Software Reference

FlexColor 4.0 for Flextight Scanners

by Hasselblad Imacon

2005 Hasselblad A/S. All rights reserved. Software Reference - FlexColor 4.0 for Flextight Scanners, Part No 70030047 revision 1.0. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Hasselblad A/S. Hasselblad A/S assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual. Hasselblad A/S assumes no responsibility or liability for loss or damage incurred during or as a result of using Hasselblad software or products. Hasselblad, FlexColor, Flextight, FlexFrame and Ixpress are trademarks of Hasselblad A/S. Adobe and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Macintosh, Mac OS, ColorSync, and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Printed in Denmark.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Whats in this Manual Software compatibility FlexColor under Mac OS and Windows
System Requirements The 3f File Format

FlexColor Menus

The FlexColor Menu The File Menu The Edit Menu The Image Menu The View Menu The Maintenance Menu The Window Menu
The Main FlexColor Window
Introduction Scan Controls Keyboard Shortcuts Auto Focus Controls Color Display Corrections Controls Output Size Controls Zoom Controls Orientation Controls Rotating Images Other Controls
Custom Frames The Setup Window
Introduction The FlexColor Setup Philosophy Managing Setups Advanced Setup Management General Tab Contrast Tab
Texture Tab CC (Color Correction) Tab Auto Tab Dot Tab ColorSync or ICM Tab 47

The Preferences Window

Introduction Scanner Tab Camera Tab 3f Tab Output Proles General FlexColor Settings

FlexColor ICC Proles

Generic ICC Output Proles Editing ColorSync Color Proles

The Thumbnails Window

Introduction Opening the Thumbnails Window Files and Formats Saving Crop and Imaging Settings Using the Thumbnails Window Modifying Selected Images Folder Selection and Favorites Printing the Thumbnails

The Info Window

Introduction Using the Info Window

The Color Info Window

Introduction Reading Values in the Color Info Window Setting Fixed Sample Points

The Histogram Window

Introduction The Histogram Display The Histogram Color Pickers

The Gradations Window

Introduction Using the Sliders Using the Gradations Color Picker Using the Curve Setting the Threshold for Lineart Scans Working with Presets
Selective Color Correction
Introduction Opening the Color Correction Window Using the Color Correction Window

The Texture Window

Introduction Using the Texture Window

101 102

The Detail Window
Introduction Using the Detail Window

107 108

Batch Scanning
Introduction Setting up a Batch Scan Getting Information about Each Scan Working with Batch Presets

112 113

Using FlexColor with a Feeder
Introduction Feeder Mounting and Maintenance Scanning with a Feeder

Working with 3f

Introduction to the 3f Format and Workow Scanning to 3f Working with 3f Images

Appendix

Keyboard Shortcuts

Preventive maintenance

Whats in this Manual
This manual provides a menu-by-menu, screen-by-screen listing of controls and settings available with FlexColor. Topics include: Summaries of all menu commands Description of the 3f le format Information about rotating and mirroring images Image management from the Thumbnails window Full details of all tab sheets in the Setup window Full details of the Preferences window Instructions for editing ColorSyncTM proles Brightness and contrast control with the Gradations window Advanced highlight and shadow settings with the Histogram window, including color neutralization and control Advanced color control with the Color Correction window Sharpening images and removal of dust & scratches with the Texture window Batch scanning to create individual image les from each of several crop and settings combinations

Software compatibility

The FlexColor software works with the entire range of Flextight scanners (except for the Flextight 4800) and all Hasselblad/Imacon cameras and camera backs.
FlexColor under Mac OS and Windows
The CD that came with your scanner includes versions of FlexColor for both Macintosh and Windows-based systems. The interface is nearly identical on both platforms, with mostly supercial dierences to conform with the interface guidelines of the two systems. Nearly all of the screen captures shown in this manual were taken from Mac OS X. Windows users will notice the following dierences: In the Setup window, the color management tab is called ICM instead of ColorSyncTM. The menus are located at the top of the main FlexColor window instead of at the top of the screen.

