Acer Film Scanner - Manuals

English i Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................... 1 1.1 F EATURES ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 H ARDWARE I NTRODUCTION .............................................

English ii Eject button.................................................................................... 23Zoom button................................................................................... 23 Preview button.................................................................................

English iii P RODUCT S PECIFICATION .............................................................................. 60 MiraPhoto Quick Reference Map Menu Bar page 16 Image Thumbnail Area page 20 Combo Boxes page 20 Film SelectionArea page 22 Control Buttons page 23 Tool Buttons page 23 Preview Area p...

English 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Features Congratulations on your purchase of the ScanWit film scanner! TheScanWit film scanner is the utmost cost-effective solution for film scanning.Its high capability is bound to boost your scan job efficiency significantly. Itis equipped with the following ...

English 2 Friendly and Smart DriverMiraPhoto is the driver for your ScanWit film scanner. Its easy andinstinctive interface design allows you to proceed with your scanningjob quickly. You can also use it to adjust the scanning parametersefficiently. Its powerful functions can help you to optimize th...

English 3 LED indicators STATUS: This LED indicator is used to display the status of the filmscanner or to show error messages when errors occur within the filmscanner.READY: When the film scanner is powered on and ready to scan, thisLED indicator will remain on, indicating that you can start to sca...

English 4 Rear Panel Ventilation holes These holes are used to ventilate the heat from inside of the filmscanner. Do not block these holes when the film scanner is in use. SCSI ID selector You can use the SCSI ID selector to select the SCSI ID of your filmscanner. Please refer to Chapter 5 for more ...

English 5 SCSI OUT connector This is a 25-pin SCSI connector. Use this connector to connect otherSCSI devices from the film scanner. Note: when you position the ScanWit film scanner, be sure toleave the space illustrated below to ensure that the film/slideholder moves into/out of the film scanner wi...

English 6 1.3 Software Introduction MiraPhoto is the driver program for your scanner. It is TWAINcompliant and designed to be user-friendly. With its iconlized user-interface and fully logical task-flow design, you can complete asatisfactory scanning job with only a few mouse clicks. WithMiraPhoto, ...

English 7 Chapter 2. Installation Please follow the steps below to set up your ScanWit film scanner: Step 1. Install the SCSI interface card Power off your computer and disconnect the computer power from thepower outlet. Open the computer cover and locate the PCI slot of yourcomputer. Select an empt...

English 8 Step 3 Test the scanner Turn the scanner power on by depressing the power button on thefront panel of the scanner. You may notice that the scanner will startto perform a self-test, and the LED indicators will blink for a fewseconds. Wait until the scanner completes its self-test (this isin...

English 9 Chapter 3. Making Your First Scan Refer to the following steps to make your first scan using the ScanWit filmscanner: Step 1. Test the scanner Turn on the power of your film scanner, then your computer. Wait untilthe scanner completes its self-test. You can judge the status of thefilm scan...

English 10 Place the filmstrip on the filmstrip holder with the emulsion side facingup. Close the cover and push the “PUSH CLOSE” mark at the middle ofthe cover. You will hear a click when the cover is secured. Insert the filmstrip holder into the holder insertion slot. P U S H P U S H P U S H

English 12 Close the cover and push the “PUSH CLOSE” mark and the middle ofthe cover. You will hear a click when the cover is secured. Insert the slide holder into the holder insertion slot. Step 3. Scan Now you can either push the SCAN button to activate automaticpreview, or manually open an image ...

English 15 Chapter 4. Using MiraPhoto You can access MiraPhoto through your image editing applications. Whenyou click “Acquire” or “Scan” in your application, the MiraPhoto mainscreen will appear: The following sections in this chapter will describe MiraPhoto in moredetail. Menu Bar Image Thumbnail ...

English 16 Menu Bar There are three selectable menu items in theMenu Bar. Each menu item contains severaloptions in its submenu: File submenu MiraPhoto can record the settings you make foreach scan session in a configuration file. With thisfeature, you can specify different settings for eachindividu...

