Reflecta xM-Scan manual

User manual[...]

- 1- For customers in North and South America For customer s in USA This device com plies with Par t 15 of the FCC rul es. Operation is s ubject to the foll owing two conditions: (1) This dev ice may not cause ha rmful interfer ence. (2) This dev ice must acc ept any interfer ence receiv ed, including int erference that may cause undesired operatio[...]

- 2- 1. Name of p arts Note: This film scanner suppor ts Windows XP SP2 / Vista and 7 via USB 2.0 only. Please make s ure your film negat ives/mounted sl ides and cov er trays are clea n before inserting int o the scanne r as well. Dust o r dirt from t he negatives an d cover trays w ill affect the quality of y our scanned imag es. We strongly sugg[...]

- 3- 2 How to install slides and film int o the tray holder a. Open the film h older as illustra ted b. Put a film/sli de in the film/sli de slot as show n. Note: Do not flip t he film/slide. If flipped, the pi ctures will be sca nned backwards. c. Close the film/slide holder[...]

- 4- Cleaning the dust fr om the film scanner lens : Open the Medi aImpression 2 sof tware as if you were about to convert a pi cture. Do not insert any slides or negatives into the film conv erter slot. Y ou will be able to see the dust that is on the lens from the MediaImpres sion 2 live v iew window . (See the ex ample shown below) Then you can [...]

- 5- Windows XP and W indows Vista direct ions: 1.Media Impressi on will start the installa tion. 2 . C l i c k N e x t t o c o n t i n u e . 3 、 Click on Y es to agree to the terms a nd c o n d i t i o n s 4. Click Nex t to have Media Im pressions 5. Click Nex t to continue download into your Programs[...]

- 6- 6. Media Impressi ons will start the setup. 7. Once you get this scre en select "Clear All" p r o c e s s s o t h a t M e d i a I m p r e s s i o n s d o e s n o t t a k e o v e r t h e f i l e s o n y o u r c o m p u t e r . . 8 、 Click on Finis h to complete an d restart th e computer .[...]

- 7- 9. The inst alled softw are will auto matically create a “ Media Impression 2 ” logo o n your desktop. Res tart the com puter and r emove the insta llation disk. Note: If a “Code 10 error” app ears on your screen when using the p rogram, please do not unplug your device from the USB port of your computer . Please rest art your computer[...]

- 8- 2. Then doubl e-click th e icon on the desktop t o open the so ftware, the main i nterface is shown as bellow ： 。 There are 4 buttons for options ， respectiv ely: *Pictures: to open an existing image *Acquire: for negative film shooti ng *Easy Fix: f or fast pr ocessing i mage[...]

- 9- *Photo Editin g T ool: photo editi ng tools 3.Click Acquir e in the Arc soft MediaI mpression int erface option （ if it is the fi rst use, do no t put the negative film until the system autom atically obt ains the dat a for calibration , then click OK ） ,Pop-up setti ngs dialog box is shown in the following figur e. As in the figu re: 1) S[...]

- 10- 3) scan op tion: “ slide ” ， “ negative ” and “B&W nega tive ” , which stand respect ively for positi ve , negative an d back and white ne gative fil ms, from whic h users may selec t according to their req uirements. Col or Depth is set as 24, w hich is uncha ngeable. Dpi st ands for photo resolution w hich provides 1800 an[...]

- 11 - 6.Upon adjus ting the film location , click Captur e to shoot the p hoto. Setting Butt ons Single click t o open the ea rlier describe d setting dialog box Acquire from Scanner . Adj u s t m e nt Single click to open the di alog box, dr ag the slide r to set the p arameters l ike the RGB s cale, exposure, brigh tness, contrast and saturation[...]

- 12- Press OK one by one to confirm the re sult after m odification and pres s ‘ Lose’ to close the shooting w indow after sho oting. 5. Introducti on to software features *Pictures At initial p age, click ‘pict ures’ to preview the photos as in the following figure .[...]

- 13- Choose the sto rage location by finding the right fol ders, then the cor responding p hotos are displayed on the ri ght side of the prev iewing window . A row of shortcut button s are shown as in the fig. belo w . Their functions (f rom the left to the right) are presented as: Ro tat e Le ft Left turn of the ph oto[...]

- 14- Rotate Right Right turn of the photo Batch Batch proces sing ， which has three pull-dow n menu. 1. Batch convert ， to bat ch convert photo s and select the sto rage pat h of the converted. 2. Batch resize ， to bat ch convert the sizes of the photos an d select the storage p ath of the conv erted. 。 3. Batch renam e ， to batch rename[...]

- 15- Auto Face T agging Identify the face of the photo, you may choose the p hotos with the same faces for unified tagging, w hich facilit ates easy classi fication and sea rch. Auto Scen e T agging Automatic ta gging for dif ferent scen es of the phot os, which w ill facilitate easy classific ation and search. Delete Delete the co rresponding pho[...]