System Requirements

IBM PC-Compatibles Minimum recommended Pentium III processor or better. 2000 or XP. System RAM 512 MB or more recommended. Screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels with true colors (24 bits). Mouse or other pointing device. FireWire interface or SCSI Interface. Minimum available hard disk space of 10 GB Macintosh Recommended G4 or better Mac OS X version 10.2.1 or later. System RAM 512 MB or more recommended. Screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels with true colors (24 bits). FireWire interface or SCSI interface. Minimum available hard disk space of 10 GB.
OS X Requirements OS X V 10.2.1 or later is required. We recommend updating to the latest release available. Devices can be connected by either SCSI or FireWire. Please note that if you are connecting a SCSI device through a SCSI to FireWire device it will be represented as a FireWire device that is the bus number in the device window will be 9. To be recognized by OS X, devices connected to a standard SCSI adapter must be present when booting the Mac. A SCSI device connected via a SCSI to FireWire adapter will be recognized when the adapter is plugged in. The SCSI device itself must be turned on before connecting the adapter to FireWire or rebooting. In OS X the required memory for the application is automatically allocated. Support for non-admin users User dened settings, batch presets and various calibration les are located in <user home>/Library/Application Support/FlexColor where write support is guaranteed. The standard settings are now located inside the application bundle - therefore you are free to move the FlexColor application to any location without losing access to these standard settings. Preferences le FlexColor uses the OS X standard format for preference les. The le name is dk.Hasselblad.FlexColor.plist.

The 3f File Format

When using the Scan 3f function (for scanners) or capturing an image with a digital camera back, FlexColor stores the image in Hasselblads unique 3f (exible le format). The 3f le is an extended TIFF-le containing Raw 16-bit image data A complete history of applied settings High quality preview image Meta-data (including IPTC tags) to support an image database. In short this means that when you have scanned or captured your image, you can crop, resize and color correct an unlimited number of times afterwards. You can easily integrate to databases, have fast previews in a number of applications and always be able to re-create the quality you need - all this from the same 3f le. Image Archiving & Availability Because a 3f le preserves all of the details captured by your scanner or camera, it is perfect for archiving. Then, for each new job, you will work with the 3f image in FlexColor and export it to create a new TIFF le in which your settings are applied - the only change made to the 3f le will be the addition of a new history record of the settings you used. By making the 3f les available over your network, you will enable operators at any workstation to open an image in FlexColor and apply cropping, correction and conversion just as though they were working directly on the scanner or camera. Editing 3f Files FlexColor holds all tools required for making standard image correction of the 3f les. If you need to apply pixel-editing to your image, FlexColor has a special plug-in for Photoshop. When installing FlexColor, this plug-in will be installed in the appropriate plug-in folder if Photoshop is already installed. Please note that you will permanently alter your original

scanning or capture data when you save using the plug-in. To use your 3f les in other image-editing and DTP applications, you must apply the required settings and then save them as TIFF les. TIFF is a standard format that is supported by the vast majority of imaging and DTP programs. IPTC Tags The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) denes a standard used in the press industry for exchanging meta-information in news content, including images. The standard associates an object with its description within the same le. You can embed all kinds of information in your images, such as a caption, the place you took it, the date and even keywords and categories etc. In FlexColor you are able to apply a number of IPTC-tags to your 3f les. See The Info Window on page 79 for details. Many aspects of managing your images are made easier using the IPTC standard. Many software programs already exist for doing this, including Adobe Photoshop. Its the standard used by professional news agencies worldwide, and its just as useful for others.
FlexColor commands are available via a standard menu bar. Each of them is described briey below. Note that most menu entries also list a keyboard shortcut to the right of the entry. Try to remember and use these shortcuts to speed up your work.

The FlexColor Menu

Except for the Preferences entry the FlexColor menu functions are standard for all applications.
Preferences: Opens the Preferences window, which enables you to select an application for viewing nal scans, make power-saving settings, and typing some default information for the 3f les. See The Preferences Window on page 53 for more information.

