User`s guide

INDEX

The various measures of the image files produced will be displayed in the status area at the

bottom right of the VueScan window.

File naming and saving

The Output tab has several options to specify the name of the files VueScan produces. You

may either type the filename in directly, or click the '@' button to open a visual file and folder

navigation window.

You may specify a default folder for all file operations, but filenames may also specify the path

to a sub-folder of the default (a relative path), or even a completely different location (an

absolute path).

VueScan can save multiple files at once. For example, you may want to save a high-resolution

TIFF for archiving purposes or later editing, and lower quality (and size) JPEG files for other

purposes.

Auto-numbering

VueScan provides an auto-numbering feature that allows you to create unique filenames

automatically. Depending on the task you are doing, VueScan can either use the next number

in a series, or it can use the current frame number (as indicated inInput | Frame number (p. 54))

when creating a new filename.

This option is available and works the same for "crop" files (scans that have been cropped and

processed) in TIFF, JPEG, PDF and OCR text formats or "scan" files that contain the raw,

minimally processed output from the scanner.

If the "@" symbol is used in the file name, file names in the form "Scan-YYMMDD-0001+" are

used (where YY is the year, MM is the month, and DD is the day). The last digits are increased

until an unused file name is found.

Serial numbering with +

Insert a plus sign (+) anywhere in the filename in order to instruct VueScan to add a number in

that place if needed to create a new unique filename in the folder. If you put one or more digits

before the plus sign, VueScan will start counting from that number.

VueScan finds the next available number by looking for files matching the pattern specified;

one by one it adds one to the digit(s) in the name until it finds an unused filename. So if the

pattern is "crop0001+.tif" and the folder is empty, the first file will be "crop0001.tif", the

second "crop0002.tif" and so on. You can start at any number (e.g. "crop1001+.tif").

Note that if you delete a file from an existing numbered series, the next file saved will fill the

open position. This can be useful if you want to match file numbers with exposure frame

numbers or other numerical indexes.

Add leading zeros to the starting number in order to "reserve" having filenames of the same

length.

If more than one plus sign (or equals sign) is specified, VueScan will ignore all but the last.

Using same file name as raw files with *