User manual UMAX ASTRANET E3420

[. . . ] AstraNET e3420 & AstraNET e3470 OWNER'S GUIDE 0400-UTI P/N: 83100187-0001 Trademarks UMAX is a trademark of UMAX Technologies, Inc. IBM PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. MS-Windows, Windows, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other names and trademarks appearing herein are trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright ©2000 UMAX Technologies, Inc. [. . . ] Using the Multiple Scan Mode You can select multiple portions of the image you scanned in Preview mode using the Multiple Frame tool. 40 UMAX AstraNET e3420 / AstraNET e3470 Owner's Guide The Multiple Frame tool allows you to create two or more selection frames in the Preview Window. 2. After you have scanned an image in Preview scan mode, click on the Multiple Frame tool. Select the area you want contained in the first frame by clicking on the point at which you want to begin the frame, and then dragging the tool diagonally until the area of interest is contained in the marquis box. To create other frames, repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have created all the desired frames. After you create a frame, the Single Frame tool is automatically selected so you can resize or move the frame you just created. 3. 4. To select one of the frames you created, double-click on the desired frame. The frame border of the active frame changes to a marquis style frame (dotted lines). Once a frame is selected, double-click on a frame to display the Job Information window for that image, which contains the image information. Thumbnails of the selected frames appear in the job list window. 2. The frame in the 41 Preview window associated with the thumbnail, changes to a dashed outline. 3. Click on the "X" button, located in the bottom-left corner of the thumbnail, to remove the frame. Using the Color Adjustment Features The Color Adjustment features allow you to make adjustments to the colors and/or tones in an image. The following lists the color adjustment settings you can modify: · · · · Brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, and gamma Image tones Color balance Rotation/Invert Adjusting Image Brightness, Contrast, Highlights and Shadows When you click on the Brightness/Contrast tab from the Color Adjustment panel a series of slide bars appear. Adjust the associated tones by dragging the slider in one of the bars to the left or the right. 42 UMAX AstraNET e3420 / AstraNET e3470 Owner's Guide Using the Brightness Bar This setting determines the overall intensity level (gray level) of an image. Moving the slider on the scroll bar to the right increases the brightness. The maximum brightness setting is 100, the minimum setting is ­100. Using the Contrast Bar This setting controls the difference between light and dark areas in an image. Moving the slider on the scroll bar to the right increases the gray shades between light and dark areas. Moving it to the left decreases gray shades between light and dark areas. Highlight Bar This setting defines the lightest (whitest) tones in the scanned image. If you broaden the range that includes the highlight points, the pixels within the newly specified range are be remapped allowing you to see more details in a color/gray image. Moving the slider on the scroll bar to the left increases the brightness. The maximum highlight setting is 255; the minimum is 1 (which is white). [. . . ] 4) Unless otherwise instructed, do not return any manuals or software when returning items for repair. 5) Ship to UMAX in the original packaging via a traceable shipping method (at owners expense) and retain the tracking number. This warranty is only valid within the boundaries and territories of the USA and Canada. UMAX is not responsible for costs incurred to shipping, insurance, customs, or duties. [. . . ]