The File Menu

The File menu includes entries that initiate scans and make settings for FlexColor. Scan Preview: Takes a low-resolution preview scan. The preview image will be displayed in the main FlexColor window so that you can preview settings and crop the image for the nal scan. All settings are previewed using the full 14-bit color depth to display results. Scan 3f: Scans the image and saves it as a 3f le. The various settings for the le such as cropping, resolution and IPTC info are set in the window that pops up when selecting the function. See page 118 for details. Final Scan/Save: The Final Scan entry takes a nal-resolution scan from the preview scan and saves it as a TIFF-le on your hard disk. When having scanned the image as a 3f le (see page 10 for details) the entry changes to Save, which saves the image currently shown in the FlexColor window as a standard TIFF le. In both cases all current crop, mode, color and image-enhancement settings will be applied to the saved image. Close: Closes the currently selected window if possible. Setup: Opens the Setup window, in which most of the basic settings for a scan can be made, saved and loaded. See The Setup Window on

page 35 for more information. Devices: Opens the Devices window. The window lists all connected devices allowing you to select which camera or scanner device you want to work with. Click on the one you prefer and click the Select button. If you have only a single scanner or camera connected this device is automatically chosen. The numbers just to the right of the scanner or camera icon in the list (ex. 0-5) refers to the Bus no. (0) and the SCSI address (5). Get Info: Opens an Info window, which contains various information about the currently selected image. See The Info Window on page 79 for a detailed description. Page Setup./Print : Enables you to print the contents of the Thumbnails window. Make sure you have selected the view by clicking on a thumbnail in the window, then select Print. Move to trash: Moves the currently displayed image to trash can. If you are in the Thumbnail window the selected images will be moved to trash

The Edit Menu

The Edit menu contains entries that enable you to undo multiple actions that you have made while making settings in FlexColor. It also enables you to cut, copy and paste text in various windows.
Undo: Reverses your most-recent actions - for example, a crop area modication or a change in the Setup window. You are able to step back through a long series of actions. Redo: Reapplies the last action that you cancelled using the Undo command. Cut: If you have selected some text in a text eld, then this command removes the text and saves it on a system-wide virtual clipboard. Copy: Saves the selected text on the clipboard without removing it. Paste: Places a copy of the text on the clipboard at the insertion point. Clear: Removes all text from the clipboard. Select All: Selects all of the text contained in the eld in which the insertion point is standing. In the Thumbnails window, this selects all of the icons in the window (see The Thumbnails Window on page 65). Deselect: Removes the cropping of the currently shown image. Show Clipboard: displays the current contents of the clipboard.

The Image Menu

The Image menu gives you quick short cuts to functions that are also available from within the modify dialog in the Thumbnails window (see page 65 for details). You have the possibility to select a number of les and choose Modify from the Image menu. This will add a corresponding number of processing tasks to the list in the Task window and processing of those les will take place in the background. Processing tasks will not be interrupted by new scanning processes.
Modify When using the Modify. function to add settings from current settings the cropping will be maintained in the added settings. If the images in question have dierent sizes the cropping will be scaled accordingly. Approve Select a number of images and chose Approve. These images will appear in the top at the Thumbnail window if you have selected sort by approval.

Output Proles

The Output Proles tab enables you to establish the default ColorSync/ ICC proles used by FlexColor. Though output prole settings are saved with each setup, one of the options for each of them is to use the default setup established here. This way, you can make setups in which the output prole is assigned dynamically according to the program preferences.
The following settings are provided on the Output Proles tab: RGB Default: select a default output prole for saving to RGB. CMYK Default: select a default output prole for saving to CMYK Gray Default: select a default output prole for saving grayscale (black & white) images.
General FlexColor Settings
The bottom of the Preferences window holds the following general FlexColor settings: Opening Saved Images After saving an image as a TIFF le, FlexColor is able to launch the application of your choice and open the saved image in that application. If you would like to use this feature, place a check in the Open saved images with checkbox, then click the Select. button. Use the appearing standard le nder window to locate and select the application you would like to use for viewing your saved images. Auto after New Crop FlexColor includes an auto tonal range function, which analyzes the cropped image and sets highlight and shadow values accordingly. You can use it at any time by clicking on the Auto button in the main FlexColor window. The Auto after new crop checkbox provides an optional shortcut for using the auto function. When this checkbox is marked, each time you make a new crop, FlexColor will immediately analyze the image contained in the crop area and set highlight and shadow values, just as if you had clicked on the Auto button. You can also control this function by holding down the option key as you dene a new crop: If the Auto after new crop checkbox is enabled, then hold down the option key to make a new crop without invoking the auto function.
If the Auto after new crop checkbox is disabled, then hold down the option key to apply the auto function to your new crop.
This function will not update the highlight and shadow settings when you move or resize an existing crop area; it only responds when you create a new crop area. If you would like to use the auto function again after moving or resizing a crop area, click on the Auto button in the main FlexColor window. For more information about tonal range and the Auto function, see The Histogram Window on page 85 and Auto Tab on page 44. For more information about cropping, see The Main FlexColor Window on page 26.

