Vuescan Users Guide 2018

VueScan User's Guide
Copyright 2018 Hamrick Software
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Contents
Getting started with VueScan ............................................................................9
Common tasks ..................................................................................................12

Scanning to a multi-page PDF file .......................................................................................... 12
Scanning two-sided documents with a single-sided document feeder ................................... 12
Scanning many photographs in a batch ................................................................................. 13
Turn VueScan into a 'photocopier' .......................................................................................... 14
Saving files .............................................................................................................................. 15
Choosing different resolutions ................................................................................................ 16
Quick settings ...................................................................................................18
Hints and tips ....................................................................................................20
APPENDIX A: Advanced tools and techniques ..............................................22

Adjusting Color Balance.......................................................................................................... 22
Histograms .............................................................................................................................. 23
Calculating DPI for negatives ................................................................................................. 24
Using Raw Scan Files ............................................................................................................. 25
Advanced Workflow Suggestions ........................................................................................... 26
Scanner Profiling with IT8 Targets.......................................................................................... 27
Printer Profiling with IT8 Targets ............................................................................................ 28
Film Profiling with IT8 Targets ................................................................................................ 29
How VueScan Works .............................................................................................................. 30
Scanning Color Negative Film ................................................................................................ 32
Scanning Black/White Negative Film ...................................................................................... 33
Maximizing Image Quality ....................................................................................................... 33
File Formats ............................................................................................................................ 34
Film types ................................................................................................................................ 34
APPENDIX B: Buttons, menus and options reference ...................................38

Menus ..................................................................................................................................... 38
File | Save image ............................................................................................................. 38
File | Save image+ ........................................................................................................... 38
File | View ........................................................................................................................ 38
File | Page setup .............................................................................................................. 38
File | Print image .............................................................................................................. 38
File | Load options ........................................................................................................... 38
File | Save options ........................................................................................................... 39
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File | Default options ........................................................................................................ 39

File | Quit.......................................................................................................................... 39
Edit | Copy image ............................................................................................................ 39
Edit | Copy OCR text ....................................................................................................... 39
Scanner | Preview ............................................................................................................ 40
Scanner | Scan ................................................................................................................ 40
Scanner | Scan+ .............................................................................................................. 40
Scanner | Eject ................................................................................................................ 40
Scanner | Calibrate .......................................................................................................... 40
Scanner | Focus ............................................................................................................... 41
Scanner | Exposure ......................................................................................................... 41
Scanner | Previous .......................................................................................................... 41
Scanner | Next ................................................................................................................. 41
Profile | Profile scanner .................................................................................................... 41
Profile | Profile printer ...................................................................................................... 42
Profile | Profile film ........................................................................................................... 42
Image | Zoom In ............................................................................................................... 42
Image | Zoom Out ............................................................................................................ 42
Image | Rotate left ........................................................................................................... 42
Image | Rotate right ......................................................................................................... 42
Image | Flip ...................................................................................................................... 42
Image | Mirror .................................................................................................................. 42
Image | Release memory................................................................................................. 43
Image | Graph off ............................................................................................................. 43
Image | Graph raw ........................................................................................................... 43
Image | Graph b/w ........................................................................................................... 43
Image | Graph curve ........................................................................................................ 43
Image | Graph image ....................................................................................................... 43
PDF | Reverse ................................................................................................................. 43
PDF | Interleave ............................................................................................................... 43
PDF | Separate ................................................................................................................ 43
PDF | Swap even/odd ...................................................................................................... 44
PDF | Delete .................................................................................................................... 44
Help | Help Center ........................................................................................................... 44
Help | Users Guide .......................................................................................................... 44
Help | Usage Tips ............................................................................................................ 44
Help | Release Notes ....................................................................................................... 44
Help | Problem Report ..................................................................................................... 44
Help | Update VueScan ................................................................................................... 45
Help | Remove VueScan ................................................................................................. 45
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Help | About ..................................................................................................................... 45

Buttons .................................................................................................................................... 46
Preview button ................................................................................................................. 46
Scan button ...................................................................................................................... 46
Scan+ button.................................................................................................................... 47
View button ...................................................................................................................... 47
Email button ..................................................................................................................... 47
Cancel button ................................................................................................................... 47
Save button ...................................................................................................................... 47
Save+ button.................................................................................................................... 48
Print button ...................................................................................................................... 48
Rotate L button ................................................................................................................ 48
Rotate R button................................................................................................................ 48
Zoom Out button .............................................................................................................. 48
Zoom In button................................................................................................................. 48
Previous frame button...................................................................................................... 48
Next frame button ............................................................................................................ 48
Input tab .................................................................................................................................. 48
Input | Options ................................................................................................................. 49
Input | Task ...................................................................................................................... 49
Input | Source .................................................................................................................. 49
Input | Files ...................................................................................................................... 50
Input | Mode ..................................................................................................................... 50
Input | Media .................................................................................................................... 50
Input | Microfilm zoom ...................................................................................................... 51
Input | Media size ............................................................................................................. 51
Input | Bits per pixel ......................................................................................................... 51
Input | Make gray from ..................................................................................................... 52
Input | Batch scan ............................................................................................................ 52
Input | Batch list ............................................................................................................... 52
Input | Frame number ...................................................................................................... 53
Input | Frame offset.......................................................................................................... 54
Input | Frame spacing ...................................................................................................... 54
Input | Preview resolution ................................................................................................ 54
Input | Preview dpi ........................................................................................................... 55
Input | Scan resolution ..................................................................................................... 55
Input | Scan dpi ................................................................................................................ 55
Input | Auto rotate ............................................................................................................ 55
Input | Auto flip ................................................................................................................. 56
Input | Rotation ................................................................................................................ 56
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Input | Auto skew ............................................................................................................. 56

Input | Skew ..................................................................................................................... 56
Input | Mirror .................................................................................................................... 56
Input | Auto focus ............................................................................................................. 56
Input | Focus .................................................................................................................... 57
Input | Auto scan .............................................................................................................. 57
Input | Auto save .............................................................................................................. 57
Input | Auto print .............................................................................................................. 57
Input | Auto lamp off......................................................................................................... 58
Input | Auto eject .............................................................................................................. 58
Input | Auto repeat ........................................................................................................... 58
Input | Number of samples............................................................................................... 58
Input | Number of passes................................................................................................. 59
Input | Grain dissolver ...................................................................................................... 59
Input | Frame alignment ................................................................................................... 60
Input | Fine mode ............................................................................................................. 60
Input | Show texture ......................................................................................................... 60
Input | Overscan .............................................................................................................. 60
Input | Double feed detect................................................................................................ 60
Input | Multi exposure ...................................................................................................... 61
Input | Lock exposure ...................................................................................................... 61
Input | RGB/Infrared exposure ......................................................................................... 61
Input | Red/Green/Blue analog gain ................................................................................ 62
Input | Lock film base color .............................................................................................. 62
Input | Lock image color................................................................................................... 62
Input | Blank page removal .............................................................................................. 63
Input | Default folder ........................................................................................................ 63
Input | File type ................................................................................................................ 63
Input | TIFF file name....................................................................................................... 63
Input | JPEG file name ..................................................................................................... 63
Input | PDF file name ....................................................................................................... 63
Crop tab .................................................................................................................................. 63
Crop | Crop size ............................................................................................................... 64
Crop | X/Y size ................................................................................................................. 65
Crop | Auto offset ............................................................................................................. 65
Crop | X/Y offset .............................................................................................................. 65
Crop | Multi type ............................................................................................................... 65
Crop | Multi crop .............................................................................................................. 66
Crop | X/Y images ............................................................................................................ 66
Crop | X/Y spacing ........................................................................................................... 66
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Crop | X/Y padding .......................................................................................................... 66

Crop | X/Y linked .............................................................................................................. 67
Crop | Show multi outline ................................................................................................. 67
Crop | Auto rotate ............................................................................................................ 67
Crop | Crop orientation .................................................................................................... 67
Crop | Lock aspect ratio ................................................................................................... 67
Crop | Aspect ratio ........................................................................................................... 68
Crop | Border (%) ............................................................................................................. 68
Crop | Buffer (%) .............................................................................................................. 68
Crop | Preview area ......................................................................................................... 69
Crop | Preview X/Y offset/size ......................................................................................... 69
Crop | Focus X/Y offset.................................................................................................... 69
Crop | All frames .............................................................................................................. 69
Filter tab .................................................................................................................................. 69
Filter | Infrared clean ........................................................................................................ 70
Filter | Restore colors ....................................................................................................... 70
Filter | Restore fading ...................................................................................................... 71
Filter | Grain reduction ..................................................................................................... 71
Filter | Sharpen ................................................................................................................ 71
Filter | Descreen .............................................................................................................. 71
Filter | Descreen dpi ......................................................................................................... 71
Filter | Flatten ................................................................................................................... 71
Filter | All frames .............................................................................................................. 71
Color tab ................................................................................................................................. 72
Color | Color balance ....................................................................................................... 72
Color | Neutral red/green/blue ......................................................................................... 74
Color | Black point (%) ..................................................................................................... 74
Color | Black point red/green/blue ................................................................................... 74
Color | White point (%) ..................................................................................................... 74
Color | White point red/green/blue ................................................................................... 75
Color | Threshold ............................................................................................................. 75
Color | Invert .................................................................................................................... 75
Color | Curve low/high ..................................................................................................... 75
Color | Brightness ............................................................................................................ 75
Color | Brightness red/green/blue .................................................................................... 76
Color | Film base color red/green/blue ............................................................................ 76
Color | Slide/Negative/B/W vendor/brand/type ................................................................ 76
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/Output/Monitor color space ................................................ 76
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/File/Monitor ICC profile ...................................................... 77
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film ICC description ................................................................... 77
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Color | Scanner/Printer/Film IT8 data .............................................................................. 77

Color | Show IT8 outline .................................................................................................. 78
Color | View color ............................................................................................................. 78
Color | Pixel colors ........................................................................................................... 78
Color | Clipped black color ............................................................................................... 78
Color | Clipped white color ............................................................................................... 78
Color | Out of gamut color................................................................................................ 78
Color | Infrared defect color ............................................................................................. 79
Color | All frames ............................................................................................................. 79
Output tab ............................................................................................................................... 79
Output | Default folder ...................................................................................................... 81
Output | Printed size ........................................................................................................ 81
Output | Magnification (%) ............................................................................................... 81
Output | Printed dpi .......................................................................................................... 82
Output | Printed width ...................................................................................................... 82
Output | Printed height ..................................................................................................... 82
Output | Auto file name .................................................................................................... 82
Output | File type ............................................................................................................. 82
Output | TIFF file .............................................................................................................. 82
Output | TIFF file name .................................................................................................... 82
Output | TIFF size reduction ............................................................................................ 83
Output | TIFF multi page .................................................................................................. 83
Output | TIFF file type ...................................................................................................... 83
Output | TIFF compression .............................................................................................. 83
Output | TIFF DNG format ............................................................................................... 84
Output | TIFF profile ......................................................................................................... 84
Output | JPEG file ............................................................................................................ 84
Output | JPEG file name .................................................................................................. 84
Output | JPEG size reduction .......................................................................................... 84
Output | JPEG multi page ................................................................................................ 85
Output | JPEG quality ...................................................................................................... 85
Output | JPEG black/white ............................................................................................... 85
Output | JPEG profile ....................................................................................................... 86
Output | PDF file .............................................................................................................. 86
Output | PDF file name .................................................................................................... 86
Output | PDF size reduction............................................................................................. 86
Output | PDF multi page .................................................................................................. 86
Output | PDF file type ...................................................................................................... 87
Output | PDF compression .............................................................................................. 87
Output | PDF paper size .................................................................................................. 87
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Output | PDF profile ......................................................................................................... 87

Output | PDF OCR text .................................................................................................... 87
Output | OCR text file ....................................................................................................... 88
Output | OCR text file name............................................................................................. 88
Output | OCR text language ............................................................................................ 88
Output | OCR text multi page........................................................................................... 88
Output | OCR text RTF format ......................................................................................... 89
Output | Index file ............................................................................................................. 89
Output | Index file name................................................................................................... 89
Output | Index frame ........................................................................................................ 89
Output | Index width ......................................................................................................... 89
Output | Index height ....................................................................................................... 90
Output | Index margin ...................................................................................................... 90
Output | Index across ....................................................................................................... 90
Output | Raw file .............................................................................................................. 90
Output | Raw file name .................................................................................................... 91
Output | Raw size reduction............................................................................................. 91
Output | Raw file type ...................................................................................................... 92
Output | Raw output with ................................................................................................. 92
Output | Raw save film ..................................................................................................... 92
Output | Raw compression .............................................................................................. 92
Output | Raw DNG format................................................................................................ 93
Output | Description ......................................................................................................... 93
Output | Copyright ............................................................................................................ 93
Output | Date ................................................................................................................... 93
Output | Log file ............................................................................................................... 94
Output | Log file max size (MB) ....................................................................................... 94
Prefs tab .................................................................................................................................. 94
Prefs | Language ............................................................................................................. 94
Prefs | Font size (pt) ........................................................................................................ 94
Prefs | Crop units ............................................................................................................. 95
Prefs | Printed units ......................................................................................................... 95
Prefs | External viewer ..................................................................................................... 95
Prefs | Viewer .................................................................................................................. 95
Prefs | Editor .................................................................................................................... 96
Prefs | Browser ................................................................................................................ 96
Prefs | Auto load options.................................................................................................. 96
Prefs | Graph type ............................................................................................................ 97
Prefs | Button 1/2/3/4 action ............................................................................................ 97
Prefs | Display raw scan .................................................................................................. 97
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Prefs | Display positive .................................................................................................... 97

Prefs | Splash screen ....................................................................................................... 98
Prefs | Histogram type ..................................................................................................... 98
Prefs | Animate crop box ................................................................................................. 98
Prefs | Thick crop box ...................................................................................................... 98
Prefs | Add extensions ..................................................................................................... 98
Prefs | Substitute date ..................................................................................................... 98
Prefs | Warn on overwrite ................................................................................................ 99
Prefs | Warn on not ready ................................................................................................ 99
Prefs | Warn on no scanner ............................................................................................. 99
Prefs | Exit when done ..................................................................................................... 99
Prefs | Beep when done .................................................................................................. 99
Prefs | Beep when auto eject ......................................................................................... 100
Prefs | Use temp file name ............................................................................................ 100
Prefs | Anti alias text ...................................................................................................... 100
Prefs | Anti alias image .................................................................................................. 100
Prefs | Enable density display ....................................................................................... 100
Prefs | Enable raw from disk .......................................................................................... 100
Prefs | Enable TIFF thumbnails ..................................................................................... 101
Prefs | Disable scanners ................................................................................................ 101
Prefs | Enable sliders/spin buttons ................................................................................ 101
Prefs | Enable popup tips............................................................................................... 101
Prefs | Calibration period ............................................................................................... 101
Prefs | Image memory (MB)........................................................................................... 102
Prefs | Window maximized/iconized x/y offset/size ....................................................... 102
Index .................................................................................................................104
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Getting started with VueScan
VueScan is a powerful scanning tool that's aimed at helping you get the most out of your
scanner and producing stunning results from your scanned photos.
It's packed with loads of useful and powerful features and currently supports more than 4300
scanners from 35 scanner manufacturers on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
The following tutorial is designed to familiarise you with the software and its user interface, and
to help you scan your first photos and slides.
You'll find useful hints and tips here on how to carry outcommon tasks (p. 12)such as batch
scanning and scanning to PDF files.
Getting to know VueScan

If you've used a scanner before, you've probably encountered something that looks a little
similar to VueScan. But it's still worth taking a little time to get used to where everything is
before diving in.
 The most important area is the Preview panel (p. 9). This is where your scanned
document appears after it is scanned. You use this area to prepare your images before
scanning them at full resolution
 Settings are adjusted using the controls in the left hand panel. This is called the
Options panel. It has tabs running along the top. These are used to change the type of
settings being adjusted
 The action buttons (p. 46) are at the bottom of the window. Use these to scan, preview
and carry out other essential tasks
 The menus (p. 38) at the top of the window can be used to access more advanced
functions. These are described in more detail in appendix B (p. 38)
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Basic Workflow
You can do most things in VueScan by simply pressing the Scan button (p. 46).
You can also see more options using Input | Options (p. 49) and you can choose additional
options before pressing the Preview button (p. 46) or Scan button (p. 46).
The basic process for scanning one image can be summed up in three simple steps (for an
explanation of the more advanced functions, see the appendices in this manual):
Load your image
1. Place your photo face down inside the scanner or load your slide/negative into your
slide scanner
2. For photos, set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Color"
3. For slides or negatives, set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Image", "Color Negative" or "B&W
negative"
Preview and crop
1. Click the Preview button (p. 46). This produces a quick, low resolution snapshot for you
to work on, before carrying out a full resolution scan
2. When the preview has finished your image will be displayed in the Preview panel (p. 9)
3. Click and drag the mouse to draw a box around the image. This ensures the scanner
does not waste time scanning blank areas
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Scan and save
1. Click the Scan button (p. 46)
2. Wait for the scan to finish. This varies depending on your scanner, the speed of your
computer and the resolution you are scanning at
3. Once the scan is complete it is automatically named and saved in the location specified
by Output | Default folder (p. 81)
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Common tasks
Scanning to a multi-page PDF file
Ever wanted to be able to scan in and send a multi-page document to a colleague, or a long
magazine article to a friend overseas? Use VueScan's multi-page PDF feature, and you won't
have to send them as individual image files any more.
Here's how to do it:
Adjust output settings
1. Select the Input tab (p. 48) at the top of the Options panel (p. 9)
2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.
Scan the first page
1. Place the documents in the document feeder or on the glass
2. Click the Scan button (p. 46) to start a new PDF file
Scan each page in succession
1. Place additional documents in the document feeder or on the glass
2. Click the Scan+ button (p. 47)
3. Repeat until you have no more pages to scan
4. Click the View button (p. 47) to view the multi-page PDF file
Scanning two-sided documents with a single-sided document feeder
Have you ever needed to scan two-sided documents, but your document feeder only scans one
side at a time? Use VueScan'sPDF | Interleave (p. 43) command and you can scan two-sided
(duplex) documents with your scanner.
Adjust output settings
1. Select the Input tab (p. 48) at the top of the Options panel (p. 9)
2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.
Scan the front sides
1. Place the documents in the document feeder front-side up
2. Click the Scan button (p. 46) to start a new PDF file
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3. The PDF file now contains pages 1,3,5,7,9
Scan the back sides
1. Place the documents in the document feeder back-side up
2. Click the Scan+ button (p. 47) to append to the PDF file
3. The PDF file now contains pages 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2
Rearrange the pages
1. Use the PDF | Interleave (p. 43) command to rearrange the pages
2. The PDF file now contains pages 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
3. Click the View button (p. 47) to view the multi-page PDF file
Scanning many photographs in a batch
If you have a whole pile of prints of the same size that you want to scan, you can reduce the
amount of time it takes. All you have to is to follow these simple steps:
Load and preview first image
1. Place the photo with its short edge against the short, bottom edge of the scanner
2. Set Crop | Crop size (p. 64) to the smallest size that will contain the picture
3. Follow steps 1 and 2 in the Basic Workflow (p. 9) section to preview your first photo
Scan and repeat
1. Click the Scan button (p. 46)
2. Remove the photo
3. Place another photo on the scanner in exactly the same position
4. Click the Scan button (p. 46) again
5. Repeat until the job is done
or... Use VueScan's auto repeat facility
1. This automates the batch scanning process completely, so you don't have to keep
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clicking the Scan button (p. 46)
2. On the Options panel (p. 9) select the Input tab (p. 48)
3. Set Input | Auto repeat (p. 58) to a 5 sec delay
4. Click the Scan button. Once VueScan has completed the first scan, place the next
image in the exactly the same position.
5. Wait - VueScan will start the next scan in five seconds
6. Repeat until you're done, then click the Cancel button (p. 47)
In each case, VueScan will carry out a full scan of the images, saving each one
automatically as it is processed.
Turn VueScan into a 'photocopier'
VueScan can be used to send images and documents directly to your printer, effectively turning
it into a photocopier.
1. Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 of the Basic Workflow (p. 9) part of this tutorial to preview and
scan your image
2. Click the Print button (p. 48) beneath the Preview panel (p. 9)
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3. Click Print to finish the job
Saving files
VueScan automatically saves each image or document you scan automatically and puts it in a
default folder.
You can change this, however, if you want to organize your images differently.
It's very easy to set up:
Choose folder
1. Select the Output tab (p. 79) on the Options panel (p. 9)
2. Click the @ button next to the Output | Default folder (p. 81) option
3. Use the Browse For Folder window to choose where you want to save your image.
Click OK
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Name your image
1. In the File name box, delete what's there already and type in a name for the image
2. Add a plus sign on the end of the name after some digits - VueScan will then save each
subsequent scan, automatically numbering each one in sequence
3. For instance image01+.jpg will produce: image01.jpg, image02.jpg, image03.jpg...

