KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner User’s Manual Addendum Version 2.
Introduction .......................................................................................................5 System Requirements......................................................................................5 MICROSOFT WINDOWS ...........................................................................5 MACINTOSH................................................................................................6 Software Installation ...............................................................
Settings Tab....................................................................................................15 Status Bar .......................................................................................................15 File Size ......................................................................................................15 Scan All, DMin Cal, Light Cal, Resize Window ........................................15 Scan All.....................................................................
Image Window............................................................................................22 Tabs ................................................................................................................24 Settings Tab................................................................................................24 Frame Number ...........................................................................................24 Auto Balance Button ...............................................
Introduction This document contains information describing the KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner (RFS 3600) version 2.10 software. This software package includes a MICROSOFT WINDOWS TWAIN Data Source and a MACINTOSH Acquire Module; these two items will be referred to as the Host Software. Your RFS 3600 must have firmware version 1.34 installed for this Host Software to work properly. This document discusses the new features and layout of the version 2.
The KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source is TWAIN 1.8 compliant. The RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source has been tested on systems using the following Microsoft Operating Systems: 1) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 Second Edition (SCSI and USB) 2) MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SCSI only) 3) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 (USB only, Must have System Administrator privileges to install and run the software.
The Acquire Module is not qualified for use on machines running Mac OS X. Software Installation From a CD If you have a Version 2.10 Host Software CD, install the software as follows: MICROSOFT WINDOWS Please note: When installing the Host Software on some MICROSOFT WINDOWS systems, you may be presented with various dialog boxes stating the RFS 3600 Host Software has not passed MICROSOFT WINDOWS Logo Testing, or the software does not have a Microsoft Digital Signature.
MACINTOSH 1) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD icon will appear on the desktop. Double-click the icon and then double-click on the “Install RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source” icon to start the software installation procedure. If you have more than one version of Adobe Systems software (Photoshop, Photoshop LE or Photoshop Elements) on your MACINTOSH, the installer will located all instances of Import/Export folders and prompt you for the location to place the RFS 3600 module.
3) If you have a previous version of the RFS 3600 Film Scanner TWAIN Data Source, a message will appear telling you the older TWAIN must be removed before the new TWAIN can be installed. Click OK and the removal process will execute. 4) Once the old TWAIN is removed, the installation of the new TWAIN will start automatically. If it does not, double click the Setup.exe icon again. When the installation screens for the new TWAIN appears, follow the directions on the screens.
Launch the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software and make sure the monitor and output profiles selected in the Settings tab are the same. (Selecting the Kodak sRGB Display profile should produce satisfactory results in most cases). The monitor profile controls how the prescan image is rendered and the output profile controls how the final scan is rendered. If these profiles are the same, the prescan shown in the RFS 3600 Host Software should match the final scan which appears in ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.
connected film scanner before you boot your computer. For SCSI or USB, ensure the sliding panel on the back of the film scanner has been slid completely to the side not in use. 3) The internal SCSI terminator used in the RFS 3600 is an active terminator which requires power from the scanner. Some computers may experience startup problems if the scanner is turned off when the computer performs its power up routines. If you experience this problem with your computer (e.g.
Host Software installer places the RFS 3600 USB driver, RFS3600Extension, in the System Folder’s Extensions folder. MICROSOFT WINDOWS MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 and MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP may not support your installed SCSI interface board. Check www.microsoft.com, Hardware Compatibility List Database, for complete information regarding the OS and supported SCSI Host Adapters.
file(s) which get larger and larger as you send more and more data to ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. Even if you have a system with hundreds of megabytes, or even more than 1 gigabyte of DRAM, switching between multiple ADOBE PHOTOSHOP image MICROSOFT WINDOWS, each holding a 50MB image, can be time consuming and awkward. If you are performing high resolution scans of several frames, it is a more efficient workflow for you to send the image files directly to your hard drive.
Main Screen When you select the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software from the ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Import sub-menu, the Main Screen and Settings tab will appear. Figure 1 is similar to how the main screen will look when the software is started and a filmstrip is in the scanner. All new software features that have been created since the Version 1.00 Host Software will be discussed in this addendum.
Settings Tab Most of the Settings Tab features have not been changed. As with Version 1.20 software, select your film type (Negative, Reversal or Black & White) and then select the correct film term in the drop down box. Make a selection for your Monitor and Output Profile. You may select a Sharpening Level before or after you perform a Prescan. The Auto Balance icon has been moved to the right of the Sharpening radio buttons.