Generic ICC Output Proles
FlexColor includes six generic ICC output proles for generating various types of color separations. The name of each prole provides a description of the results it creates. See Table 1 for details.

Table 1: Generic ICC output proles included with FlexColor. GCR stands for Gray Component Replacement. It is a scheme for adding black to dark colors, thereby reducing the total amount of ink applied. A high percentage of GCR results in more black ink in the image (and, consequently, less ink of other colors).
The skeleton black scheme does not add nearly as much black - especially in the colors, thus resulting in brighter colors, but also requiring higher quality paper. These proles also specify the minimum ink percentage in each channel that a color must have before any black is added at all. If you are not sure which prole to use, ask your printer if there is a limit on the maximum ink percentage and be sure to choose a prole that limits the percentage appropriately. In the majority of cases, the Hasselblad 330SKEL 30K75 prole will provide the best results. In some cases, a ICC prole for your (or your service bureaus) specic output device may be available. If so, then use it instead. If your results are not satisfactory, then speak with your printer for advice about how you should modify the prole. See Editing ColorSync Color Proles
Editing ColorSync Color Proles
The prole editor is only available with the Mac OS version of FlexColor. FlexColor includes both a ColorSync input prole designed for the Flextight scanner and a set of generic output proles, each of which is designed to create good results under a dierent set of conditions. These generic proles will deliver adequate to excellent results. If, after testing an output prole and speaking with your service bureau, you nd that you would like to ne tune an output prole, then follow the procedure below. The settings available for editing the output proles are both highly detailed and very powerful. In general, they are intended for users who are very experienced in making color separations. Most likely, you should speak with your service bureau about how to make these settings. 1. Run the FlexColor application. 2. Choose Setup from the File menu. Then click on the ColorSyncTM tab.
3. Use the CMYK pop-up menu to select the prole you would like to edit. Note that the prole you select must be as close as possible to the prole you want to make - you are not able to create a completely dierent prole using the editor. The menu lists all of the proles currently installed in your System library Folder. 4. Click on the Edit button. The Output Prole window appears.

Renaming Your Images Each 3f le was given a name generated by the settings you made when you scanned it. Sometimes, especially after a batch scan, you may want to give a more descriptive name to each image. You can use the Modify window to modify the name of one or more images as follows: 1. Go to the Thumbnails (light table) window and select the image or images you wish to modify. Note that the Modify window also enables you to choose to apply your modications to all images or to all approved images, in which case it does not matter which images you select now (see below). 2. Click on the Modify button in the Thumbnails window to open the Modify window. 3. Set the Modify pop-up menu to match the scope in which you wish to apply the modication you are about to dene. The following options are available: Selection Only: applies your modication settings only to the images that were selected when you opened the Modify window. All: applies your modications to all of the images currently open in the Thumbnails window (i.e., to all 3f images in the current folder). Approved: applies your modication settings to all images marked as approved, regardless of which images were selected when you opened the Modify window. 4. Mark the Rename check box in the Modify window; this enables the renaming options. 5. If the rename settings are not visible, then click on the triangle next to the check box to expose them. 6. Make the following settings: Name: Enter a new root name here. Renumber from: If you have selected more than one image, then each image will receive the root name you entered above, plus a number which increments to ensure each image has a unique le name. Enter the number for the rst image here. 7. If you also want to change the setup and/or IPTC information for
your images, you can also do that now by checking the appropriate boxes and making settings as described elsewhere in this section. Clear one or both of these boxes to prevent these changes from being made. 8. Click on Modify to apply your settings. Neutralize and Unprocess These two settings in the Modify window are only relevant for digital camera images. They are inactive (grayed out) when you are working with scanned images. Changing Image Meta Data Each 3f le is able to hold several elds of meta data (known also as ITPC values), including a byline, copyright details and any number of keywords. These make it easy to create a searchable database of images. Some initial values are given when you rst scan the images, but often you will want to update these to help uniquely identify each image. You can use the Modify window the ITPC tags of one or more images as follows: 1. Go to the Thumbnails (light table) window and select the image or images you wish to modify. (Note that the Modify window will also enable you to choose to apply your modications to all images or to all approved images, in which case it does not matter which images you select now.) 2. Click on the Modify button in the Thumbnails window to open the Modify window. 3. Set the Modify pop-up menu to match the scope in which you wish to apply the modication you are about to dene. The following options are available: Selection Only: applies your modication settings only to the images that were selected when you opened the Modify window. All: applies your modications to all of the images currently open in the Thumbnails window (i.e., to all 3f images in the current folder). Approved: applies your modication settings to all images