- 16- Search Bar Y ou can enter the names to se arch the photos. Select All Click once to s elect all, re-click t o cancel it. Zoom Users can cl ick the narrow picture on the l eft ， and enla rge the photos by click bigg er on the right s ide ， or move the slide r to choose the rig ht size. Three butto ns below P hoto review interface ， whic [...]

- 17- The options f eatures are intr oduced respectiv ely as follow s. Make all fixes Select all fixes ， click it for all fi xing proc edures and c lick “ ne xt ” to c omplete the relev ant steps . Straighten it Options for the rot ation ， users may slightly adj ust the tilt of the p hoto according to their needs. Crop it Users may crop pho[...]

- 18- Sharpen it Adjustment of sharpness with 0-5 levels availabl e. Adjust the co lor Color adjustment by which users may drag the slider for RGB and blac k/white color . Make the subject Stand out The main subject is aut omatically selected from the photo. The user can adjust the boundary line sharpnes s and ambiguity by dragging th e slider . Sa[...]

- 19- Photo Editing T ools has three option taps “ Ad just ” “ Retouch ” “ Clipbo ard ” , of which the functions are introduced respe ctively as follow s. Adjust The option h as 6 submenus, w hich are descri bed respectiv ely as follows. Enhance The Enhance fe ature includes two types of co ntrols: Auto Enhance Click the " Auto Enh[...]

- 20- also great for fix ing scanned versi ons of old prints tha t have faded or whose co lors have changed a fter many years of neglect. How to fix the color of a ph oto: 1. Drag the color balan ce sliders to make the photo color appea r more natural. Add red or yellow to make the photo warmer . Add blue or gree n to make the photo cooler . 2. Dra[...]

- 21- Crop This feature enables you to trim photos fo r a dramatic ef fect or cut off th e distracting p arts of a picture. How to use t he crop function : 1. Choose th e crop orienta tion (portrait or landscape). 2. Sel ect a fixed proportion for th e crop rectangl e (4:6, 5:7, 8:10) or ch oose "Custom" if you want to use a different pr [...]

- 22- for dramatic ef fect -- by making the main subject of a photo “pop out” of the picture. How to use t he Blur Backgr ound: 1. With your cur sor , trace a line ar ound the perso n or object y ou want to st and out. When you release t he mouse button, the area out side the traced li ne will become sl ightly blurred. 2. Drag the f irst slider[...]

- 23- 2. Use the z oom control to z oom in on the blemi sh. 3. Adjust th e size of the he aling brush so the cursor ( circle) is only slightly larger t han the blemish. 4. Paint over the blemish. The area will be healed. Click "Undo" i f you make a mist ake or do n't like the result . Clone The Clone t ool is good for removing unw an[...]

- 24- Smudge Simulate the smearing o f wet paint. Please click and drag the slide rs below to chan ge the brush siz e and shar pness. Sharpen Sharpen blur ry areas. Pleas e click and drag the sliders below to change the brush size an d transpar ency . Blur Smooth out ro ugh areas . Please click and drag the sli ders below to ch ange the brush s ize[...]

- 25- Eraser Simulate an era ser , removing the image p ainting by p aintbrush and li ne tools from y our photo. Please click and drag th e sliders below to change the eraser size and effect. Saving Y ou Results When you're d one, click "S ave As" button to s ave your result s. Y ou can overwrite the ori ginal file or sav e it as a n[...]

- 26- New Set up a new se lected area Add Add a select ed area Subtract Subtract a selected area select all Select all photo s Inverse Select th e part other th an the sel ected are a s elect none Cancel the s elected area copy to clipboard Copy the sel ected area Paste form clipb oard Paste the selected ar ea delete T o delete an imag e for the cl[...]

- 27- Saving Y ou Results When you're done, click "S ave As" button to save your resul ts. You can overwrite the orig inal file or sav e it as a new one. O r click "Cance l" to exit w ithout saving. Click "Close" to exit the Phot o Editing Module. Note: For more detailed in formation, please refer to the [H elp] o[...]

- 28- 6. Spec ification Interface: USB 2.0 Image Sensor: 1/1.8” inch 5 m ega CMOS senso r (5,174,400 pixels) Lens: F no.=5.0, 2G+ 2P element s , View angle=55° Frame Rate (Max .): 5 Megapixel (2 520x1680) 2 f ps Focus Rang e: Fixed focus Exposure Co ntrol: Automatic Color Balance: Automatic Scan high resolution 5 Megapixel equ al to 1,800 dpi (e[...]

- 29- Computer System Re quirement: CPU: Pentium IV 1.6G Hz or equivalent AM D Athlon (Intel core 2 Duo 2.0 GHZ or eq uivalent AMD Athlon X2 process or recommended) RAM: 512 MB (1GB o r higher re commended) Hard Disk: 300MB available har d disk spa ce Operation Sy stem: Window s XP SP 2, Windows V ista and Windows 7[...]