Scan All or select one thumbnail (which deselects all others), all prescanned frames are deselected except for the frame displayed in the tabs. If Scan All is enabled and then Scan or Scan to File is selected after one or more frames have been prescanned, a final scan is performed on each prescanned frame and on all remaining frames on the filmstrip located to the left of the prescanned frames.
When scanning Color Negative or B&W negative filmstrips, be sure the strip has less than one half of the frame completely exposed (i.e. film is totally black). The DMin measurement will fail if the scanner "sees" a full frame of black film. Trim the film strip so that when it is inserted into the scanner, the first frame has some transparent leader. Similarly, a problem might exist if you exit the Host Software when the last frame of your filmstrip is near the exit port of the scanner.
• Figure 4, Configuration Screen Prescan Resolution You may now select between three different prescan resolutions – 300, 600 or 900 dpi. A high dpi Prescan will maintain higher image quality longer if you magnify the Prescan using the Zoom In tool. However, higher dpi Prescans will take longer to perform and process and place larger temporary files on your hard drive. The files will be deleted when the Host Software is closed.
Selecting 8 bits Output Depth commands the Host Software to transform the image data from the Kodak 12-bit processing space to 8-bit space before it is transferred into ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or the image file is written to your hard drive (Scan to File feature). Selecting 16 bits causes the data to be moved from 12-bit space to 16-bit space before the data is sent to ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or to your hard drive.
Scan Icons All of the icons dealing with film scanning have been grouped together in the middle of the bottom edge of the main screen. These icons, seen in Figure 5, are, left to right: Autofocus (AF), Prescan Frame, Prescan Strip, Scan and Scan to File. These functions of these buttons have not been changed or enhanced.
Focus Details The focus point value, either from an AF or Manual focus operation, is saved and used from scan session to scan session. It is up to you, the film scanner's user, to decide how often you want to use the focus feature. A mounted slide and a filmstrip have different focus points. Also, slide mounts with different thickness’ will have different focus points. Your computer will store the separate values used for the last slide and filmstrip focus point.
Thumbnails Page 49 of the original User's Manual states that image thumbnails will not be affected by color adjustments made by the user. This is incorrect; the thumbnails will reflect the changes seen in the Preview Image. The thumbnail strip across the top of the Main Screen has some new features. Click on a thumbnail to select it and the frame’s Preview Image appears in the Preview Screen. The thumbnail which is currently being displayed in the Preview Screen has a dashed red border.
Tabs Settings Tab Frame Number The thumbnail number of the frame which is currently being displayed in the Preview Window is shown in the upper right corner of the Settings Tab. See Frame Numbering to learn how to match the thumbnails’ numbers with the filmstrip’s frame numbers. • Figure 8, Frame Number Auto Balance Button The Auto Balance button has been moved onto the Setting Tab and placed next to the Sharpening radio buttons.
Color Balance and Levels & Curves Tab Page 73 and 75 of the original User's Manual state that the Before and After images on the Color Balance and Levels & Curves tabs will be identical when you enter the respective tab. This is only true if you have made no adjustments to the image with the black/gray/white balance eyedroppers, the color tools, or the tone curve tools.
Scan and Output Settings • Figure 10, Scan and Output Settings The Scan and Output settings (Resolution, Height and Width) are laid out to allow their values to be easily compared, and to make the relationships between these fields more apparent. The Magnification value from Scan to Output is no longer displayed, but is still maintained by the software.
which is a 24% reduction from the scan resolution of 2000 dpi. Note that this is also a 417% increase in resolution from Output back to the Scan. Automatic Software Adjustments As in Version 1.x Host Software, whenever you change a Scan or Output setting, the software has to change one or more of the other settings to balance the formulas listed above. In Version 2.
Intended Use and Output Resolution The Intended Use field allows you to set the Output Resolution by selecting the intended use of the image. The choices are seen below, the resolution listed to the right of each choice indicates its corresponding Output Resolution.
KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Relationship between Scan settings & Output settings Output 4x6 inch Print 6” 4” 1920 dots 417% increase in size 2880 dots 480 dots per inch 1.44” 24% decrease in resolution (dpi) Scan 35mm Slide 0.
Miscellaneous Items Information Icon The functions contained within the Version 1.x About icon and Help icons have been combined in a screen which is produce by clicking the Information icon. See Figure 12. • Figure 12, Information Screen Clicking the Upgrade Firmware button starts the firmware update procedure. See the User’s Manual for details.
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