
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Histograms
Histograms are graphs that show the distribution of tones and colors of the
Scanned image. The dark tones are indicated at the left end of the x-axis.
graph, the light tones on the far right, and the midtones are in the middle.
There are four different histogram graphs available in VueScan and these can be
visualize in theOptions panelselecting one of theImage | Chart ...options of
menu Image.
Graph sample: shows the tone and the color histogram of before they have been made the
settings
Image Graphic: shows the tone and color histogram after it has been done
the adjustments using the two graphs below ...
B/w graphic: allows you to set the black point and the white point thresholds.
This works in a similar way as the levels tool in editors.
images such as Photoshop (TM). Drag the arrows at the bottom of the graph
to make adjustments
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Calculation of DPI for negatives
Scale formula: (final printer image width X DPI) / original size = resolution
of the scanner
For example, if you want to print a 4x6in print at 300 dpi from the printer of a
negative of 35 mm, first calculate the width:
4in x 300 DPI printer = 1,200, then divide by the original of 1270 = 0.9448 inches
(dpi order scanner)
6 inches x 300 dpi = 1800, and is divided by originals 1.417 inches = 1.270 (scanner dpi
customized)
To scale to either 5x7 inches or 8x10 inches, you must calculate using the
largest dimension to avoid cropping the photo (for example 7 for 5x7 and 10 for
Use the lower value if you want exactly 5x7 or 8x10 inches.
but plans to crop in her photo editor.
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Establish the options of theEntry cardof theOptions panelfrom the source and the
media that is being used
EstablishCrops | Preview areafrom 'Default'Cultivos | tamaño de la cosecha
of 'Maximum'
In theficha Salida remove the mark from all options, except for theoutgoing
Raw file
As each image is analyzed, files will be created with sequential numbering such as
"[Link], [Link]", etc. You can change the names of folders and files.
changing theoutput | Raw filename option.
To reprocess these RAW files:
You can also follow the procedure in the Advanced flow suggestions section
user guide work for exposure and base color blocking
movie for all the movie stuff. This will give you the best quality scans.
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Adjustmententry | Media
For step #2 above, use a frame from the movie that has a surface that is
it will print as pure black for negatives or pure white for slides.
If you are using the same lighting for all the frames in the roll (or a
subset of the frames), it can block the color balance through scanning
of the brightest frame in the series, and then put theentrada | Color Lock option.
This will block the black and white points for the scene and produce colors
consistent for all frames of the series. This is also useful if you are
exploring panoramic scenes that have all been taken with the same
lighting, shutter speed and aperture, or if you are exploring a
studio series of photographs taken with the same lighting, shutter speed
plugging and the opening.
IT8 targets are included with many scanners. You can also obtain IT8 targets from
this source:
2. Click on the '@' button located next toColor of | IT8 data from the scannery
Select the IT8 description file that comes with the IT8 target
3. Click on the '@' button located next toColor | ICC scanner profileand choose where
wants to write the ICC profile
6. Adjust the size of the VueScan crop mask until it matches the
destination image IT8
7. You may need to readjust the target on the scanner platen and press the
Preview buttonagain if the image is at an angle
The ICC profile will be saved in the file name you have specified.
If you have previously created an ICC profile for your scanner, you only need to do the following:
2. Establishcolor | perfil ICC del escáner to present the file name of the
CPI
VueScan usually reads and writes the ICC profile for the scanner using [Link]
file. Alternatively, you can write the file name of the ICC profile inColor |
ICC profile of the scanner.
Each IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each
square on the target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button
situated next toColor | IT8 data from the scanner.
Please note that adjustments in the Color tab do not affect profile creation. For
check if the profile works correctly, it must establishColor | Balance de color a "neutral".
Color profile adjustments do not apply to RAW files. This means that the
ICC profiles do not apply when RAW files are produced. However, ICC profiles
They can be applied later, when processing the RAW files with VueScan.
Printer profiles are the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a
printer. This profile is unique for each type of paper and each change in the options.
printer configuration.
[Link] the size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the
destination image IT8
9. You may need to readjust the target on the scanner plate and press the
Preview buttonagain if the image is at an angle
If you have already created an ICC profile for a printer, you just have to do the following:
2. Establishcolor | perfil ICC de la impresora for the file name of the file
from the ICC
VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for a printer using the
[Link] file. Alternatively, you can write the file name of the ICC profile in
Color | ICC profile of the printer.
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Film profiles are the process of determining the precise color characteristics of film.
negative of color. For this, it is necessary to take an image of an IT8 target and scan it
this frame. Make sure the image is rectangular on the film.
3. Copy the IT8 description file that came with your target into the described folder
forsalida | Carpeta predeterminada , and change the name of the film.
Press thePreview button
6. Adjust the size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the
IT8 target image. You may need to readjust the target on the plate.
from the scanner and press Preview again if the image is at an angle
The ICC profile will be saved in the file specified byColor | ICC profile of Cinema
If you have already created an ICC profile for a roll of film, you just need to do the following:
2. Establishcolor | perfil de Cine CPI the file name of the CPI file
VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for the film using [Link]
file. Alternatively, you can write the ICC profile file name inColor |
CPI Film Profile.
Each IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each
square on the target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button.
side ofcolor | Datos de Cine IT8 .
Both the .icc and .it8 files are usually found in the folder described byexit
Default folder.
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ThePreview buttonyScan buttonthey perform both in the scanning and the steps of
processing. TheSave buttonstarts from the CCD data stored in memory
and only carries out the processing stage.
Exploration
Scanning an image involves: optionally focusing the scanner, setting the time
of exposure for the CCD area to be scanned, the number of bits per sample, the number of
sampled per pixel, scan resolution, and then the primary CCD data is read into buffer
of VueScan memory.
If a single multi-exploration step is enabled, each line of data from the CCD is read.
several times and is combined (averaged) while being stored in the intermediate memory.
If multiple multiple scanning passes are enabled, the entire scanning area will
read several times and combined (averaged) in the intermediate memory.
There is no scaling or color correction of the raw CCD data at the stage of
exploration. Some scanners always or occasionally convert 10-bit CCD data or
12 bits to 8 bits before transferring it to VueScan, and then VueScan converts it back to data
10-bit or 12-bit CCD. This is done using the same gamma correction table.
specified by the sRGB standard.
When theentrada | Fuente option is set to 'File', the raw CCD data is read
from a TIFF or JPEG file and is stored in the intermediate memory, just like if it
would have read directly from a scanner.
When the preview image is scanned, the exposure time is set to 1.0, the area
what will be scanned is the full preview area, and the scanning resolution is
set to a value that produces approximately 1 million pixels.
When the complete analysis is done, the exposure time is calculated either from the
preview or from the manual adjustment and the area to digitize is a subset of the area of
preview (determined by the cropping). If the scan resolution is Auto, a selection is made
scanning resolution that produces approximately 4 million pixels.
When the preview or scanning is performed, the raw data is placed in a buffer.
memory. If thesalida | archivo Raw the option is activated andexit | Crude oil exit withis
In 'Preview' or 'Scan', the raw data is written to a TIFF file at the same time
what is put in the intermediate memory.
Treatment
The processing steps are carried out for both the preview and the full analysis.
The first step uses infrared data for an initial attempt at dust removal.
(if it is enabled). This reads the entire image from the memory buffer of the memory to
characterize the relationship between the color channels and the infrared channel. Then read each
line once, correcting for specks of dust and going over each line for the steps
posteriors for their subsequent processing.
The next step is to apply the cleaning filter. This filter removes dust specks.
through the use of infrared data to identify and remove dust spots and
then fill in the points with data from images adjacent to the dust spots. This
the filter also reduces the appearance of film grain using a sigma filter.
Note: The infrared data is only available on scanners that have an IR channel. If
the channel is not present the infrared cleaning options will be omitted.
Next, the reset colors and restore the discoloration filters are applied (if it is
(activated). This reads the entire image, once to detect the original colors of the image.
and then read each line once to correct the changes in color and tint fading.
El siguiente paso está realizando correcciones para los medios película. Esto lee toda la
image once to calculate the intensity of the film base, and then reads each line,
it corrects based on the characteristics of the movie, and goes through each line to the steps
subsequent for further processing.
At this point, sharpening with an unsharp mask is done if thefiltro | Perfilar option
is activated.
The final step is color correction. The entire image is read once, and the options for the
Color chips are used to convert to the final colors of the saved images.
Inputs at this stage are 16-bit linear light samples, and the results of this step
they are samples of gamma corrected.
Once the image data has been corrected, the preview image data
show in the Preview tab or the scan image data is optional
is represented in the Scan or write in a TIFF file, a JPEG file, a
PDF file, an OCR text file, and/or a file/index.
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Imagine taking a picture of a typical outdoor scene with a bright blue sky with
the fluffy clouds, along with a person standing in the shade under a tree. In addition,
Imagine taking this photo with so much slide film and negative film.
When taking this photo with slide film, the photographer needs to adjust the exposure to
either capturing the details of the sky and the clouds, or adjusting the exposure to capture
the data of the person standing in the shadow under the tree. Once the image is
taking one of the two intensity ranges, there is no way to return to the other range of
intensity after developing the film. However, when taking this photo with a
automatic camera using negative film, the camera usually sets the exposure of
so that both the details in the clouds and in the shadows are captured.
The decision of whether to capture the intensity range of the clouds or the person in the...
shadows are created by the photographer when using slide film, but for
The general is carried out by a team in the minilab when printing the negative.
most minilabs will print this type of scene with details in the shadows and the
white sky cut out with no clouds or detailed sky.
One way to solve this problem is to manipulate the brightness of the image using the
color | El brillo ocolor | Punto blanco (%) option to manipulate the negative image in such a way
How much the light and dark parts of the image show detail when scanned.
Most minilabs will print this type of scene with details in the shadows and the
sky clipped to white without any cloud or sky detail.
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If you are scanning / black and white negative film, first check to see if the film is
it appears gray or orange at first glance. If it looks gray, [Link] | Mediaa 'B / W negative'
and if it appears orange, adjust it to 'Negative Color'. Then go to theColor cardand choose
a type of Black / White movie. If you cannot find a type of movie that
it matches exactly with the movie that you are using, experiment with the settings of
Kodak T-Max.
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The basic idea is scanning each pixel more than once and averaging the pixels. Each
doubling the number of pixels increases the effective number of useful data bits by
one. For example, if you have a 10-bit scanner like the Nikon LS-30 and the CCD is read
4 times at each pixel position, effectively provides 12 bits of useful image data.
There are several ways to achieve multiple image samples. The first is a single
several scans have passed. Some scanners are capable of reading each pixel position multiple times.
sometimes before moving the exploration head to a new position. The second technique
it's multi-pass multiple scanning, which most scanners are capable of (without
embargo, some cannot change their position accurately with each step of exploration,
so this doesn't always work well).