and so on
Choosing different resolutions
Depending on what you want to do with your documents and images, you may need to scan
them at different resolutions.
The best way to decide on the resolution to scan your images at is to make use of VueScan's
presets. These allow you to quickly pick the correct resolution for the task at hand:
Select output media
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1. Select the Input tab (p. 48) on the Options panel (p. 9)
2. If you want to output the image to a printer go to the next step, otherwise click the Scan
button (p. 46) now
Select output size
1. Select the Output tab (p. 79) on the Options panel (p. 9)
2. Choose the size you want to print at from the Output | Printed size (p. 81) option
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Quick settings
Each task so far has been carried out using the basic, default settings. These are fine for
scanning photos on a flatbed scanner.
If you want to scan documents, magazine articles slides or negatives, however, you need to use
different settings.
Here's a quick guide to setting up VueScan for different types of media:
Color slide
1. Choose File | Default options (p. 39) from the File menu (p. 38) to reset VueScan
2. Select Input tab (p. 48) on the Options panel (p. 9)
3. Set Input | Source (p. 49) to your scanner
4. Set Input | Mode (p. 50) to "Transparency"
5. Set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Image"
Black and white business document
4. Set Input | Mode (p. 50) to "Flatbed" (optional - depends on scanner)
5. Set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Text"
Color magazine article
4. Set Input | Mode (p. 50) to "Flatbed" (optional - depends on scanner)
5. Set Filter | Descreen (p. 71)
Black and white film

Traditional black and white (silver halide)
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5. Set Input | Media (p. 50) to "B/W negative"
Chromogenic black and white (or C-41 color processed)
5. Set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Color negative"
Black and white reversal film
5. Set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Image"
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Hints and tips
Scan images only once
If you want to try different ways of processing a negative or slide, you don't need to scan it more
than once. The raw scan data for both preview and scan is kept in memory. Just adjust the
settings and use theFile | Save image (p. 38) command on the File menu (p. 38) to save the
image once more.
Be discriminating
The best way to save time when scanning in a lot of photos is to first make some hard decisions
about what you scan. A good rule of thumb is that you should only scan one out of five pictures
from a roll of film. Most people can go through a set of 36 photos or slides and quickly see the
7 or 8 that they would like to scan.
Of course, if these are the only existing photos of your parent's wedding, then you probably
want to scan them all. Otherwise, be discriminating - nobody needs to scan out of focus
pictures of a cousin's friend's back garden from 10 years ago (smile).
Use JPEG files
Save disk space by scanning all photos and slides using the JPEG file format. Few people will
see much difference between JPEG files and file types such as TIFF and BMP, but JPEG files
take up only 10 per cent of the disk space of these other file types. With VueScan, set Output |
JPEG file (p. 84) to do this.
Back up to CD
After every day's work, burn every image you've scanned to a CD, label the CD, and then make
sure you can read the images from the CD. Burn two sets of CD's, keep one set for yourself,
and store a master copy separately.
Alternatively, upload the images to a cloud service, and for good luck use two different cloud
vendors.
Only use the master copy if your main copy has problems, otherwise don't touch it again. If
friends or relatives want a copy, make them a copy from your main copy.
CD's can fail, wear out, get scratched, get lost, get eaten by the dog - so always keep two
copies! Cloud vendors can go out of business - use two different ones.
Use default options
The default options have been designed to work well with most images and on most systems. If
you're having problems scanning, reset all the options to their default values by choosing the
File | Default options (p. 39)command from the File menu (p. 38). Now try changing one option
at a time and re-doing the scan.
It's also a good idea to reset to defaults whenever you start a new job. This means you can start
with a clean slate each time.
Use TIFF if archiving or editing files from VueScan
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Each time an image is saved as JPEG, some information about the image is lost, even at the
highest quality (and lowest compression) levels. This effect is compounded if you save a file,
then make some changes and save again. So if you plan on editing or otherwise modifying your
images at a later date, JPEG isn't the ideal choice
Instead, use TIFF, which stores all of the data of an image without any loss, even when
compressed. TIFF is a good choice for archiving files, and for image operations in image editing
applications like Photoshop(TM). The downside of TIFF is the file size. Even when compressed
the files are much larger than JPEGs.
Burn TIFF files to high quality CD-R or DVD disks for permanent archival.
Reduce Crop | Preview area (p. 69) on flatbed scanners to improve scan times
A lot of time involved in scanning is taken up with the movement of the scan head (for flatbed
scanners) or the media holder (for film scanners). The following tip will produce quicker scans.
Position the media in landscape orientation on the scanner (place the long edge of the photo,
for example, against the short, bottom edge of the scanner). This reduces the area that needs to
be covered by the scanner head.
Scanning text from paper for use with OCR software
To get the best results when scanning printed documents, set Input | Media (p. 50)to "Text".
This will ensure the result is limited to black and white, which will reduce noise. Typically OCR
packages expect TIFF file format; set Output | TIFF file (p. 82). You may also find the Output |
TIFF multi page (p. 83) and Output | PDF multi page (p. 86) option useful, as multiple pages will
be saved in a single file.
Turn off rotation if scanning with limited memory
If you save images that are significantly larger than the amount of memory on your computer,
set the Input | Rotation (p. 56) to None. This will make the cropping much faster.
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APPENDIX A: Advanced tools and techniques
Most of the common tasks have already been covered in the previous section. The next section
explains how to take advantage of some of VueScan's more advanced features.
Adjusting Color Balance
Correct color balance is critical for any image to look convincing. Neutral colors should remain
neutral and other colors lifelike.
VueScan's default setting for Color | Color balance (p. 72) ("White balance") is able to do this
automatically for the vast majority of scans. We say for the vast majority because if you've taken
a shot with unusual lighting, it can confuse the white balance algorithm.
The light from a sunset, for example, may be adjusted so that the ground appears grey instead
of orange and scans of flowers may appear less intense.
To solve this:
 Change Color | Color balance (p. 72) from "White balance" to "Neutral"
 If you're scanning slides, then make sure you've set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Image"
You can set the value of the neutral color yourself by using the manual setting, but be aware
this may seem counter intuitive as decreasing the red neutral color, for example, will increase
the overall red color of the image.
It's easier to use the right mouse button, click on a neutral color (ie shade of gray) to update the
color balance (use control key with Mac OS X). You can reset the color balance to White
Balance by double-clicking on the image with the right mouse button (use control key with Mac
OS X).
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Histograms
Histograms are graphs that display the distribution of tones and colors in the scanned image.
Dark tones are indicated at the left end of the x-axis of the graph, light tones at the right end,
and midtones are in the middle.
There are four different histogram graphs available in VueScan and these can be displayed in
the Options panel (p. 9) by selecting one of the Image | Graph ... (p. 43) options from the
Image menu (p. 38).
Here's a description of what each one does:
 Graph raw: displays the tone and color histogram from before any adjustments have
been made
 Graph image: displays the tone and color histogram after you have made adjustments
using the two graphs below...
 Graph b/w: allows you to set the black point and white point thresholds. This works in a
similar way as the levels tool in image editors such as Photoshop(TM). Drag the arrows
at the base of the graph to make adjustments
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 Graph curve: similar to the Curves tool in image editors such as Photoshop(TM), this
allows you to fine tune highlights, midtones and shadows. Drag the arrows at the base
of the graph to make adjustments
Calculating DPI for negatives
The following shows a basic formula for scaling a negative up to print size. It is important to note
that a 35mm frame will correctly scale proportionately to a 4x6in and 8x12in print.**
Scaling formula: (final image width X printer DPI)/original size = scanner resolution
For example, if you want to print a 4x6in print at 300 dpi on the printer from a 35mm
negative, first calculate the width:
4in x 300 printer DPI = 1200, then divide by original 0.9448 inch = 1270 (custom scanner dpi)
Then, just to be sure, calculate the height:
6 inch x 300 dpi = 1800, then divide by original 1.417 inch = 1270 (custom scanner dpi)
To scale to either 5x7 inch or 8x10 inch you should calculate using the larger dimension to avoid
having to crop the photo (eg 7 for 5x7 and 10 for 8x10). Use the lower value if you want exactly
5x7 inch or 8x10 inch but plan on cropping in your photo editor.
** A 35mm frame is 24x36 mm. This is approximately equivalent to 0.9448x1.417 inch.
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Using Raw Scan Files
If you're scanning several images in one go, scan each image once and save the raw CCD data
file. You can then re-process these scans in a variety of ways without having to scan the image
again. This minimises film handling and is the fastest way to re-process all the scans if you want
to try different options.
For batch scanning:
 Select File | Default options (p. 39) from the File menu (p. 38).
 Set the options on the Input tab (p. 48) of the Options panel (p. 9) for the source and
media you're using
 Set Crop | Preview area (p. 69) to "Default", Crop | Crop size (p. 64) to "Maximum"
 In the Output tab (p. 79) un-check all the options except for Output | Raw file (p. 90)
As each image is scanned, files with sequential numbering such as "scan0001.tif, scan0002.tif",
etc. will be created. You can change the folder and file names by changing the Output | Raw file
(p. 90) name option.
To re-process these raw files:
 Set the Input | Source (p. 49) option to "File", and set Input | Files (p. 50)to point to the
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starting file in the series (eg scan0001.tif)
 Use the File | Default options (p. 39) command to set all the other options to their
default values, then set up the other options as if you were scanning the images
 Set Input | Batch scan (p. 52) to "All" to scan all files, or set it to "List" and manually set
the frame numbers. For instance, if you set this to 1-3,5,7, then scan0001.tif,
scan0002.tif, scan0003.tif, scan0005.tif and scan0007.tif will be processed when you
press the Scan button.
You may also want to follow the procedure in the Advanced Workflow Suggestions section of
this User's Guide for locking the exposure and film base color for the entire roll of film. This will
give the best quality scans.
Advanced Workflow Suggestions
If you're scanning several frames from the same roll of film, the following procedure will
optimally set the CCD exposure and film base color (i.e. mask color):
Set Input | Options (p. 49) to 'Professional'.
1. Set Input | Media (p. 50)
2. Insert film with a transparent area
3. If Input | Lock exposure (p. 61) is visible, clear Input | Lock exposure (p. 61)
4. Press the Preview button (p. 46)
5. Adjust cropping if necessary
6. If Input | Lock exposure (p. 61) is visible, set Input | Lock exposure (p. 61)
7. Press the Preview button (p. 46) again
8. If Input | Lock film base color (p. 62) is visible, set Input | Lock film base color (p. 62)For
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step #2 above, use a film frame that has an area that would print as pure black for
negative, or pure white for slides.
Regardless of the lighting conditions, shutter speed and aperture of each frame, you should use
these fixed values for exposure and film base color for scanning all frames on the roll of film.
Once you have the exposure and film base color fixed, you can scan the whole roll of film using
these values.
 If you're using the same lighting for all the frames on the roll (or a subset of the frames),
you can lock the color balance by scanning the brightest frame in the series and then
setting the Input | Lock image color (p. 62)option. This will lock the black and white
points for the scene, and will produce consistent colors for all the frames in the series.
This is also useful if you're scanning panoramic scenes that have all been taken with
the same lighting, shutter speed, and aperture, or if you're scanning a series of studio
shots taken with the same lighting, shutter speed, and aperture.
 To optimize workflow, scan to raw files and experiment later with color correction. Make
sure you first set Input | Lock exposure (p. 61)before scanning a roll of film.
 If you're saving raw scan files, you can turn off Output | TIFF file (p. 82) and Output |
JPEG file (p. 84). You may also want to capture the entire preview area instead of the
auto-cropped area by clearingCrop | Auto offset (p. 65) and Crop | Auto rotate (p. 67)
and settingCrop | Crop size (p. 64) to "Maximum".
 For quicker batch scanning, set Input | Lock exposure (p. 61) and clear Crop | Auto
offset (p. 65) and Crop | Auto rotate (p. 67). This will stop the Scan button from creating
a preview.
Scanner Profiling with IT8 Targets
Scanner profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a scanner or
digital camera. VueScan uses IT8 targets (also called Q60 targets) to do this.
IT8 targets are included with many scanners. You can also obtain IT8 targets from this source:
Wolf Faust: http://www.targets.coloraid.de/
To profile your scanner or digital camera with an IT8 target:
1. Set Input | Task (p. 49) to "Profile scanner"
2. Click the '@' button next to Color | Scanner IT8 data (p. 77) and choose the IT8
description file that came with your IT8 target
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3. Click the '@' button next to Color | Scanner ICC profile (p. 77) and choose where you
want to write the ICC profile
5. If necessary, rotate the preview image so that the grey scale is at the bottom and the
letters and numbers can be read normally
6. Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image
7. You may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press the Preview
button (p. 46) again if the image is at an angle
8. Choose Profile | Profile scanner (p. 41) from the drop-down menu
9. The ICC profile will be saved to the file name you specifiedIf you've previously made an
ICC profile for your scanner, you only need to do the following:
1. Set Color | Scanner color space (p. 76) to "ICC profile"
2. Set Color | Scanner ICC profile (p. 77) to file name of ICC file
VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for the scanner using the file scanner.icc.
Alternatively, you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Scanner ICC profile (p.
77).
Every IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each square in the
target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button next to Color | Scanner IT8 data (p.
77).
Note that the settings in the Color tab do not affect the profiling. To see if the profiling works
correctly, you should set Color | Color balance (p. 72)to "Neutral".
The Color | Scanner IT8 data (p. 77) filename is only used in the profiling process. It is not
used when scanning.
The settings in the color tab are not applied to RAW files. This means that ICC profiles are not
applied when producing RAW files. However, ICC profiles can be applied later when
processing the RAW files with VueScan.
Printer Profiling with IT8 Targets
Printer profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of a printer. This
profile is unique to each paper type and each change to the printer setup options.
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To profile your printer with an IT8 target:
1. Profile your scanner (see above)
2. Set Input | Task (p. 49) to "Make IT8 target"
3. Press the Scan button (p. 46), this will create a print with your printer
4. Insert printout into scanner
5. Set Input | Task (p. 49) to "Profile printer"
8. Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image
9. You may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press the Preview
button (p. 46) again if the image is at an angle
10. Choose Profile | Profile printer (p. 42) from the drop-down menu
11. The ICC profile will be written to the file specified by Color | Printer ICC profile (p. 77)
If you've previously made an ICC profile for a printer, you only need to do the following:
1. Set Color | Printer color space (p. 76) to "ICC profile"
2. Set Color | Printer ICC profile (p. 77) to the file name of the ICC file
VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for a printer using the file printer.icc.
Alternatively, you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Printer ICC profile (p. 77).
Film Profiling with IT8 Targets
Film profiling is the process of determining the precise color characteristics of color negative
film. To do this, you need to take a picture of an IT8 target and scan this frame. Make sure the
picture is rectangular on the film.
You can obtain an A4-sized camera target from:

Wolf Faust: http://www.targets.coloraid.de/
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To profile your film with an IT8 target:
1. Profile your scanner (see above)
2. Set Input | Task (p. 49) to "Profile film"
3. Copy the IT8 description file that came with your target into the folder described by
Output | Default folder (p. 81), and rename the copy film.it8
6. Adjust size of the VueScan cropping mask until it matches the IT8 target image. You
may need to readjust the target on the scanner platten and press Preview again if the
image is at an angle
7. Choose Profile | Profile film (p. 42) from the drop-down menu
8. The ICC profile will be saved to the file specified by Color | Film ICC profile (p. 77)
If you've previously made an ICC profile for a roll of film, you only need to do the following:
1. Set Color | Film color space (p. 76) to "ICC profile"
2. Set Color | Film ICC profile (p. 77) to the file name of the ICC file
VueScan normally reads and writes the ICC profile for film using the file film.icc. Alternatively,
you can type the file name of the ICC profile into Color | Film ICC profile (p. 77).
Every IT8 target has an associated data file that describes the exact color of each square in the
target. You can select this file by clicking on the '@' button next to Color | Film IT8 data (p. 77).
Both the .icc and .it8 files are normally located in the folder described by Output | Default folder
(p. 81).
How VueScan Works
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VueScan does two different things: it scans an image, and then it processes the raw data from
the scanner to produce a color-corrected image. These two things are done in steps, and it's
useful to understand each of the steps when scanning and processing.
The Preview button (p. 46) and Scan button (p. 46) perform both the scanning and processing
steps. The Save button (p. 47) starts from the raw CCD data in memory and only performs the
processing step.
Scanning
Scanning an image involves: optionally focusing the scanner, setting up the exposure time for
the CCD area to be scanned, number of bits per sample, number of samples per pixel, scan
resolution, and then reading the raw CCD data into VueScan's memory buffer.
If single-pass multi-scanning is enabled, each line of data from the CCD is read multiple times
and combined (averaged) while being stored in the memory buffer. If multi-pass multi-scanning
is enabled, the whole scan area is read multiple times and combined (averaged) in the memory
buffer.
There is no scaling or color correction of the raw CCD data in the scanning step. Some
scanners either always or sometimes convert 10-bit or 12-bit CCD data to 8 bits before
transferring it to VueScan, and then VueScan converts it back to 10-bit or 12-bit CCD data. This
is done using the same gamma correction table specified by the sRGB standard.
When the Input | Source (p. 49) option is set to "File", the raw CCD data is read from a TIFF or
JPEG file and stored in the memory buffer, just as if it had been read directly from a scanner.
When the preview image is scanned, the exposure time is fixed at 1.0, the area to be scanned is
the full preview area, and the scan resolution is set to a value that produces approximately 1
million pixels.
When the full scan is done, the exposure time is either computed from the preview or from the
manual setting and the area to be scanned is a subset of the preview area (determined by the
cropping). If the scan resolution is Auto, a scan resolution is chosen that produces
approximately 4 million pixels.
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When the preview or scan is performed, the raw data is put into a memory buffer. If the Output |
Raw file (p. 90) option is enabled and Output | Raw output with (p. 92) is set to "Preview" or
"Scan", the raw data is written to a TIFF file at the same time as it's put into the memory buffer.
Processing
The processing steps are performed for both the preview and the full scan.
The first step uses the infrared data for a first attempt at dust removal (if enabled). This reads
the whole image from the memory buffer to characterize the relationship between the color
channels and the infrared channel. Then it reads each line once, correcting it for dust spots and
passing each line to the subsequent steps for further processing.
The next step is applying the cleaning filter. This filter removes dust spots by using the infrared
data to identify and remove dust spots and then filling in the spots with image data adjacent to
the dust spots. This filter also reduces the appearance of film grain using a sigma filter.
Note: infrared data is only available from scanners that have an IR channel. If the channel is not
present the infrared cleaning options will be skipped.
If saving files, the Output | Raw file (p. 90) option is enabled and Output | Raw output with (p.
92) is set to "Save", the data at this stage is written to a TIFF file. This raw data can
subsequently be re-processed by setting the Input | Source (p. 49) option to "File".
Note: that the data from the infrared channel, if present, is saved as part of the raw file.
Next, the restore colors and restore fading filters are applied (if enabled). This reads the whole
image once to detect the original colors of the image and then reads each line once to correct
for color shifts and dye fading.
The next step is performing corrections for film media. This reads the whole image once to
compute the intensity of the film base, and then reads each line, corrects it based on film
characteristics, and passes each line to the subsequent steps for further processing.
At this point sharpening with an unsharp mask is performed if theFilter | Sharpen (p. 71) option
is enabled.
The last step is color correction. The whole image is read once, and the options from the Color
tab are used to convert to the final colors of the saved images. The inputs to this step are 16-bit
linear light samples, and the outputs from this step are gamma corrected samples.
Once the image data has been corrected, the preview image data is displayed in the Preview
tab or the scan image data is optionally displayed in the Scan tab or written to a TIFF file, a
JPEG file, a PDF file, an OCR text file and/or an index file.
Scanning Color Negative Film
Color negative film is able to capture a much wider range of intensities than slide film, and this
can create a problem when scanning negative film.
Slide film maps a density range of 0:2.7 to an intensity range of 1:500, but negative film maps a
smaller density range of 0:2.4 to a larger intensity range of 1:4000.
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Imagine taking a picture of a typical outdoor scene with a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds along
with a person standing in the shade under a tree. Further, imagine taking this picture with both
slide film and negative film.
When taking this picture with slide film, the photographer has to set the exposure to either
capture the details of the sky and clouds, or set the exposure to capture the details of the
person standing in the shade under the tree. Once the picture is taken of one of the two
intensity ranges, there's no way to get back the other intensity range after developing the film.
However, when taking this picture with an automatic camera using negative film, the camera will
usually set the exposure so that both the details in the clouds and in the shadows are captured.
The decision of whether to capture the intensity range of the clouds or the person in the
shadows is made by the photographer when using slide film, but it's usually made by a
computer in the film minilab when printing the negative. Most minilabs will print this type of
scene with details in the shadows and the sky clipped to white without any cloud or sky detail.
One way to solve this problem is to manipulate the brightness of the image using the Color |
Brightness (p. 75) or Color | White point (%) (p. 74)option to manipulate the negative image so
that both the bright and dark parts of the image show detail when scanned.
Scanning Black/White Negative Film
If you're scanning black/white negative film, first check to see if the film looks gray or orange to
the naked eye. If it looks gray, set Input | Media (p. 50) to "B/W negative" and if it looks orange,
set it to "Color negative". Then go to the Color tab (p. 72)and choose a Black/White film type. If
you can't find a film type that exactly matches the film you're using, experiment with the Kodak
T-Max settings.
On most scanners, setting Input | Media (p. 50) to "Color negative" will increase the green
exposure time by 2.5x and the blue exposure time by 3.5x. This results in adjusting for the
green and blue absorption by the orange mask of the film. If the film doesn't have an orange
mask, then using "Color negative" will result in a raw scan file that looks very cyan.
Maximizing Image Quality
After you've decided on the resolution of your finished image (or alternatively the pixel
dimensions of your finished image), how do you maximize the image quality? There's one thing
you can do which involves longer scanning times, but capturing more raw data for each pixel in
the finished image.
The basic idea is scanning each pixel more than once and averaging the pixels. Each doubling
of the number of pixels increases the effective number of useful bits of data by one. For
instance, if you have a 10-bit scanner like the Nikon LS-30 and you read the CCD 4 times at
each pixel position, you get effectively 12 bits of useful image data.
There are several ways of achieving multiple image samples. The first is single-pass
multi-scanning. Some scanners are capable of reading each pixel position multiple times before
advancing the scan head to a new position. The second technique is multi-pass multi-scanning,
which most scanners are capable of (however, some can't accurately reposition each scan
pass, so this may not always work well).
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Another useful way of getting multiple image samples is to scan at a higher resolution and then
average adjacent blocks of pixels. For instance, scanning at 2700 dpi and averaging every 2x2
block of pixels will result in a higher-quality 1350 dpi scan than just scanning at 1350 dpi. In this
example Scanning at 1350 dpi throws away every other pixel and every other scan line, while
scanning at 2700 dpi and settingOutput | TIFF size reduction (p. 83) to "2" will result in
averaging 2x2 blocks of pixels and increasing the number of effective bits of resolution by 2 bits.
Note that multi-scanning is the only way to increase the quality at the highest resolution, and
that using Output | TIFF size reduction (p. 83)or Output | JPEG size reduction (p. 84) is a better
way of producing quality scans at lower resolutions.
File Formats
VueScan reads raw CCD sensor data from scanners and can write this to a raw TIFF file for
later reprocessing. The final cropped data can be stored in any combination of TIFF, JPEG,
PDF and OCR text files. Index prints are stored as a Windows BMP file.
The raw and cropped TIFF files can have six different formats, each with a different number of
samples per pixel and bits per sample. A grayscale image has one sample per pixel, a normal
color image has three (red, green, blue), and scans from a scanner with an infrared channel
have four samples per pixel (red, green, blue, infrared).
VueScan internally keeps all samples in 16-bit linear format, even when a scanner only supports
10-bit samples, but to minimize the disk usage, various TIFF file formats are supported:
1 bit B/W 1 bit per pixel 1 sample per pixel 1 bit per sample
8 bit Gray 1 byte per pixel 1 sample per pixel 8 bits per sample
16 bit Gray 2 bytes per pixel 1 sample per pixel 16 bits per sample
24 bit RGB 3 bytes per pixel 3 samples per pixel 8 bits per sample
48 bit RGB 6 bytes per pixel 3 samples per pixel 16 bits per sample
64 bit RGBI 8 bytes per pixel 4 samples per pixel 16 bits per sample
16 bit Infrared 2 bytes per pixel 1 sample per pixel 16 bits per sample
If you want to process the full bit depth of an image in Photoshop(TM), use the 48 bit RGB
setting for the Crop TIFF file. Note that some other image editing tools cannot process 48 bit
TIFF files; in this case use 24 bit which is more widely compatible.
Note that the raw scan files are stored in linear format when using more than 8 bits per sample,
and stored in gamma 2.2 format when using only 8 bits per sample. The saved TIFF files are
always gamma corrected according to theColor | Output color space (p. 76)used (1.8 for Apple
RGB, ColorMatch RGB, ProPhoto RGB and ECI RGB and 2.2 for all other color spaces). Note
that the raw scan files stored in linear format will look dark when viewed - this is normal.
Note that both the raw TIFF file and the crop TIFF file can be compressed. VueScan uses
CCITT Group-IV compression for 1-bit files, and LZW compression otherwise. This may be
slower to write, but takes around 40% less disk space. The size of JPEG files can be controlled
with the Output | JPEG quality (p. 85)option, with useful values ranging from 75 (very
compressed, medium quality) to 95 (less compression, high quality).
Film types
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VueScan contains information about the color sensitivity of many different types of film. Use
the table below to identify the types of film from the labels and the colors of the stripes over the
sprocket holes.
If you're using film types that aren't in this table, particularly some of the newer Fuji films, try
experimenting with the Kodak Gold and Kodak Advantix settings - these seem to work well.
(Films such as Kodak Gold have different types of emulsions indicated by the Generation (Gen)
code on the film. You can usually see this on the film itself in the writing on the film near the
sprocket holes.)
Vendor Brand Name Film Type Label on Film/Stripe1Color/Stripe2Color
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3M Scotch HR 200 Gen 2 3M CP-200/NONE/BLUE DOTS
3M Scotch HR 400 Gen 2 3M CP-400/BLUE DOTS/NONE
3M ScotchColor AT 100 3M CP 100 3 18-7/GREEN DOTS/NONE
3M ScotchColor AT 200 3M CP 200 3 18-9/GREEN DOTS/NONE
3M ScotchColor ATG-1 200 3M ELP 200 66-5/NONE/NONE
3M ScotchColor ATG 400/EXL 400 3M F CP400 66-10/RED DOTS/NONE
3M ScotchColor HR2 400 3M CP 400 18-8/RED DOTS/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR OPTIMA 125 AGFA OPTIMA 125/GREEN SQUARE/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR OPTIMA 200 AGFA OPTIMA 200/GRN SQUARES/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR PORTRAIT 160 AGFA PORTRAIT 160/GREEN SQUARE/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR Ultra 50 AGFA ULTRA 50 Triangles/NONE/GREEN
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRG 100 AGFA XRG 100/GREEN SQUARE/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRG/XRS 200 AFGA XRG 200 Pairs of Squares/GREEN/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRG/XRS 400 AFGA XRG/XRS 400 Pairs of Squares/GREEN/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRS 1000 Gen 2 AGFA XRS 100 Triplets of Squares/GREEN/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRS 400 Gen 1 XRS 400 Gen 1/MAG SQRS/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRS 400 Gen 2 XRS 400 Gen 2/MAG SQRS/NONE
AGFA AGFACOLOR XRS/XRC 100 AGFA XRS 100/GREEN SQ/NONE
FUJI NHG 400 FUJI NHG/NONE/NONE
FUJI NPS 160S (PRO) FUJI NPS 160/NONE/NONE
FUJI Reala 100 (JAPAN) FUJI REALA/GREEN/NONE
FUJI Reala 100 Gen 1
FUJI Reala 100 Gen 2 FUJI REALA CS-2/BLUE/GREEN
FUJI SHR 400 Gen 2 FUJI 400/NONE/NONE
FUJI Super G 100 FUJI G-100/NONE/GREEN DASHES
FUJI Super G 200 FUJI G-200/GREEN DASHES/GREEN DASHES
FUJI Super G 400 Gen 1
FUJI Super G 400 Gen 2 FUJI G-400/NONE/GREEN DASHES
FUJI Super HG 100 FUJI HG100 CN-2/GREEN/GREEN
FUJI Super HG 100 Gen 2 HG 100/NONE/GREEN
FUJI Super HG 1600 Gen 1 FUJI HG1600 CU1/BLUE/NONE
FUJI Super HG 200 FUJI HG200 CA-1/NONE/GREEN
FUJI Super HG 400 FUJI HG400 CH-1/NONE/GREEN
FUJI Super HR 100 Gen 1 FUJI 100/GREEN/NONE
FUJI Super HR 1600 Gen 2 FUJI 1600/NONE/BLUE
FUJI Super HR 200 Gen 2 FUJI 200/NONE/NONE
ILFORD XP2 400 ILFORD XP2/NONE/NONE
KODAK ADVANTiX 100-2 ADVANTIX 100-2 KODAK 100-2/NONE/ NONE
KODAK ADVANTiX 100 ADVANTiX 100 KODAK 100/NONE/NONE
KODAK ADVANTiX 200-2 ADVANTIX 200-2 KODAK 200-2/NONE/NONE
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KODAK ADVANTiX Black & White + 400 ADVANTIX BW KODAK BW/NONE/NONE
KODAK Commercial 200 COMMERCIAL 200-2 CO 200-2 KODAK/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTACOLOR GOLD 160 GPF KODAK GPF 5124/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK EKTACOLOR GOLD 400 Prof EGP-4 KODAK 5087 [or] 6087 EGP-4/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTACOLOR GOLD II 400 EGP-4 KODAK 5087 [or] 6087 EGP-4/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTACOLOR Gold II 400 Prof Kodak 5087 EGP/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTACOLOR PRO GOLD 160 GPX KODAK GPX KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS 1600 Gen 1 PPC KODAK 5030 PPC/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD 100 Gen 1 PPA KODAK 5115 PPA/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD 400 PPB-3 KODAK 5113 PPB/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD II 100 Prof KODAK 5115 PJA-1/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD II 1600 Prof KODAK 5030 PJC-1/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD II 400 Prof G5 KODAK 5113 PJB-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS GOLD II Multspd PJM KODAK PJM/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS Multspd Prof PJM-2 KODAK PJM-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PJ100 KODAK PJ100/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PJ800-2 KODAK PJ800-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PLUS 100 Prof PJA-1 KODAK 5115 PJA-1/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PLUS 1600 Pro PJC-1 KODAK 5030 PJC-1/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PLUS 200 Prof KODAK 5016 PJZ/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAPRESS PLUS 400 Prof PJB-2 KODAK 5113 PJB-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAR 100 Gen 1 EKTAR 100-1 | KODAK 3101/MAGENTA/2-MAGENTA
KODAK EKTAR 100 Gen 2 KODAK CX 100|2 | EKTAR 100-2/2 MAGENTA/MAGENTA
KODAK EKTAR 100 Gen 3 CX EKTAR 100-3 KOD|K CX 100-3/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAR 100 Gen 3 SY EKTAR 100-3 KODAK SY 100-3/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAR 1000 Gen 1 KODAK 5110 | EKTAR 1000-1/NONE/2-GREEN
KODAK EKTAR 1000 Gen 2 EKTAR 1000-2 KODAK 1000-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK EKTAR 125 Gen 1 KODAK 5101 | EKTAR 125-1/NONE/2-MAGENTA
KODAK EKTAR 25 KODAK 25 EKTAR 25/NONE/2-BLUE
KODAK EKTAR 25 Professional PHR KODAK 5327 PHR/NONE/NONE
KODAK FUNTIME 100 FA FUNTIME 100 KODAK FA 100/NONE/NONE
KODAK FUNTIME 200 FB FUNTIME 200 KODAK FB 200/NONE/NONE
KODAK FUNTIME 200 FB Gen 2 KODAK FB 200-2 79-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK GOLD 100 Gen 2 KODAK 5095 | GOLD 100-2/MAGENTA/MAGENTA
KODAK GOLD 100 Gen 4 GOLD 100-4 KODAK 100-4/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK GOLD 100 Gen 6 GOLD 100-6 KODAK FILM/MAGENTA/NONE
KODAK GOLD 1600 Gen 1 KODAK 5091 | GOLD 1600-1/YELLOW/NONE
KODAK GOLD 200 Gen 1 KODAK GOLD 200-1 5096 | GOLD 200-1/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK GOLD 200 Gen 2 KODAK 5096 | GOLD 200-2/BLUE/GREEN
KODAK GOLD 200 Gen 4 GOLD 200-4 KODAK 200-4/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK GOLD 200 Gen 6 GOLD 200-6 KODAK FILM/GREEN/NONE
KODAK GOLD 400 Gen 1 KODAK GOLD 400-1 5097 | GOLD 400-1/BLUE/BLUE
KODAK GOLD 400 Gen 2 KODAK 5097 | GOLD 400-2/BLUE/NONE
KODAK GOLD 400 Gen 3 KODAK 400-3 | GOLD 400-3/BLUE/2-BLUE
KODAK GOLD 400 Gen 5 KODAK 400-5 GOLD 400-4/BLUE/NONE
KODAK GOLD 400 Gen 6 GOLD 400-6 KODAK FILM/BLUE/BLUE
KODAK GOLD 800 Gen 1 83-14 GOLD 800 83-14 KODAK 800/NONE/NONE
KODAK GOLD III 100 Gen 4 GOLD 100-4 KODAK 100-4/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK GOLD III 200 Gen 4 GOLD 200-4 KODAK 200-4/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK GOLD III 400 Gen 5 KODAK 400-5 GOLD 400-4/BLUE/NONE
KODAK GOLD Max 800 Gen 2 GOLD 800-2 KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK GOLD Plus 100 Gen 3 KODAK 100-3 | GOLD 100-3/GREEN/MAGENTA
KODAK GOLD Plus 100 Gen 4 GOLD 100-4 KODAK 100-4/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK GOLD Plus 100 Gen 5 GOLD 100-5 100-5 KODAK/MAGENTA/MAGENTA
KODAK GOLD Plus 200 Gen 3 GOLD 200-3 | KODAK 200-3/GREEN/NONE
KODAK GOLD Super 200 Gen 4 GOLD 200-4 KODAK GOLD 200-4/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK GOLD Super 200 Gen 5 GOLD 200-5 200-2 KODAK/NONE/GREEN
KODAK GOLD Ultra 400 Gen 4 KODAK 400-4 | GOLD 400-4/NONE/WIDE BLUE
KODAK GOLD Ultra 400 Gen 5 KODAK 400-5 GOLD 400-4/BLUE/NONE
KODAK Internegative +10\% Contrast Increases contrast 10\%
KODAK KODACOLOR 100 Print Gen 4 GOLD 100-4 KODAK 100-4/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR 200 Print Gen 4 GOLD 200-4 KODAK GOLD 200-4/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR 400 Print Gen 5 KODAK 400-5 GOLD 400-4/BLUE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR CII KODAK SAFETY FILM 5035/NONE/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR DA 100 Gen 5 KODAK DA-5 KODAK FILM/NONE/2 MAGENTA
KODAK KODACOLOR II KODAK SAFETY FILM 5075/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 100 Gen 1 KODAK CP 100 5094/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 100 Gen 2 5094/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 1000 Gen 1 KODAK CF 1000 5090/NONE/YELLOW
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 1000 Gen 2 KODAK CF 1000 5090 | VR1000 | KODAK 5090/YELLOW/YELLOW
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 200 Gen 4 VR 200-4 KODAK VR 200-4/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 200 / 5093
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 200 Gen 1 KODAK CL 200 5093/NONE/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 200 Gen 2 VR200-2 | KODAK 5093/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 200 Gen 5 KODAK VR 200-5 79-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 400 Gen 1 KODAK CM 400 5079/NONE/BLUE
KODAK KODACOLOR VR 400 Gen 2 79-4 VR 400 KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK KODACOLOR VRG 100 Gen 1 KODAK CA 100 5095/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR VRG 100 Gen 2 KODAK CA 100 5095 | VRG 100 | KODAK 5095/MAGENTA/MAGENTA
KODAK KODACOLOR VRG 200 Gen 1 KODAK CB 200 5096 | VRG 200 | KODAK 5096/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK KODACOLOR VRG 400 Gen 1 KODAK CC400 5097 | VR-G 400 | KODAK 5097/BLUE/BLUE
KODAK MAX ZOOM 800-3 Kodak GT 800-3/NONE/NONE
KODAK PORTRA 160NC KODAK 160NC/NONE/NONE
KODAK PORTRA 160VC KODAK 160VC/NONE/NONE
KODAK PORTRA 400NC KODAK 400NC/NONE/NONE
KODAK PORTRA 400VC KODAK 400VC/NONE/NONE
KODAK PORTRA 800 Kodak Supra 800/NONE/NONE
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KODAK Pro 100 PRN KODAK PRN 6329 or 4329/NONE/NONE

