Kodak A-61506 - Manual

4 A-61506 September 2006 The main window Following is a description of the menu options on the Brightness and Contrast Control main window. See the section entitled, “Using the Brightness and Contrast Control” for procedures on how to use this software. File menu The File menu provides the following...

A-61506 September 2006 5 View menu The View menu provides the following options: Zoom 1/4 — displays the image at one quarter of the original size. Zoom 1/2 — displays the image at one half of the original size. Zoom 1:1 — displays the image at the original size. Zoom 2:1 — displays the image at twi...

6 A-61506 September 2006 Status bar — displays the X and Y coordinates of the current location within the displayed image, the RGB values, the name of the color table currently being applied to the original image (displayed on the left side of the main window) and the scanner used to acquire the sta...

A-61506 September 2006 7 Color Tables menu The Color Tables menu provides the following options: Null — when selected, will load the Null color table into the Brightness and Contrast Control. Load... — displays the Open Color Table dialog box which allows you to select the color table you want to us...

8 A-61506 September 2006 Tools menu The Tools menu provides the following options: Brightness and Contrast — displays the Brightness and Contrast dialog box which allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast values while comparing the original image on the left side of the Brightness and Contras...

A-61506 September 2006 11 12. Select Color Tables>Save . The Save Color Table dialog box will be displayed: 13. Enter a color table name in the Filename field and click Save . This custom color table will be saved in the directory shown in the Save Color Table dialog box and is available for down...

A-61506 September 2006 15 Using a previously captured image as a starting point IMPORTANT: You must use an uncorrected image as your starting point for any activity which will result in the creation of a custom color table. If you do not choose an uncorrected image the following message will be disp...

A-61506 September 2006 17 Verifying a custom color table using the Scan Validation Tool Following are procedures for verifying a custom color table using the Scan Validation Tool. For detailed procedures on using the Scan Validation Tool see the Image Processing Guide for Kodak i800 Series Scanners,...

18 A-61506 September 2006 Deleting a custom color table To delete a custom color table: 1. Open the Brightness and Contrast Control application. 2. Select Color Tables>Delete. The Delete Color Table dialog box will be displayed: 3. Select the color table you want to delete and click Delete . 4. T...

A-61506 September 2006 19 Glossary Brightness — Brightness and Contrast Control uses a brightness scale from -50 (darkest) to +50 (lightest). Changing the Brightness value will effect all color pixels in the image uniformly making all colors in the entire image darker or lighter according to the val...

20 A-61506 September 2006 Error messages Following is a listing of error messages that you may encounter when using the Brightness and Contrast Control. Message: The origin of this image cannot be determined from the file. If it was not originally scanned with NULL color tables, then it may not be a...

24 A-61506 September 2006 Appendix A Color Concepts What is a color image? A digital color image contains information about a scanned document subdivided into many small regions called pixels (picture elements). Each pixel is represented as a 24-bit value. These 24 bits are used to indicate the amou...

A-61506 1/2004CAT No. 137 0337©Eastman Kodak Company, 2004 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYDocument ImagingRochester, New York 14650 www.kodak.com/go/docimaging Kodak is a trademark of Eastman KodakCompany. C O M M E R C I A LI M A G I N G iNnovation Series Scanners ReferenceGuide Brightness andContrast Contro...