The following items are featured in the pop-up menu: Choose Location: select this entry to open a le-browser window, which enables you to navigate to and select any folder visible from your computer. Add to Favorites: adds the currently selected folder to the favorites list at the bottom of the menu. This entry is not available if the current folder is already a favorite.
Remove Favorite: removes the currently selected folder from the favorites list at the bottom of the menu. This entry is not available unless the current folder is already a favorite. Recent: this section of the menu lists the folders you have most recently viewed using the Thumbnails window. Favorites: this section of the menu lists each of the folders you have added as a favorite using the Add to Favorites entry described above.

Printing the Thumbnails

You can print the contents of the Thumbnails window: Make sure you have selected the view by clicking on a thumbnail in the window. Select File -> Print.
The Info window holds various information about the currently selected le and its contents, a complete history of applied settings and the possibility to add unique le data (including IPTC-tags) such as copyright information and keywords to support an image database.

Using the Info Window

Opening the Info Window From the main FlexColor window, when an image is loaded, choose Get Info from the File menu or type cmd-i to open the Info window:
From the Thumbnails window you can select one or more thumbnails and use the Get Info button to display an Info window for each of the selected les.
The basic le information at the top of the Info window shows the name of the 3f le, the date of creation and the le size. To change the le name simply type a new name in the Name eld. The thumbnail image displayed is created using the settings set as default in the History list. General Info/History The General Info section holds the following information: Modied: Date of the latest modication. Frame: Frame size of the original holder used when scanning the le. PPI: Resolution of the le. Device: Hasselblad device used to scan the image. Use the following elds to enter your own le information: Byline: Usually the name of the photographer. The contents, if any, from the Byline eld in the Default Info section of the 3f tab in the Preferences window (see page 53) will be added automatically each time you scan using the Scan 3f function. Copyright: Copyright information. The contents, if any, from the Copyright eld in the Default Info section of the 3f tab in the Preferences window (see page 54) will be added automatically each time you scan using the Scan 3f function. Keywords: Add unique keywords about the image. The keywords can be used to nd the image in an image data-base. Caption: Usually description of the image content. To display the History list, select History from the pop-up menu.

To set a sample point, click on the Sample Point button, which will turn grey when it is activated. Then click on a point in your image to place the point. A numbered diamond will then appear on the preview image at the point you select. You can work with the sample points as follows: To move an existing sample point, activate the sample point picker by clicking on the Sample Point button to make it grey, then click and drag on the target point. To delete an existing sample point, activate the sample point picker, click once on the target point and then press the backspace button on your keyboard. To keep the existing sample points, but hide them in the preview, mark the Hide points check box. To view and/or edit the points again, remove the mark from this check box. To remove all sample points from your preview click Remove all.
The easiest way to set the highlight and shadow points is to use the Auto tonal range button in the main FlexColor window. However, in some cases, the auto function will not provide the desired results. The color pickers and sliders in the Histogram window provide the tools you need to ne tune your highlight and shadow points. The highlight point is the brightness above which all input pixels will be output at white (usually 255, unless you have set values in the Dot tab sheet of the Setup window - see Dot Tab on page 45 for details). The shadow point is the brightness below which all input pixels will be output at black (usually 0, unless you have set values in the Dot tab sheet of the Setup window - see Dot Tab on page 45 for details). You must take care when using these settings, as they can have a powerful eect on your images. Take some time to experiment with them. Look at the preview to see how these settings will eect the image. Save some images after using these controls and inspect them closely. Take notes on the kind of settings you use and make a comparative proof print. If you do not have any experience with digital images, then you should speak with an experienced professional, such as a scanner operator or digital photographer, about how these controls will aect your images. Ask him or her what to look for when you are evaluating your proof prints. You should also read some books about digital photography,digital imaging, scanning, and color reproduction.