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File formats
VueScan reads CCD sensor data from scanners and can write to a
TIFF file ready for reprocessing later. The final cropped data may be
stored in any combination of TIFF, OCR text files, JPEG, PDF and.
Index impressions are stored as a Windows BMP file.
The primary and cropped TIFF files can have six different formats, each with a
different number of samples per pixel and bits per sample. A grayscale image
it has a sample per pixel, a normal color image has three (red, green, blue), and the
scanning explorations with an infrared channel with four samples per pixel (red,
green, blue, infrared.
1 bit B / W 1 bit per pixel 1 sample per pixel 1 bit per sample
8 bits Gray 1 byte per pixel 1 sample per pixel 8 bits per sample
16 bit Gray 2 bytes per pixel per sample 16 bits per sample
24 bit RGB 3 bytes per pixel 3 samples per pixel 8 bits per sample
48 bit RGB 6 bytes per pixel 3 samples per pixel 16 bits per sample
64 bit RGBI 8 bytes per pixel 4 samples per pixel 16 bits per sample
16 bit infrared 2 bytes per pixel per pixel 1 sample 16 bits per
sample
If you want to process the full bit depth of an image in Photoshop (TM),
use the 48-bit RGB adjustment for the TIFF file Crop. Note that some
Other image editing tools cannot process 48-bit TIFF files;
in this case, use 24 bits which is more widely compatible.
Please note that the raw exploration files are stored in a linear format.
when more than 8 bits per sample are used, and are stored in gamma 2.2 format when
only 8 bits per sample are used. The saved TIFF files are always gamma
corrected according to thecolor | espacio de color de salida used (1.8 for Apple
RGB, ColorMatch RGB, ProPhoto RGB, and ECI RGB and 2.2 for the rest of the spaces of
color). Please note that scanned files are stored in linear format.
it will look dark when viewed - this is normal.
Please note that both the raw TIFF file and the cropped TIFF file can be
compress. VueScan uses CCITT Group-IV compression for 1-bit files, and the
LZW compression in another way. This may be slower to write, but it takes
about 40% less disk space. The size of JPEG files can be
control with thesalida | calidad JPEG option, with useful values ranging from 75 (very
compressed, medium quality) to 95 (less compression, high quality).
The saved TIFF files are always gamma corrected according to theColor |
Output color spaceused (1.8 for Apple RGB, ColorMatch RGB, ProPhoto RGB
and ECI RGB and 2.2 for all other color spaces).
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Types of film
VueScan contains information about the color sensitivity of many different types of
movie. Use the following table to identify the types of movie from the
labels and the colors of the stripes more of the drag perforations.
If you use film types that are not on this table, particularly some of the films
newer Fuji, try experimenting with the settings of Kodak Gold and Kodak Advantix -
these seem to work well.
(Movies like Kodak Gold have different types of emulsions indicated by the Gen)
generation code (in the movie. Generally, you can see this in the itself
movie in the writing of the movie near the drag perforations.
Menus
There are a series of commands that can be chosen from the menu bar menus that
described below.
File | View
This command allows you to control how the scanned image is placed on the page.
business.
File | Print image
This command allows you to load the current option parameters from a file.
This command allows you to save the current option parameters to a file.
This command sets all options for the current scanner and the scan mode to
its default values.
File | Exit
This command causes VueScan to exit. The values of the current options are
they will be saved in [Link].
If a preview has been created but not an analysis, the preview section is used in
the interior of the clipping frame, if the most recent analysis is not used.
This command is for optical character recognition (OCR) on the current image and
copy the text to the clipboard.
If a preview has been created, but not an analysis, the preview section is used in
the interior of the clipping frame, if the most recent analysis is not used. However, if of
entrada | resolución de vista previa is set to 'Auto' or something less than 300 dpi,
this may not work very well.
Scanner | Vista previa
Scanner | Scan
Scanner | Scan +
The same as pressing theScan button.
Scanner | Expulsar
Scanner | Calibrar
This command performs a calibration of the scanner on scanners that support it.
Generally, calibration compensates for three things:
When properly calibrated, the scanner should theoretically produce the same values.
For each pixel, if an image that is a single tone and color was scanned.
If you have one or two narrow stripes that appear in the direction of exploration, try to
Make a scan with the scanner turned on its side. This may release particles.
of the trajectory of light.
Scanner | Focus
This command centers the scanner. The center of this focus area is displayed in the view.
preview with a small animation frame, and it can also be changed with theCrop
Focus X compensatedyCrops | Focus and compensatedoptions (options that appear
only when the scanner is capable of this.
Scanner | Exhibition
This command calculates the optimal values ofinput | RGB displayyentry
infrared exposureUse the pixels within the crop box in the View tab
previous to calculate these values.
Scanner | Anterior
Scanner | Siguiente
See the section in this User Manual that describes the ICC profiles of scanners,
printers and film.
See the section in this User Manual that describes the ICC profiles of scanners.
printers and film.
Profile | Profile movie
See the section in this User Manual that describes the ICC profiles of scanners,
printers and film.
Image | Zoom in
Image | pull
Image | Mirror
This command frees the memory used by VueScan to store the most recent.
explorations and forecasts. This can be helpful if you need more memory for another program.
You can control the amount of memory VueScan will use by setting thePrefs |
Memory of images (MB)option if your system is short on memory.
Image | graph of
This command displays the histogram of the current image after correction for the
black / white points and the curve.
PDF | inverse
This command reverses the order of the pages. For example, if there are eight pages 12345678
this command will change the pages of 87,654,321.
PDF | Interleave
This command rearranges front scans / turn by interleaving pages front / back - it is
saying ffffbbbb get reordered for fbfbfbfb. For example, if there are eight pages
13578642 this command will change the pages of 12,345,678.
This is useful for digitizing the front part of each page in a feeder.
documents, and then feed the documents through the document feeder of
new.
PDF | Independent
This command rearranges front scans / go back to separating pages front / back - it is
say fbfbfbfbfb get reordered for ffffbbbb. For example, if there are eight pages
12345678 this command will change the pages of 13,578,642.
This is useful for correcting for the digitization of a stack of papers with the pages in the
incorrect orientation.
PDF | Delete
This command allows you to delete the last page of a PDF file.
This command displays the version number and three boxes to enter your address.
email, serial number, and customer number from the purchase invoice.
This command is found in the VueScan menu on Mac OS X and is located in the menu
Help in Windows and Linux.
The email address, serial number, and customer number are stored in:
Mac OS X: /Users/yourname/.vuescanrc
Linux ~ / .vuescanrc
Buttons
There is a series of buttons that can be used to start or cancel the scan.
Preview button
Scan Button
Scan Button +
View Button
Cancel button
Save Button
Save Button +
Print Button
Turn the L button
Rotate Button R
Distant button
Close button
Previous Frame Button
Next frame button
Preview button
This button performs a quick preview scan of the area described byCrops
Preview areaand the sample in the Preview tab.
A preview scan is usually created with a lower resolution and therefore
so much faster. From the preview you can set your crops, filtering, and options
of balance color that will be applied to the final exploration.
Do you want to preview more than one frame at a time? Next, use theentrada | escaneo
in batchesoption. Several planned can be in memory at the same time, and you
you can change the preview you are viewing by changing the number ofentry
Frame number.
If you are scanning from the disk, and specify the output file in numbered series (by
For example, [Link]) the frame number can be used to select a file.
For example, ifde entrada | Archivos it is established in "[Link]" and de entrada | Número
of the paintingAt 12, VueScan will look for the file '[Link]' when Preview is pressed.
Scan Button
This button performs the scanning, displays the image in the Scan tab, and optionally,
save the selected file type(s) in theoutput card.
You can scan more than one frame at a time by using theentrada | escaneo por lotes
option.
If you are scanning from disk, and specify the output file in numbered series (for
example [Link]) the frame number can be used to select a file.
For example, ifinput | Filesis set in "[Link]" andde entrada | Número
of the pictureAt 12, VueScan will look for the file '[Link]' when the Scan button is pressed.
Scan Button +
This button is used to indicate that the exploration should be added to a multi-file.
pages, in OCR text format PDF, TIFF or. It is exactly the same as thebutton
Scanexcept that it indicates that the exploration should be attached to a multi-page file.
View Button
This button opens a viewer for the first file name displayed in the bar.
menu. This is often simpler than having to switch to the operating system to do
this.
It is also used to display multiple page files whenever you want to view them.
Cancel button
This button appears when a scan is in progress. When pressed, the scan is
stops and batch scanning stops.
Save Button
This button allows the most recent preview or scan to be saved as TIFF, JPEG,
PDF, OCR text, Index and/or premium files, as specified in theexit cardIf
You just created a preview, the preview will be saved; if you just made a
Analysis will save the exploration. The only difference will be the resolution of the file(s).
exit as specified inthe entry | preview resolutionand theentrada | Resolución
of digitalization- Crops, filter, and color settings will apply to both
advances and explorations.
You probably just want to save the result of the scan. With the creationof
entrada | Auto guardar In a "Scan", the files will be saved automatically when pressing the
Scan button.
Do you want to make any adjustments to your final exploration? You can change the crops, filter, or
color adjustments, without having to scan again. Just make the adjustments - VueScan
will update the exploration in the memory and theSave buttonwill provoke a new file(s)
What do you want to save.
Save Button +
This button is exactly the same as theSave buttonexcept that it indicates that the
exploration should be added to a multi-page file.
Print Button
This button allows you to view the most recent preview or exploration for printing.
Rotate Button R
This button moves away from the image in the Preview tab, or if it appears in the Scan tab.
it moves away from the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
Close button
This zoom button on the image in the Preview tab, or if it appears in the Scan tab
Zoom in the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
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Entry Card
This sheet contains the options that control the inputs for VueScan from scanners, the
scanned files of relatives and digital camera files.
