This tab lets you specify what types of files are
written when scanning, and the file names and options
for these files.
- Default folder
- This option specifies the default folder
to read/write files. This folder is used if a file name
doesn't include a folder name in front of it,
- Output raw file
- This enables writing raw data from the
scanner to a TIF file when scanning. This raw data is completely
unprocessed data straight from the CCD of the scanners. The
image gamma value is 1.0 when there are two bytes per sample,
and 2.2 when there is one byte per sample.
The gamma 1.0 data in the raw file will look dark, but this
is normal. This file is seldom useful except to process again
by setting the "Device|Scan from" option to "Disk".
- Raw file name
- This specifies the name of the TIF file used to
hold the raw data from the scanner.
Note that you can add a path name to the front of any file name.
For instance, you can store the raw scan data on another disk
by using d:/temp/scan0001.tif.
You can also use file names like test1234+.tif, which will produce
test1234.tif, test1235.tif, etc.
- Raw compression
- This specifies whether to use compression
when writing the raw file.
- Output to window
- This enables updating the scan window
when a scan completes (the preview is always updated when
previewing). If you're scanning to raw files or doing batch
scanning, you can speed up the process by turning this option off.
- Output TIFF file
- This enables writing the cropped
and processed images to a TIFF file when scanning.
- TIFF file name
- This specifies the name of the TIF file to hold the
cropped and processed images. The default setting of this option is
crop0001+.tif, which means to use crop0001.tif, crop0002.tif,
etc.
If you put "=" into the file name after some digits, the frame number
will be added to these digits. For instance, using neg017=.tif
and scanning frame 1 will create neg017.tif, scanning frame 3
will create neg019.tif, etc. Note that the frame number is
relative to the start of the film strip, not relative to the
start of a scanning job.
- TIFF file type
- This option describes the resolution of the
cropped TIF file, in bits per pixel. It should normally be set to
24-bits per pixel, since many image editing programs are unable to
read TIF files with higher bit depth than this.
If you select 8 bits or 16 bits, the file will be saved in black/white
format.
- TIFF compression
- This specifies whether to use compression
when writing the TIFF file.
- TIFF profile
- This specifies whether to embed an ICC
color profile into the TIFF file. This is primarily useful
if you're using Photoshop. You can specify the profile to
use by setting the color space in the Color tab.
- Output JPEG file
- This enables writing the cropped
and processed images to a JPEG file when scanning.
- JPEG file name
- This specifies the name of the JPG file to hold the
cropped and rotated images. The default setting of this option is
crop0001+.jpg, which means to use crop0001.jpg, crop0002.jpg,
etc.
If you put "=" into the file name after some digits, the frame number
will be added to these digits. For instance, using neg017=.jpg
and scanning frame 1 will create neg017.jpg, scanning frame 3
will create neg019.jpg, etc. Note that the frame number is
relative to the start of the film strip, not relative to the
start of a scanning job.
- JPEG quality
- This option controls the quality of the JPG
file. Using 100 produces images with few visible JPG artifacts,
and 50 results in images with noticeable artifacts, but with much
smaller sizes. The default value of 90 produces fairly small images
with little visible degradation in image quality.
- JPEG black/white
- This enables writing the cropped
and processed images to a monochrome JPEG file. If you're
working with black/white film, this will produce files that
are smaller than color files.
- JPEG profile
- This specifies whether to embed an ICC
color profile into the JPEG file. This is primarily useful
if you're using Photoshop. You can specify the profile to
use by setting the color space in the Color tab.
- Output index file
- This enables writing the cropped
and processed images to an index file when scanning.
- Index file name
- This specifies the name of the BMP file to hold the
index print. Each cropped image is added to the index print from left
to right, top to bottom.
- Index frame
- This option controls the placement of images
in the index print. If zero, the images are added from left to right,
top to bottom. If a number, the images are added at that frame
position (1 is the upper left, 2 is the frame to the right, etc.).
- Index width
- This is the width of an index frame, in pixels.
- Index height
- This is the height of an index frame, in pixels.
- Index margin
- This is the margin around an index frame, in pixels.
- Index across
- This is the number of index frames across in
an index file.
- Output log file
- If enabled, VueScan will log all data sent
and received from the scanners to vuescan.log. This is primarily
for debugging problems with scanners, and you should only use
this feature if you want to send it with a bug report when a
scanner isn't working right and you suspect a problem with the
way VueScan is controlling the scanner.