key to restrict its movement to the horizontal direction. Clicking in the curve area while holding down the alt key changes the numbers of grid lines.
Setting the Threshold for Lineart Scans
When you are scanning in Lineart mode, FlexColor applies a threshold to create an image in which every pixel is either completely black or completely white. In this case, the gradation curve is simply a vertical line. You can move this line left or right to adjust the input level at which the threshold is applied. More pixels go to white More pixels go to black
Click and drag on the line to adjust the threshold level to the right (which will cause more pixels to go to black) or the left (which will cause more pixels to go to white).

Working with Presets

The Gradation Window, and many of the other image-correction windows, includes a preset/reset button, which enables you to save your favorite settings, load them and/or to reset the tool to the selected preset or setup. In all image correction windows, the preset/reset button looks the same. Click on the button just once to return to your saved preset or setup. Click and hold to open a pop-up menu for selecting preset option (see below). Initially, the loaded preset will be the one from the setup you chose for the scan. However, if you have chosen another preset, then a click on the preset/reset button will return to the saved preset settings.
The pop-up menu is divided into up to four sections, giving you the following options: Create Preset: Saves your current tool settings. A window will open in which you can name the new preset. Delete: if you have currently loaded one of your own custom presets, then this entry is available. Select it to delete the current preset (shown with a check mark in the menu). Current setup setting: the second section down from the top shows the name of the current setup. Select this entry to revert to the setup. Factory presets: the third section down from the top shows the name of the factory presets available for the current control (if any). Usually, this includes an entry called Default, which resets the control to have a neutral eect. Select one of these entries to use a factory preset. Factory presets cannot be deleted Custom presets: the last section in the menu lists the presets you have saved for the current tool (if any). Select one of these entries to load your custom preset. The currently loaded preset shows a check mark in this menu. If you click once on the preset/reset button, this selection will be reloaded from disk.
Sometimes you need more control over the image colors than simply removing a color cast. FlexColor features a powerful selective color correction feature, which enables you to adjust the appearance of specic colors throughout your image.
Opening the Color Correction Window

Amount: Controls the strength of the sharpening eect. The higher the value, the stronger the sharp lines will become. Depending on your image, a value between 80 and 200 is recommended. Dark limit: Sets the brightness level below which the lter has no eect. This will keep the lter from enhancing noise or unwanted textures in your image. The higher this number, the less extensive the sharpening eect will appear. Depending on your image, a setting between 0 and 20 is recommended. Grain limit: Prevents the lter from sharpening low-contrast features in the image, such as noise, or textures. It works by comparing brightness of each pixel to the brightnesses of its surrounding pixels. If brightnesses dier by less than the Grain limit, then no sharpening is applied to the target pixel. If your image looks grainy after sharpening, try to increase the Grain limit setting. Radius: Sets the radius in which the unsharp masking algorithm looks for sharp edges. The larger the radius, the more extensive the sharpening eect will be. The setting you choose will depend on the contents of your image and the resolution you are using. Generally, use a large radius with high-resolution images. Use a smaller radius for lower resolutions images. It is also possible to apply dierent amounts of sharpening to each color channel. This is controlled on the USM tab of the Setup window. See USM (Unsharp Masking) Tab on page 42 for instructions. Color Noise Filter Settings The lter works by rst converting the image into the LAB color space (in which brightness information is separated from color information) and then removing graininess from the color channels. After processing, the lter transforms the image back into standard RGB data. This process essentially blurs information in the color channels, but because most of the sharpness information is stored in the brightness channel, the overall sharpness of your image will be aected much less than the color noise.
To apply the lter, open the Texture window and set the Color Noise Filter eld to a value between 0 and 50. A setting of 0 eectively disables the lter; a setting of 50 gives the maximum eect. The best setting to use varies by image, so you must experiment to nd the optimal setting. FlexTouch Filter
Level: Controls the strength of the ltering eect. The best way to adjust the level is to make detail views of a section in the image with dust and a section with ne details. Then turn up the level until you see an eect in the actual image details - then turn it down a few steps.
As with other image-correction setting, you have the following additional controls for managing your color noise lter settings: Apply lter: When this is pressed (grey), then the lter will be applied to the preview and nal image. When not pressed (white), then the tool will hold your lter setting, but it will not be applied to the image.