English 20 Image Thumbnail Area The Image Thumbnail Area displays thumbnail images of each previewedscan. Click on the thumbnail image and the image will be displayed in thePreview Area. You can select the image you want to scan by clicking thered dot at the upper right corner of the thumbnail. When...

English 22 Scan Mode box The Scan Mode box provides three scan modes: High SpeedYou can increase the scan speed of your scanner in High Speedmode. Image quality may however, deteriorate in this mode. High Quality 24This mode is recommended if your application software supports onlyup to 24-bit color...

English 23 Control Buttons The Control Buttons are used to controlthe actions in your scanning session: Eject buttonClick this button to eject the filmstrip/slide holder from the filmscanner. Zoom buttonClick this button to zoom in on the image. Preview buttonClick this button to begin previewing th...

English 24 Tool Buttons Tool Buttons provide a full range of tools and image effect options tooptimize the scan quality. Film Type buttonWhen this button is clicked, the Film Type dialog box willappear: When you want to scan a negative film,select the type of your film here inadvance. MiraPhoto will...

English 26 Color Enhancement Tools buttonClick this button to activate the Tool Bar which contains thebuttons for the following tools: Invert button Click this button to get an inverted image: Original image Image after Invert is applied

English 27 Brightness/Contrast button Click this button to bring up the Brightness/Contrast Dialog box: You can adjust the overall brightnessand contrast of the image eithermanually or automatically in this dialogbox. To adjust the brightness andcontrast more precisely, use the Curveand Level tools ...

English 28 Color Balance button Click this button to evoke the Color Balance dialog box: In this dialog box, you can change themixture of colors of an image to eitheremphasize or diminish certain colors. The components are introduced below: ChannelThis is where you can select the specificchannel to ...

English 29 Color Adjustment button Click this button, and the Color Adjustment dialog box willappear: Color Adjustment is anotherconvenient tool that you can use toadjust and calibrate the colors in animage. This function works much likethe Color Balance tool, but itprovides another way to control t...

English 31 Curve button The Curve tool is used to adjust the brightness properties ofmidtone pixels in an image. The following dialogue box willappear after you click this button: Below is an introduction to eachcomponent in the dialog box and how touse the Curve tool to adjust an image: Color Chann...

English 33 Level button Clicking on the Level button, and the Level dialog box willappear: The Level dialog box includesseveral useful tools that you canuse to check the color levelinformation of the image and adjustthe image quality. Each componentin the dialog box and how they workto affect the im...

English 34 In addition, if we take a look at the two images below: We notice that in Image 1, there is higher contrast between thebrighter and darker part of the image; that is, bright and dark pixelsoccupy a larger portion of the total image pixels. Therefore, in thehistogram, there are higher bars...

English 37 Filter button This function allows you to sharpen or blur the image. You canchoose from the list: No filter, Sharpen, Sharpen more, Blur,Blur more and Unsharp Mask. If you want the edge of the image to be sharper, i.e., in ahigher contrast against the background, select sharpen orsharpen ...

English 38 Color Wizard button The Color Wizard button offers two quick and convenient toolsfor you to adjust the overall quality of the scanned image: Auto Density: if you choose this item, MiraPhoto willoptimize the density of the image automatically. Photo Magic: There are three tabs inthe Photo ...

English 39 Preview Area The Preview Area displays the previewimage and allows you to set the scan areaby directly adjusting the dotted rectangle.The change of image effect can also bereflected instantly here.To adjust the position of the scan area,first move the mouse cursor over thedotted rectangle...

English 41 Chapter 5. Photo Express In this chapter you will be introduced to the fantastic world of PhotoExpress. Learn more about this bundled software and make your everydaylife more interesting and colorful! Refer to Photo Express electronic User’s Manual in the softwaredisc for more details on ...

English 42 Getting Started To run Photo Express, double click the Photo Express icon on yourWindows desktop or open from Windows Start Menu. When you run PhotoExpress, make sure that the monitor display is at a resolution of 800 × 600 or 1024 × 768 and Hi Color (15/16 bit) or True Color (24 bit) mod...

English 43 Mode Tab: The Mode tabs switch Photo Express between Photo mode and Project mode. Photo mode is where themajority of your work is done, while the Project mode lets you makegreeting cards, name cards, and other fun things based on templates. Command Panel: The Command panel lists all of th...

