Menus

There are a number of commands that can be chosen from the menus in the menu bar which are described below.

File|Save image

Same as pressing the "Save" button.

File|Page setup

This command lets you control how the scanned image is placed on the printed page.

File|Print setup

This command lets you control how the printer is configured.

File|Print image

This command prints the current preview or scan.

File|Load options

This command lets you load the current options settings from a file.

File|Save options

This command lets you save the current options settings to a file.

File|Default options

This command sets all options for the current scanner and scan mode to their default values.

File|Quit

This command causes VueScan to exit. The current option settings will be saved.

Scanner|Preview

Same as pressing the "Preview" button.

Scanner|Scan

Same as pressing the "Scan" button.

Scanner|Abort

Same as pressing the "Abort" button.

Scanner|Eject

Same as pressing the "Eject" button.

Scanner|Calibrate

This command causes a scanner calibration on those scanners that support calibration. Generally calibration compensates for three things:

• Lighting is usually uneven from one side of a scan to another
• Each CCD element has a slightly different sensitivity to light
• The dark voltage level of each CCD element is slightly different

When properly calibrated, then, the scanner would theoretically produce the same values for each pixel if an image that is a single tone and color were scanned.

Note: before calibrating, make sure any film holder or images are removed, and that a flatbed scanner glass is clean.

Sometimes the calibration data gets stored inside the scanner memory, sometimes it's done once for every scan and sometimes VueScan stores the calibration data in a file when the "Scanner|Calibrate" command completes.

On the PhotoSmart scanner, this is primarily useful for the print mode. You need to make sure you run this before making any scans of photographs (i.e. 5x7 prints). It creates vuescan.s10 (original PhotoSmart) or vuescan.s20 (PhotoSmart S20), which contains the calibration data for each of the 2700 scanner elements. If your scans have streaks in the scan direction, you probably need to clean the dust out of the scanner and then recalibrate.

On the Canon FS4000, this command creates vuescan.fs1, vuescan.fs2, and vuescan.fs3. These files contain the calibration data for the negative, slide and APS adapters.

If you find that your scans still have one or two narrow streaks in the scan direction, try doing a scan with the scanner turned on its side. This sometimes dislodges particles from the light path.

Scanner|Focus

This command focuses the scanner. The center of this focus area is displayed on the preview with a small animated box, and can also be changed with the "Input|Focus X offset" and "Input|Focus Y offset" options (options displayed only when the scanner is capable of this).

Scanner|Exposure

This command computes the optimal values for "Input|RGB exposure" and "Input|Infrared exposure". It uses the pixels inside the crop box in the Preview tab to compute these values.

Profile|Profile scanner/printer/film

See the section in this User's Guide describing ICC profiling of scanners, printers and film.

Image|Zoom In

Same as pressing the "Zoom In" button

Image|Zoom Out

Same as pressing the "Zoom Out" button

Image|Rotate left

Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise

Image|Rotate right

Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise

Image|Flip

Rotates the image 180 degrees

Image|Mirror

Mirrors the image left to right

Image|Refresh

If you've set "Prefs|Refresh delay" to zero, then this command updates the current image or histogram to match any option changes that have been made.

Image|Release memory

This command releases the memory used by VueScan to store the most recent scans and previews. This is useful if you need more memory for another program.

You can control how much memory VueScan will use by setting the "Prefs|Preview Mem" and "Prefs|Scan mem" options if your system is short on memory (or has plenty!). This option is only available when "Prefs|More options" is set.

Help|VueScan Help

This command displays the contents of the release notes.

Help|About

This command displays the version number and a box for entering your serial number.

This serial number is stored in:

   Mac OS X   ~/.vuescanrc
   Mac OS 9   System Folder:Preferences:VueScan Preferences
   Windows    Registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VuePrint\license\ActivationKey
   Linux      ~/.vuescanrc

On Mac OS X and Linux, you can also store the serial number in /etc/vuescanrc by creating this file with the following two lines:

[VueScan]
SerialNumber=xxxxxx

This lets multiple users on the same computer share the same serial number. Alternatively, you can run VueScan as root and enter the serial number (this will put the serial number into /etc/vuescanrc).