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Reflecta Film S1-scan manual

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    User manual[...]

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    1 For customers in North and South America For customer s in USA This device complies with Part 1 5 of the FCC rule s. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: (1) This dev ice may not cause ha rmful interfer ence. (2) This device must accept any inter ference receiv ed, including i nterference t hat may cause undesired operation. For[...]

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    2 1. System Requirements • Personal com puter , lapt op, desktop or IB M compatible w ith Pentium 166 MHz minimum, and w ith an activ e USB (Universal S erial Bus) port. • Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7, CD ROM dri ve, color monitor , mouse and key board. 2. Package Contents Make sure that all of the items shown below are i ncluded. - Fi[...]

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    3 3. Name of part s We strongly suggest using a clean, dry, non -alcohol cotton swab to insert i nto the film sca nner slot and clean the glass surface periodically to p roduce a clea r image. Please make s ure your film, sl ide and holder ar e clean before i nserting into the scanner as well. Dust or dirt on the film, slide and ho lder will affect[...]

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    4 4 How to install slides and film into 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 fli pped, the pictu res will be scann ed backwards. c. Close the film/slide holder[...]

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    5 5. Insert and take out SD card (optional ) • Insert SD car d before scanni ng. •Built in memory will be suspended when the SD car d is in use. • Please cl ose and then o pen the cov er after card i nserted. Note: This device does not suppor t hot-plug. Inserting SD ca rd d uring operation will cause the device power off. 6. Quick St art Con[...]

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    6 • Select Home Press S t art button to ba ck to capture mode. • Scanning T ype T o enter th e Film T ype, you can us e the Left or Right button t o select, press t he S tart b utton to confirm. Slide: Y ou need select the S lide mode w hen you scanner the slide. Monochrome: Y ou need select the M onochrome mode w hen you scanner t he BW film. [...]

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    7 • Exposure v alue To enter the E V mode, press th e Left or Right button to select , and press Start button to confi rm. Exposure comp ensation helps y ou change the ex posure setting man ually to adjust object lightin g. This feature helps to achiev e better result s when scanning a film or slide ima ge with a strong backlight, or an image tha[...]

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    8 • Single When you se lect the icon, press S t art button to confirm. Y ou ne ed press Lef t or Righ t button to review the next / prev ious picture. • Slide Show Use the Slid e Show feature to continue displ ay your photo s on the scanner screen pan el. Once selected the Slide Show Mode, camera w ill automatically play all the photos. Pr ess [...]

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    9 • Copy Select the icon, and press S tart button to confirm copy all images into SD ca rd from internal memory . • Exit Select the i con, and pr ess S tart b utton to confirm , then you w ill back the playbac k mode. 7. Downloading Imag es to Y our Computer For Windows 98/ME: When conne cted the scanne r to the computer w ith the US B cable, t[...]

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    10 For Vista / Windows 7: The dialog box of the removable disk will be pop-u p when you conn ect to the USB port Please choo se the “Open folder to view files” to view the images V i s t a : W i n d o w s 7 : 8. Installing the sof tware • Installing the soft ware 1. Insert the i nstallation C D into the CD -ROM drive and the i nstallation CD [...]

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    11 3. Click on Y es to agree t o the terms and 4. Click Next t o have PhotoImpr essions condit ions. download int o your Program s folder . 5. Click Next to continue. 6. PhotoImpres sions will start the setup proces s.[...]

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    12 7. Once you get this to th is screen select 8. Click on Fin ish to compl ete and restart the "Clear All" so that P hotoImpressions does computer . not take over the files o n your computer . 9. The inst alled sof tware will automatic ally create a “ PhotoImpression 6 ” logo on y our desktop. Restart the co mputer and remo ve the in[...]

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    13 9. Now you can start to edit the picture as you like: First , click on the “ Photo Impression 6 ” icon on th e desktop. Foll ow the instructi ons to open t he software, and click on the pictur e to select , then use th e Arcsoft tools to edit the p ictures. Main Menu The Main Menu a ppears in the u pper left corner of the workspace many of t[...]

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    14 • Scan Primary Folders Only - Scans folders m ost commonly u sed for storin g media, such as My Documents, My P ictures and Deskto p. • Scan All Folders - Scans your entire computer f or media (ex cept Windows and Program Files folders). • Select t he folders you want to scan –Let you ch oose the folder s for scanning. Vie w Full Screen/[...]

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    15 • Assign name s to image files as they ar e acquired (us ing today's da te or a descripti ve word). How to acquire images from a T WAIN compliant device: 1. Select a sc anner or othe r TW AIN device from the drop do wn list. 2. Choose the file format y ou want to use for the acquire d images (JPG). 3. If you've select ed JPG as the f[...]

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    16 In addition to the large photo workspace, th e Photo Editing T ools module incl udes five dist inct sets of controls: Enhance The Enhance fu nction includes two types of co ntrols: Auto Enhance Click "Auto En hance" button to improve the ov erall quality of y our pictures w ith a single click. Manual Fix For precise im age enhanceme nt[...]

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    17 How to fix the color of a ph oto: 1. D rag the color balance sliders to make the photo color a ppear more nat ural. Add red or yellow to make the photo warmer . Add blue or green to make th e photo cooler . 2. Drag the Lighte r/Darker slider to the left to reveal detai ls hidden in a dar k photo or to the right to make a faded photo l ook new ag[...]

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    18 4. Repeat the process un til all red eyes are fixed. 5. Click "Un do" if you make a mistake or don't like the re sult. Crop This feature enables you to t rim photos for d ramatic effec t or cut off the ugly/distracting parts of a picture. How to use cro p: 1. Choose the crop o rientation (po rtrait or landscape). 2. Select a fix e[...]

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    19 Blur Background This feature can be used in a subtle way -- to t one down un-im portant backgro und details, or f or dramatic effe ct -- by making the main subjec t of a photo pop ou t of the picture. How to use Bl ur Background : 1. With your cur sor , trace a lin e around the pe rson or object y ou want to st and out. When you release the mous[...]

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    20 2. Use the zoom control to z oom in on the bl emish. 3. Adjust the size of the healing brush so the cursor (circle) is only slightly larger than th e blemish. 4. Paint over the blemish. The area will be h ealed. Click "Undo" i f you make a mista ke or don't lik e the result. Clone The Clone to ol is good for rem oving unwant ed el[...]

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    21 Sharpen Sharpen blur ry areas. Pleas e click and dra g the sliders below to change t he brush siz e and transparency . Blur Smooth out r ough areas. Ple ase click and drag the slid ers below to chan ge the brush si ze and intensity. Paint Brush Let you "pai nt" on your imag e when you click and drag the mo use. Please c lick and drag t[...]

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    22 10.Specification Interface: USB 1.1 Image Sensor: 5 mega CMOS s ensor Lens: F no.= 5.0, 2 G + 2 P Panel 2.4" TFT Focus Rang e: Fixed focus Exposure Co ntrol: Automatic / Manual ( -2.0 EV~ +2.0E V) Color Balance: Automatic Scan high resoluti on 1,800 dpi = 25 20 * 1680 3,600 dpi = 5 040 * 3360 Data Conversion 10 bits per color channel Film t[...]