English 44 Getting Images The first thing you want to do when you start Photo Express is to get thephotos you want to work with into the actual program. The place you startis with Album. From here, you can do almost anything in Photo Express. Allother ways of getting photos can work independently of...

English 45 To add new images to an album: 1. Select an album. 2. Click the File icon and browse for the folder where the images are stored. 3. When they appear in the Options panel, click the Select All button (or select images individually by holding down the Ctrl key as you clickthem). 4. Next, se...

English 46 Working on Images Adjusting Images After you have acquired an image from a scanner or digital camera, it mayneed some adjustments. Photo Express provides you with the perfect toolfor adjusting your photos: the Transform tool. To re-align a photo: 1. After scanning the photo, open it from ...

English 48 Sharing Images Printing Images Once you have put the finishing touches onto your photos, it is time to printthem out. Photo Express contains numerous printing options, letting yououtput posters and name cards in addition to its regular printing duties. To print an image: 1. Select the ima...

English 49 Saving Images After work on your photo is complete, you may want to save it. In PhotoExpress, you can save a photo in a variety of different image file formats.Each file format has its own unique properties and characteristics. Someformats, however, are better than others for specific sit...

English 50 Express Your Images Create Calendars One of the easiest tasks to accomplish in Photo Express is makingcalendars, either for your Windows desktop or for your real desktop. Theyare great for keeping your loved ones close, in addition to being aconvenient way to keep track of important dates...

English 51 Morphing Photos One of Photo Express’ more novel effects extras is that of image morphing.Morphing transforms an image over time to create interesting and unique“warps” of the original photo. Image morphs are output as either imagesequences or animated GIF files. To morph an image: 1. Get...

English 52 Working in Project Mode The Project mode gives you a focused environment in which to createcustom greeting cards, calendars, invitations, birthday and anniversarycards, name cards, and planners. The Project mode is useful for gettingthrough a “project” as quickly and efficiently as possib...

English 53 Working with Templates Photo Express’ unique templates can be edited and customized to suityour own needs. Templates consist of multiple components, usually acombination of text and photos with a decoration or two perhaps thrown in.To change any one of these components, simply select it a...

English 54 Adding Decoration One category of tools on the Edit menu in Project mode is unique to thattab: Decoration. These are special, object-based effects such as Frames,Edges and Props you can use to enhance photo objects in a project. To add special edge effects to a photo object: 1. Select a p...

English 55 Printing Templates As with Photo mode, Project mode lets you print your work when you’refinished with it. The same options available in Photo mode apply in Projectmode as well. For more on printing, see Printing Images and the onlinehelp. To print a template as name cards: 1. Click the Pr...

English 56 Sharing Templates Sharing templates works exactly the same way as sharing photos in Photomode. You can print, e-mail, fax, or output them to web pages. For moreon these tools, see the online help and related documents. To e-mail a template: 1. Click the Share: E-mail button on the Command...

English 57 Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and FAQ 6.1 Troubleshooting 6.1.1 Why does the driver sometimes show the message “SCSI card not found”, and a few minutes later, it works properly?To prevent damaging the scanner due to unstable power supply or shortcondition, the fuse on the SCSI card could be ...

English 58 If you find that your ScanWit film scanner uses the same SCSI ID numberwith another SCSI device, you must either change the SCSI ID number ofyour scanner or that of the other SCSI device. To change the SCSI ID number of your ScanWit film scanner: 1. Turn off the power of your computer and...

English 59 Chapter 7. Service Information If problems persist after you check this manual, you can contact yourdealer or consult the technical service below: For driver and hardware questions, please send an e-mail (Containingdetailed descriptions of the problem you come upon, the hardware andsoftwa...

English 60 Appendix Product Specification Type Film scanner with color-CCD optical module Scan Velocity Calibration Scan Speed Preview Speed Transmission Speed Color - 3 sColor - less than 10 ms / line - less than 38 s/ 35mm film, 2700 dpiColor - 3s for 35mm film2Mega byte / sec Scan Mode High speed...