Entrada | Opciones
Entrada | Tarea
Entrada | Fuente
Entrada | Archivos
Entrada | Modo
Entrada | Medios
Entry | Microfilm zoom
Entrada | Tamaño del soporte
Entrada | Bits por píxel
Entry | Make gray of
Batch Scanned | Input
List of batches | Entry
The entry | Frame number
Entry | compensated Frame
Entry | spacing Frame
Entry | preview resolution
Entrada | Vista previa dpi
Entrada | Resolución de digitalización
Entrada | dpi Scan
Entrada | Rotación automática
Entry | flip Auto
Entrada | Rotación
The Input | The Auto Bias
Entrada | Skew
Entrada | Espejo
The entry | The autofocus
Entrada | Enfoque
Entrada | escaneo automático
Entrada | Guardar Auto
Entrada | imprimir Auto
Entrada | Lámpara auto apagado
Entrada | expulsión automática
Entry | automatic repeat
The entry | Number of samples
The entry | Number of passes
Entrada | disolvedor grano
Entrada | Alineación de trama
Entrada | modo Fino
Entrada | Mostrar textura
Entry | Multi exhibition
Entrada | Bloqueo de exposición
Input | RGB exposure / infrared
Entrada | Rojo / ganancia analógica Verde / Azul
Entry | movie Lock base color
Entry | color blocking image
Entrada | Carpeta predeterminada
Entrada | Tipo de archivo
Entrada | TIFF nombre del archivo
The entry | The name of the JPEG file
The entry | The name of the PDF file
Entrada | Opciones
Use this option to indicate if you want to see a simplified subset of the options.
('Basic'), or all the Standard Edition options ('standard') or all the options
Professional Edition ('professionals');
Entrada | Tarea
Use this option to indicate the task you are performing. Choose between 'Scan to
archivo", "Copiar a la impresora", "Perfil del escáner", "impresora de perfil", "película
profile" and "Make objective IT8.
A brief reminder of how to perform each task is displayed in the bottom left corner.
from the window.
Entrada | Fuente
If you have more than one scanner on your system, this allows you to specify which scanner you want.
use.
If you set this option to 'File', then you will be able to enter a name.
of the fileentrada | Archivos option. The name can be a TIFF file of a
previous exploration, a JPEG or TIFF file from a digital camera or a RAW file
from a digital camera.
Standard Option: This option is shown when there is more than one scanner.
Entrada | Archivos
Specify the name of an image file that VueScan will read when set.
option 'Source' to 'File'. Generally, this is a raw analysis file that
has created with VueScan or a file from a digital camera.
Disk files can be TIFF, JPEG, or RAW files from digital cameras. These
Files are usually the result of a raw exploration, but they can be any JPEG
valid, TIFF or raw digital camera file.
You can also use the file dialog (press the '@' button) to select multiple
files, or you can separate multiple file names with a semicolon.
Standard Option: This option is displayed wheninput | Sourceis established in
File
Entrada | Modo
Use this option to specify the type of analysis you want to perform. This is detected
automatically on some scanners, but you may have to configure manually
manual in others.
1) To indirectly indicate whether the exploration data comes from reflective media or
transmissive [Link] | Medios it will automatically adjust to the highest setting
recent for the selected mode.
2) To indicate the color space of the exploration data (i.e., the characteristics
of the CCD color and the light that is exposed
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has more than one mode and the
Scanner mode cannot be detected by VueScan.
Entrada | Medios
There are two lists of media, depending on whether it is scanning paper (the
reflective media) or film (transmission media).
Reflective media
When scanning paper,entrada | Medios It is used to control whether the final image is in color.
or / white, continuous black tone (photo), or two levels (text).
Transmissive media
When scanning film, this option indicates whether it is using positive film (i.e.,
slides), negative color or black and white negative film. This option makes the
default movie type to be changed, but also starts the
scanner for the digitization of orange media (i.e.,
negatives in color) by exposing the green and blue channels more than the channel
red.
If you select 'Image', no film correction is applied, so the file
cropped will be comparable to the movie image. If you select 'negative film' or
"Slide movie", the cropped image will be comparable to the original scene that was
photographed. When using any of the film options below, on the tab
Color allows you to choose the film manufacturer, the brand, and the type of film for
allow VueScan to refine the result even further.
The difference between 'image' and 'slide film' is subtle. If you take the same ...
image with Kodachrome and Ektachrome film and then scan with the setting 'Slide the
movie", VueScan will try to make the resulting scan look the same (i.e.,
para parecerse a la escena original). Utilice la opción "Imagen" y los escaneos resultantes
they will be different to reflect the different color characteristics of Kodachrome and
Ektachrome film.
If below, I took the same image with Kodak Gold color negative film and
scanned using the "Negative Film" option, the resulting analysis should be close to what
What is obtained from using the 'Slide the film' adjustment and slide scanning?
Kodachrome and Ektachrome (that is, all three must resemble the original scene).
VueScan contains sensitometric data for 200 types of negative film and 4 types of
slide film. If you have something different, choose Kodachrome for slides
K14 process and Ektachrome for E6 slides.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed, except whenEntry | The bits
per pixelis set to 1.
This option is displayed when scanning microfilm or microfiche. It indicates the amount that
needs to zoom in to restore the microfilm / microfiche image to its size
Most microfilm uses a zoom value of 8 to 14.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning transparent media andof
entrada | Medios is established in 'Microfilm'.
This option is used with flatbed scanners to specify the media size.
reflection that is scanning.
If set to 'Auto', the total size of the platform will be seen in advance and the
The location and size of the media automatically determines.
If a specific size is chosen, no preview is needed when the button is pressed.
Scan. This will save a significant amount of time.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when reflection media is used (i.e.,
paper).
This option specifies how many bits per pixel are read from the scanner. The more
bits that are read, the superior quality of the image, but the speed is slower
transfer to maximum resolution. If you specify a value that the scanner is not capable of
to do, the valid option nearby is used instead.
Scanning with a resolution of 24 bits can add gaps to the final image histogram (in
comparison with the resolution of 48 bits), but it can also speed up the exploration with
some scanners and often the final result is practically indistinguishable from the
48-bit explorations.
If this option is set to 'Auto', theentrada | Medios option controls the number of bits per
pixel by pixel and samples used in an analysis.
This option specifies how to make the gray color of the red, green color sensors,
blue and infrared of the scanner.
The default value, 'Auto', either uses the scanner's hardware to convert from
Convert color CCD to grayscale, or convert in VueScan, especially from the green channel.
Otherwise, the gray color is taken from any of the red, green, blue, or channels.
infrared. Using the red or infrared channel can be useful when scanning more
old, degraded black/white negatives based on silver.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning with 8-bit or 16-bit color.
gray.
If this option is set to 'Auto' and you are using theCrop | Multi cropsoption
VueScan will automatically detect the list of frames that are visible in the preview.
Please note that you can change this to 'Off' during a long batch exploration.
duration, this will stop the exploration when the current frame is completed (this is a
best way to stop pressing theCancel buttonbutton, as they will leave you half files
) written.
Batch scanning also works when scanning from disk files. In this
In this case, the 'All' option refers to all files on the disk by name using a
series of numbers (for example [Link], [Link], etc.). If the file is specified
"[Link]" in the series asentrada | Archivos , theentrada | Número de cuadro will cause
VueScan reference the file with the same number.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of batch scanning.
or when it is establishedthe harvest | multiple crops.
You can specify multiple frames by selecting multiple frame numbers, or a range of
frames like "1-3", or a combination of both (i.e., "1,3,5-7" causes frames
1,3,5,6,7 to scan).
You can also add an extra rotation to any frame or range of frames.
placing a letter along with each frame number. Use 'N' for non-rotating, 'L'
to the left, 'F' for the coin, 'R' for the right, and 'D' for the rotation
default. Letters can be in uppercase or lowercase.
For example, adding '3r' to the batch list means scanning frame 3 and rotating it.
90 degrees to the right, '2L', says to scan frame 2 and turn it 90 degrees to the left, '1F,
2L, 4R" dice digitalization frame 1 flipped, frame 2 turns to the left, and the frame
4 turn right. If no card is specified (or if 'D' is used), then the
The last rotation adjustment in the batch list will apply to all frames.
later.
The use of the batch list also allows for a preview of a group of
images in a single step, rotate and crop each frame beforehand, and then analyze
all the frames in the lot. The process is:
Specify the list of batches. For example, specify "1-6" to specify 6
frames on a film support.
Analyze the batch. VueScan will create a series of cropped files (for example,
"[Link]", "[Link]" ... "[Link]").
Standard Option: This option is shown whende entrada | escaneo por lotes if
set to 'List'.
If you have a film scanner that can move the film holder, you can use
this option to select what slides or negative frame you want to scan. This
The option will only be displayed if your scanner supports it.
There are several advanced uses ofentrada | Número de cuadro to take into account when configuring
entrada | Fuente a "File" or using theCrop | multi cropsoption.
When scanning from disk files, VueScan will examine a number at the end of theentry
Filesas the starting point of a series, andde entrada | Número de cuadro to do
reference to a file in relation to that starting point. So if you have explored
a whole roll of film and they have RAW files from "[Link]" to "[Link]"
you can specify "[Link]" asentrada | Archivos , and then use the number of
frame to work on different scanned files as if they were frames. Number of
Chapter 18 would then be to use the disk file '[Link]' as a source by pressing
Preview or Scan.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has hardware that supports
this, or when they are usedcultivos | cultivos múltiples .
Use this option if there is a leader on the film strip, or if you are scanning
marcos panorámicas y la necesidad de explorar lo que sería la brecha entre 35mm marcos.
This option can be a positive or negative number.
The units for this option are normally millimeters, but this can be changed with
thePrefs | crop unitsoption.
Standard Option: This option is shown when the scanner is capable of movements.
of Marco.
This option sets the separation between frames for some film scanners that
they support this in hardware. It is not available for most film scanners or
flat scanners. This is the distance between the starting positions of two frames
consecutive.
The units for this option are usually in millimeters, but this can be changed.
with thePrefs | crop unitsoption.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of spacing.
Marco.
Use this option to specify the resolution of the scanner it will use when performing the
preview exploration.
You can also select a specific resolution preview from the list.
Lower resolutions may take less time to scan and will use less
memory. The preview resolution only needs to be sufficient for you to be able to
determine appropriate cultivation, filter settings, color adjustments, and so on
subsequently; the result of the final exploration is determined by the resolution of
scan and other settings, no preview resolution.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is able to scan the
same paper or film twice.
Yesde entrada | resolución de vista previa set to 'Custom', the scanner will use a
hardware resolution supported that is greater than or equal to this value. VueScan is
rescale the image to the requested resolution.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whende entrada | resolución de vista previa him
set to "Customize".
Utilice esta opción para especificar la resolución del escáner utilizará al realizar la
final exploration.
You can also select a specific scanning resolution from the list.
VueScan will detect the orientation of text images when the paper type is
establishes in text, text in color or microfilm. When the image is scanned, this option
the image to be analyzed and the page is rotated to be in a vertical position.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning text, colored text, or microfilm.
If this option is set, the page orientation flips every time an image is
Look. This is to allow for easier exploration of books and magazines.
Entrada | Rotación
This option describes the orientation of the images in the preview and scan tabs.
and in TIFF, JPEG, PDF, index and raw materials files. This is related to the image without
rotate coming from the scanner.
