CyberView X5 MF User’s Manual
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Getting Started Quick Installation Guide (QIG) Installing Software and Driver Installing Hardware Inserting 35mm Slides Inserting 35mm Film strips Additional Features One Button Scan (PC ONLY Feature) How to Scan Film and Slides STEP 1 - Acquire Driver STEP 2- Select Film Type STEP 3 - Optional Prescan STEP 4 - Set Scan Settings STEP 5 - Set Scan Preferences STEP 6 - Scan STEP 7 - Exit 16 User Interface I Main Window Area II Preview Window Area III Active Frame Setting Area IV Thumbnail Pa
GETTING STARTED Check the package content before getting started. For Quick Installation please refer to Quick Installation Guide. (Ref. Pg. 11) Important! Save the original box, receipt and packing material for future shipping needs. Package Contents • Film Scanner. • Power Adapter Warning! Using any other power adapter may severely damage the scanner and will void the product warranty. • USB 2.0 Cable. • SilverFast SE Scanning software CD GENERAL GUIDANCE: • • • • Only use the supplied USB-Cable.
Operating Ambient Temperature Range 50º to 104ºF (10º to 40ºC) Note: Do not turn on the scanner unless it is within this range. If the scanner has been stored or transported outside of this range, allow it to return to within this range before turning it on. Operating Ambient Humidity Range 15% to 76% relative humidity (non-condensing) Note: If the scanner is stored or to be transported in cold temperature and then brought into a warm / humid environment condensation may occur.
QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND DRIVER Installing Scanner Driver NOTE: Make sure the scanner is NOT connected to the computer during the Cyber- View X 5.0 driver installation. a. Download the CyberView X scanning software from the website Download Drivers Click Here b. c.
Installing Hardware a. Connect the slide scanner to a power source. 1. Locate the power switch on the lower left t side back of the scanner. Make sure the scanner is TURNED OFF. 2. Plug the AC adapter into an AC power source FIRST before plugging it into the scanner. 3. Attach the USB cable to the computer using the standard USB adapter end. Attach the U shaped USB adapter end of the cable to back panel of the scanner.
Attention Before Scanning…Make sure there is no filmstrip inside scanner before you insert the slide and there is no slide inside scanner before you insert the filmstrip. Please note the slide and filmstrip cannot be put into the scanner at the same time. Mounted Slides 1. Insert the slide into the slot on the front of the unit, with the dull (emulsion)side facing up This will result in backwards scans, however to achieve the best quality this is how they need to be placed 2.
Inserting Filmstrips 1. Insert the filmstrip with emulsion side up from the left film entrance. 2. Scanner will auto load and position the first frame in the center of the viewing window, if the first frame is not at the correct position, please move it by clicking “FORWARD“ or “REVERSE“ button and you can also move it via the fine tuning function in CyberView interface. See Page 24 3.
Additional features Buttons on the scanner Eject - Ejects the Film strip Reverse - Reverses the strip one frame Forward - Advances the film one frame Scan - See One Button Scanning below One Button Scan (PC ONLY) 1. FIRST you must Open the CyberView software (see page 11 to acquire the CyberView driver program) 2. Configure Scan Settings (see Page) 3. Select the Scan to directory, file format (TIF or JPG, once configured, Press the scanner button) to begin scanning.
HOW TO SCAN STEP 1 – Turn on the scanner Wait for the flashing light to come on steady indicating the hardware is ready to use. Acquire Driver (For PC User) Open CyberView from Start – All Programs –CyberView or desktop icon (For MAC User) Open Macintosh Hard drive – Applications –CyberView X.app or from the Apple menu Go – Applications – CyberView X.app STEP 2 – Select Film Type Select the film type to be scanned – Positive , Negative or B&W (Black and White).
HOW TO SCAN…cont. STEP 4 – Set Scan Parameters Notice: Higher scanning resolutions result in greater scanning time and hard disk space requirements. a. Resolution The default scanning resolution is 1000dpi, additional resolution options are listed below. b. Color Depth Choose between 8 and 16bit. A higher color depth setting will result in a larger range of colors in the final scanned image. The Film Scanner color depth is 48 bit true color.