English i Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................... 1 1.1 F EATURES ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 H ARDWARE I NTRODUCTION .............................................

English ii Eject button.................................................................................... 23Zoom button................................................................................... 23 Preview button.................................................................................

English iii P RODUCT S PECIFICATION .............................................................................. 60 MiraPhoto Quick Reference Map Menu Bar page 16 Image Thumbnail Area page 20 Combo Boxes page 20 Film SelectionArea page 22 Control Buttons page 23 Tool Buttons page 23 Preview Area p...

English 1 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Features Congratulations on your purchase of the ScanWit film scanner! TheScanWit film scanner is the utmost cost-effective solution for film scanning.Its high capability is bound to boost your scan job efficiency significantly. Itis equipped with the following ...

English 2 Friendly and Smart DriverMiraPhoto is the driver for your ScanWit film scanner. Its easy andinstinctive interface design allows you to proceed with your scanningjob quickly. You can also use it to adjust the scanning parametersefficiently. Its powerful functions can help you to optimize th...

English 3 LED indicators STATUS: This LED indicator is used to display the status of the filmscanner or to show error messages when errors occur within the filmscanner.READY: When the film scanner is powered on and ready to scan, thisLED indicator will remain on, indicating that you can start to sca...

English 4 Rear Panel Ventilation holes These holes are used to ventilate the heat from inside of the filmscanner. Do not block these holes when the film scanner is in use. SCSI ID selector You can use the SCSI ID selector to select the SCSI ID of your filmscanner. Please refer to Chapter 5 for more ...

English 5 SCSI OUT connector This is a 25-pin SCSI connector. Use this connector to connect otherSCSI devices from the film scanner. Note: when you position the ScanWit film scanner, be sure toleave the space illustrated below to ensure that the film/slideholder moves into/out of the film scanner wi...

English 6 1.3 Software Introduction MiraPhoto is the driver program for your scanner. It is TWAINcompliant and designed to be user-friendly. With its iconlized user-interface and fully logical task-flow design, you can complete asatisfactory scanning job with only a few mouse clicks. WithMiraPhoto, ...

English 7 Chapter 2. Installation Please follow the steps below to set up your ScanWit film scanner: Step 1. Install the SCSI interface card Power off your computer and disconnect the computer power from thepower outlet. Open the computer cover and locate the PCI slot of yourcomputer. Select an empt...

English 8 Step 3 Test the scanner Turn the scanner power on by depressing the power button on thefront panel of the scanner. You may notice that the scanner will startto perform a self-test, and the LED indicators will blink for a fewseconds. Wait until the scanner completes its self-test (this isin...

English 9 Chapter 3. Making Your First Scan Refer to the following steps to make your first scan using the ScanWit filmscanner: Step 1. Test the scanner Turn on the power of your film scanner, then your computer. Wait untilthe scanner completes its self-test. You can judge the status of thefilm scan...

English 10 Place the filmstrip on the filmstrip holder with the emulsion side facingup. Close the cover and push the “PUSH CLOSE” mark at the middle ofthe cover. You will hear a click when the cover is secured. Insert the filmstrip holder into the holder insertion slot. P U S H P U S H P U S H

English 12 Close the cover and push the “PUSH CLOSE” mark and the middle ofthe cover. You will hear a click when the cover is secured. Insert the slide holder into the holder insertion slot. Step 3. Scan Now you can either push the SCAN button to activate automaticpreview, or manually open an image ...

English 15 Chapter 4. Using MiraPhoto You can access MiraPhoto through your image editing applications. Whenyou click “Acquire” or “Scan” in your application, the MiraPhoto mainscreen will appear: The following sections in this chapter will describe MiraPhoto in moredetail. Menu Bar Image Thumbnail ...

English 16 Menu Bar There are three selectable menu items in theMenu Bar. Each menu item contains severaloptions in its submenu: File submenu MiraPhoto can record the settings you make foreach scan session in a configuration file. With thisfeature, you can specify different settings for eachindividu...