Don't you have the amount of memory in your system? Set this option to 'None' and
rotate the image later with an image viewer - this will make the crop faster. The
use of 'right' turns 90 degrees to the right, with the 'pull' turns 180 degrees, and the use of
"left" turns 90 degrees to the left.
Use this option to automatically calculate the tilt angle of the images.
that are not quite straight.
Entrada | Skew
Use this option to rotate the image by a small angle to correct images that
They are not quite straight. The angle is specified in degrees, more or less two degrees.
Entrada | Espejo
This option mirrors left/right images before rotating. This allows you to place your
emulsion side of the film facing up or down.
It is set to 'Preview' so that focus is only done once if the scan is going to
create directly after the preview. Otherwise, it is set to 'Always' or
to ensure the most accurate focus (as in some cases, the heat generated by the sight
previously can cause the material to bend).
Entrada | Enfoque
Set this option to a value between -1 and 1 to manually change the focus.
device. The nominal value for most scanners is 0.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of focus.
automatic and whende entrada | Enfoque automático it is set to 'Manual'.
If this option is set to 'Preview' or 'Scan' and if the scanner can detect when
an image is inserted, VueScan will simulate pressing thePreview buttonobotón Scan
when an image is inserted.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner can detect a medium.
inserted or when the scanner is able to handle the frames separately.
If this option is set to 'Preview' or 'Scan', VueScan will save the files
after a preview or exploration is completed. If set to 'None'
files are saved only after pressing theSave button.
When using a document feeder, the scanned text and this option are adjusted.
the 'removal of blank pages', only the blank pages will not be saved when the
Scan buttonis pressed.
Professional Option: This option is shown when TIFF, JPEG, PDF, OCR text, index or
The RAW files are being saved.
When a document feeder is used, the scanned text and this option are adjusted.
the 'removal of blank pages', only the blank pages will not be printed when
theScan buttonit is pressed.
This option controls when the scanner lamp turns on and off. It is only shown
When selecting a scanner that is capable of controlling the light independently of the
exploration.
When 'Always' is selected, the lamp turns off at the end of a scan and turns off.
the outputs when VueScan.
When "5 minutes" is selected, the lamp turns on when VueScan starts.
turns off when VueScan exits and turns off 5 minutes after the end of a scan.
When 'Exit' is selected, the lamp turns on when VueScan starts and turns off the
outputs when VueScan.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner lamp can be
to control.
Whende entrada | escaneo por lotes it is established, ejection will occur after that
the batch has been completed.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner hardware can
expel the media.
This option will slow down the scanning because the scanner is doing more. You should
experiment with your scanner to see what balance between speed and accuracy is
adequate.
The number of samples is similar to the number of passes. Multi-sampling is preferable to the
the scanner head is placed once, ensuring that the same area will be exposed
for each sample. Multi-sampling is only available in a limited number of
scanners.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of multi-sampling.
The entry | Number of passes
This option provides a function similar to the Sample Number option, but does not
requires the scanner to provide hardware support for multi-sampling. Each step
make a complete analysis. After all the passes are complete, the results are
apply average and save the average.
This option will slow down the scanning because the scanner is doing more. You should
experiment with your scanner to see what balance between speed and accuracy is the
adequate.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of scanning the
same image more than once and when it is not scanned from a file.
This option is only displayed when using the Minolta Scan Elite 5400. This causes a
translucent material that is inserted in the path of light, which makes the light source
more diffuse. The appearance of grain in the film can be slightly reduced at the cost
of the longest exploration times. By default, this option is
disabled.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a solvent of
grain.
This option is only displayed when using a LS-40, LS-50, LS-2000, LS-4000 or LS-
5000 Nikon LS-30 with the adapter for film strips. Causes VueScan to align the
start of the frames by scanning the area between the first and
second squares in the strip and then find the 2 initials mm of clear leader. In this way
by default, this option is enabled.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a strip adapter.
of inserted film.
Esta opción se utiliza para mejorar la calidad de escaneo en algunos escáneres Nikon y HP.
When using the Nikon CoolScan 5000 (LS-5000), CoolScan 8000 (LS-8000) or CoolScan 9000
(LS-9000), this option makes only one CCD line to be used, which makes the
explorations take longer but sometimes improve the quality of scanning the means of
communication of very dark things.
Professional Option: This option is shown with some Nikon and HP scanners.
This option provides a way to obtain additional details about the parts more
dark areas of the scanned image. It is available on scanners that are capable of enhancing
the exposure time of the CCD.
A first step is carried out as usual with the normal RGB exposure. This
it will be an adequate exposure for the image as a whole. Next, a second
pass is carried out with a longer exposure, which can reveal additional details in the
dark areas not captured in the first pass. VueScan then combines the
results of the two by choosing the first or second exposure pass.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner can control the time.
of CCD exposure and when scanning slide film (not color negative, B/W)
negative or microfilm.
Set this option to lock the CCD exposure values to auto values.
exposures calculated for the most recent preview or scanned or manually adjusted
with theinput | RGB exhibitionoption.
This option can save time when scanning a batch of images with features.
similar, for example, a roll of film.
If you activate this option and also of courseCrops | compensated AutoyCultivos | Rotación
automatic, below, theScan buttonwill not carry out a sight exploration
preview. This can save time when scanning in batches.
Please note that blocking the CCD exposure values does not block the brightness of
the final images - that only blocks the brightness of the scanned files cousins. For
block the brightness of the final images, use theentrada | Color Lock option.
See the 'advanced workflow suggestions' section of this User Guide for
get more information.
Professional Option: This option is shown when the scanner can control the time.
of CCD exposure.
In scanners that are capable of varying the CCD exposure time, this option allows you
allows multiplying the exposure time by a value specified by the user. This
it can be useful when scanning very dark slides with bright reflections and you want to obtain
more details about the dark areas.
There is little to no reason to increase these values from those calculated by the
automatic exhibition.
If the CCD is exposed too much when scanning color negative film, the base color of the
the movie makes a mistake and the dark areas of the image (the bright parts of the
negative) will lose detail.
Please note that these exposure values do not directly control the brightness of the
final image - this is controlled by the options in the Color tab. These values of
exhibition controls the brightness of only the raw analysis file.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner can control the time.
of the CCD exhibition and theentry | exhibition Blockageoption is enabled. The time
IR CCD exposure is only displayed if the hardware is also capable of scanning.
infrared.
In Nikon scanners, this option multipliesentrada | exposición RGB for the profit
color-coded analog. You can change the analog gain options to change the
relationship of exposure times CCD for the red, green, and blue channels.
Please note that 'analog gain' is Nikon's term for the time of
CCD exhibition. In reality, the analog gain does not vary within the scanner.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of controlling for
analog gain separated.
This option locks the film substrate color to the values calculated in the last one.
preview or exploration. These values are shown in the section "Color | base color of
"Fields" when this option is set.
Negative film has an orange tone that must be compensated to produce the image.
positive. This can be seen in the orange color when looking at an unexposed area (delete) of
negative film developed.
For a given type of film and film roll (all of which takes place in the
same conditions), this correction will be the same for all frames, so only
it must be established once.
This option is only available afterentry | blockade exhibitionis fixed, and then
after a preview or scan.
This option can save time when scanning a batch of images with features.
similar, for example, a roll of film.
See the section 'advanced workflow suggestions' of this User Guide for
get more information.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the advanced procedure is used.
workflow in this User Guide.
This option blocks the black and white point used in the latest preview or
of exploration. This is useful after scanning the first image of a series and you want
make the lighting consistent in future analyses (especially when scanning
panoramas). This option is only displayed if you first set theentrada | exposición
Blockingoption and theentrada | El color base Lock película option.
See the 'advanced workflow suggestions' section of this User Guide for
obtain more information.
Professional Option: This option is shown when using the advanced procedure.
workflow in this User Guide.
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Crops Tab
The area included in the cultivation is important in two aspects. Firstly, this is the area
from the exploration included in the output files. Secondly, this area is
used to calculate the color balance, histogram, and other adjustments.
Make sure not to include the border around the edge of an image as part of the
harvest, as it can cause these adjustments to be [Link]
Buffer (%)it can also be used to prevent the inadvertent inclusion of data outside of the
desired mark in the color settings.
This option specifies the method used to determine the size of the image.
cut
Manual
Analyze the image and use built-in rules to find the shape edges.
automatic. This setting works well most of the time if you want to capture the
complete image.
Maximum
Set the harvest size to be the same as the size ofthe harvest
Preview areaThis is particularly useful when storing the data.
raw scanned to the files, as it ensures that everything the scanner reads will be
safe.
(specific sizes)
Crops | X / Y size
This is the size of the image area being cropped. If set to zero, it
will use the entire explored area.
This option will automatically adjust the cropping box. You will find the best
placement to capture the most images possible.
To save time when scanning in batches, disable this option andCrops | Auto rotatey
fixEntrada | Bloqueo de exposición Then, when you click on "Search" it will take you to
It ends an exploration without creating a preview.
Crops | X / Y compensated
This is the offset in the preview area of the image data start.
These positions are relative to the top left corner of the preview area. See
Crops | preview area.
This option is used with 35 mm film scanners to indicate that multiple sizes
35 mm film should be used. If deactivated, the cropping will only look for sizes
24x36mm, and if activated, it will also search for 10x13mm, 24x18mm, 28x28mm, 28x36mm and
40x40mm.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning slides with a scanner.
35 mm film.
This option is used with some flatbed scanners that have a plastic mask.
black that contains multiple slides or film strips. It can also be used for
scan multiple snapshots on a flatbed scanner.
Crops | images X / Y
Crop | X / Y spacing
Adjust the approximate width (X separation) and the height (Y distance) of each element of the
grid defined byCrops | images X / YFor example, 8 4x6 photos on a scanner.
of flat bed 12x16 would have X spacing of 6 inches and Y spacing of 4
inches.
If these values are set to 0, then the network is centered; otherwise, this is a
moving to the first square of the grid.
Crop | X / Y linked
This option indicates that all frames in the horizontal or vertical direction move.
together when one of the frames is compensated. This usually indicates film strip in a
horizontal or vertical orientation.
Deactivate this option if you do not want to see the lines around the boxes of various crops.
This option will automatically rotate the cropping box. You will find the best
placement to capture the greatest amount of image possible.
This option only works when the cropping box fits within the area of
preview both horizontally and vertically. Some slide scanners
permiten poner la diapositiva en modo horizontal o vertical, y esta opción gira la imagen ya
sea vertical and horizontal to match the image.
To save time when scanning in batches, disable this option andCrops | Auto rotatey
to fixEntrada | Bloqueo de exposición Then, when you click on "Search" it will take you to
I finish an exploration without also creating a preview.
