Kodak RFS 3600 - Manuals

7 The Acquire Module is not qualified for use on machines running Mac OS X. Software Installation From a CD If you have a Version 2.10 Host Software CD, install the software as follows: MICROSOFT WINDOWS Please note: When installing the Host Software on some MICROSOFT WINDOWSsystems, you may be pres...

8 MACINTOSH 1) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD icon will appear on the desktop. Double-click the icon and then double-click on the “Install RFS 3600 TWAIN DataSource” icon to start the software installation procedure. If you have more than oneversion of Adobe Systems software (Photoshop...

10 Launch the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software and make sure the monitor and outputprofiles selected in the Settings tab are the same. (Selecting the Kodak sRGB Displayprofile should produce satisfactory results in most cases). The monitor profile controlshow the prescan image is rendered and the...

11 connected film scanner before you boot your computer. For SCSI or USB, ensure thesliding panel on the back of the film scanner has been slid completely to the side notin use. 3) The internal SCSI terminator used in the RFS 3600 is an active terminator whichrequires power from the scanner. Some co...

12 Host Software installer places the RFS 3600 USB driver, RFS3600Extension, in theSystem Folder’s Extensions folder. MICROSOFT WINDOWS MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 and MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP may not support yourinstalled SCSI interface board. Check www.microsoft.com , Hardware Compatibility List Database, ...

13 file(s) which get larger and larger as you send more and more data to ADOBEPHOTOSHOP. Even if you have a system with hundreds of megabytes, or even morethan 1 gigabyte of DRAM, switching between multiple ADOBE PHOTOSHOP imageMICROSOFT WINDOWS, each holding a 50MB image, can be time consuming anda...

14 Main Screen When you select the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software from the ADOBEPHOTOSHOP Import sub-menu, the Main Screen and Settings tab will appear. Figure 1 is similar to how the main screen will look when the software is started and a filmstrip is inthe scanner. All new software features ...

15 Settings Tab Most of the Settings Tab features have not been changed. As with Version 1.20 software,select your film type (Negative, Reversal or Black & White) and then select the correct filmterm in the drop down box. Make a selection for your Monitor and Output Profile. Youmay select a Shar...

17 When scanning Color Negative or B&W negative filmstrips, be sure the strip has less thanone half of the frame completely exposed (i.e. film is totally black). The DMinmeasurement will fail if the scanner "sees" a full frame of black film. Trim the film strip sothat when it is inserted...

18 • Figure 4, Configuration Screen Prescan Resolution You may now select between three different prescan resolutions – 300, 600 or 900 dpi. Ahigh dpi Prescan will maintain higher image quality longer if you magnify the Prescanusing the Zoom In tool. However, higher dpi Prescans will take longer to ...

19 Selecting 8 bits Output Depth commands the Host Software to transform the image datafrom the Kodak 12-bit processing space to 8-bit space before it is transferred into ADOBEPHOTOSHOP or the image file is written to your hard drive (Scan to File feature). Selecting 16 bits causes the data to be mo...

20 Scan Icons All of the icons dealing with film scanning have been grouped together in the middle of thebottom edge of the main screen. These icons, seen in Figure 5 , are, left to right: Autofocus (AF), Prescan Frame, Prescan Strip, Scan and Scan to File. These functions ofthese buttons have not b...

21 Focus Details The focus point value, either from an AF or Manual focus operation, is saved and usedfrom scan session to scan session. It is up to you, the film scanner's user, to decide howoften you want to use the focus feature. A mounted slide and a filmstrip have differentfocus points. Also, s...

22 Thumbnails Page 49 of the original User's Manual states that image thumbnails will not be affected bycolor adjustments made by the user. This is incorrect; the thumbnails will reflect thechanges seen in the Preview Image. The thumbnail strip across the top of the Main Screen has some new features...

24 Tabs Settings Tab Frame Number The thumbnail number of the frame which is currently being displayed in the PreviewWindow is shown in the upper right corner of the Settings Tab. See Frame Numbering to learn how to match the thumbnails’ numbers with the filmstrip’s frame numbers. • Figure 8, Frame ...

25 Color Balance and Levels & Curves Tab Page 73 and 75 of the original User's Manual state that the Before and After images onthe Color Balance and Levels & Curves tabs will be identical when you enter therespective tab. This is only true if you have made no adjustments to the image with th...

26 Scan and Output Settings • Figure 10, Scan and Output Settings The Scan and Output settings (Resolution, Height and Width) are laid out to allow theirvalues to be easily compared, and to make the relationships between these fields moreapparent. The Magnification value from Scan to Output is no lo...

27 which is a 24% reduction from the scan resolution of 2000 dpi. Note that this is also a417% increase in resolution from Output back to the Scan. Automatic Software Adjustments As in Version 1.x Host Software, whenever you change a Scan or Output setting, thesoftware has to change one or more of t...

30 Miscellaneous Items Information Icon The functions contained within the Version 1.x About icon and Help icons have beencombined in a screen which is produce by clicking the Information icon. See Figure 12 . • Figure 12, Information Screen Clicking the Upgrade Firmware button starts the firmware u...