KODAK Pro 400 PPF-2 KODAK 5080 [or] 6080 PPF-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK Pro 400 MC PMC KODAK 5059 [or] 6059 PMC/NONE/NONE
KODAK Prof Color Neg 100 /NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 100 ROYAL 100 KODAK RA 100/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 100 Gen 2 ROYAL 100-2 RA KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 1000 ROYAL 1000 KODAK RF 1000 KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 200 ROYAL 200 RB 200 KODAK/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 200 Gen 2 ROYAL 200-2 RB KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 25 RZ ROYAL 25 KODAK RZ 25 KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 25 Copystand ROYAL 25 KODAK RZ 25 KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 400 ROYAL 400 KODAK RC 400/NONE/NONE
KODAK ROYAL GOLD 400 Gen 2 ROYAL 400-2 RC KODAK FILM/NONE/NONE
KODAK SUPER GOLD 100 Gen 4 GOLD 100-4 KODAK 100-4/MAGENTA/GREEN
KODAK SUPER GOLD 1600 GF Gen 2 GOLD 1600-2 KODAK GF 1600-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK SUPER GOLD 200 Gen 4 GOLD 200-4 KODAK 200-4/GREEN/GREEN
KODAK SUPER GOLD 400 Gen 5 KODAK 400-5 GOLD 400-4/BLUE/NONE
KODAK Supra 100 Kodak Supra 100/NONE/NONE
KODAK Supra 400 KODAK Supra 400/NONE/NONE
KODAK Supra 800 KODAK Supra 800/NONE/NONE
KODAK T-MAX 100 Professional KODAK TMX 5052/NONE/NONE
KODAK T-MAX 3200 Professional KODAK TMZ 5054/NONE/NONE
KODAK T-MAX 400 Professional KODAK TMY 5053/NONE/NONE
KODAK T-MAX T400 CN KODAK T400 CN/NONE/NONE
KODAK TMAX-100 D-76 CI = .40 D-76 Developer Contrast Index = .40
KODAK TMAX-100 TMAX CI = .40 TMAX Developer Contrast Index = .40
KODAK ULTRA Zoom 800-3 Kodak GT. 800-3/NONE/NONE
KODAK VERICOLOR 400 PLUS Prof VPH-2 KODAK 3059 [or] 9059 VPH-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK VERICOLOR 400 PROF VPH KODAK 5028 VPH/BLUE/MAGENTA
KODAK VERICOLOR 400 Prof VPH-2 KODAK 5028 [or] 6028 VPH-2/NONE/NONE
KODAK VERICOLOR HC 100 Prof VHC-2 KODAK VHC-2 3329 [or] 8329/NONE/NONE
KODAK VERICOLOR HC 4329 VHC KODAK VHC 4329
KODAK VERICOLOR HC 6329 VHC KODAK VHC 6329
KODAK VERICOLOR III Pro KODAK 5026 VPS/NONE/MAGENTA
KODAK VERICOLOR L 4013 VPL KODAK VPL 4013
KODAK VERICOLOR L 6013 VPL KODAK VPL 6013
KONICA IMPRESSA 50 IMPRESSA/RED & GREEN/NONE
KONICA KONICA COLOR SR-G 160 KONICA COLOR SR-G 160/NONE/NONE
KONICA KONICA COLOR SR-G 3200 KONICA SR-G 3200 DASHES/GREEN/3 GREEN
KONICA KONICA COLOR SUPER SR 400 KONICA COLOR SUPER SR 400/GREEN/GREEN
KONICA KONICA COLOR SUPER SR100 KONICA COLOR SUPER SR100/MAGENTA/MAGENTA
KONICA KONICA COLOR SUPER SR200 GEN 1 KONICA SUPER SR 200 THREE DASHES/NONE/GREEN
KONICA KONICA COLOR SUPER SR200 GEN 2 KONICA SUPER SR 200 DASHES/MAGENTA/3 GREEN
KONICA XG 400 KONICA X400/NONE/GRN DIAMONDS
POLAROID POLAROID CP 200 POLAROID CP 200/GREEN DOTS/NONE
POLAROID POLAROID COLOR HD2 100 POLAROID COLOR HD2 100/MAGENTA/MAGENTA
POLAROID POLAROID COLOR HD2 200 POLAROID COLOR HD2 200/MAGENTA/GREEN
POLAROID POLAROID COLOR HD2 400 POLAROID COLOR HD2 400/GREEN/GREEN
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APPENDIX B: Buttons, menus and options reference
The following sections describe, in detail, what each and every one of VueScan's controls and
options do.
Menus
There are a number of commands that can be chosen from the menus in the menu bar which
are described below.
File | Save image
Same as pressing the Save button (p. 47).
File | Save image+
Same as pressing the Save+ button (p. 48).
File | View
Same as pressing the View button (p. 47).
File | Page setup
This command lets you control how the scanned image is placed on the printed page.
File | Print image
This command prints the current preview or scan.
File | Load options
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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 | Quit
This command causes VueScan to exit. The current option settings will be saved to
vuescan.ini.
On Mac OS X, this command is in the VueScan menu.
Edit | Copy image
This command copies the current image to the clipboard.
If you've created a preview but not a scan, the section of the preview inside the crop
box is used, otherwise the most recent scan is used.
Edit | Copy OCR text
This command is for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the current image and
copies the text to the clipboard.
You need to set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Text" or "Microfilm" for this to work.
If you've created a preview but not a scan, the section of the preview inside the crop
box is used, otherwise the most recent scan is used. However, ifInput | Preview
resolution (p. 54) is set to "Auto" or something less than 300 dpi, this may not work very
well.
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Scanner | Preview
Same as pressing the Preview button (p. 46).
Scanner | Scan
Same as pressing the Scan button (p. 46).
Scanner | Scan+
Same as pressing the Scan button (p. 46).
Scanner | Eject
Ejects film from a film scanner or paper from a document feeder.
Scanner | Calibrate
This command causes a scanner calibration on those scanners that support it.
Generally, calibration compensates for three things:
 Lighting is usually uneven from one side of a scan to another
 Each CCD element has a slightly different sensitivity to light
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 The dark voltage level of each CCD element is slightly different
When properly calibrated, the scanner should theoretically produce the same values
for each pixel, if an image that is a single tone and color were scanned.
Sometimes the calibration data gets stored inside the scanner memory, sometimes it's
done once for every scan and sometimes VueScan stores the calibration data in a file
when the "Scanner | Calibrate" command completes.
If you've got one or two narrow streaks appearing in the scan direction, try doing a scan
with the scanner turned on its side. This can dislodge particles from the light path.
Scanner | Focus
This command focuses the scanner. The center of this focus area is displayed on the
preview with a small animated box, and can also be changed with the Crop | Focus X
offset (p. 69)and Crop | Focus Y offset (p. 69) options (options displayed only when the
scanner is capable of this).
Scanner | Exposure
This command computes the optimal values for Input | RGB exposure (p. 61)and Input |
Infrared exposure (p. 61). It uses the pixels inside the crop box in the Preview tab to
compute these values.
Scanner | Previous
Decreases Input | Frame number (p. 53) by 1.
Scanner | Next
Increases Input | Frame number (p. 53) by 1.
Profile | Profile scanner
See the section in this User's Guide describing ICC profiling of scanners, printers and
film.
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Profile | Profile printer
film.
Profile | Profile film
film.
Image | Zoom In
Same as pressing the Zoom In button (p. 48).
Image | Zoom Out
Same as pressing the Zoom Out button (p. 48)
Image | Rotate left
Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise
Image | Rotate right
Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise
Image | Flip
Rotates the image 180 degrees
Image | Mirror
Mirrors the image left to right
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Image | Release memory
This command releases the memory used by VueScan to store the most recent scans
and previews. This can be useful if you need more memory for another program.
You can control how much memory VueScan will use by setting thePrefs | Image
Memory (MB) (p. 102) option if your system is short on memory.
Image | Graph off
This command turns off any image graph that's being displayed.
Image | Graph raw
This command displays a histogram of the intensities of the raw scan data.
Image | Graph b/w
This command displays a histogram with the black/white points.
Image | Graph curve
This command displays the current correction curve.
Image | Graph image
This command displays the histogram of the current image after correction by the
black/white points and the curve.
PDF | Reverse
This command reverses the order of the pages. For instance, if there are eight pages
12345678 this command will change the pages to 87654321.
This is useful when a stack of pages was scanned in reverse order.
PDF | Interleave
This command reorders front/back scans by interleaving front/back pages - i.e. ffffbbbb
gets reordered to fbfbfbfb. For instance, if there are eight pages 13578642 this
command will change the pages to 12345678.
This is useful for scanning the front of each page in a document feeder, and then
feeding the papers through the document feeder again.
PDF | Separate
This command reorders front/back scans by separating front/back pages - i.e. fbfbfbfbfb
gets reordered to ffffbbbb. For instance, if there are eight pages 12345678 this
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This is useful for un-doing the effect ofPDF | Interleave (p. 43).
PDF | Swap even/odd
This command reorders front/back scans by swapping front/back pages - i.e. bfbfbfbf
gets reordered to fbfbfbfb. For instance, if there are eight pages 12345678 this
This is useful to correct for scanning a stack of papers with the pages in the wrong
orientation.
PDF | Delete
This command lets you delete the last page from a PDF file.
Help | Help Center
This command displays the VueScan Help Center.
Help | Users Guide
This command displays the VueScan User's Guide, in html format.
Help | Usage Tips
This command displays usage tips for using VueScan.
Help | Release Notes
This command displays the contents of the VueScan Release Notes.
Help | Problem Report
This command lets you enter a Problem Report.
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Help | Update VueScan
This command lets you download the latest version of VueScan if a newer version is
available.
Help | Remove VueScan
This removes the vuescan.ini and vuescan.log files, and deletes the folder they're in (if
empty). This doesn't delete any .ini files you've created.
If an administrator account is used to remove VueScan, the global registration info will
be removed, otherwise the registration info for the user removing VueScan will be
removed.
On Windows and Mac OS X, the VueScan Photoshop plugin will be removed, the
TWAIN data source will be removed and the registry will be cleaned up.
On Windows, any device drivers that VueScan installed will be removed.
Help | About
This command displays the version number and three boxes for entering your e-mail
address, serial number and customer number from the purchase receipt.
This command is in the VueScan menu on Mac OS X and is in the Help menu on
Windows and Linux.
The e-mail address, serial number and customer number are saved in:
Mac OS X: /Users/yourname/.vuescanrc
Linux ~/.vuescanrc
Windows XP and earlier: Registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VueScan\license
Windows Vista and later: Registry