Use this option to control whether the specified size in theCrop | size of the
harvestthe option is oriented vertically or horizontally.
This option makes the cropping box maintain a constant aspect ratio,
while one (or two) edges are being dragged by the mouse.
This ratio is always greater than one, and it is the ratio between the longest edge than the
shorter edge of the growing box.
If set to "Image size," the aspect ratio is calculated using the exit
| tamaño Impreso option.
This indicates to VueScan to enlarge the image beyond the edge of the cropping box.
This added border is ignored when calculating the color balance of the image.
This option is useful for adjusting the size or position of the crop box that can
I have cut parts of the image that you wish to keep. Because the border is
it will extend the effective area that is cropped, it will tend to include areas of white (or black) in the
resulting image; if these parts of the image are not ignored when calculating the balance
in color, the results could be biased.
Border can also be set as a negative value in order to reduce the size.
from the image.
This causes VueScan to ignore some image data right at the front of the area of
crops of the image when calculating the color balance of the image. Unlike
cultivos | Border (%) , the tampon does not affect the size of the image.
This option is useful for addressing size or positioning errors of the box.
cuts that incorrectly include parts of the image from its outer edges. These
white or black areas can significantly bias the color balance calculation, if
not ignored.
Buffer is a relative percentage of the image area dimensions. Because
includes aCultivos | Fronteriza (%) it should always be slightly adjusted above
Border.
The preview area is the subset of the total exploration zone that is obtained.
scan to produce a preview. This option can be manually adjusted, set to
the same as the last preview, is set in the crop box, adjustment in the value
by default or set to the maximum possible.
Note: if a smaller preview area is set, the scanner head will move
just far enough to cover that area. This can reduce the amount of time
necessary for exploration, especially in flat scanners. Because the stepper motor
the speed at which the exploration head moves is often the limiting factor.
It also makes sense for images to orient in the landscape (and establish the viewing area.
previously consequently.
These options describe the size of the preview area. They are in relation to the
top left corner of the image, negative or slide.
This option determines where the autofocus is focused. This position is displayed in
the preview as a small animation frame.
It tends to curve along its length, as well as width, in which case the
the attention will be slightly focused out as the edges of the film will be closer to
the lens that the center.
To minimize this effect, place the focal point between the center of the film and its
advantage in both dimensions, or a little closer to the edge of being less aware
depth of field the closer to the lens.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is able to focus.
This option makes all frames use the options from this tab, instead of
apply the options separately for each box.
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Filter Sheet
This sheet is used to control the cleaning of infrared (IR), restore the colors,
grain reduction and sharpening options.
Filter options affect the output of cropped TIFF, JPEG, and PDF images and the images in a
Index. They do not affect the data of a raw analysis file.
The only exception to this is ifthe exit | Crude output withis set to 'Save' -
In this case, infrared cleaning and grain reduction are also carried out.
before saving the scanned files.
See the Processing section of the topic 'How VueScan Works' to understand the
details on how these filters are applied.
You can control the amount of image cleaning by selecting Light, medium.
the heavy options.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a lamp.
infrared and when scanning a color film (not BW negative / or microfilm).
This option is used to restore the red, green, and blue colors, making them more
independent. This works better when scanned at high resolution.
If this option is selected, the type of film in the Color tab is not used.
If this option is selected, the type of film in the Color tab is not used.
Use this option to reduce the level of roughness of a scan. You can also
reduce the effect of electronic noise.
You can control the amount of image softening by selecting the Light,
medium or heavy options.
Filtro | Perfilar
If you are thinking about editing images after scanning them, then you
must exit this option.
Filter | Descreen
Set this option to the approximate number of points per inch of the 'screen' that
it is used to print the media that is being scanned. The value for
A 75 defect works well for most media.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when reflective media are scanned and
Filtro | Descreen is established.
Filter | Flatten
Set this option when scanning paper with stains or uneven lighting. For example,
when scanning books, the area near the spline is often darker, and this option is
correct this.
This option makes all the frames use the options from this tab, instead of
apply the options separately for each box.
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Color Card
This card is used to control the preview colors and scan. It allows you
specify the type of film, the base color of the film, image brightness, balance of
color, white and black dots and the color space.
Use this option to set the color balance type you want for each image.
The default white balance setting is appropriate for the conditions of
typical lighting. See the topic 'Adjusting color balance' for guidance on the
use of neutral and Auto levels to handle these cases if white balance is not the
suitable.
None
The black and white points are not used for anything, and the image is only corrected.
for the color response of the CCD (if the media option is set to Image)
or for the film color response. This image is gamma corrected.
Manual
Both the white and black points are used to stretch the intensity range of the
image. However, the relative proportions of red, green, and blue are specified
manually.
Neutral
Both the white and black points are used to stretch the intensity range of the.
image. However, the relative proportions of red, green, and blue are maintained.
constants.
Tungsten
Both the black and white points are adjusted to compensate for a lit image.
by tungsten light (i.e., a regular incandescent bulb). This eliminates
the reddish melted from images taken indoors without flash.
Fluorescent
Both black and white points are adjusted to compensate for an illuminated image.
by fluorescent light. This eliminates the greenish tint in indoor photographs.
illuminated by fluorescent lights or lit by the flash.
Night
Both the black and white dots are adjusted to compensate for a taken image.
at night. The white balance is determined from the darkest 10% of the
image, which often produces the best results when the images have
fluorescent or bright incandescent lights that are greenish in color or
yellowish.
Auto Levels
This is a simple mapping from the darkest color to 0.00 intensity and the color more
brilliant with 0.95 intensity.
White balance
VueScan analyzes the image and adjusts it so that neutral colors appear more.
neutral.
Landscape
VueScan analyzes the image and adjusts it so that neutral colors appear more.
neutral, and the blue of the sky and the colors of the green foliage more realistic.
Portrait
VueScan analyzes the image and adjusts it so that neutral colors appear toned.
more neutral and with more realistic skin.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenentrance | Color LockI don't know
establish.
The default black point is 0. Adjusting to a higher value will affect the nearby tones.
black to become pure black, which can improve the contrast. However, the
Adjusting the black point too high will cause detail in the shadows to be lost.
This option allows you to manually set the black point. Please note that
these values are in the linear space, not the gamma corrected space, so the only
a practical way to use these values is the use of theentrada | Color Lock option.
The white point is used by the color balance algorithm and is calculated using the
Histogram of each color in the image. Use this option to exit the white point in the
maximum intensity (0%), or to choose the white point in such a way that a percentage of
the pixels of the image are above the white point.
The default white point is 1% (that is, the brightest 1% of the pixels are all
converted to pure white). Setting a higher value will make the nearby tones
to white to become pure white. This can enhance contrast and intensity.
global of the image. Setting the white point too high will cause details in the
highlighted areas (for example, the gray puffs of a cloud) that is lost, due to
that the image looks flat.
Color | Umbral
Standard Option: This option is displayed when scanning one bit per sample.
Color | Invertir
Use this option to invert to black and white when scanning text with white letters on
a black background.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when one bit is scanned per sample.
Use these options to change the shape of the curve that is applied after applying
the / black white dot.
Lower the value to see more detail in the black parts of the image, and increase.
the high value to see in more detail in the white part.
You can establishPreferencias | Tipo de gráfico a 'Curve' to see the curve, and you can move
the triangles under the curve to change these values.
Double click on the curve chart to reset these options to their values
default.
Color | Brillo
Use this option to increase or decrease the overall brightness of the image.
The brightness of VueScan is indeed a multiplier of the gamma of the color space.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed.
Use these options to increase or decrease the brightness of the blue green red image.
Please note that this is a gamma multiplier, where 1.0 is the default value.
This option displays the values for the base color of the film, and can be edited. These
options, which are generally set automatically, are available if
Entrada | Bloqueo de color base de la película has been selected.
This is mainly useful if you are scanning a series of negatives or slides of the
the same movie roll as its base color will always be the same.
Utilice estas opciones para configurar el tipo de película para diversos ajustes de la entry
Mediaoption.
Select the corresponding supplier, brand, and type from the list. Inspect the edge of the film.
around the gears to determine the type.
If your movie is not on the list, the generic option is usually a good choice.
Standard Option: This option is shown whende entrada | Medios fits a type
of movie.
(Professional Edition)
Use these options to configure the color space. A color space is a
combination of primary colors and white point. For most situations, the
The default color space is probably the best.
The color space of the scanner is the color space used by a scanner, file of
raw exploration or raw digital camera file. It is also the name of the file
the CPI that is written when | 'Profile Profile scanner' is selected. There are two options for the
color space of the scanner - embedded, which is the color space of a pre-scanner
profiled, and 'ICC profile', which is an ICC profile produced by the 'Profile | Scanner profile' of
commands.
The printer's color space is used to control how colors appear when
they are sent to the printer. Normally, you should use the default settings to
unless you are profiling your printer.
The cinema color space is an advanced option for adjusting the color of the populations.
from the movie.
The output color space is used when writing images in JPEG, TIFF, PDF, and files.
of index.
Please note that if Apple RGB, ColorMatch RGB, ProPhoto RGB or the
RGB ECI color space, the image gamma will be 1.8. If you use any other space of
color, the gamma image will be 2.2.
You can change the image gamma using the 'Color | image brightness' option. This is
a multiplier of the gamma of the chosen color space.
The monitor color space is the color space used to display images on the
vista previa de escaneo y pestañas. El valor por defecto es generalmente correcta para la
majority of the systems.
If you select this option to 'ICC profile', you can specify the name of an ICC profile.
The scanner, printer, and Cinema ICC profiles are usually read-only, but
they are also written when the | are used "Scanner / Printer / Film Profile"
commands.
Professional Option: This option is shown when the color space is set to
ICC profile
(Professional Edition)
Use this option to add a description for the ICC profile when it was created. This
description is used by programs like Photoshop (TM) to identify a profile.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the color space is set to
ICC profile
(Professional Edition)
Each IT8 objective or Q60 has an associated data file that describes the measured color.
en cada cuadrado en el objetivo. Este archivo se lee cuando el "Perfil | Perfil escáner" se
use commands. If you do not have a data file for your target, the will be used
IT8 default colors.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the color space is set to
ICC profile
(Professional Edition)
Use this option to view the three color channels normally ('RGB') or to view the
red, green, blue, or infrared channel only.
Use this option to activate the cut black and white color settings.
of colors gamut and the colors of infrared defects.
Use this option to show the pixels that have at least one color clipped to
zero intensity.
These colored pixels are not written to the output files, but are displayed in the
preview and scan tabs.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when 'Color | pixel colors' is set.
Use this option to display the pixels that have at least one color clipped to the
maximum intensity.
These colored pixels are not written to the output files, but are displayed in the
preview and scan tabs.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when 'Color | Pixel colors' is set.