Set Scan Preferences Select Scan - Preference - Film Type - Scan Setting or click the Settings icon on the main user interface This opens the main settings window
Scan Setting
Advanced settings
Default Scan Area
Scan Prescan – Prescan Current or Prescan ALL (strip 3 -40 frames) Calibrating Prescanned images appear here, NOTE: Scanned images DO NOT appear in the CyberView window Scan - ScanScan Current Frame: Scan current image in the viewing window Scan selected: images chosen from strip (if you performed an optional Prescan) Example 1 & 3 selected Scan ALL: scan all frames in the strip 3-40 frames Measuring the films density Scanning
USER INTERFACE
There are four major parts of the CyberView X 5 user interface: I. Main Window Area [Fixed Windows] II. Preview Window Area [Fixed Window] III. Active Frame Setting Area [Floating Window] I. Main Window Area [Fixed Windows] Menu Commands - Scan Prescan - Prescan Current Frame: Pre-scan the existing slide. Scan - Scan Current Frame - Scan Selected to File - Scan All Menu Commands - Preview (overview) Zoom, Rotate & Flip features.
Menu Commands - Image Adjustment a. Image Adjustment 1. Variations: Generates different views of image with options to make changes to highlights, mid-tones, etc.
2. Color Balance To adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, and color (CMY or RGB) of the image. Comparisons between before and after adjusted images are shown for reference Example: If a previewed image appears too dark, use the “Brightness” slider in the “Color Balance” window to adjust the image by selecting the slider in the center and moving it to the right. The image’s “After” view becomes lighter. Select “OK” to accept the changes which will be sent to the scanning hardware.
3. Curves and Levels Adjust image settings by moving Curve and Levels settings. Comparison between before and after adjustment is displayed for reference. Example: When the previewed image appears to be too dark, adjustments with the Input slider in the Curves and Levels window can be made to correct the image. Selecting the Gray slider in the center and moving it to the left will result in changes in the “After” view resulting in a lighter image.
Menu Commands - Windows 1. Exposure Setting: To adjust the exposure time (R, G, B) press ”Reset” to restore to the default setting. Menu Commands - Help • Update: Firmware: Upgrade the firmware version, select the path where the file of firmware has been saved.
II. Preview Window Area [Fixed Windows] Prescan: Pre-scans the current film, or press drop down for more options. Scan: Scan film, begins the scan process or press drop down button for more options Image Adjustment: Accesses the image adjustment area after a Prescan has been performed Press drop down button for more options.
CyberView X Left Tool bar diagram These tools become available when an image is prescanned first Crop Tool: Select scan area: more than one selection can be made at a time. Zoom In: To magnify the image where the cursor is currently located. The image will be magnified with every click until the maximum multiple (1000%) is reached.
II. Preview Window Area [Fixed Windows] (Continued...) Image Alignment Tool Frame adjustment tool (TA BS) if your film is miss aligned after insertion you can use these TA BS on the ruler to adjust alignment by dragging the TA B to align with the edge of the film frame You can select the ruler measurement unit “in“-“cm“-“px“ by clicking the upper left corner.
Status Line In the lower left hand corner, the color level (RGB: red, green, blue) and coordinates of the location [ex: I] are displayed. The zoom scale, the current frame location and how many areas selected to scan (if you see Selections 2 or higher indicates: Multiple scan areas on one slide [ex: II]. I. II. III. Scan Setting Area [Floating Windows] Normal mode: [ex: I] to input the basic parameter to scan (including scan resolution, film size, color depth).
IV. Thumbnail Panel Area [Floating Windows] Images only appear here in Prescan mode, scan to file goes directly to the hard drive, this window remains blank as does the main CyberView window. Displays thumbnail view of pre-scanned images. By default all pre-scanned images are selected. Note the small check mark below the image. When scanning more than 6 frames (6 at a time are viewable in the thumbnail panel) you may scroll to view more by clicking on the right arrow button.
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