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VueScan\license
If you're running VueScan as Administrator when you enter the serial number, then the
e-mail address, serial number and customer number will be saved to the following
location also. This lets all users share the same serial number.
Mac OS X: /Users/Shared/.vuescanrc (if writable)
Linux /etc/.vuescanrc (if writable)
Windows Vista and later: Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VueScan\license
On Mac OS X, if you want all users to have the same serial number, you can manually
move this file to either of these files:
/Library/Application Support/VueScan/.vuescanrc
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/Network/Library/Application Support/VueScan/.vuescanrc
Buttons
There are a number of buttons that can be used to initiate or cancel scanning.
Preview button
This button does a quick preview scan of the area described byCrop | Preview area (p.
69) and displays it in the Preview tab.
A preview scan is usually created at a lower resolution and is therefore faster. From
the preview you can set your cropping, filtering and color balance options that will be
applied to the final scan.
Want to preview more than one frame at a time? Then use the Input | Batch scan (p.
52) option. Several previews can be in memory at the same time, and you can change
which preview you are viewing by changing the number in Input | Frame number (p. 53).
If you're scanning from disk, and specify the starting file in numbered series (e.g.
scan0001.tif) you can use the Frame number to select a file. For example, if Input |
Files (p. 50) is set to "scan0001.tif" andInput | Frame number (p. 53) is 12, VueScan will
look for the file "scan0012.tif" when Preview is pressed.
Other options for specifying numbering schemes for VueScan files are documented on
the Output tab (p. 79) help topics.
Scan button
This button performs the scan, displays the image in the Scan tab and optionally saves
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to the file type(s) selected in the Output tab (p. 79).
If a preview scan is not available, VueScan will perform a preview in order to calculate
exposure and crop area. IfInput | Lock exposure (p. 61) is set and Crop | Auto offset
(p. 65) andCrop | Auto rotate (p. 67) are not set, no preview will be created.
You can scan more than one frame at a time by using the Input | Batch scan (p. 52)
option.
If you're scanning from disk, and specify the starting file in numbered series (e.g.
scan0001.tif) you can use the Frame number to select a file. For example, if Input |
Files (p. 50) is set to "scan0001.tif" andInput | Frame number (p. 53) is 12, VueScan will
look for the file "scan0012.tif" when Scan is pressed.
Other options for specifying numbering schemes for VueScan files are documented on
the Output tab (p. 79) help topics.
Scan+ button
This button is used to indicate that the scan should be added to a multi-page file, in
PDF, TIFF or OCR Text format. It's exactly the same as the Scan button (p. 46) except
that it indicates that the scan should be appended to a multi-page file.
View button
This button will bring up a viewer for the first file name that's displayed in the menu bar.
This is often simpler than having to switch to the operating system to do this.
It's also used to display multi-page files whenever you'd like to view them.
Email button
This button lets you e-mail the most recent scan. This is often simpler than bringing up
your e-mail program and attaching the scan to your e-mail.
Cancel button
This button is displayed when a scan is in progress. When you press it, the scan is
stopped and batch scanning is stopped.
Save button
This button causes the most recent preview or scan to be saved as TIFF, JPEG, PDF,
OCR text, Index and/or Raw files, as specified on the Output tab (p. 79). If you have
just created a preview, the preview will be saved; if you have just done a scan the scan
will be saved. The only difference will be the resolution of the output file(s) as specified
in Input | Preview resolution (p. 54)and Input | Scan resolution (p. 55) -- Crop, Filter, and
Color settings will be applied to both previews and scans.
You'll probably just want to save the result of the scan. By setting Input | Auto save
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(p. 57) to "Scan", files will be saved automatically when you press the Scan button.
Want to make some adjustments to your final scan? You can change the crop, filter, or
color settings, without having to re-scan. Simply make the adjustments -- VueScan will
refresh the scan in memory and the Save button (p. 47) will cause a new file(s) to be
saved.
Save+ button
This button is exactly the same as the Save button (p. 47) except that it indicates that
the scan should be appended to a multi-page file.
Print button
This button causes the most recent preview or scan to printed.
Rotate L button
Rotates the image left (counter-clockwise).
Rotate R button
Rotates the image right (clockwise).
Zoom Out button
This button zooms out of the image in the Preview tab, or if the Scan tab is displayed it
zooms out of the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
Zoom In button
This button zooms into the image in the Preview tab, or if the Scan tab is displayed it
zooms into the image in the Scan tab. The zoom is a factor of two.
Previous frame button
This button goes to the previous frame.
Next frame button
This button goes to the next frame.
Input tab
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This tab contains the options that control the inputs to VueScan from scanners, raw scan files
and digital camera files.
Input | Options
Use this to indicate whether you want to see a simplified subset of the options ('Basic'),
or all the Standard Edition options ('Standard') or all the Professional Edition options
('Professional');
Standard Option: This option is always displayed.
Input | Task
Use this option to indicate the task you're performing. Choose from "Scan to file",
"Copy to printer", "Profile scanner", "Profile printer", "Profile film" and "Make IT8 target".
A brief reminder of how to do each task is displayed in the lower left corner of the
window.
Input | Source
If you've got more than one scanner on your system, this lets you specify which
scanner you want to use.
A special "scan from" source is from a disk file. On the Output tab (p. 79), VueScan
provides a special option to save the raw output of a regular scan to a file. This option
lets you read that raw file as though you were scanning it.
If you set this option to "File", then you'll be able to enter a file name in the Input | Files
(p. 50) option. The name can be a TIFF file from a previous scan, a JPEG or TIFF file
from a digital camera, or a raw file from a digital camera.
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Standard Option: This option is displayed when there's more than one scanner.
Input | Files
Specify the name of an image file that VueScan will read when you set the "Source"
option to "File". Usually this is a raw scan file you created with VueScan or a file from
a digital camera.
Disk files can be scanned just like a normal scanner. TheInput | Preview resolution (p.
54) and Input | Scan resolution (p. 55)options work just as you'd expect, so do the
preview and crop options.
Disk files can be TIFF, JPEG, or raw files from digital cameras. These files are typically
the output of a raw scan, but they can be any valid JPEG, TIFF or raw digital camera
file.
You can also use the file dialog (press the '@' button) to select multiple files, or you can
separate multiple file names with a semicolon.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Input | Source (p. 49) is set to "File".
Input | Mode
Use this option to specify the type of scan you want to make. This is automatically
sensed on some scanners, but you may need to set it manually on others.
VueScan uses this option for two things:
1) To indirectly indicate whether the scan data comes from reflective media or
transmissive media. Input | Media (p. 50) will be automatically set to the most recent
setting for the selected mode.
2) To indicate the color space of the scan data (i.e. the color characteristics of the CCD
and light that exposed it)
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has more than one mode
and the scanner mode can't be sensed by VueScan.
Input | Media
There are two lists of media, depending on whether you're scanning paper (reflective
media) or film (transmissive media).
Reflective media
When scanning paper, Input | Media (p. 50) is used to control whether the final image is
color or black/white, continuous tone (photo), or bi-level (text).
When Filter | Descreen (p. 71) is set, a descreen filter will be applied. You can control
the strength of the descreen filter with the Filter | Descreen dpi (p. 71) option.
Transmissive media
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When scanning film, this option indicates whether you're using positive film (i.e. slides),
color negative, or black/white negative film. This option causes the default film type to
be changed, but also sets up the scanner for scanning orange-colored media (i.e. color
negatives) by exposing the green and blue channels more than the red channel.
If you choose "Image", no film correction is applied, so the cropped file will be
comparable to the image on the film. If you select "Negative film" or "Slide film", the
cropped image will be comparable to the original scene that was photographed. When
you use either film option, the Color tab then lets you choose the film manufacturer, the
brand, and film type to enable VueScan to refine the result further.
The difference between "Image" and "Slide film" is subtle. If you take the same
picture with Kodachrome and Ektachrome film and then scan them with the "Slide film"
setting, VueScan will try to make the resulting scan look the same (i.e. to resemble the
original scene). Use the "Image" setting and the resulting scans will look different to
reflect the differing color characteristics of Kodachrome and Ektachrome film.
If you then took the same picture with Kodak Gold color negative film and scanned it
using the "Negative film" setting, the resulting scan should look close to what you would
get from using the "Slide film" setting and scanning the Kodachrome and Ektachrome
slides (i.e. all three should look like the original scene).
VueScan contains sensitometric data for 200 types of negative film and 4 types of
slide film. If you've got something different, choose Kodachrome for K14 process slides,
and Ektachrome for E6 slides.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed except whenInput | Bits per pixel (p.
51) is set to 1.
Input | Microfilm zoom
This option is displayed when scanning microfilm or microfiche. It indicates how much
you need to zoom to restore the microfilm/microfiche image to it's original size. Most
microfilm uses a zoom value from 8 to 14.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning transparent media and
Input | Media (p. 50) is set to "Microfilm".
Input | Media size
This option is used with flatbed scanners to specify the size of the reflective media
you're scanning.
If set to "Auto", the full size of the flatbed will be previewed and the location and size of
the media automatically determined.
If a specific size is chosen, no preview is necessary when you press the Scan button.
This will save a significant amount of time.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when using reflective media (i.e. paper).
Input | Bits per pixel
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This option specifies how many bits per pixel are read from the scanner. The more bits
that are read, the higher quality the image, but the slower the transfer speed at full
resolution. If you specify a value that the scanner isn't capable of, the closest valid
option is used instead.
Scanning at 24-bit resolution can add gaps to the final image histogram (compared to
48-bit resolution), but it can also speed up scanning with some scanners and often the
end result is virtually indistinguishable from 48-bit scans.
If this option is set to "Auto", the Input | Media (p. 50)option controls the number of bits
per pixel and samples per pixel used in a scan.
Professional Option: This option is always displayed.
Input | Make gray from
This option specifies how to make the gray color from the scanner's red, green, blue
and infrared sensors.
The default, "Auto", either uses the scanner hardware to convert from the color CCD to
gray, or converts in VueScan, mostly from the green channel.
Otherwise, the gray color is taken from either the red, green, blue or infrared channels.
Using the red or infrared channel can be useful when scanning older, degraded
black/white negatives that are silver based.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning with 8-bit or 16-bit gray.
Input | Batch scan
If you set this option to "All", pressing either the Preview or Scan button will preview or
scan all the frames in the scanner. By setting it to "List", you can specify a list of
frames to preview or scan.
If you set this option to "Auto" and you're using the Crop | Multi crop (p. 66)option,
VueScan will automatically detect the list of frames that are visible in the preview.
Note that you can change this to "Off" during a long-running batch scan, this will then
stop scanning when the current frame is completed (this is a better way to stop than by
pressing the Cancel button (p. 47)button, as this will leave files half-written).
Batch scanning also works when scanning from disk files. In this case, the "All" option
refers to all disk files named using a series of numbers (e.g. scan0001.tif, scan0002.tif,
etc.). If the "scan0001.tif" file in the series is specified as Input | Files (p. 50), the Input
| Frame number (p. 53) will cause VueScan to reference the file with the same number.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of batch
scanning or when you set Crop | Multi crop (p. 66).
Input | Batch list
You can specify multiple frames by selecting multiple frame numbers, or a range of
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frames like "1-3", or a combination of both (i.e. "1,3,5-7" causes frames 1,3,5,6,7 to be
scanned).
You can also add an additional rotation to any frame or range of frames by putting a
letter along with each frame number. Use "N" for no rotation, "L" for left, "F" for flip, "R"
for right, and "D" for default rotation. The letters may be in upper or lower case.
For example, adding "3r" to the batch list means scan frame 3 and rotate it 90 degrees
to the right, "2L" says to scan frame 2 and rotate it 90 degrees to the left, "1F,2L,4R"
says to scan frame 1 flipped, frame 2 rotated to the left, and frame 4 rotated to the right.
If no letter is specified (or if "D" is used), then the last rotation setting in the batch list will
apply for all subsequent frames.
Using Batch list, you can also preview a group of images in one step, rotate and crop
each previewed frame, and then scan all the frames in the batch. The process is:
 Specify the batch list. For example, specify "1-6" to specify 6 frames in a film
holder.
 Preview the batch. All six frames will be previewed.
 Change Input | Frame number (p. 53) to view each previewed frame. Adjust
rotation and cropping for the frame. When done, move to the next frame.
 Scan the batch. VueScan will create a series of cropped files (e.g.
"crop0001.tif", "crop0002.tif" ... "crop0006.tif").
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Input | Batch scan (p. 52)is set to
"List".
Input | Frame number
If you have a film scanner that can move the film holder, you can use this option to
select which slide or negative frame you want to scan. This option will only be
displayed if your scanner supports it.
There are several advanced uses of Input | Frame number (p. 53) to consider when
setting Input | Source (p. 49) to "File" or using theCrop | Multi crop (p. 66) option.
When scanning from disk files, VueScan will consider a number at the end of the Input |
Files (p. 50) as the starting point in a series, and Input | Frame number (p. 53) to
reference a file relative to that starting point. So if you have scanned a whole roll of
film and have raw files "scan0001.tif" through "scan0030.tif" you may specify
"scan0001.tif" as Input | Files (p. 50), and then use Frame number to work on different
scanned files as though they were frames. Frame number 18 would then use the disk
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file "scan0018.tif" as the source when you press Preview or Scan.
Frame number may also be used if you have set up Crop | Multi crop (p. 66). Frames
are counted from top to bottom, then left to right.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has hardware that
supports this, or when using Crop | Multi crop (p. 66).
Input | Frame offset
This option sets an offset for the start of the each frame on a film strip on the Nikon
LS-30, LS-40, LS-2000, LS-4000, LS-8000, LS-9000 scanners, the Canon FS4000
when the strip film adapter is used, and the SprintScan 120 when the Medium Format
adapter is used.
Use this option if there is some leader on the film strip, or if you're scanning panoramic
frames and need to scan what would otherwise be the gap between 35mm frames.
This option can be either a positive or negative number.
The units for this option are normally millimeters, but this can be changed with the Prefs
| Crop units (p. 95) option.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of frame
offsets.
Input | Frame spacing
This option sets the spacing between frames for some film scanners that support this in
hardware. It is not available for most film scanners or flatbed scanners. This is the
distance between the starting positions of two consecutive frames.
The units for this option are normally in millimeters, but this can be changed with the
Prefs | Crop units (p. 95) option.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of frame
spacing.
Input | Preview resolution
Use this option to specify the resolution the scanner will use when performing the
preview scan.
If set to "Auto", a resolution will be chosen that results in a preview with roughly one
million pixels. The exact number of pixels depends on the resolutions your scanner is
able to produce.
If set to "Custom", the resolution is selected by theInput | Preview dpi (p. 55) option.
You can also select a specific preview resolution from the list.
Lower resolutions may take less time to scan, and will use less memory. The preview
resolution needs only to be enough for you to determine appropriate cropping, filter
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settings, color settings and so on; the result of the final scan is determined by Scan
resolution and other settings, not Preview resolution.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of scanning the
same paper or film twice.
Input | Preview dpi
If Input | Preview resolution (p. 54) is set to "Custom", the scanner will use a
hardware-supported resolution that is greater than, or equal to, this value. VueScan
will rescale the image to the requested resolution.
Note that this uses simple rescaling, so if quality is an issue, you should use an external
image editor to rescale the image.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Preview resolution (p. 54) is set
to "Custom".
Input | Scan resolution
Use this option to specify the resolution the scanner will use when performing the final
scan.
If set to "Auto", a resolution will be chosen based on whether it's a reflective scan or a
film scan. The exact number of pixels depends on the resolutions your scanner is able
to produce -- the number of pixels is displayed in the status area of the VueScan
window.
If set to "Custom", the resolution is selected by theInput | Scan dpi (p. 55) option.
You can also select a specific scan resolution from the list.
Input | Scan dpi
If Input | Scan resolution (p. 55) is set to "Custom", the scanner will use a
hardware-supported resolution that is greater than or equal to this value. VueScan will
rescale the image to the requested resolution.
Note that this uses simple rescaling, so if quality is an issue, you should use an external
image editor to rescale the image.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Scan resolution (p. 55) is set to
"Custom".
Input | Auto rotate
VueScan will detect the orientation of text images when the media type is set to Text,
Color text or Microfilm. When the image is scanned, this option causes the image to
be analyzed and the page is rotated to be upright.
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Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning Text, Color text or
Microfilm.
Input | Auto flip
If this option is set, the page orientation is flipped every time an image is saved. This is
to allow easier scanning of books and magazines.
Input | Rotation
This option describes the orientation of the images in the Preview and Scan tabs and in
TIFF, JPEG, PDF, Index and Raw files. This is relative to the unrotated image that
comes from the scanner.
Don't have much memory on your system? Set this option to "None" and rotate the
image later with an image viewer - this will make the cropping faster. Using "Right"
rotates 90 degrees clockwise, using "Flip" rotates 180 degrees, and using "Left" rotates
90 degrees counterclockwise.
Note that rotation happens after mirroring.
Input | Auto skew
Use this option to automatically compute the skew angle for images that aren't quite
straight.
Input | Skew
Use this option to rotate the image by a small angle to correct for images that aren't
quite straight. The angle is specified in degrees, plus or minus two degrees.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when auto skew isn't enabled.
Input | Mirror
This option mirrors images left/right before rotating. This lets you position your film
emulsion side up or down.
Input | Auto focus
Set this option to enable a focus before doing a preview or scan (or both). The
scanner will focus on the point specified by Crop | Focus X/Y offset (p. 69). This
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location is visually represented by an animated cross-hair in the Preview tab after a

preview scan is created.
Set to "Preview" so that focus will only be done once if the scan is to be created
directly after the preview. Otherwise, set to "Always" or to ensure the most accurate
focus (as in some cases the heat generated by the preview can cause the media to
bend).
If you have locked exposure and turned off auto-cropping (see "Advanced Workflow
Suggestions") no preview will be performed. In this case, you must focus at scan time,
so either "Scan" or "Both" will ensure focusing.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of auto
focus.
Input | Focus
Set this option to a value between -1 and 1 to manually change the device focus. The
nominal value for most scanners is 0.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of auto
focus and when Input | Auto focus (p. 56)is set to "Manual".
Input | Auto scan
If this option is set to "Preview" or "Scan" and if the scanner can sense when an image
is inserted, VueScan will simulate pressing either the Preview button (p. 46) orScan
button (p. 46) when an image is inserted.
This option is reset to "None" if you press the Cancel button (p. 47)
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner can sense inserted
media or when the scanner is capable of addressing frames separately.
Input | Auto save
If this option is set to "Preview" or "Scan", VueScan will save files after a preview or
scan is completed. If set to "None" files will be saved only after pressing the Save
button (p. 47).
In most cases, this option should be set to "Scan".
Professional Option: This option is displayed when TIFF, JPEG, PDF, OCR Text,
Index or Raw files are being saved.
Input | Auto print
If this option is set to "Preview" or "Scan", VueScan will print after a preview or scan is
completed. If set to "None" scans will be printed only when you choose the "File | Print
image" command.
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In most cases, this option should be set to "Scan".
Input | Auto lamp off
This option controls when the lamp in the scanner is turned on and off. It is only
displayed when a scanner that is capable of controlling the lamp independently from the
scan is selected.
Option Startup Exit Auto lamp off
======= ======= ==== =============
None no action no action none
Always no action lamp off end of scan
5 minutes lamp on lamp off 5 minutes
Exit lamp on lamp off none
When "None" is selected, the lamp is turned on at the start of a scan and is never
turned off.
When "Always" is selected, the lamp is turned off at the end of a scan and turned off
when VueScan exits.
When "5 minutes" is selected, the lamp is turned on when VueScan starts, turned off
when VueScan exits, and turned off 5 minutes after the end of a scan.
When "Exit" is selected, the lamp is turned on when VueScan starts and turned off
when VueScan exits.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner's lamp can be
controlled.
Input | Auto eject
This option controls when the media is ejected (assuming the scanner is capable of
ejecting media). It can be ejected after a preview, or a scan, or when VueScan exits.
The media can be ejected manually with the "Scanner | Eject" command.
When Input | Batch scan (p. 52) is set, ejection will occur after the batch is complete.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner hardware can eject
the media.
Input | Auto repeat
This option will simulate repeatedly pressing theScan button (p. 46) after a time delay.
Input | Number of samples
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This option is available for scanners that support multi-sampling. As the scanner head
passes over the media it makes multiple exposures for each location. The results for
all samples are averaged.
This is a useful feature because any one exposure may be inaccurate, resulting in noise
in the output. Noise will appear as one pixel whose color or tone is different than
surrounding pixels. By taking multiple samples and averaging the results, the effect of
inaccurate exposure is reduced.
This option will slow down scanning because the scanner is doing more. You should
experiment with your scanner to see which balance of speed and accuracy is
appropriate.
Number of samples is similar to Number of passes. Multi-sampling is preferable as

the scanner head is positioned once, which ensures that the same area will be
exposed for each sample. Multi-sampling is available only on a limited number of
scanners.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of

multi-sampling.
Input | Number of passes
This option provides a similar function as the Number of samples option, but does not
require the scanner to provide hardware support for multi-sampling. Each pass causes
a full scan. After all passes are complete, the results are averaged, and the average
is saved.
This is a useful feature because any one exposure may be inaccurate, resulting in noise
in the output. Noise will appear as one pixel whose color or tone is different than
surrounding pixels. By taking multiple passes and averaging the results, the effect of
inaccurate exposure is reduced.
This option will slow down scanning because the scanner is doing more. You should
experiment with your scanner to see which balance of speed and accuracy is
appropriate.
On multiple passes the scanner head needs to be repositioned precisely at the same
location as where it started on the previous pass. Some scanners do not support this
operation. Others do, but reposition incorrectly, which will cause a blurred result.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of scanning
the same image more than once and when not scanning from a file.
Input | Grain dissolver
This option is only displayed when using the Minolta Scan Elite 5400. It causes a
translucent material to be inserted in the light path, which makes the light source more
diffuse. It can slightly reduce the appearance of film grain at the cost of longer scan
times. By default, this option is turned off.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a grain dissolver.
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Input | Frame alignment
This option is only displayed when using a Nikon LS-30, LS-40, LS-50, LS-2000,
LS-4000 or LS-5000 with the strip film adapter. It causes VueScan to align the start of
the frames by scanning the area between the first and second frames on the strip and
then finding the initial 2 mm of clear leader. By default, this option is turned on.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a strip film
adapter inserted.
Input | Fine mode
This option is used to improve the scan quality on some scanners.
When using the Nikon CoolScan 5000 (LS-5000), CoolScan 8000 (LS-8000) or
CoolScan 9000 (LS-9000), this option causes only one CCD line to be used, which
makes scans take longer but sometimes improves the scan quality of very dark media.
When using some Brother, Canon, Fujitsu, HP and Samsung scanners, this option
disables in-scanner JPEG compression of scans, which makes scans take longer but
sometimes improves the scan quality by eliminating subtle JPEG artifacts.
Professional Option: This option is displayed with some Nikon scanners and some
scanners that support in-scanner JPEG compression.
Input | Show texture
This option is used to emphasize the texture in paper scans. It does this by turning on a
lamp that illuminates the paper from an angle, throwing a shadow where there's texture.
It currently is enabled on the Epson Perfection V600 and V800/V850.
Professional Option: This option is displayed with some Epson scanners.
Input | Overscan
This option is used to scan a few extra millimeters around the image. This is useful
when scanning photos or postcards when you want to get every bit of the image in the
scan.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a document
feeder that supports this in hardware.
Input | Double feed detect
This option is used to detect when more than one page at a time feeds into a document
feeder. Sometimes pages or photos stick together when feeding into a document
feeder, and the scanner will stop scanning when this happens so you can feed the
pages again and restart the scan (with the Scan+ button).
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has a document
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feeder that supports this in hardware.
Input | Multi exposure
This option provides a way to get additional detail from the darker parts of the scanned
image. It is available on scanners that are able to increase the CCD exposure time.
A first pass is performed as usual with the normal RGB exposure. This will be an
appropriate exposure for the image as a whole. Then a second pass is performed with
a longer exposure, which can reveal additional detail in dark areas not captured in the
first pass. VueScan then merges the results of the two by choosing from either the first
or second exposure pass.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner can control the CCD
exposure time and when scanning slide film (not Color negative, B/W negative or
Microfilm).
Input | Lock exposure
Set this option to lock the CCD exposure values to auto-exposure values computed for
the most recent preview or scan, or as adjusted manually with the Input | RGB exposure
(p. 61) option.
This option can save time when scanning a batch of images with similar characteristics,
e.g. a roll of film.
If you turn on this option and also clear Crop | Auto offset (p. 65)and Crop | Auto rotate
(p. 67), then the Scan button (p. 46) will not perform a preview scan. This can save
time when batch scanning.
Note that locking the CCD exposure values doesn't lock the brightness of the final
images - it only locks the brightness of the raw scan files. To lock the brightness of the
final images, use the Input | Lock image color (p. 62) option.
See the "Advanced workflow suggestions" section of this User's Guide for more
information.
exposure time.
Input | RGB/Infrared exposure
On scanners that are able to vary the CCD exposure time, this option lets you multiply
the exposure time by a user-specified value. This can be useful when scanning very
dark slides with bright highlights and you want to get more detail from the dark areas.
There's seldom any reason to increase these values from those computed by the auto
exposure.
If the CCD is over-exposed when scanning color negative film, then the film base color
gets messed up and the dark areas of the image (the bright parts of the negative) will
lose detail.
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Note that these exposure values do not directly control the brightness of the final image
- this is controlled by options in the Color tab. These exposure values control the
brightness of the raw scan file only.
exposure time and the Input | Lock exposure (p. 61)option is on. The infrared CCD
exposure time is only displayed if the hardware is also capable of infrared scanning.
Input | Red/Green/Blue analog gain
On Nikon scanners, this option multiplies Input | RGB exposure (p. 61)by the per-color
analog gain. You can change the analog gain options to change the ratio of the CCD
exposure times for the red, green and blue channels.
Note that "analog gain" is Nikon's term for CCD exposure time. It doesn't actually vary
the analog gain within the scanner.