These colored pixels are not written to the output files, but are displayed in the
preview and scan tabs.
Professional Option: This option is shown when 'Color | Pixel colors' is set.
Use this option to display the defects found by theinfrared clean filter
option.
These colored pixels are not written to the output files, but are displayed in the
preview and scan tabs.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when 'Color | Pixel colors' is set.
This option makes all frames use the options in this tab, instead of
apply the options separately for each box.
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Departure Slip
This form allows you to specify what file types are written when scanning, and the
file names and options for these files.
The various measurements of the produced image files will be displayed in the area of
State in the lower right corner of the VueScan window.
The output file has several options to specify the names of the files.
VueScan produce. You can write the filename directly, or click
on the button '@' to open a file and folder in the visual navigation window.
You can specify a default folder for all file operations, but
The file names can also specify the path to a subfolder of
default (a relative path), or even a completely different place (an absolute path).
VueScan can save multiple files at once. For example, you may want to save
a high-resolution TIFF for archiving or later editing and lower quality (and
size) JPEG files for other purposes.
Auto-numbering
VueScan offers an auto-numbering feature that allows you to create file names
uniquely automatically. Depending on the task you are doing, VueScan may
use the following number in a series, or you can use the current frame number
(as indicated in theentrada | Número de cuadro when creating a new filename.
This option is available and works the same for "crops" files.
(explorations that have been trimmed and processed) in TIFF, JPEG format, files of
"scan" that contains the output of crude oil, minimally processed from the PDF scanner
and OCR text formats or.
Insert a plus sign (+) anywhere in the file name in order to instruct to
VueScan to add a number in that place if it is necessary to create a new name.
unique file in the folder. If you put one or more digits before the plus sign, VueScan
will start counting from that number.
VueScan finds the following available number by searching for files that
they match the specified pattern; one by one that adds one to the digit(s) in the name
until it finds an unused filename. So if the pattern is ".tif"
crop0001 +" and the folder is empty, the first file will be "[Link]", the second
"[Link]" and so on. You can start at any number (for
example, "crop1001 + .tif".
Please note that if you delete a file from an existing numbered series, the next
The saved file will fill the open position. This can be useful if you want to do
match the file numbers with the exhibition frame numbers or other indices
numerical.
Add zeros to the left up to the initial number for the purpose of "reserve" that they have.
file names of the same length.
If more than one plus sign (or equals sign) is specified, VueScan will ignore all but the last one.
last.
Use an asterisk (*) for the output file name to make the name of
raw file to be used. For example, when scanning RAW files with different
names that are not in numerical order, click the '@' button to the right of the
entrada | Archivos option, choose multiple file names, and batch scan these, the
output files will have the same file names as the files of
input, although in different folders and with different file extensions.
If you specify an initial number, VueScan will add one less than the frame number
actual to the initial value. For example, if you specify "crop0007 = .tif" and the frame number
the current is 2, the written file will be "[Link]" (7 + 2-1).
This feature allows you to match the number of exposure printed on the edge of the
movie with the file number of the exploration. Please note thatas an appetizer
Number of framewill be related to what the scanner thinks is a frame. Its
The film support frame number can vary from 1 to 6, so for each new
strip of 6 exhibitions to digitize, you can set the initial number in the name of
file.
This is the folder where files are read and written by default.
All other names of the output file record, as well asentry | Files
They will use this folder, so full paths are not required in those fields.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed.
Use this option to select the target size of the saved images. This
is used to calculate the resolution of saved TIFF, JPEG, and PDF files. The dpi
the saved files will depend on the dpi produced by the scanner and the size of the
image.
Please note that the 'Print size' does not affect the number of pixels in the image, therefore
this adjustment does not affect the file size. "Printed Size" logically controls
how far the pixels must be displayed to fit within the specified boundaries.
This also means that the 'Printed Size' does not instruct VueScan to resample the
image.
Please note that the effects of the resolution may not be visible (or may be
(distorted), as a result of the resolution of your monitor or printer. A file of
very high resolution cannot be displayed at a resolution higher than the monitor
Just because you see irregular lines doesn't mean the image will print poorly.
If the 'Printed Size' is 'Scanned Size', you can increase the print size.
from the output file with this option.
This option divides the scanned dpi of the image by this value, resulting in a
increase in the print size of the output file.
Standard Option: This option is shown whenla salida | tamaño Impreso is established
in "Scanning size".
If the 'Print Size' is 'fixed dpi', the output file dpi can be specified with
this option. The printed size will be as large as necessary to match
the specified resolution and will maintain the aspect ratio of the cropped scan.
Standard Option: This option appears whenla salida | tamaño Impreso is established
in 'fixed dpi'.
Salida | width Impreso
This sets the target width of the images saved in the 'Size' option
"Print" is set to "Manual". If enabled, it will calculate the height to retain the
aspect ratio of the cropped exploration.
Adjust the height of the target for the images saved in the 'Print Size' option.
set to "Manual". If enabled, the width will be calculated to maintain the aspect ratio
from the trimmed exploration.
The "file name XXXX" following options are used to produce the name of the
output file. If this option is disabled, then a Save dialog
It allows the user to specify the actual filename that will be used.
You can use this option to write scans in JPEG, TIFF, or PDF format. If
select "Custom", then you can select any combination of types of
file.
This allows writing the cropped and processed images to a TIFF file when scanning.
Specify the TIFF file name to save the cropped images and
processed.
The default setting for this option is ".tif @", which was expanded to "Scan-AAMMDD-".
0001 + .tif".
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | TIFF fileis established.
You can use this option to write files with a reduced number of pixels.
example, if the size reduction is set to 3, then each 3x3 block of
The pixels of the image will be written as a single pixel, which is the average of these 9
pixels.
This option will reduce the resolution and the size of the produced file. These values are
will be displayed in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan window.
However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution of
digitalization, since the average of multiple pixels results in a benefit of
noise reduction similar to that of multi-sampling. Seeentrada | Número de muestras y of
entrada | Número de pases .
If enabled, this option will make VueScan create multi-page TIFF files.
Each exploration will be added as a new page.
This option is useful when digitizing documents and you want all the pages
stored in a single file.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | TIFF fileit is established.
Output | TIFF file type
This option describes the resolution of the cropped TIFF file, in bits per pixel.
It should normally be set to 24 bits per pixel, as many editing programs
Images cannot read TIFF files with a higher bit depth than this.
If you select 8 bits or 16 bits, the file will be saved in / black and white format.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | TIFF fileis established.
Specify whether compression should be used when writing the TIFF file.
TIFF compression will not cause any loss of image data. It will take a little longer.
time to read, write and, above all, how the algorithm is computationally
intensive, but it can reduce the total file size by up to 40%.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | TIFF fileit is established and
whenOutput | DNG TIFF formathas not been established.
Specify whether TIFF files should be written in DNG (Digital Negative) format. This
allows TIFF files from VueScan to be read by the Adobe Camera plugin
Raw or other programs that read DNG files.
Professional Option: This option is shown whenthe output | TIFF fileis established.
Specify whether to embed an ICC color profile in the TIFF file. This is
mainly useful if you are using Photoshop (TM). You can specify the profile that
wishes to use through the establishment ofColor | espacio de color de salida .
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | TIFF fileis established.
Output | JPEG file
This allows writing the cropped and processed images to a JPEG file when
scan.
Specify the JPEG file name to keep the cropped and images.
processed.
In addition to VueScan writing a specific file name, you can also name
automatically files in three ways by placing characters
special characters in the file name. See the beginning of this section for more information.
information on how to use this automatic numbering feature.
The default setting for this option is "@.jpg", which was expanded to "Scan-AAMMDD-"
0001 + .jpg.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | JPEG fileis established.
Puede utilizar esta opción para escribir archivos con un número reducido de píxeles. Por
example, if the size reduction is set to 3, then each 3x3 block of
Pixels of the image will be represented as a single pixel, which is the average of these 9.
pixels.
This option will reduce the resolution and the size of the produced file. These values are
will be shown in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan window.
However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution of
digitalization, as the average of multiple pixels results in a benefit of
noise reduction similar to multi-sampling. Seeentrada | Número de muestras yof
entrada | Número de pases .
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | JPEG fileit is established.
Even at the highest quality, JPEGs are smaller than compressed TIFF files.
up to 60%. This smaller size comes at the cost of losing information from
the image. If you are going to edit your explorations produced by VueScan (for
example, in Photoshop (TM)), or you are digitally archiving your explorations, JPEG not
it is a good option. However, for the web, the email, the small size or
Inkjet printing, JPEG is much more efficient and at higher settings of
quality, practically indistinguishable.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | JPEG fileit is established.
This allows writing the cropped and processed images to a JPEG file
monochrome. If you are working with / black and white film, this will produce
files that are smaller than color files.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | JPEG fileis established.
Specify whether an ICC color profile should be embedded in the JPEG file. This is
mainly useful if you are using Photoshop (TM). The profile that can be specified
wants to use by establishingColor | espacio de color de salida .
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | JPEG fileit is established.
This allows writing the cropped and processed images into a PDF file when they
scan.
The default setting for this option is "@ .pdf", which has been expanded to "Scan-AAMMDD-
0001 + .pdf
Standard Option: This option is shown whenthe output | PDF fileit is established.
You can use this option to write files with a reduced number of pixels.
for example, if the size reduction is set to 3, then each 3x3 block of
pixels of the image will be written as a single pixel, which is the average of these 9
pixels.
This option will reduce the resolution and the size of the produced file. These values are
They will be displayed in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan window.
However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution of
the digitization, since the average of multiple pixels results in a benefit of
noise reduction similar to that of multi-sampling. Seeentrada | Número de muestras yof
entrada | Número de pases .
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | PDF fileis established.
If enabled, this option will make VueScan create multiple pages of PDF files. Each
exploration will be added as a new page.
This option is useful when digitizing documents and you want all pages
stored in a single file.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | PDF fileit is established.
Professional Option: This option is shown whenthe output | PDF fileis established.
Specify whether compression should be used when writing the PDF file.
PDF compression uses the JPEG format internally when writing PDF files with more
one bit per pixel. If this option is set to 'maximum', the additional JPEG compression
level 75 is used, otherwise minimal JPEG compression (level 90) is used.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | PDF fileit is established.
This option describes the page size that will be used in the PDF files. If the
the image size is larger than the page size, then it is used
a larger page size, otherwise the image centers on the page.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | PDF fileis established.
Specify whether an ICC color profile should be embedded in the PDF file. This is
mainly useful if you are using Photoshop (TM). You can specify the profile that
wishes to use through the establishment ofColor | espacio de color de salida .
Professional Option: This option is shown whenthe output | PDF fileis established.
