There are a number of commands that can be chosen from the menus and
these commands are described below. In addition, seven of these
commands can also be chosen with buttons and the bottom of the window.
- 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|Release memory
- This command releases the memory buffer for the
scan. This is useful if you need more memory for another program.
- File|Exit
- This command causes VueScan to exit.
- Folder|Default folder
- This command lets you specify the default folder
for reading and writing files.
- Folder|Raw folder
- This command lets you specify the folder for writing
raw scan files. The folder name is prepended to the "Files|Raw file name" option.
- Folder|TIFF folder
- This command lets you specify the folder for writing
TIFF files. The folder name is prepended to the "Files|TIFF file name" option.
- Folder|JPEG folder
- This command lets you specify the folder for writing
JPEG files. The folder name is prepended to the "Files|JPEG file name" option.
- Folder|Index folder
- This command lets you specify the folder for writing
Index files. The folder name is prepended to the "Files|Index file name" option.
- Folder|Disk folder
- This command lets you specify the folder for reading
disk files. The folder name is prepended to the "Device|Disk file name" option.
The disk file name is only visible when the "Device|Scan from" option is
set to "Disk".
- Device|Calibrate
- This command causes a scanner calibration on those
scanners that support calibration.
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.
- Device|Focus
- This command focuses the scanner on the center of
the device region. This only works if the scanner is capable of being
focused (i.e. the Minolta Scan Multi, all Nikon scanners, the Acer
ScanWit, and the Polaroid SprintScan 4000). This command is mainly
useful if the automatic focus is turned off.
- Device|Eject
- This command ejects film from the scanner possible. If
using an APS adapter, this rewinds the film in the cassette.
If the adapter has been ejected or rewound previously, choosing
this command again re-inserts the film.
- Device|Abort
- This command aborts a long-running operation,
such as scanning, cropping, or calibrating.
- Preview|Memory
- This command works the same as
"Preview|Device", except it reads the raw scan data from
the memory buffer instead of the scanner.
- Preview|Device
- This command does a quick preview
scan of the scan region, and displays it in the preview window.
If the scanner can detect inserted images and if the memory
buffer is valid, the raw data is read from the memory buffer
instead of the scanner.
If you want to preview more than one frame at a time, put a list of
frames you want to scan in the "Frame numbers" box in the lower
left corner of the window. You can also put a letter indicating
the additional rotation for a frame next to the frame number
(i.e. you can use "1-3,4R,7L" to specify frames 1-3, frame 4
rotated 90 degrees clockwise and frame 7 rotated 90 degrees
counterclockwise).
The frame number is combined with the "Disk file name" option
by incrementing the digits prior to a "+" in the file name,
or by incrementing the last digit found in the file name.
For instance, setting the "Frame numbers" to "1,3,5" and
setting the "Disk file name" to "scan123xyz.tif" will scan
scan123xyx.tif, scan125xyz.tif, and scan127xyz.tif.
- Scan|Memory
- This command works the same as
"Scan|Device", except it reads the raw scan data from
the memory buffer instead of the scanner.
- Scan|Device
- This command does a scan of the
scanner using the options in the Options tab. The
output of the scan is displayed in the Scan tab, and optionally
written to the file types enabled in the Files tab.
If the scanner can detect inserted images and if the memory
buffer is valid, the raw data is read from the memory buffer
instead of the scanner.
If you want to scan more than one frame at a time, put a list of
frames you want to scan in the "Frame numbers" box in the lower
left corner of the window. You can also put a letter indicating
the additional rotation for a frame next to the frame number
(i.e. you can use "1-3,4R,7L" to specify frames 1-3, frame 4
rotated 90 degrees clockwise and frame 7 rotated 90 degrees
counterclockwise).
The frame number is combined with the "Disk file name" option
by incrementing the digits prior to a "+" in the file name,
or by incrementing the last digit found in the file name.
For instance, setting the "Frame numbers" to "1,3,5" and
setting the "Disk file name" to "scan123xyz.tif" will scan
scan123xyx.tif, scan125xyz.tif, and scan127xyz.tif.
- Help|Contents
- This command displays contents page of the help file.
- Help|About
- This command displays the release notes and a box that
lets you enter your VuePrint/VueScan serial number.