separately controlling analog gain.
Input | Lock film base color
This option locks the color of the film substrate to values calculated at the most recent
preview or scan. These values are displayed in the "Color | Film base color" fields when
this option is set.
Negative film has an orange tone that needs to be compensated for to produce the
positive image. You can see this orange color by looking at an unexposed (clear) area
of developed negative film.
For a given film type and roll of film (all of which is developed under the same
conditions), this correction will be the same for all frames, so only needs to be set once.
This option is only available after Input | Lock exposure (p. 61) is set, and then after a
preview or scan.
This option can save time when scanning a batch of images with similar characteristics,
e.g. a roll of film.
information.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when using the Advanced Workflow
Procedure in this User's Guide.
Input | Lock image color
This option locks the black and white point used in the most recent preview or scan.
This is useful after scanning the first image of a series and you want to make the
lighting consistent in future scans (especially when scanning panoramas). This option
is only displayed if you first set the Input | Lock exposure (p. 61) option and the Input |
Lock film base color (p. 62) option.
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information.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when using the Advanced Workflow
Procedure in this User's Guide.
Input | Blank page removal
This option causes blank pages from a document feeder to not be saved or printed.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when using a document feeder.
Input | Default folder
This is a mirror of the Output | Default folder (p. 81) option.
Input | File type
This is a mirror of the Output | File type (p. 82) option.
Input | TIFF file name
This is a mirror of the Output | TIFF file name (p. 82) option.
Input | JPEG file name
This is a mirror of the Output | JPEG file name (p. 84) option.
Input | PDF file name
This is a mirror of the Output | PDF file name (p. 86) option.
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The crop tab lets you specify full automatic cropping, full manual cropping and a range of
options between. Note that VueScan also lets you change these values by using the mouse on
the preview image.
The crop area is displayed as a blinking dashed line (marching ants) that defines the area for
subsequent VueScan operations. Position the mouse over the blinking line and drag to
reposition any edge. Hold down the shift key and click and drag anywhere within the crop area
to reposition the entire crop area (or drag the center of the crop area with the mouse). Click the
scan tab for VueScan to display the result of the cropping automatically. The scan tab will use
the data from the preview if a full scan has not yet been performed.
The area included in the crop is important in two ways. First, this is the area of the scan that will
be included in the output files. Second, this area is used to calculate color balance,
histogram, and other settings.
Be sure not to include the border around the edge of an image as part of the crop as this may
cause these settings to be calculated incorrectly.Crop | Buffer (%) (p. 68) can also be used to
prevent inadvertent inclusion of data outside of the desired frame in color settings.)
Crop | Crop size
This option specifies the method used to determine the size of the cropped image:
Manual
Lets you enter all of the crop sizes manually. This option will also be selected
if you have adjusted the crop size or position using the mouse on the preview
window.
Auto
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Analyzes the image and uses built-in rules to find the edges automatically. This
setting works well most of the time if you want to capture the whole image.
Maximum
Sets the crop size to be the same as the size of Crop | Preview area (p. 69).
This is particularly useful when saving the raw scan data to files as it ensures
that everything the scanner reads will be saved.
(specific sizes)
Sets the crop area to known dimensions. If a specific size is selected, the
Crop | Crop orientation (p. 67) option will be available.
Crop | X/Y size
This is the size of the image area that you are cropping. If set to zero, the entire
scanned area will be used.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenCrop | Crop size (p. 64) is set to
"Manual".
Crop | Auto offset
Setting this option will automatically offset the crop box. It will find the best placement
for it to capture as much of the image as possible.
To save time when batch scanning, clear this option andCrop | Auto rotate (p. 67) and
set Input | Lock exposure (p. 61). Then when you press "Scan" it will perform a scan
without additionally creating a preview.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when Crop | Crop size (p. 64)is set to
anything except "Maximum".
Crop | X/Y offset
This is the offset in the preview area of the start of the image data.
These positions are relative to the upper left-hand corner of the preview area. See
Crop | Preview area (p. 69).
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Crop | Auto offset (p. 65)is displayed
and not set.
Crop | Multi type
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This option is used with 35mm film scanners to indicate that multiple 35mm film sizes
should be used. If turned off, the cropping will search for only 24x36mm sizes, and if
turned on, will also look for 10x13mm, 24x18mm, 28x28mm, 28x36mm, and 40x40mm.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning slides with a 35mm film
scanner .
Crop | Multi crop
This option is used with some flatbed scanners that have a black plastic mask that
holds multiple slides or film strips. It can also be used to scan multiple snapshots on a
flatbed scanner.
If set to Auto, it automatically finds the places in the preview that contain the selected
type of image.
If set to Custom, you can set up theCrop | X/Y images (p. 66),Crop | X/Y spacing (p.
66),Crop | X/Y padding (p. 66), andCrop | X/Y linked (p. 67) options.
If set to another option, it will use a pre-computed grid for many types of black plastic
masks for each scanner. If there isn't a built-in grid for your particular scanner, it will
try to guess the shape of this grid.
Standard Option: This option is displayed if the scan area is large enough to hold more
than one image.
Crop | X/Y images
Set these options to set up a grid for scanning separate images. Each image within
the grid can be cropped and rotated independently.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenCrop | Multi crop (p. 66) is set to
"Custom".
Crop | X/Y spacing
These values can be set when Crop | X/Y images (p. 66) is set to a value greater than
1. See Crop | X/Y images (p. 66).
Set the approximate width (X spacing) and height (Y spacing) of each element in the
grid defined by Crop | X/Y images (p. 66). For example, 8 4x6 photos on a 12x16
flatbed scanner would have X spacing of 6 inches and Y spacing of 4 inches.
"Custom".
Crop | X/Y padding
If these values are set to 0, then the grid is centered, otherwise this is an offset to the
first box in the grid.
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"Custom".
Crop | X/Y linked
This option indicates that all frames in the horizontal or vertical direction move together
when one of the frames is offset. This usually indicates strip film in a horizontal or
vertical orientation.
"Custom".
Crop | Show multi outline
Turn this option off if you don't want to see the lines around the multi-crop boxes.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenCrop | Multi crop (p. 66) is used.
Crop | Auto rotate
Setting this option will automatically rotate the crop box. It will find the best placement
for it to capture as much of the image as possible.
This option only functions when the crop box fits inside the preview area both
horizonally and vertically. Some slide scanners let you put the slide in landscape or
portrait mode, and this option rotates the image to either portrait or landscape
orientation to match the image.
To save time when batch scanning, clear this option andCrop | Auto rotate (p. 67) and
set Input | Lock exposure (p. 61). Then when you press "Scan" it will perform a scan
without additionally creating a preview.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Crop | Crop size (p. 64)is set to
anything except "Maximum" and when Crop | Multi crop (p. 66)isn't used.
Crop | Crop orientation
Use this option to control whether the size specified in theCrop | Crop size (p. 64) option
is oriented in portrait or landscape view.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Crop | Crop size (p. 64) is set to a
specific size and not auto rotating, or when Crop | Crop size (p. 64) is set to "Auto" and
Crop | Multi crop (p. 66) isn't used.
Crop | Lock aspect ratio
This option forces the crop box to keep a constant aspect ratio while one (or two) edges
are being dragged by the mouse.
This ratio is always greater than one, and is the ratio of the longest edge to the shortest
edge of the crop box.
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If set to "Off", the aspect ratio isn't locked.
If set to "Image size", the aspect ratio is computed using the Output | Printed size (p.
81) option.
If set to "Manual", the Crop | Aspect ratio (p. 68) option will appear and you can
manually set the aspect ratio of the crop box.
Crop | Aspect ratio
If Crop | Lock aspect ratio (p. 67) is set to "Manual", use this option to manually set the
ratio of the longest edge to the shortest edge of the crop box. For instance, if you
plan on printing an image on 4x6 paper, the aspect ratio should be 1.5 (6 divided by 4).
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenCrop | Lock aspect ratio (p. 67) is
set to "Manual".
Crop | Border (%)
This instructs VueScan to enlarge the image beyond the edge of the crop box. This
added border is ignored when computing the color balance of the image.
This option is useful for adjusting the size or position of the crop box that may have cut
off parts of the image you want to keep. Because border will extend the effective
area that is cropped, it will tend to include areas of white (or black) in the resulting
image; if these parts of the image were not ignored when computing color balance, they
could skew the results.
Border is a percentage relative to the dimensions of the cropped area, up to the

maximum size of the preview area.
Border can also be set as a negative value in order to reduce the size of the image.
Compare this option to Crop | Buffer (%) (p. 68).
Crop | Buffer (%)
This causes VueScan to ignore some image data just inside the edge of the crop box of
the image when computing the color balance of the image. Unlike Crop | Border (%)
(p. 68), the buffer does not affect the size of the image.
This option is useful to account for sizing or positioning errors of the crop box that
incorrectly include parts of the image from its outer edges. These white or black
areas can significantly skew the calculation of color balance if not ignored.
Buffer is a percentage relative to the dimensions of the image area. Because it

includes a Crop | Border (%) (p. 68) it should always be set slightly higher than Border.
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Compare this option to Crop | Border (%) (p. 68).
Crop | Preview area
The preview area is the subset of the total scan area that gets scanned to produce a
preview. This option can be set manually, set to the same as the last preview, set to
the crop box, set to the default or set to the maximum possible.
Note: if you set a smaller preview area, the scanner head will move only far enough to
cover that area. This can reduce the amount of time needed to scan, especially on
flatbed scanners. Because the stepper motor that moves the scan head is often the
factor that limits speed, it also makes sense to orient images in landscape (and set the
preview area accordingly).
Crop | Preview X/Y offset/size
These options describe the size of the preview area. They are relative to the upper
left-hand corner of the image, negative, or slide.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenCrop | Preview area (p. 69) isn't set
to "Maximum".
Crop | Focus X/Y offset
This option determines where the auto focus is centered. This position is displayed on
the preview as a small animated box.
Film tends to curl along its length, as well as across its width in which case the focus
will be slightly off as the edges of the film will be closer to the lens than the center.
To minimize this effect, position the focus point between the center of the film and its
edge in both dimensions, or slightly closer to the edge to account for less depth-of-field
the closer to the lens.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner is capable of focusing.
Crop | All frames
This option makes all frames use the options in this tab, instead of applying the options
separately for each frame.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when using multiple frames.
Filter tab
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This tab is used to control the infrared (IR) cleaning, restore colors, grain reduction and
sharpening options.
Filter options affect the output of cropped TIFF, JPEG and PDF files and the images in an index.
They do not affect the data of a raw scan file.
The one exception to this is if Output | Raw output with (p. 92) is set to "Save" - in this case, the
infrared cleaning and grain reduction is also done before saving the raw scan files.
See the Processing section of the topic "How VueScan Works" to understand the details of how
these filters are applied.
Filter | Infrared clean
When an infrared channel is available, use this option to remove dust spots and
scratches. It only causes image softening in the immediate vicinity of the spots and
scratches, except when this option is set to "Heavy".
You can control the amount of cleaning of the image by choosing the Light, Medium or
Heavy options.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has an infrared lamp and
when scanning a color film (not B/W negative or Microfilm).
Filter | Restore colors
This option is used to restore the red, green, and blue colors by making them more
independent. This works best when scanning at high resolution.
If you select this option, the film type in the Color tab isn't used.
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Filter | Restore fading
This option is used to restore the effects of faded film dyes. Slide film often shifts
towards red over time, and color negative film towards cyan.
If you select this option, the film type in the Color tab isn't used.
Filter | Grain reduction
Use this option to reduce the graininess of a scan. It can also reduce the effect of
electronic noise.
You can control the amount of softening of the image by choosing the Light, Medium or
Heavy options.
Filter | Sharpen
This option enables an unsharp mask. This is used to sharpen images, the unsharp
mask will improve images for printing.
If you're planning on editing images after scanning them, then you should leave this
option off.
Filter | Descreen
Set this option when scanning images made up of an array of dots in a "screen" pattern.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when scanning reflective media.
Filter | Descreen dpi
Set this option to the approximate number of dots per inch of the "screen" used when
printing the media you're scanning. The default value of 75 works well for most media.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning reflective media and
Filter | Descreen (p. 71) is set.
Filter | Flatten
Set this option when scanning paper with stains or uneven lighting. For example, when
scanning books, the area near the spline is often darker, and this option will correct this.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when scanning reflective media.
Filter | All frames
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Color tab
This tab is used to control the colors of the preview and scan. It lets you specify film type, film
base color, image brightness, color balancing, black and white points and color space.
Color | Color balance
Use this option to set the type of color balance you want for each image. The default
setting of White Balance is appropriate for typical lighting conditions. See the topic
"Adjusting Color Balance" for general guidance on using Neutral and Auto levels to
handle these cases if White Balance is not right.
None
The black and white points aren't used at all, and the image is only corrected
for the CCD's color response (if the Media option is set to Image) or by the
film's color response. This image is gamma corrected.
Manual
Both the black and white points are used to stretch the image's intensity range.
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However, the relative ratios of red, green, and blue are specified manually.
Neutral
Both the black and white points are used to stretch the image's intensity range.
However, the relative ratios of red, green, and blue are kept constant.
Tungsten
Both the black and white points are adjusted to compensate for an image lit by
tungsten light (i.e. a normal incandescent light bulb). This removes the reddish
cast from indoor pictures taken without a flash.
Fluorescent
Both the black and white points are adjusted to compensate for an image lit by
fluorescent light. This removes the greenish cast from indoor pictures lit by
fluorescent lights or lit by flash.
Night
Both the black and white points are adjusted to compensate for an image taken
at night. The white balance is determined from the darkest 10% of the image,
which often produces the best results when images have bright fluorescent or
incandescent lights that are greenish or yellowish.
Auto levels
This is a simple mapping of the darkest color to 0.00 intensity and the brightest
color to 0.95 intensity.
White balance
VueScan analyzes the image and adjusts it to make neutral colors appear more
neutral.
Landscape
neutral, and sky blue and green foliage colors more lifelike.
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Portrait
neutral and skin tones more lifelike.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when whenInput | Lock image color (p. 62)
isn't set.
Color | Neutral red/green/blue
This option is normally set by clicking with the right mouse button on a neutral color in
the image.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Lock image color (p. 62)
isn't set, and when "Color | Color balance" is set to "Manual".
Color | Black point (%)
The black point is used by the color balance algorithm and is computed by using the
histogram of each color in the image. Use this option to leave the black point at the
minimum intensity (0%), or to choose the black point such that some percentage of the
pixels in the image are below the black point.
The default black point is 0. Setting a higher value will cause tones close to black to
become pure black, which can improve contrast. However, setting the black point too
high will cause shadow detail to be lost.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when "Color | Color balance" is set
andInput | Lock image color (p. 62) isn't set.
Color | Black point red/green/blue
This option lets you set the black point manually. Note that these values are in linear
space, not gamma corrected space, so the only practical way to use these values is to
use the Input | Lock image color (p. 62) option.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Lock image color (p. 62) is
set.
Color | White point (%)
The white point is used by the color balance algorithm and is computed by using the
histogram of each color in the image. Use this option to leave the white point at the
maximum intensity (0%), or to choose the white point such that some percentage of the
pixels in the image are above the white point.
The default white point is 1% (that is, the brightest 1% of pixels are all converted to pure
white). Setting a higher value will cause tones close to white to become pure white.
This can improve contrast and overall intensity of the image. Setting the white point
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too high will cause details in areas of highlights (e.g. the gray puffs of a cloud) to be
lost, making the image look flat.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when "Color | Color balance" is set
andInput | Lock image color (p. 62) isn't set.
Color | White point red/green/blue
This option lets you set the white point manually. Note that these values are in linear
space, not gamma corrected space, so the only practical way to use these values is to
use the Input | Lock image color (p. 62) option.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Lock image color (p. 62) is
set.
Color | Threshold
Use this option to change the brightness of text or microfilm scans.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when scanning one bit per sample.
Color | Invert
Use this option to invert black and white when scanning text using white letters on a
black background.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when scanning one bit per sample.
Color | Curve low/high
Use these options to change the shape of the curve that's applied after the black/white
point is applied.
Decrease the low value to see more detail in the black parts of the image, and increase
the high value to see more detail in the white part.
You can set Prefs | Graph type (p. 97) to "Curve" to see the curve, and can move the
triangles under the curve to change these values.
Double-click on the graph of the curve to reset these options to their default values.
Color | Brightness
Use this option to increase or decrease the overall image brightness.
VueScan's brightness is effectively a multiplier of the gamma of the color space.
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Color | Brightness red/green/blue
Use these options to increase or decrease the red/green/blue image brightness. Note
that this is a gamma multiplier, where 1.0 is the default setting.
Color | Film base color red/green/blue
This option displays values for the base color of the film, and can be edited. These
options, which are usually set automatically, are available ifInput | Lock film base color
(p. 62) is selected.
This is primarily useful if you're scanning a series of negatives or slides from the same
roll of film as its base color will always be the same.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Media (p. 50) set to a film
type and whenInput | Lock film base color (p. 62) is set.
Color | Slide/Negative/B/W vendor/brand/type
Use these options to set up the film type for various settings for theInput | Media (p. 50)
option.
Choose the appropriate vendor, brand and type from the list. Examine the edge of the
film around the sprockets to determine the type.
If your film is not listed, the generic option is often a good choice.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenInput | Media (p. 50) is set to a film
type.
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/Output/Monitor color space
(Professional Edition only)
Use these options to set the color space. A color space is a combination of color
primaries and white point. For most situations, the default color space is probably best.
Color spaces are used to provide a well-known standard that ensures a given color is
the same in one medium (e.g. the display monitor) as it is in others (e.g. printed output).
If you use specific color spaces, you must ensure that all other software, printing, etc.
that operates on that source uses the same color space. Color spaces are an
advanced topic -- use them only if you understand and need them.
The Scanner color space is the color space used by a scanner, raw scan file or raw
digital camera file. It is also the name of the ICC file that gets written when "Profile |
Profile scanner" is chosen. There are two options for Scanner color space - built-in,
which is the color space of a pre-profiled scanner, and "ICC profile", which is an ICC
profile produced by the "Profile | Profile scanner" command.
The Printer color space is used to control how the colors look when they are sent to
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your printer. You should normally use the default setting unless you're profiling your
printer.
The Film color space is an advanced option for adjusting for the color of film stocks.
The Output color space is used when writing images to JPEG, TIFF, PDF and Index
files.
Note that if you use the Apple RGB, ColorMatch RGB, ProPhoto RGB or ECI RGB color
space, the image gamma will be 1.8. If you use any other color space, the image
gamma will be 2.2.
You can change the image gamma by using the "Color | Image brightness" option.
This is a multiplier of the gamma of the color space chosen.
The Monitor color space is the color space used to display images in the Preview and
Scan tabs. The default value is usually correct for most systems.
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/File/Monitor ICC profile
If you set this option to "ICC profile", you can specify the name of an ICC profile.
The Scanner, Printer and Film ICC profiles are normally read-only, but will also be
written when the "Profile | Profile scanner/printer/film" commands are used.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the color space is set to "ICC
profile".
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film ICC description
Use this option to add a description to the ICC profile when it's created. This
description is used by programs like Photoshop(TM) to identify a profile.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the color space is set to "ICC
profile".
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film IT8 data
Every IT8 or Q60 target has an associated data file that describes the measured color
at each square in the target. This file is read when the "Profile | Profile scanner"
command is used. If you don't have a data file for your target, the default IT8 target
colors will be used.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when the color space is set to "ICC profile".
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Color | Show IT8 outline
When this option is enabled, a grid is overlaid over the crop box showing where the IT8
target locations are. Note that this grid only outlines the grey bar at the bottom of the
target and the first 19 columns of the color boxes.
Color | View color
Use this option to view all three color channels normally ("RGB") or to view the red,
green, blue or infrared channel alone.
The default value is "RGB".
Color | Pixel colors
Use this option to enable setting the clipped black and white colors, the out of gamut
colors and the infrared defect colors.
Color | Clipped black color
Use this option to show the pixels that have at least one color clipped to zero intensity.
These colored pixels are not written to output files, but are displayed in the Preview and
Scan tabs.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when "Color | Pixel colors" is set.
Color | Clipped white color
Use this option to show the pixels that have at least one color clipped to maximum
intensity.
These colored pixels are not written to output files, but are displayed in the Preview and
Scan tabs.
Color | Out of gamut color
Use this option to show the pixels that have at least one color component that is out of
gamut.
These colored pixels aren't written to output files, but are displayed in the Preview and
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Scan tabs.
Color | Infrared defect color
Use this option to show the defects found by theFilter | Infrared clean (p. 70) option.
These colored pixels aren't written to output files, but are displayed in the Preview and
Scan tabs.
This option is only useful when Filter | Infrared clean (p. 70)is enabled.
Color | All frames
Output tab
This tab lets you specify what types of files are written when scanning, and the file names and
options for these files.
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.
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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. 53))
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 *
Use an asterix (*) for the output file name to cause the raw file name to be used. For instance,
when scanning raw files with different names that aren't in numerical order, click the '@' button
to the right of the Input | Files (p. 50) option, choose multiple file names, and when you batch
scan these, the output files will have the same file names as the input files, albeit in different
folders and with different file extensions.
Frame numbering with =
Insert an equals sign (=) anywhere in the filename to instruct VueScan to insert the current
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value of Input | Frame number (p. 53)when creating the file. If you save the same frame more
than once VueScan will overwrite the previous file (seePrefs | Warn on overwrite (p. 99)).
If you specify a starting number, VueScan will add one less than the current frame number to
the starting value. For example, if you specify "crop0007=.tif" and the current frame number is
2, the file written will be "crop0008.tif" (7+2-1).
This feature allows you to match the exposure number printed on the film edge to the file
number of the scan. Keep in mind that Input | Frame number (p. 53) will be relative to what the
scanner thinks is a frame. Your film holder frame number might range from 1 to 6, so for each
new strip of 6 exposures you scan, you can set the starting number in the filename.
Output | Default folder
This is the folder where files are read and written by default.
All other file names on the Output tab, as well as Input | Files (p. 50)will use this folder,
so full paths are not required in those fields.
Output | Printed size
Use this option to select the target size of the saved images. This is used to compute
the resolution of the saved TIFF, JPEG and PDF files. The dpi of the saved files will
depend on the dpi produced by the scanner and the image size.
Note that "Printed size" does not affect the number of pixels in the image, so this setting
does not affect the file size. "Printed size" controls logically how far apart the pixels
should be displayed in order to fit within the bounds specified. This also means that
"Printed size" does not instruct VueScan to resample the image.
Keep in mind that the effects of resolution may not be visible (or may be
misrepresented), as a result of the resolution of your monitor or printer. A very
high-resolution file cannot be displayed at a resolution higher then the monitor, so just
because you see jagged lines does not mean the image will print poorly.
Output | Magnification (%)
If the "Printed size" is "Scan size", you can increase the printed size of the output file
with this option.
This option divides the scanned dpi of the image by this value, resulting in an increase
in the printed size of the output file.
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | Printed size (p. 81) is set to
"Scan size".
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Output | Printed dpi
If "Printed size" is "Fixed dpi", you can specify the dpi of the output file with this option.
The printed size will be as large as needed to match the specified resolution and will
retain the aspect ratio of the cropped scan.
"Fixed dpi".
Output | Printed width
This sets the target width of the saved images when the "Printed size" option is set to
"Manual". If set, the height will be calculated to retain the aspect ratio of the cropped
scan.
"Manual".
Output | Printed height
This sets the target height of the saved images when the "Printed size" option is set to
"Manual". If set, the width will be calculated to retain the aspect ratio of the cropped
scan.
"Manual".
Output | Auto file name
The "XXXX file name" options below are used to produce the output file name. If this
option is turned off, then a Save dialog box lets the user specify the actual file name to
be used.
Output | File type
You can use this option to write scans in JPEG, PDF or TIFF format. If you select
"Custom", then you can select any combination of file types.
Output | TIFF file
This enables writing the cropped and processed images to a TIFF file when scanning.
Output | TIFF file name
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This specifies the name of the TIFF file to hold the cropped and processed images.
In addition to VueScan writing a specific file name, it can also automatically name your
files in three ways by placing special characters in the filename. See the beginning of
this section for information on how to use this auto-numbering feature.
The default setting of this option is "@.tif", which is expanded to