This option creates PDF files. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature
VueScan detects where each word is located on the page and overlays it.
text at the top of the image on the page. Below, you can use the
search function of any PDF viewer to find text within
PDF document.
This will also allow your operating system to index PDF files so that
you can search for documents based on the text within them.
Use theoutput | OCR language of the textoption to choose the language of the text. This will improve
the quality of the non-English OCR. Only the characters that are in the game of
windows-1252 characters (basically Western European languages) are written in the
PDF file.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed for flatbed scanners and when scanning.
microfilms.
This function Optical Character Recognition (OCR) writes the text from an image.
scanned into a normal text file that can be edited with any text editor.
Specify the name of the OCR text file to keep the text from the image
scanned.
The default setting for this option is "@ .txt", which was expanded to "Scan-AAMMDD-
0001 + .txt".
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | OCR text filethis
establishes.
This option selects the language of the text to be scanned. It is built into the
support for English and 32 additional languages can be downloaded from:
[Link]
Professional Option: This option appears whenthe output | file of
OCR textis established.
Output | OCR text from multiple pages
If enabled, this option will allow VueScan to create multiple pages of text files.
OCR. Each scan will be added as a new page.
This option is useful when digitizing documents and you want all pages
stored in a single file.
Standard Option: This option is shown whenthe output | OCR text filehimself
establishes.
If enabled, this option will cause VueScan to write OCR text files in the format
RTF (Rich Text Format) used by Microsoft Word, as well as most of the
word processors of Mac OS X and Linux. This format preserves the location of the text
on the page being scanned, along with the bold and italic text formatting.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | OCR text filethat
establish.
This allows writing the cropped and processed images to an index file when it
scan.
After saving an image for the index file, the file closes and opens again.
new if another image is added.
Specify the file name to keep the index images. Index files
They are always stored as bitmap (BMP) files.
Professional Option: This option is shown whenthe output | index fileif
establish.
This option controls the placement of images in the index. If it is zero, images are added the
Images from left to right, top to bottom; this is the default configuration.
If set to a number greater than 0, images are added at that frame position.
counting from left to right, from top to bottom. For example, if the index frame is
set to 8 and the index is set to 5, the image is placed in the
second row, third column.
When is it really useful? When you want to replace one or more index images in
an existing index file. For example, if you want to change the rotation of an image, or
if you scan a strip of film inside a roll again.
Professional Edition
RAW files are the result of the first of the two stages performed by VueScan:
"scan". The second step is the "process". These steps are described in the topic "How
VueScan Works" in the User Guide. By providing a mechanism to separate
cleanly these two steps, VueScan provides great flexibility and offers options
that are not available in most scanner software.
When the RAW file being written depends on the configuration ofexit | Exit of
raw with.
Raw files are always stored as TIFF files and therefore can be
examined in the image visualization and editing programs. Please note, without
embargo, that the resolution of the RAW files (as specified inthe output | type of
raw fileIt can be larger than some programs can read.
Raw files contain all the data that the scanner was able to produce before the
Modifications that have been made, and therefore are good for your file.
The gamma image value is 1.0 when there are two bytes (16 bits per sample), and 2.2 when
there is one byte (8 bits) per sample. Raw files saved with gamma 1.0 look dark,
but this is normal.
The only exception to this is ifthe output | Crude oil output withis set to 'Save'.
In this case, infrared cleaning and grain reduction are also performed before
save the scanned files cousins.
(Professional Edition)
Specify the name of the TIFF file used to hold the raw data from the
scanner.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | Raw fileit is established.
(Professional Edition)
You can use this option to write files with a reduced number of pixels.
example, if the size reduction is set to 3, then each 3x3 block of
pixels of the image will be written as a single pixel, which is the average of these 9
pixels.
However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution of
digitization, as the average of multiple pixels results in a benefit of
noise reduction similar to multi-sampling. Seeentrada | Número de muestras yof
entrada | Número de pases .
This option may not be suitable for use with RAW files when its purpose is
archive the scanner output. For most users, leaving the value set at
the default value of 1 (without reduction).
Yes, however, it is always scanned at a high resolution and then uses the TIFF size.
JPEG reduction when saving the crop file, Raw size reduction can be
appropriate because it results in significantly smaller files while gaining
the noise reduction benefit of the scanner.
If you use Raw size reduction, you probably won't have to use TIFF.
JPEG size reduction later when scanning the RAW file from the disk.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | Raw fileis established.
(Professional Edition)
This option describes the resolution of the raw file, in bits per pixel. Normally
It should be set to Automatic, which by default is bits per pixel of the scanner.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | Raw fileis established.
(Professional Edition)
This specifies that the operations in VueScan cause the scanned data to be premium.
they write in a file.
If set to 'Scan' (or 'Preview'), the RAW file is written at the same time.
that the exploration (or preview). In this case, the RAW file has not been cleaned.
infrared or grain reduction applied.
If it is set to 'Save', it is written at the same time that other files are being written.
(that is, after a complete examination or when theSave buttonit is pressed). In
In this case, the RAW file has undergone infrared cleaning and grain reduction.
applied.
It is much faster to save the raw file while scanning.
since writing the file overlaps with data exploration.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | raw fileis established.
(Professional Edition)
If this option is set, then film corrections are made before writing the
archivo RAW.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | Raw fileis established.
(Professional Edition)
Specify whether compression should be used when writing the RAW file.
The compression of the TIFF file will not cause any loss of image data.
It will take a little more time to read, write, and above all, as the algorithm is
computationally intensive, but can reduce the total file size by up to a
40%.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenthe output | RAW fileis established and
whenOutput | RAW DNG formathas not been established.
(Professional Edition)
Specify whether RAW files should be written in DNG (Digital Negative) format. This
allows RAW files from VueScan to be read by the Adobe Camera plugin
Raw or other programs that read DNG files.
These DNG format RAW files can also be read by VueScan when
establishat the entrance | Sourcea "File".
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenla salida | archivo Raw is established.
Salida | Descripción
This field will be written in TIFF and JPEG files as an EXIF field and in files of
OCR text at the top of the page. It can be used to indicate a description.
from a line of the image that is being scanned.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when at least one of the output files
is enabled.
Output | Copyright
This field will be written in TIFF and JPEG files as an EXIF field and in files of
OCR text at the top of the page. Normally, you should use 'Rights of
Author 2015 His Name.
Standard Option: This option is shown when at least one of the output files
is enabled.
Salida | Fecha
This field will be written in TIFF and JPEG files as an EXIF field indicating the date.
when the original image was taken (not the date it was scanned).
They can be very flexible in specifying the date - any of the following
formats will work: 1995, March 1997, 20030402, 03/23/98, 1998: 03: 23, etc. If you are
in the US time zone, put the month before the day, otherwise put the day before
of the month. The best format to use is the ISO format for dates, YYYY: MM: DD.
The date is converted to the ISO format of YYYY: MM: DD HH: MM: SS before
put it in the EXIF field in the TIFF and JPEG.
Standard Option: This option is shown when at least one of the output files
is enabled.
If activated, VueScan will log all data sent and received from the scanners to
[Link]. This is mainly for debugging problems with scanners. It should only be
Use this function if you want to send an error report when a scanner is not working.
correctly and you suspect that there may be a problem with the way VueScan is
control the scanner.
The log file will be written until it grows to this size. You may have to
increase this if the log file stops before you are able to reproduce
a problem.
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Prefs Tab
This panel allows you to set preferences that control the behavior of VueScan.
Preferencias | Idioma
Preferencias | Tamaño de fuente (pt)
Prefs | harvest units
Prefs | printed units
Preferences | external viewer
Preferences | Viewer
Preferences | Editor
Preferences | Browser
Prefs | auto-load options
Preferencias | Tipo Gráfico
Preferences | Button 1/2/3/4 action
Preferences | Raw Exploration Screen
Preferences | Show positive
Preferences | Splash screen
Preferencias | Tipo de histograma
Preferences | crop box Animate
Preferences | Thick cropping box
Prefs | Add extensions
Preferencias | Fecha Sustituto
Preferences | Warning about overwriting
Preferences | warn that it is not ready
Preferences | Warning about no scanner
Preferences | Exit when they perform
Preferences | beep when done
Preferences | Beep when automatic expulsion
Preferencias | nombre del archivo Uso temp
Preferences | anti alias text
Preferences | image of the Fight against the alias
Preferences | Activate screen density
Preferences | Enable disk crunching
Preferences | Enable TIFF thumbnails
Prefs | escáneres Desactivar
Prefs | Enable slider buttons / spinning
Preferences | Enable pop-up tips
Preferences | calibration period
Preferencias | Memoria de imágenes (MB)
Preferencias | ventana maximizada / iconized x / desplazamiento a / tamaño
Preferences | Language
Utilice esta opción para configurar el tamaño de letra a utilizar en VueScan. El tamaño de
fuente se especifica en puntos, que son aproximadamente la altura de los caracteres en
pixels (varies slightly depending on the operating system and the type of screen).
Use this option to choose the units in the Trim tab. You can choose from
pixels, mm, cm, inches, pica or point.
Use this option to select the units when width and height are displayed
business. You can choose from pixels, mm, cm, inches, pica or point.
This also affects the units displayed in the status area at the bottom
from the VueScan window.
Adjust this option in 'folder', a window will open at the end of the exploration
it shows the contents of the folder where the file is written. In Windows, this
open a window of the explorer, in Mac OS X this opens a window of the finder and in
Linux uses xdg-open to open a window.
Adjust this option in "Viewer" starts a program to display the image. In Windows and
Mac OS X, this is the same program that starts when you double-click on the file.
Linux uses xdg to open and view the file.
Preferences | Viewer
In Windows, if the viewer name is 'default', the file association will be used.
for this type of file. Command line options can also be added afterwards.
of the viewer's name (for example, "vuepro32 / fillwindow" to visualize the
images without a window frame with VuePrint). If the name of the viewer has "% 1"
after him (for example vuepro32 "% 1"), the file name will be replaced in that
point. If you use the argument %1 in the command line, make sure to put quotes
around him, otherwise the file names that have embedded spaces do not
they will work.
In Linux, the viewer name can have command line options after
she, and the file name is added at the end of the command line before it
execute.
On Mac OS X, files will start in the same application that will start if done
double click on the files.
On Mac OS X, you can set the default viewer for a file type, click on
an image, selecting "File | Show info", choose "Open with application", the
selection of an application, and then choose 'Change all'.
Preferences | Editor
If the 'External Viewer' option is enabled, the specified program will start with each
OCR text file in the conduct of an analysis.
In Linux, the editor name may have command line options after it, and the
File name is added at the end of the command line before it executes.
In Mac OS X, files will open in the same application that was started if done
double click on the files.