English 20 Image Thumbnail Area The Image Thumbnail Area displays thumbnail images of each previewedscan. Click on the thumbnail image and the image will be displayed in thePreview Area. You can select the image you want to scan by clicking thered dot at the upper right corner of the thumbnail. When...

English 22 Scan Mode box The Scan Mode box provides three scan modes: High SpeedYou can increase the scan speed of your scanner in High Speedmode. Image quality may however, deteriorate in this mode. High Quality 24This mode is recommended if your application software supports onlyup to 24-bit color...

English 23 Control Buttons The Control Buttons are used to controlthe actions in your scanning session: Eject buttonClick this button to eject the filmstrip/slide holder from the filmscanner. Zoom buttonClick this button to zoom in on the image. Preview buttonClick this button to begin previewing th...

English 24 Tool Buttons Tool Buttons provide a full range of tools and image effect options tooptimize the scan quality. Film Type buttonWhen this button is clicked, the Film Type dialog box willappear: When you want to scan a negative film,select the type of your film here inadvance. MiraPhoto will...

English 26 Color Enhancement Tools buttonClick this button to activate the Tool Bar which contains thebuttons for the following tools: Invert button Click this button to get an inverted image: Original image Image after Invert is applied

English 27 Brightness/Contrast button Click this button to bring up the Brightness/Contrast Dialog box: You can adjust the overall brightnessand contrast of the image eithermanually or automatically in this dialogbox. To adjust the brightness andcontrast more precisely, use the Curveand Level tools ...

English 28 Color Balance button Click this button to evoke the Color Balance dialog box: In this dialog box, you can change themixture of colors of an image to eitheremphasize or diminish certain colors. The components are introduced below: ChannelThis is where you can select the specificchannel to ...

English 29 Color Adjustment button Click this button, and the Color Adjustment dialog box willappear: Color Adjustment is anotherconvenient tool that you can use toadjust and calibrate the colors in animage. This function works much likethe Color Balance tool, but itprovides another way to control t...

English 31 Curve button The Curve tool is used to adjust the brightness properties ofmidtone pixels in an image. The following dialogue box willappear after you click this button: Below is an introduction to eachcomponent in the dialog box and how touse the Curve tool to adjust an image: Color Chann...

English 33 Level button Clicking on the Level button, and the Level dialog box willappear: The Level dialog box includesseveral useful tools that you canuse to check the color levelinformation of the image and adjustthe image quality. Each componentin the dialog box and how they workto affect the im...

English 34 In addition, if we take a look at the two images below: We notice that in Image 1, there is higher contrast between thebrighter and darker part of the image; that is, bright and dark pixelsoccupy a larger portion of the total image pixels. Therefore, in thehistogram, there are higher bars...

English 37 Filter button This function allows you to sharpen or blur the image. You canchoose from the list: No filter, Sharpen, Sharpen more, Blur,Blur more and Unsharp Mask. If you want the edge of the image to be sharper, i.e., in ahigher contrast against the background, select sharpen orsharpen ...

English 38 Color Wizard button The Color Wizard button offers two quick and convenient toolsfor you to adjust the overall quality of the scanned image: Auto Density: if you choose this item, MiraPhoto willoptimize the density of the image automatically. Photo Magic: There are three tabs inthe Photo ...

English 39 Preview Area The Preview Area displays the previewimage and allows you to set the scan areaby directly adjusting the dotted rectangle.The change of image effect can also bereflected instantly here.To adjust the position of the scan area,first move the mouse cursor over thedotted rectangle...

English 41 Chapter 5. Photo Express In this chapter you will be introduced to the fantastic world of PhotoExpress. Learn more about this bundled software and make your everydaylife more interesting and colorful! Refer to Photo Express electronic User’s Manual in the softwaredisc for more details on ...

English 42 Getting Started To run Photo Express, double click the Photo Express icon on yourWindows desktop or open from Windows Start Menu. When you run PhotoExpress, make sure that the monitor display is at a resolution of 800 × 600 or 1024 × 768 and Hi Color (15/16 bit) or True Color (24 bit) mod...

English 43 Mode Tab: The Mode tabs switch Photo Express between Photo mode and Project mode. Photo mode is where themajority of your work is done, while the Project mode lets you makegreeting cards, name cards, and other fun things based on templates. Command Panel: The Command panel lists all of th...