"Scan-YYMMDD-0001+.tif".
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | TIFF file (p. 82) is set.
Output | TIFF size reduction
You can use this option to write files with a reduced number of pixels. For instance, if
size reduction is set to 3, then every 3x3 block of pixels in the image will be written as a
single pixel, which is the average of these 9 pixels.
This option will reduce the resolution and size of the file produced. These values will be
displayed in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan window.
However, this option produces better results than reducing the resolution of the scan,
as the averaging of multiple pixels results in a similar noise reduction benefit as
multi-sampling. See Input | Number of samples (p. 58)and Input | Number of passes
(p. 59).
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | TIFF file (p. 82) is set.
Output | TIFF multi page
If set to 'On', this option will cause VueScan to create multi-page TIFF files. Each scan
will be added as a new page.
If batch scanning with a document feeder, and if this option is set to 'Blank page', a new
file will be started if a blank page is detected (and the blank pages won't be saved).
If batch scanning with a a duplex document feeder, and if this option is set to
"Front/Back", only the front and back of each page will be saved in each file.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when Output | TIFF file (p. 82) is set.
Output | TIFF file type
This option describes the resolution of the cropped TIFF file, in bits per pixel. It should
normally be set to 24-bits per pixel, since many image editing programs are unable to
read TIFF files with higher bit depth than this.
If you select 8 bits or 16 bits, the file will be saved in black/white format.
Output | TIFF compression
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This specifies whether to use compression when writing the TIFF file.
TIFF compression will not cause any loss of image data. It will take a little longer to
read, and especially write, as the algorithm is computationally intensive, but can
reduce total file size by as much as 40%.
The default setting is "Auto", which enables compression for files with 12 or fewer bits
per sample and disables compression for files more bits per sample.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | TIFF file (p. 82) is set and
whenOutput | TIFF DNG format (p. 84) isn't set.
Output | TIFF DNG format
This specifies whether to write TIFF files in DNG (Digital Negative) format. This allows
VueScan's TIFF files to be read by the Adobe Camera Raw plugin or other programs
that read DNG files.
Output | TIFF profile
This specifies whether to embed an ICC color profile into the TIFF file. This is primarily
useful if you're using Photoshop(TM). You can specify the profile to use by
settingColor | Output color space (p. 76).
Output | JPEG file
This enables writing the cropped and processed images to a JPEG file when scanning.
Output | JPEG file name
This specifies the name of the JPEG file to hold the cropped and processed images.
The default setting of this option is "@.jpg", which is expanded to

"Scan-YYMMDD-0001+.jpg".
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | JPEG file (p. 84) is set.
Output | JPEG size reduction
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(p. 59).
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | JPEG file (p. 84) is set.
Output | JPEG multi page
If set, this option will cause VueScan to append scans to the end of a JPEG file,
padding the file with white pixels on the right if necessary.
This option is sometimes useful if scanning two-sided identity documents like driver's
licenses, when scanning photographs with writing on the back, or when scanning
postcards.
If set to 'On', this option will cause VueScan to create multi-page JPEG files. Each
scan will be added as a new page.
Output | JPEG quality
This option controls the quality of the JPEG file. Using 100 produces images with few
visible JPEG 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.
Even at the highest quality, JPEG files are smaller than compressed TIFF files by as
much as 60%. This smaller size comes at the cost of loss of image information. If you
expect to be editing your scans produced by VueScan (e.g. in Photoshop(TM)), or are
digitally archiving your scans, JPEG is not a good choice. However, for web, email,
small size or inkjet printing, JPEG is by far more efficient and, at higher quality
settings, virtually indistinguishable.
Output | 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
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files.
Output | JPEG profile
This specifies whether to embed an ICC color profile into the JPEG file. This is primarily
Output | PDF file
This enables writing the cropped and processed images to a PDF file when scanning.
Output | PDF file name
This specifies the name of the PDF file to hold the cropped and processed images.
The default setting of this option is "@.pdf", which is expanded to

"Scan-YYMMDD-0001+.pdf".
Standard Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | PDF file (p. 86) is set.
Output | PDF size reduction
(p. 59).
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | PDF file (p. 86) is set.
Output | PDF multi page
This option is useful when you are scanning documents and want multiple pages stored
in a single file.
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If set to 'On', this option will cause VueScan to create multi-page PDF files. Each scan
will be added as a new page.
Output | PDF file type
This option describes the resolution of the cropped PDF file, in bits per pixel. For PDF
files, only 1 bit per sample and 8 bits per sample images are written, and 1 sample per
pixel and 3 samples per pixel images are written.
Output | PDF compression
This specifies whether to use compression when writing the PDF file.
PDF compression uses the JPEG format internally when writing PDF files with more
than one bit per pixel. If this option is set to 'Maximum', additional JPEG compression
is used (level 75) otherwise minimal JPEG compression is used (level 90).
Output | PDF paper size
This option describes the page size to be used in PDF files. If the image size is larger
than the page size, then a larger page size is used, otherwise the image is centered on
the page.
Output | PDF profile
This specifies whether to embed an ICC color profile into the PDF file. This is primarily
Output | PDF OCR text
This option creates searchable PDF files. VueScan's Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) feature detects where each word is located on the page, and overlays this text
on top of the image of the page. You can then use the search capability of any PDF
viewer to find the text within the PDF document.
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This will also let your operating system index your PDF files so you can look for
documents based on the text within them.
Use the Output | OCR text language (p. 88)option to choose the language of the text.
This will improve the quality of non-English OCR. Only characters that are in the
windows-1252 character set (basically Western European languages) will be written to
the PDF file.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed for flatbed scanners and when
scanning microfilm.
Output | OCR text file
This Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature writes the text from a scanned image
to a normal text file that can be edited with any text editor.
Output | OCR text file name
This specifies the name of the OCR text file to hold the text from the scanned image.
The default setting of this option is "@.txt", which is expanded to

"Scan-YYMMDD-0001+.txt".
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | OCR text file (p. 88) is set.
Output | OCR text language
This option selects the language of the text that's being scanned. There's built-in
support for English, and 32 additional languages can be downloaded from:
http://www.hamrick.com/ocr.html
Output | OCR text multi page
This option is useful when you are scanning documents and want the OCR text stored
in a single file.
If set to 'On', this option will cause VueScan to create multi-page OCR text files. Each
scan will be added as a new page.
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Output | OCR text RTF format
If set, this option will cause VueScan to write OCR text files in the RTF format (Rich
Text Format) used by Microsoft Word as well as most Mac OS X and Linux word
processors. This format preserves the location of the text on the page that's scanned,
along with the bold and italic settings of the text.
Output | Index file
This enables writing the cropped and processed images to an index file when scanning.
An index file contains thumbnail size copies of a set of images, for example a roll of
film. Each cropped image is added to the index print from left to right, top to bottom.
After saving an image to the index file, the file is closed and opened again if another
image is added.
Output | Index file name
This specifies the name of the file to hold the index images. Index files are always
saved as windows bitmap (BMP) files.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | Index file (p. 89) is set.
Output | Index frame
This option controls the placement of images in the index. If zero, the images are added
from left to right, top to bottom; this is the default setting.
If set to a number greater than 0, the images are added at that frame position counting
left to right, top to bottom. For example, if Index frame is set to 8 and Index across is
set to 5, the image would be placed at the second row, third column.
If Index frame is set to a number greater than 0, it will be increased by 1 after an image
is saved to the index.
When is it really useful? When you want to replace one or more index images in an
existing index file. For example if you want to change the rotation of an image, or if
you re-scan one strip of film within a roll.
Output | Index width
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This is the width of an index frame, in pixels.
Output | Index height
This is the height of an index frame, in pixels.
Output | Index margin
This is the margin around an index frame, in pixels.
Output | Index across
This is the number of index frames across in an index file.
Output | Raw file
This enables writing raw data from the scanner to a TIFF file.
The raw files are the result of the first of two steps VueScan performs: "scanning". The
second step is "processing". These steps are described in the topic "How VueScan
Works" in this User's Guide. By providing a mechanism to cleanly separate these two
steps, VueScan provides great flexibility and offers options not available in most other
scanner software.
You can perform the "processing" step later by setting Input | Source (p. 49) to "File".
This lets you rescan images with different settings, without needing to rescan the
media.
When the raw file is written depends on the setting ofOutput | Raw output with (p. 92).
Raw files are always stored as TIFF files and can therefore be examined in image
viewing and editing programs. Note, however that the resolution of raw files (as
specified inOutput | Raw file type (p. 92)) may be greater than some programs can
read.
Little processing is done on raw files so they are a close representation of exactly what
the scanner has produced. Raw files will not be filtered nor will color settings be
applied. As a result, raw scans may look "wrong".
Raw files contain as much data as the scanner was able to produce before any
modifications may have been made, and are therefore good for archiving.
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The image gamma value is 1.0 when there are two bytes (16-bits) per sample, and 2.2
when there is one byte (8-bits) per sample. Raw files saved with gamma 1.0 will look
dark, but this is normal.
The one exception to this is if Output | Raw output with (p. 92) is set to "Save". In this
case, the infrared cleaning and grain reduction is also done before saving the raw scan
files.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenPrefs | Enable raw from disk (p.
100) is set or when not scanning from a file.
Output | Raw file name
This specifies the name of the TIFF file used to hold the raw data from the scanner.
As well as VueScan writing a specific file name for you, it can also automatically
number your files in two ways by placing special characters in the filename. (See the
beginning of this section for information on how to use this auto-numbering feature.)
The default setting of this option is "scan0001+.tif".
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | Raw file (p. 90) is set.
Output | Raw size reduction
(p. 59).
This option may not be appropriate for use with raw files when your purpose is to
archive the scanner's output. For most users leave the value set at the default of 1 (no
reduction).
If, however, you always scan at a high resolution and then use size TIFF/JPEG
reduction when saving the crop file, Raw size reduction may be appropriate because it
results in significantly smaller files while still gaining the benefit of scanner noise
reduction.
If you do use Raw size reduction, you probably will not want to use TIFF/JPEG size
reduction later when scanning the raw file from disk.
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Output | Raw file type
This option describes the resolution of the raw file, in bits per pixel. It should normally
be set to Auto, which defaults to bits per pixel of the scanner.
Output | Raw output with
This specifies which operations in VueScan cause the raw scan data to be written to a
file.
If set to "Scan" (or "Preview"), the raw file is written at the same time as the scan (or
preview). In this case, the raw file has not had infrared cleaning or grain reduction
applied.
Assuming that the preview is used primarily to prepare for the final scan, this option
should normally be set to "Scan" so that the highest resolution raw image can be saved.
If set to "Save", it is written at the same time as other files are written (i.e. after a scan
completes or when the Save button (p. 47)is pressed). In this case, the raw file has
had infrared cleaning and grain reduction applied.
It's much faster to save the raw file at the same time as the scan, since writing the file is
overlapped with scanning the data.
Output | Raw save film
If this option is set, then the film corrections are done before the raw file is written.
The Output | Raw output with (p. 92) is also implicitly set to "Save", which means that
the rotation and infrared cleaning are also applied to the raw file.
Output | Raw compression
This specifies whether to use compression when writing the raw file.
Compression of the raw TIFF file will not cause any loss of image data. It will take a
little longer to read, and especially write, as the algorithm is computationally intensive,
but can reduce total file size by as much as 40%.
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The default setting is "Auto", which enables compression for files with 12 or fewer bits
per sample and disables compression for files using more bits per sample.
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenOutput | Raw file (p. 90) is set and
whenOutput | Raw DNG format (p. 93) isn't set.
Output | Raw DNG format
This specifies whether to write raw files in DNG (Digital Negative) format. This allows
VueScan's raw files to be read by the Adobe Camera Raw plugin or other programs that
read DNG files.
These DNG format raw files can also be read by VueScan when you set Input | Source
(p. 49) to "File".
Output | Description
This field will be written to TIFF files and JPEG files as an EXIF field and in OCR text
files at the top of the page. You can use it to indicate a one-line description of the image
being scanned.
Standard Option: This option is displayed when at least one of the output files is
enabled.
Output | Copyright
This field will be written to TIFF files and JPEG files as an EXIF field and in OCR text
files at the top of the page. You should normally use "Copyright 2018 Your Name".
enabled.
Output | Date
This field will be written to TIFF files and JPEG files as an EXIF field indicating the date
that the picture was taken originally (not the date that it was scanned).
You can be quite flexible in specifying this date - any of the following formats will work:
1995, March 1997, 20030402, 3/23/98, 1998:03:23, etc. If you're in the USA time
zone, put the month before the day, otherwise put the day before the month. The best
format to use is the ISO format for dates, YYYY:MM:DD.
The date is converted to the ISO date format of YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS before
putting it in the EXIF field in the TIFF and JPEG files.
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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. You should only
use this feature if you want to send it with a bug report when a scanner isn't working
properly and you suspect it may be a problem with the way VueScan is controlling the
scanner.
Output | Log file max size (MB)
The log file will be written until it grows to this size. You might need to increase this if
the log file stops before you're able to reproduce a problem.
Prefs tab
This tab lets you set preferences that control the behavior of VueScan.
Prefs | Language
Use this option to set the language to use in VueScan.
Prefs | Font size (pt)
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Use this option to set the font size to use in VueScan. The font size is specified in
points, which are about the height of characters in pixels (varies a bit by operating
system and type of display).
Prefs | Crop units
Use this option to choose the units in the Crop tab. You can choose pixel, mm, cm,
inch, pica or point.
This setting does not affect the size of output.
Prefs | Printed units
Use this option to select the units when displaying the printed width and height. You
can choose pixel, mm, cm, inch, pica or point.
This also affects the units displayed in the status area at the bottom of the VueScan
window.
Prefs | External viewer
Setting this option to "Folder" will open a window at the end of the scan showing the
contents of the folder where the file is written. On Windows, this opens an explorer
window, on Mac OS X this opens a finder window and on Linux, this uses xdg-open to
open a window.
Setting this option to "Viewer" starts a program to display the image. On Windows and
Mac OS X, this is the same program that starts up when you double-click on the file.
On Linux, this uses xdg-open to view the file.
Prefs | Viewer
If the Prefs | External viewer (p. 95)option is set to "Viewer", the specified program will
be started with each cropped image upon completion of a scan.
The default value is "default".
On Windows, if the viewer name is "default", the file association for this type of file will
be used. You can also put command-line options after the name of the viewer (e.g.
"vuepro32 /fillwindow" to display images without a window frame with VuePrint). If the
name of the viewer has "%1" after it (e.g. vuepro32 "%1"), the file name will be
substituted at that point. If you use the %1 argument on the command line, be sure to
put double-quotes around it, otherwise file names that have embedded spaces won't
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work.
On Linux, the viewer name can have command-line options after it, and the file name
will be appended to the end of the command-line before it's run.
On Mac OS X, the files will start in the same application that would start if you
double-click on the files.
On Mac OS X, you can set up the default viewer for a type of file by clicking on an
image, choosing "File | Show info", choosing "Open with application", selecting an
application, and then choosing "Change all".
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenPrefs | External viewer (p. 95) is
set to "Viewer".
Prefs | Editor
If the "External viewer" option is enabled, the specified program will be started with
each OCR text file at the completion of a scan.
The default value is "default".
On Windows, if the editor name is "default", the file association for this type of file will be
used. You can also put command-line options after the name of the editor. If the
name of the editor has "%1" after it (e.g. notepad "%1"), the file name will be substituted
at that point. If you use the %1 argument on the command line, be sure to put
double-quotes around it, otherwise file names that have embedded spaces won't work.
On Linux, the editor name can have command-line options after it, and the file name will
be appended to the end of the command-line before it's run.
On Mac OS X, the files will start in the same application that would start if you
double-click on the files.
On Mac OS X, you can set up the default editor for a type of file by clicking on an
image, choosing "File | Show info", choosing "Open with application", selecting an
application, and then choosing "Change all".
Professional Option: This option is displayed whenPrefs | External viewer (p. 95) is
set.
Prefs | Browser
On Linux, this option is used if you want to use a web browser other than mozilla to
display html files.
Standard Option: This option is always displayed (Linux only).
Prefs | Auto load options
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When set, the options settings from the last time you ran VueScan are loaded
automatically. If this option is set, these options are saved in vuescan.ini when
VueScan exits. When not set, vuescan.ini is deleted on exit, and the the default options
values of all options are used on startup.
A very common problem with VueScan is accidentally setting an option to an unwanted