The window shows the following information: Destination: Shows the name assigned to the selected scan. Specify button: Click here to change the Destination name and folder. Status: Shows the status of the scan. If you are having problems with the batch scan, look here for help. Frame: Shows the original holder being used. Mode: Shows the color mode (e.g., CMYK or RGB) that the scan will be saved in. PPI: Shows the output resolution of the scan. Est. time: Shows and estimate of how long the selected scan will take. Width, Height, and Zoom: These elds display the output size of the nal scan and the zoom level compared to the original. Size: Shows the le size of the nal scan.
Working with Batch Presets
If you want to save a batch preset, then click on the New button in the Batch Scan window. The Create New Batch Preset window appears.
Type a name and then click on Create. The preset name then appears in the pop-up menu in the Preset area. If you have several batch presets saved, then you can use the pop-up menu to switch between them. To rename a batch preset, select the preset in the pop-up menu, then click on the Rename button. The Rename Batch Preset window appears. Type a new name and then click on Rename.
To delete a batch preset, select the preset in the pop-up menu, then click on the Delete button.
Some Flextight scanner models either include or can be tted with a batch feeder, which enables you to set up a series of images and then scan them all at once without needing to stand at the scanner and monitor progress. As of this writing, the following batch-feeder options are available: Flextight Batch Feeder: holds several standard, exible original holders of nearly any transparency format. This is an optional add-on for Flextight 848 and 949 scanners. Mounted Slide Feeder: holds up to 50 mounted slides. This is an optional add-on for Flextight 949 scanners. Flextight RF: a scanner dedicated to scanning roll lms. Each exposure on the roll is saved as a separate le. Each of these batch-feeder options is specically supported in FlexColor.
Feeder Mounting and Maintenance
For batch feeders that can be mounted and removed from your scanner, use the Maintenance > Feeder menu command of FlexColor to mount and maintain your feeder. This command opens the Feeder window.

Main FlexColor Window F9: Makes a preview scan. Cmd or: Opens previous or next image respectively. Space: Press and hold to drag preview around. Cmd-0: Zoom to t the entire preview image in the window. Cmd +: Zoom in. Cmd : Zoom out. Alt-Cmd-0: Zoom to 100%.
Thumbnails Window Cmd-A: Selects all of the icons in the window. Cmd-click: Selects several images. Shift-click: Selects a consecutive row of images. Cmd-I: Opens an Info window for the currently selected image(s). a: Toggles the approval status of the selected image(s) on/o. Approved pictures are marked by a checkmark in the lower left corner. del: Deletes the currently selected image(s) from your hard disk. You will be asked to conrm the operation. Cmd-del: Deletes the currently selected image(s) from your hard disk without conrmation.

Info Window F10:

Toggles between General and History.
File Menu Cmd-N: Cmd-S: Cmd-W: Cmd-U: Cmd-I: Cmd-P:
Makes a preview scan. Makes a nal scan. Closes the currently selected window if possible. Opens the Setup window. Opens an Info window, which contains various information about the currently selected image. Enables you to print the contents of the Thumbnails window. Make sure you have selected the view by clicking on a thumbnail in the window.

Edit Menu Cmd-Z:

Cmd-R: Cmd-X:

Cmd-C: Cmd-V: Cmd-A:

Reverses your most-recent actions - for example, a crop area modication or a change in the Setup window. You are able to step back through a long series of actions. Reapplies the last action that you cancelled using the Cmd-Z command. If you have selected some text in a text eld, then this command removes the text and saves it on a systemwide virtual clipboard. Saves the selected text on the clipboard without removing it. Places a copy of the text on the clipboard at the insertion point. Selects all of the text contained in the eld in which the insertion point is standing.
Window Menu Cmd-1: Cmd-2: Cmd-3: Cmd-4: Cmd-5: Cmd-6: Cmd-8: Cmd-9:
Opens/closes the Histogram window. Opens/closes the Gradations window. Opens/closes the Color Correction window. Opens/closes the Texture window. Opens/closes the Detail window. Opens/closes the Batch Scan window. Opens/closes the Thumbnails window. Opens/closes the Color Info window.