English 44 Getting Images The first thing you want to do when you start Photo Express is to get thephotos you want to work with into the actual program. The place you startis with Album. From here, you can do almost anything in Photo Express. Allother ways of getting photos can work independently of...

English 45 To add new images to an album: 1. Select an album. 2. Click the File icon and browse for the folder where the images are stored. 3. When they appear in the Options panel, click the Select All button (or select images individually by holding down the Ctrl key as you clickthem). 4. Next, se...

English 46 Working on Images Adjusting Images After you have acquired an image from a scanner or digital camera, it mayneed some adjustments. Photo Express provides you with the perfect toolfor adjusting your photos: the Transform tool. To re-align a photo: 1. After scanning the photo, open it from ...

English 48 Sharing Images Printing Images Once you have put the finishing touches onto your photos, it is time to printthem out. Photo Express contains numerous printing options, letting yououtput posters and name cards in addition to its regular printing duties. To print an image: 1. Select the ima...

English 49 Saving Images After work on your photo is complete, you may want to save it. In PhotoExpress, you can save a photo in a variety of different image file formats.Each file format has its own unique properties and characteristics. Someformats, however, are better than others for specific sit...

English 50 Express Your Images Create Calendars One of the easiest tasks to accomplish in Photo Express is makingcalendars, either for your Windows desktop or for your real desktop. Theyare great for keeping your loved ones close, in addition to being aconvenient way to keep track of important dates...

English 51 Morphing Photos One of Photo Express’ more novel effects extras is that of image morphing.Morphing transforms an image over time to create interesting and unique“warps” of the original photo. Image morphs are output as either imagesequences or animated GIF files. To morph an image: 1. Get...

English 52 Working in Project Mode The Project mode gives you a focused environment in which to createcustom greeting cards, calendars, invitations, birthday and anniversarycards, name cards, and planners. The Project mode is useful for gettingthrough a “project” as quickly and efficiently as possib...

English 53 Working with Templates Photo Express’ unique templates can be edited and customized to suityour own needs. Templates consist of multiple components, usually acombination of text and photos with a decoration or two perhaps thrown in.To change any one of these components, simply select it a...

English 54 Adding Decoration One category of tools on the Edit menu in Project mode is unique to thattab: Decoration. These are special, object-based effects such as Frames,Edges and Props you can use to enhance photo objects in a project. To add special edge effects to a photo object: 1. Select a p...

English 55 Printing Templates As with Photo mode, Project mode lets you print your work when you’refinished with it. The same options available in Photo mode apply in Projectmode as well. For more on printing, see Printing Images and the onlinehelp. To print a template as name cards: 1. Click the Pr...

English 56 Sharing Templates Sharing templates works exactly the same way as sharing photos in Photomode. You can print, e-mail, fax, or output them to web pages. For moreon these tools, see the online help and related documents. To e-mail a template: 1. Click the Share: E-mail button on the Command...

English 57 Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and FAQ 6.1 Troubleshooting 6.1.1 Why does the driver sometimes show the message “SCSI card not found”, and a few minutes later, it works properly?To prevent damaging the scanner due to unstable power supply or shortcondition, the fuse on the SCSI card could be ...

English 58 If you find that your ScanWit film scanner uses the same SCSI ID numberwith another SCSI device, you must either change the SCSI ID number ofyour scanner or that of the other SCSI device. To change the SCSI ID number of your ScanWit film scanner: 1. Turn off the power of your computer and...

English 59 Chapter 7. Service Information If problems persist after you check this manual, you can contact yourdealer or consult the technical service below: For driver and hardware questions, please send an e-mail (Containingdetailed descriptions of the problem you come upon, the hardware andsoftwa...

English 60 Appendix Product Specification Type Film scanner with color-CCD optical module Scan Velocity Calibration Scan Speed Preview Speed Transmission Speed Color - 3 sColor - less than 10 ms / line - less than 38 s/ 35mm film, 2700 dpiColor - 3s for 35mm film2Mega byte / sec Scan Mode High speed...