Kodak RFS 3600 manual

K OD AK PR OFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner User’ s Manual Ad dendum V ersion 2.10 Host Sof tware Update[...]

2 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5 System Requirements ...................................................................................... 5 MICROSOFT WI NDOWS ...........................................................................5 MACINTOSH ..............[...]

3 Settings Tab .................................................................................................... 15 Status Bar ....................................................................................................... 15 File Size ......................................................................................................1[...]

4 Image Window............................................................................................ 22 Tabs ................................................................................................................ 24 Settings Tab................................................................................................ 24 Frame N[...]

5 Introduction This document contains information de scribing the KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner (RFS 3600) version 2.10 softwar e. This software package includes a MICROSOFT WI NDOWS TWAIN Data Sou rce and a MACINTOSH Acquire Modul e; these two item s will be referred to as the Host Soft ware. Your RFS 36 00 must have firmware versio n 1[...]

6 The KODAK PROFESSIONA L RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source is TWAIN 1.8 c ompliant. The RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Sou rce has been tested on systems using the follo wing Microsoft Operating System s: 1) MICROSOFT WINDO WS 98 Second Edition (SCSI and USB) 2) MICROSOFT WINDO WS NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SCSI on ly) 3) MICROSOFT WINDO WS 2000 (USB only, Must hav e S[...]

7 The Acquire Mod ule is not qualified for u se on machines running Mac OS X. Software Installa tion From a CD If you have a Version 2.10 Host Software CD, install the software as follows: MICROSOFT WINDO WS Please note: When i nstalling the Host Softwa re on some MICROSOFT WI NDOWS systems, yo u may be presented with va rious dialog boxes stating [...]

8 MACINTOSH 1) Insert the CD into your CD -ROM driv e. The CD icon will appear on the desktop. Double-click th e icon and then double-click on th e “Install RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source” icon to start the software install ation procedure. If you have more tha n one version of Adobe Syst ems software (P h otoshop, Photoshop LE o r Photoshop Elemen[...]

9 3) If you have a previous version of the RFS 3600 Film S canner TW AIN Data Source, a message will appear telling you the older TWAI N must be removed before the new TWAIN can be installed. Cli ck OK and the removal pro cess will execute. 4) Once the old TWAI N is removed, the in stallation of the new TWAIN will start automatically. If it does no[...]

1 0 Launch the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Ho st Software and make sure the monitor and output profiles sele cted in the Settings tab are the same. (Selecting the Kodak sRGB Displa y profile should produ ce satisfactory results in mo st cases). The monitor prof ile controls how the prescan image is rend ered and the out put profile controls how the final[...]

11 connected film scanner before you boot yo ur computer. For SCSI or USB, ensure the sliding panel on t he back of the film scan ner has been slid complet ely to the side not in use. 3) The internal SCSI terminator u sed in the RFS 3600 is an active terminator which requires po wer from the scanner. Some comput ers may experience startup problems [...]

1 2 Host Software i nstaller places the RFS 3600 USB driver, RFS360 0Extension, in the System Folder’s Ex te nsions folder . MICROSOFT WINDOWS MICROSOFT WINDO WS 2000 and MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP may not support your installed SCSI inte rface board. Check www .microsoft. com , Hardware Compatibility List Database, for complet e information regarding [...]

1 3 file(s) which get larger and larger as you sen d more and more data to ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. Even if you hav e a system with hundreds of mega bytes, or even more than 1 gigabyte of DRAM , switching between multiple ADOBE PHOTOSHOP imag e MICROSOFT WI NDOWS, each holding a 50MB i mage, can be time consum ing and awkward. If you are performing high re[...]

1 4 Main Screen When you select t he RFS 3600 Film Scanne r Host Software from the A DOBE PHOTOSHOP Import sub-menu, the Main Screen and S ettings tab will appear. Figure 1 is similar to how the m ain screen will look when the software i s started and a filmstrip is in the scanner. All n ew software features t hat have been created sin ce the Versi[...]

1 5 Settings T ab Most of the Settings Tab featur es have not be en changed. As with Version 1.20 software, select your film type (Negative, Reversal or Black & White) and then select the cor rect film term in the drop down box. Make a sele ction for your Monitor an d Output Profile. You may select a Shar pening Level befor e or after you pe rf[...]

1 6 Scan All or select one thumbnail (which dese lects all others), all presca nned frames are deselected exce pt for the frame displayed in the ta bs. If Scan All is enabled an d then Scan or Scan to File is sel ected after one or more frames have been prescan ned, a final scan is performed on each presca nned frame and on all remaining frames on [...]