On Mac OS X, you can set the default editor for a file type, click on
an image, selecting 'File | Show info', choose 'Open with the application', the
selection of an application, and then choose 'Change all'.
In Linux, this option is used if you want to use a web browser other than Mozilla for
view HTML files.
When it is set, the configuration of the options from the last time it was executed
VueScan loads automatically. These options are saved in [Link] when
VueScan sale. When not set, the default values of all are used.
options.
This option is used to control the type of chart displayed below thepanel of
Options.
If you choose 'Raw', a histogram of the raw data from the scanner is displayed, including
the infrared channel is available.
If you choose 'B / W', a histogram of the image before applying the black/white points will be
show, and you can change the black/white dots with small triangles below the
histogram.
If you choose 'Curve', a curve is displayed that applies after the black/white points.
and before the gamma correction (and the "Color | Brightness" option is simply a
gamma multiplier). You can adjust the curve by moving the small triangles below the
histogram.
Use these options to control what VueScan does when a button is pressed in the
front part of a scanner. The default values of these options disable the
buttons.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has buttons that can be
read.
Use this option to display the raw scan data for the negative film
in positive format. This is not an exact negative of the positive conversion, but it
It aims to give a rough idea of what the image will look like.
Use this option to show the home screen when VueScan starts.
This option controls whether the crop box in the preview is animated - it is easier to
See when animated, but it can be a distraction. The option is set in a way
default.
This option controls whether the cropping box in the preview is drawn with a thick line.
or a thin line. It's easier to see the thick line, but sometimes it's easier to achieve a
precise control with the thin line. The option is set by default.
This option controls whether the names of the TIFF, JPEG, PDF, text, and index files have
automatically adds a '.tif', '.jpg', '.pdf', '.txt' or '.bmp' extension to the name of the
file. This reduces the amount of writing required when manually configuring the necessary
names of the saved files. File extension will not be added if the name of
the file has a period in it. This option is set by default.
This option controls whether TIFF, JPEG, PDF, and text file names can include the
date and the exploration time in the file name.
For example, if the file name is "@ .jpg", the resulting file will be "Scan-
AAMMDD-0001 + .jpg" with YY substituted for the current year, MM for the month in
course and DD for the current day.
In addition, you can use AAAA for the 4-digit year, YY for the 2-digit year, MM,
DD, HH, II and SS for the month, day, hour, minute, and second when the exploration began.
You need to have at least three date/time names for this to work.
example, a filename of [Link] will not be replaced, but a filename
of [Link] will be.
When activated, VueScan will display a warning message when not connected.
a scanner.
Enabling this option makes VueScan quit after completing the scan.
Enabling this option makes a sound that will play through the speakers of the
computer when the full scan is complete. This is sometimes useful to alert at the end of
a long functioning exploration. In Windows, this is the 'default sound' in
the control panel 'Sounds and Multimedia'. In Linux and Mac OS X, this is a beep
simple.
Enabling this option makes a sound that will play through the speakers of the
computer when of automatic ejection.
When TIFF, JPEG, or PDF files are written, but have not yet been closed, this
option instructs VueScan to use file names with a .tmp at the end. When it closes
the file, the file is renamed to remove the .tmp.
Check if 1-bit images (that is, text and movie) are displayed with anti-
Aliasing. This translates to screens that look smoother, but it also takes power.
a little more about computing.
Professional Option: This option is always displayed.
Check if the images are displayed with anti-aliasing in grayscale and color.
it translates into screens that seek to be softer, but it also takes the power a little more
computing.
It allows the visualization of the image density when the cursor is moved over it.
image with the control key held down.
Activate thesalida | archivo Raw option when scanning from the disk. This is useful if you want
re-scan the scanned files at a lower resolution or bits per pixel
and save a raw analysis file with these changes.
When this option is enabled, TIFF files have a small embedded preview.
them. This means that thumbnail images of these files are presented much more
quickly, since only the small thumbnail needs to be read, not the whole image. When the
image is larger than 10 MBytes, this is much faster.
These thumbnails only embed when the image is wider or taller than
2,048 pixels and when the image has 8 or more bits per pixel.
This is useful if you want to run multiple copies of VueScan at the same time, scanning with
a copy and files of primary processing disks with another. To use this option,
put copies of VueScan in different directories, run VueScan, check this box
for verification, then exit and restart VueScan.
You can use this option to remove the slider and spin button controls. This to
sometimes it is useful if you want theOptions panelto be quite small in order to maximize the area
image display. This option is set by default.
You can use this option to activate a brief description that appears in a small
yellow box when the mouse hovers over options and buttons.
You can use this option to set the maximum number of days to use a
scanner calibration. Lamp color and uniformity lamp of a scanner
it can change over time, so it is sometimes useful to redo the "Scanner |
Calibrate command to compensate for this. This is only used by some types of
scanners.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of calibration.
Use this option to set the maximum amount of memory that VueScan will use.
to contain all the advancements and explorations in memory.
Yesde entrada | resolución de vista previa is set to 'Auto', then each of
preview needs around a million pixels, and ifentry | Resolution of
digitalizationIt is set to 'Auto', each scan takes about four
millions of pixels. Each pixel requires three bytes (24 bits RGB), six bytes (48
RGB bits) or eight bytes (64 bits RGBI) depending on the configuration ofentry | The
bits per pixel.
Use these options to set the position and size of the VueScan window.
VueScan employs several strategies for efficient file naming and organization that are particularly beneficial when managing large volumes of scanned data. The software offers automatic file naming with customizable sequences, where users can use special characters to create a series of filenames (e.g., image01.jpg, image02.jpg, etc.). The Output tab allows users to set default folders for storing scanned images, and provides an easy way to switch between directories through its interface . By automating the naming and storage process, VueScan reduces the manual effort needed to organize files, significantly aiding users in maintaining order and accessibility in large-scale digitization projects.
VueScan is designed to optimize the scanning process by offering an extensive range of functions and features that cater to both novice and experienced users. It provides compatibility with over 2,500 scanners from 35 different manufacturers, supporting systems like Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux . The software simplifies tasks such as batch scanning and PDF file creation through user-friendly interfaces, while also providing advanced tools like infrared cleaning and color restoration for professionals to achieve high-quality scans . VueScan’s user guide suggests a basic workflow that starts with loading an image, adjusting media settings accordingly, previewing the image to crop it as needed, and finally scanning and saving the output . This structured approach helps streamline the process for all users, offering both ease of use for beginners and depth of features for advanced users.
VueScan addresses the diverse needs of professional photographers by offering a comprehensive suite of advanced features not typically required by casual users. The software supports a wide range of film types and conditions, with specific settings for infrared cleaning, color restoration, and customized resolution . VueScan’s flexibility in managing different file formats, including TIFF and PDF, with options for multi-page documents, provides professionals with the versatility needed for complex projects. Furthermore, VueScan allows detailed control over image processing parameters, such as color balance and grain reduction, offering photographers more precision in digital reproduction than many standard scanner interfaces . These features make VueScan a valuable tool for professionals seeking high-quality results and efficiency in their workflow.
VueScan can effectively turn into a photocopier by allowing scanned images or documents to be directly sent to a printer. To use this feature, follow the basic workflow for scanning an image, which includes loading the image, adjusting necessary settings, and using the Preview button for initial adjustments. After finalizing the scan with the Scan button, the user clicks on the Print button below the preview panel to send the scanned image directly to a connected printer . By integrating scanning and printing within the same software, VueScan provides a convenient solution for users who occasionally need a quick copying option without the need for a traditional photocopy machine.
VueScan offers various image enhancement features that significantly improve the quality of the final scanned output. The software includes an infrared cleaning option which helps remove dust and scratches without affecting image sharpness, especially beneficial when scanning color film . VueScan also provides color restoration tools that enhance faded colors in old photographs by making red, green, and blue tones more vibrant and distinct, aiding high-resolution scans . The grain reduction and descreening options target the roughness and screen patterns in scans respectively, refining the image texture . These features enable users to restore and improve the appearance of scanned images, making VueScan a powerful tool for both archival purposes and everyday scanning needs.
VueScan’s batch scanning feature automates the process of scanning multiple images efficiently by minimizing manual interventions. This is particularly useful when dealing with a stack of similar-sized photos. The process begins by setting the crop size for the first image to ensure all images are captured correctly . Users can utilize the 'auto repeat' option within the Options panel to initiate automatic scanning without having to press the Scan button each time. By setting a delay, the software scans each image placed on the scanner at the defined interval. VueScan will automatically analyze and save each image as it's processed, facilitating an efficient batch scanning workflow . This feature saves considerable time and effort, especially when large volumes of images need to be digitized.
VueScan's auto-repetition setup offers significant benefits in streamlining large-scale scanning workflows. By enabling this feature, users can automate the scanning process for multiple images with minimal manual input. After adjusting this setting in the Options panel and selecting a suitable delay, VueScan takes over the process, starting new scans automatically at preset intervals . This setup is especially advantageous when digitizing extensive collections of documents or photos, as it reduces repetitive manual efforts, minimizes interruptions, and speeds up the entire operation, thus enhancing productivity and efficiency in environments that require processing bulk images or documents.
VueScan provides a robust framework for managing TIFF files, which enhances flexibility in saving and organizing scanned images. Users can opt to save images in TIFF format, known for its high-quality preservation . Additionally, VueScan offers multi-page TIFF options, which allow users to compile multiple scans into a single file, ideal for documents . File naming can be automated with VueScan’s numbering feature, facilitating efficient sorting and recall of files . Further customization is available through TIFF size reduction, which lowers resolution by averaging pixel blocks, reducing file sizes without significant loss of quality . These features collectively ensure users can organize, manage, and maintain high-quality digital records efficiently.
VueScan's color filter options are integral to preserving image quality, particularly when working with legacy film stocks. The software includes features like color restoration, which corrects discoloration that occurs with age, helping restore the original hues of deteriorating red, green, and blue tones in old films . It also offers grain reduction and sharpening filters that improve clarity and detail, reducing noise and enhancing textures . When scanning older films, these filters play a crucial role in reviving and maintaining the authentic look of images, allowing users to digitize archival materials with a high degree of fidelity to the original pieces, thereby extending their usability and archival life.
VueScan’s infrared cleaning function utilizes the scanner’s infrared channel to detect and remove dust and scratches from scanned images. This process is effective because the infrared light interacts differently with dust and film media compared to visible light, making imperfections stand out for correction. Users can control the intensity of cleaning by selecting from Light, Medium, or Heavy settings, allowing customization based on the condition of the scanned media . This feature is particularly useful for maintaining image details while selectively removing artifacts, without affecting areas outside the dust and scratch regions, thus enhancing the overall scan quality.