value, and then not knowing how to reset it back to the correct option.
Prefs | Graph type
This option is used to control the type of graph that's displayed underneath the Options
panel (p. 9).
If you choose "Raw", a histogram of the raw data from the scanner is displayed,
including the infrared channel if available.
If you choose "B/W", a histogram of the image prior to applying the black/white points is
displayed, and you can change the black/white points with small triangles under the
histogram.
If you choose "Curve", a curve is displayed that is applied after the black/white points
and before the gamma correction (and the "Color | Brightness" option is just a gamma
multiplier). You can adjust the curve by moving the small triangles under the
histogram.
If you choose "Image", a histogram of the displayed image is shown.
Prefs | Button 1/2/3/4 action
Use these options to control what VueScan does when you press a button on the front
of a scanner. The default values of these options disable the buttons.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when the scanner has buttons that can
be read.
Prefs | Display raw scan
Use this option to display the raw scan data during a scan. You might want to turn this
option off if you have a slow processor or don't want to see the scan in progress.
Prefs | Display positive
Use this option to display the raw scan data for negative film in positive format. This
isn't an accurate negative to positive conversion, but is intended to give a rough idea of
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what the image will look like.
Professional Option: This option is displayed when scanning negative film.
Prefs | Splash screen
Use this option to display the splash screen when VueScan starts up.
Prefs | Histogram type
Use this option to specify whether the Y axis of histograms is the number of samples
(linear), the square root of the number of samples, or the logarithm of the number of
samples. The default is "Linear".
Prefs | Animate crop box
This option controls whether the crop box in the Preview is animated - it's easier to see
when animated, but can be distracting. The option is set by default.
Prefs | Thick crop box
This option controls whether the crop box in the Preview is drawn with a thick line or a
thin line. It's easier to see the thick line, but sometimes easier to get fine control with the
thin line. The option is set by default.
Prefs | Add extensions
This option controls whether the TIFF, JPEG, PDF, Text and Index file names
automatically have a ".tif", ".jpg", ".pdf", ".txt" or ".bmp" extension added to the file
name. This reduces the amount of typing needed when manually setting the saved file
names. No file extension will be added if the file name has a period in it. This option
is set by default.
Prefs | Substitute date
This option controls whether the TIFF, JPEG, PDF and Text file names can include the
scan date and time in the file name.
For instance, if the file name is "@.jpg", the resulting file will be
"Scan-YYMMDD-0001+.jpg" with YY substitured for the current year, MM for the current
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month and DD for the current day.
Additionally, you can use YYYY for the 4-digit year, YY for the two-digit year, MM, DD,
HH, II, and SS for the month, day, hour, minute and second when the scan was started.
You need to have at least three date/time names for this to work. For instance, a file
name of MMDD.tif won't be substituted, but a file name of MMDDHH.tif will be.
Prefs | Warn on overwrite
When enabled, VueScan will display a warning message before overwriting a TIFF,
JPEG, PDF or OCR text file, and allow you to prevent the file from being overwritten.
This option is set by default.
Prefs | Warn on not ready
When enabled, VueScan will display a warning message when the scanner isn't ready
(or the raw scan file doesn't exist) and you press the Preview or Scan button.
Prefs | Warn on no scanner
When enabled, VueScan will display a warning message when a scanner is not
connected.
Prefs | Exit when done
Enabling this option causes VueScan to exit when scanning completes.
This option is not set by default.
Prefs | Beep when done
Enabling this option causes a sound to be played on the computer's speakers when
scanning completes. This is sometimes useful to alert you at the end of a long- running
scan. On Windows, this is the "Default sound" in the "Sounds and Multimedia" control
panel. On Linux and Mac OS X, this is a simple beep.
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Prefs | Beep when auto eject
Enabling this option causes a sound to be played on the computer's speakers when
auto ejecting.
This is sometimes useful to alert you at the end of a long- running preview or scan. On
Windows, this is the "Default sound" in the "Sounds and Multimedia" control panel. On
Linux and Mac OS X, this is a simple beep.
Prefs | Use temp file name
When TIFF, JPEG or PDF files are being written, but haven't yet been closed, this
option instructs VueScan to use file names with a .tmp at the end. When the file is
closed, the file is renamed to remove the .tmp.
This allows programs that monitor a directory for files to know when the TIFF, JPEG or
PDF files are ready for further processing.
Prefs | Anti alias text
Controls whether 1-bit images (i.e. text and microfilm) are displayed with anti-aliasing.
This results in smoother looking displays but also takes a bit more computing power.
Prefs | Anti alias image
Controls whether gray-scale and color images are displayed with anti-aliasing. This
results in smoother looking displays but also takes a bit more computing power.
Prefs | Enable density display
Enables displaying the image density when the cursor is moved over the image with the
control key held down.
Prefs | Enable raw from disk
Enables the Output | Raw file (p. 90) option when scanning from disk. This is useful if
you want to re-scan raw scan files at a lower resolution or bits per pixel and save a raw
scan file with these changes.
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Prefs | Enable TIFF thumbnails
When this option is enabled, TIFF files have a small preview embedded in them. This
makes displaying thumbnails of these files much faster, since only the small thumbnail
needs to be read, not the whole image. When the image is larger than 10 MBytes, this
is significantly faster.
These thumbnails are only embedded when the image is wider or taller than 2048
pixels and when the image has 8 or more bits per pixel.
Prefs | Disable scanners
Use this option to disable some kinds of (or all) scanners. This option isn't used by
default.
This is useful if you want to run multiple copies of VueScan at the same time, scanning
with one copy and processing raw disk files with another. To use this option, put
copies of VueScan in different directories, run VueScan, set this checkbox, then exit
and restart VueScan.
Prefs | Enable sliders/spin buttons
You can use this option to remove the slider and spin button controls. This is
sometimes useful if you want the Options panel (p. 9) to be quite small to maximize the
image display area. This option is set by default.
Prefs | Enable popup tips
You can use this option to enable a short description that pops up in a small yellow box
when the mouse hovers over options and buttons.
Prefs | Calibration period
You can use this option to set the maximum number of days to use a scanner
calibration. A scanner's lamp color and lamp uniformity can shift over time, so it's
sometimes useful to re-do the "Scanner | Calibrate" command to compensate for this.
This is only used by some types of scanners.

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Prefs | Image memory (MB)
Use this option to set the maximum amount of memory that VueScan will use to hold all
the previews and scans in memory.
If Input | Preview resolution (p. 54) is set to "Auto", then each preview needs about one
million pixels, and if Input | Scan resolution (p. 55)is set to "Auto", each scan needs
about four million pixels. Each pixel either needs three bytes (24-bit RGB), six bytes
(48-bit RGB) or eight bytes (64 bit RGBI) depending on the setting of Input | Bits per
pixel (p. 51).
Prefs | Window maximized/iconized x/y offset/size
Use these options to set the VueScan window position and size.
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Edit | Copy OCR text, 39

Email button, 47
—C—
Cancel button, 47 —F—
Color | All frames, 79
Color | Black point (%), 74 File | Default options, 39
Color | Black point red/green/blue, 74 File | Load options, 38
Color | Brightness, 75 File | Page setup, 38
Color | Brightness red/green/blue, 76 File | Print image, 38
Color | Clipped black color, 78 File | Quit, 39
Color | Clipped white color, 78 File | Save image, 38
Color | Color balance, 72 File | Save image+, 38
Color | Curve low/high, 75 File | Save options, 39
Color | Film base color red/green/blue, 76 File | View, 38
Color | Infrared defect color, 79 Filter | All frames, 71
Color | Invert, 75 Filter | Descreen, 71
Color | Neutral red/green/blue, 74 Filter | Descreen dpi, 71
Color | Out of gamut color, 78 Filter | Flatten, 71
Color | Pixel colors, 78 Filter | Grain reduction, 71
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film ICC description, 77 Filter | Infrared clean, 70
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film IT8 data, 77 Filter | Restore colors, 70
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/File/Monitor ICC profile, Filter | Restore fading, 71
77 Filter | Sharpen, 71
Color | Scanner/Printer/Film/Output/Monitor color
space, 76
Color | Show IT8 outline, 78
—H—
Color | Slide/Negative/B/W vendor/brand/type, 76 Help | About, 45
Color | Threshold, 75 Help | Help Center, 44
Color | View color, 78 Help | Problem Report, 44
Color | White point (%), 74 Help | Release Notes, 44
Color | White point red/green/blue, 75 Help | Remove VueScan, 45
Crop | All frames, 69 Help | Update VueScan, 45
Crop | Aspect ratio, 68 Help | Usage Tips, 44
Crop | Auto offset, 65 Help | Users Guide, 44
Crop | Auto rotate, 67
Crop | Border (%), 68
Crop | Buffer (%), 68 —I—
Crop | Crop orientation, 67 Image | Flip, 42
Crop | Crop size, 64 Image | Graph b/w, 43
Crop | Focus X/Y offset, 69 Image | Graph curve, 43
Crop | Lock aspect ratio, 67 Image | Graph image, 43
Crop | Multi crop, 66 Image | Graph off, 43
Crop | Multi type, 65 Image | Graph raw, 43
Crop | Preview area, 69 Image | Mirror, 42
Crop | Preview X/Y offset/size, 69 Image | Release memory, 43
Crop | Show multi outline, 67 Image | Rotate left, 42
Crop | X/Y images, 66 Image | Rotate right, 42
Crop | X/Y linked, 67 Image | Zoom In, 42
Crop | X/Y offset, 65 Image | Zoom Out, 42
Crop | X/Y padding, 66 Input | Auto eject, 58
Crop | X/Y size, 65 Input | Auto flip, 56
Crop | X/Y spacing, 66 Input | Auto focus, 56
Input | Auto lamp off, 58
—E— Input | Auto print, 57
Input | Auto repeat, 58
Edit | Copy image, 39
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Input | Auto rotate, 55 Output | Index file name, 89

Input | Auto save, 57 Output | Index frame, 89
Input | Auto scan, 57 Output | Index height, 90
Input | Auto skew, 56 Output | Index margin, 90
Input | Batch list, 52 Output | Index width, 89
Input | Batch scan, 52 Output | JPEG black/white, 85
Input | Bits per pixel, 51 Output | JPEG file, 84
Input | Blank page removal, 63 Output | JPEG file name, 84
Input | Default folder, 63 Output | JPEG multi page, 85
Input | Double feed detect, 60 Output | JPEG profile, 86
Input | File type, 63 Output | JPEG quality, 85
Input | Files, 50 Output | JPEG size reduction, 84
Input | Fine mode, 60 Output | Log file, 94
Input | Focus, 57 Output | Log file max size (MB), 94
Input | Frame alignment, 60 Output | Magnification (%), 81
Input | Frame number, 53 Output | OCR text file, 88
Input | Frame offset, 54 Output | OCR text file name, 88
Input | Frame spacing, 54 Output | OCR text language, 88
Input | Grain dissolver, 59 Output | OCR text multi page, 88
Input | JPEG file name, 63 Output | OCR text RTF format, 89
Input | Lock exposure, 61 Output | PDF compression, 87
Input | Lock film base color, 62 Output | PDF file, 86
Input | Lock image color, 62 Output | PDF file name, 86
Input | Make gray from, 52 Output | PDF file type, 87
Input | Media, 50 Output | PDF multi page, 86
Input | Media size, 51 Output | PDF OCR text, 87
Input | Microfilm zoom, 51 Output | PDF paper size, 87
Input | Mirror, 56 Output | PDF profile, 87
Input | Mode, 50 Output | PDF size reduction, 86
Input | Multi exposure, 61 Output | Printed dpi, 82
Input | Number of passes, 59 Output | Printed height, 82
Input | Number of samples, 58 Output | Printed size, 81
Input | Options, 49 Output | Printed width, 82
Input | Overscan, 60 Output | Raw compression, 92
Input | PDF file name, 63 Output | Raw DNG format, 93
Input | Preview dpi, 55 Output | Raw file, 90
Input | Preview resolution, 54 Output | Raw file name, 91
Input | Red/Green/Blue analog gain, 62 Output | Raw file type, 92
Input | RGB/Infrared exposure, 61 Output | Raw output with, 92
Input | Rotation, 56 Output | Raw save film, 92
Input | Scan dpi, 55 Output | Raw size reduction, 91
Input | Scan resolution, 55 Output | TIFF compression, 83
Input | Show texture, 60 Output | TIFF DNG format, 84
Input | Skew, 56 Output | TIFF file, 82
Input | Source, 49 Output | TIFF file name, 82
Input | Task, 49 Output | TIFF file type, 83
Input | TIFF file name, 63 Output | TIFF multi page, 83
Output | TIFF profile, 84
Output | TIFF size reduction, 83
—N—
Next frame button, 48 —P—
PDF | Delete, 44
—O— PDF | Interleave, 43
Output | Auto file name, 82 PDF | Reverse, 43
Output | Copyright, 93 PDF | Separate, 43
Output | Date, 93 PDF | Swap even/odd, 44
Output | Default folder, 81 Prefs | Add extensions, 98
Output | Description, 93 Prefs | Animate crop box, 98
Output | File type, 82 Prefs | Anti alias image, 100
Output | Index across, 90 Prefs | Anti alias text, 100
Output | Index file, 89 Prefs | Auto load options, 96
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Prefs | Beep when auto eject, 100 Profile | Profile film, 42

Prefs | Beep when done, 99 Profile | Profile printer, 42
Prefs | Browser, 96 Profile | Profile scanner, 41
Prefs | Button 1/2/3/4 action, 97
Prefs | Calibration period, 101
Prefs | Crop units, 95
—R—
Prefs | Disable scanners, 101 Rotate L button, 48
Prefs | Display positive, 97 Rotate R button, 48
Prefs | Display raw scan, 97
Prefs | Editor, 96
Prefs | Enable density display, 100 —S—
Prefs | Enable popup tips, 101 Save button, 47
Prefs | Enable raw from disk, 100 Save+ button, 48
Prefs | Enable sliders/spin buttons, 101 Scan button, 46
Prefs | Enable TIFF thumbnails, 101 Scan+ button, 47
Prefs | Exit when done, 99 Scanner | Calibrate, 40
Prefs | External viewer, 95 Scanner | Eject, 40
Prefs | Font size (pt), 94 Scanner | Exposure, 41
Prefs | Graph type, 97 Scanner | Focus, 41
Prefs | Histogram type, 98 Scanner | Next, 41
Prefs | Image memory (MB), 102 Scanner | Preview, 40
Prefs | Language, 94 Scanner | Previous, 41
Prefs | Printed units, 95 Scanner | Scan, 40
Prefs | Splash screen, 98 Scanner | Scan+, 40
Prefs | Substitute date, 98
Prefs | Thick crop box, 98
Prefs | Use temp file name, 100 —V—
Prefs | Viewer, 95
View button, 47
Prefs | Warn on no scanner, 99
Prefs | Warn on not ready, 99
Prefs | Warn on overwrite, 99 —Z—
Prefs | Window maximized/iconized x/y offset/size,
102 Zoom In button, 48
Preview button, 46 Zoom Out button, 48
Previous frame button, 48
Print button, 48
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VueScan User's Guide

Copyright 2018 Hamrick Software

Getting started with VueScan ............................................................................9

Common tasks ..................................................................................................12

Quick settings ...................................................................................................18

Hints and tips ....................................................................................................20

APPENDIX A: Advanced tools and techniques ..............................................22

APPENDIX B: Buttons, menus and options reference ...................................38

File | Default options ........................................................................................................ 39

Help | About ..................................................................................................................... 45

Input | Auto skew ............................................................................................................. 56

Crop | X/Y padding .......................................................................................................... 66

Color | Scanner/Printer/Film IT8 data .............................................................................. 77

Output | PDF profile ......................................................................................................... 87

Prefs | Display positive .................................................................................................... 97

Getting to know VueScan

Load your image

2. For photos, set Input | Media (p. 50) to "Color"

Preview and crop

Scan and save

1. Click the Scan button (p. 46)

Scanning to a multi-page PDF file

Here's how to do it:

Adjust output settings

2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.

Scan the first page

1. Place the documents in the document feeder or on the glass

Scan each page in succession

1. Place additional documents in the document feeder or on the glass

2. Click the Scan+ button (p. 47)

3. Repeat until you have no more pages to scan

Scanning two-sided documents with a single-sided document feeder

Here's how to do it:

Adjust output settings

2. Set Input | File type (p. 63) to PDF.

Scan the front sides

1. Place the documents in the document feeder front-side up

3. The PDF file now contains pages 1,3,5,7,9

Scan the back sides

1. Place the documents in the document feeder back-side up

3. The PDF file now contains pages 1,3,5,7,9,10,8,6,4,2

Rearrange the pages

2. The PDF file now contains pages 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Scanning many photographs in a batch

Load and preview first image

Scan and repeat

1. Click the Scan button (p. 46)

2. Remove the photo

3. Place another photo on the scanner in exactly the same position

4. Click the Scan button (p. 46) again

5. Repeat until the job is done

or... Use VueScan's auto repeat facility

clicking the Scan button (p. 46)

3. Set Input | Auto repeat (p. 58) to a 5 sec delay

5. Wait - VueScan will start the next scan in five seconds

Turn VueScan into a 'photocopier'

Here's how to do it:

3. Click Print to finish the job

It's very easy to set up:

Name your image