1 7 When scanni ng Color Negative or B&W negative filmstrip s, be sure the strip h as less than one half of the frame completely exposed (i.e. film is totally black ). The DMin measurement will fail if the scanner "sees" a fu ll frame of black film. Trim t he film strip so that when it is inserted into the scanner, the first frame has[...]

1 8 • Figure 4, Conf iguration Screen Prescan Resolution You may now select bet ween three different prescan resolutions – 300, 600 or 900 dpi. A high dpi Prescan will maintain higher image quality longer if you magnify the Prescan using the Zoom I n tool. However, higher dpi P rescans will take l onger to perform and process and place larger t[...]

1 9 Selecting 8 bits Output De pth commands the Host Softwa re to transform the image data from the Kodak 12-bit p rocessing space to 8-bit space befor e it is transfe rred into ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or the image file is written to your hard drive (Scan to File feature). Selecting 16 bits caus es the data to be moved from 12-bit space to 16-bit space bef[...]

2 0 Scan Icons All of the icons dealing with film scanning have been g rouped together in the middle of the bottom edge of the main screen. These icons, see n in Figure 5 , are, left to right: Autofocus (AF), Prescan Frame, Prescan Strip, Scan and Scan to File. Thes e functions of these button s have no t been changed or enhanced. • Figure 5, Sc [...]

21 Focus Details The focus point val ue, either from an AF or Manual focus operation, is sav ed and used from scan session to scan sessi on. It is up to you, the film scanner's user, to decide how often you want to use the focu s feature. A mounted slide a nd a filmstrip have differe nt focus points. Also, sl ide mounts with different thicknes[...]

2 2 Thumbnails Page 49 of the original User's Manual states that image thumb nails will not be affected by color adjustments made by the user. This is incorr ect; the thumbnails will reflect the changes se en in the Preview Ima ge. The thumbnail strip across the top of the M ain Screen has som e new features. Click on a thumbnail to sele ct it[...]

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2 4 Ta b s Settings Tab Frame Number The thumbnail num ber of the frame which is currently b eing displayed in the Preview Window is sh own in the upper right corner of the Settings Ta b. See Frame Numberin g to learn how to match th e thumbnails’ numbers with th e filmstrip’s frame numbers. • Figure 8, Fra me Number Auto Balance Bu tton The [...]

2 5 Color Balance and L evels & Curves Tab Page 73 and 75 of the original User's Manual state that the Befo re and After images on the Color Balance and Levels & Curves tabs will be ident ical when you enter the respective tab. This i s only true if you have made no adjustments to the image with the black/gray/whit e balance eyedropper[...]

2 6 Scan and Output Settings • Figure 10, Scan and Output Settings The Scan and Outp ut settings (Resolution, Height and Width) are laid out to allow their values to be easily compared, and to make the rel ationships between these fields mo re apparent. The Magnification value from S can to Output is no longer displayed, but i s still maintained [...]

2 7 which is a 24% redu ction from the scan resolution of 200 0 dpi. Note that this is also a 417% increase in resolution from Output back t o the Scan. Automatic Soft ware Adjustments As in Version 1.x Host S oftware, whenever you change a Scan o r Output setting, the software has to change one or more of the o ther settings to bal ance the formul[...]

2 8 Intended Use and Output Resolution The Intended Use field all ows you to set the Output Resolution by selecting the intended use of the imag e. The choices are see n below, the resolution listed to t he right of each choice indi cates its corresponding Out put Resolution. • Print 300 dpi • E-Mail 72 dpi • Internet 72 dpi • Archive 3600 [...]

Figure 11, Relations hip Between Scan Sett ings and Output Setti ngs 1.44” 0.96” 1920 dots 2880 dots 6” 4” 2880 dots 1920 dots Scan 35mm Slide Output 4x6 inch Pri nt 417% increase in size 480 dots per inch 2000 dots per inch KODAK PROFESSI ONAL RFS 3600 Relationship between Scan settings & Output settings 24% decrease in resolut ion (dp[...]

3 0 Miscellaneous Items Information Icon The functions contain ed within the Version 1.x About i con and Help icons have been combined in a scre en which is produce by cl icking the Information ico n. See Figure 12 . • Figure 12, I nformation Screen Clicking the Upg rade Firmware button starts the firmware update procedure. See the User’s Manua[...]

31 Eastman Kodak Company • Ro chester, NY 14650 KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner Kodak is a trademar k of the Eastman Kodak Company. New 03-2002[...]