Please note slide scanning can take up to five minutes per slide. It is not only a good idea to bring along something to read; it is recommended that you prepare for a lengthy process.

Glass mounted slides MUST be remounted in plastic. Our machines do not scan glass mounted slides.

1. Check out a SecuriKey™ and plug it into the port at top of the keyboard to unlock the computer.
2. No password is required; simply press Enter.
3. Create yourself a folder in the My Documents folder and label it with your network ID.

4. Turn on the slide scanner Nikon CoolScan

5. Open the scanning software folder located on the desktop and select Adobe Photoshop.

6. Select the slide you wish to scan.

a. Gently brush the dust from both sides of the slide.
Brushes are available from the desk.

b. Find the Emulsion side

How to determine the emulsion side:
The slide may read, This Side Toward Screen. That side is the emulsion side.
The side with the brand printed on it usually indicates the emulsion side.
The dull looking side of the slide image is the emulsion side.

c. Insert the slide in the Nikon Slide Scanner with the emulsion side down and the slide oriented lengthwise.

7. In Photoshop select File > Import > Nikon Scan 4.0.
This will start the Nikon Scan Software.

8. Do NOT select the blue preview button (it takes as long as a full scan).


9. Click the Purple Tools button to select Tool Palette 1.

10. Review the following settings:

"Enable Digital ICE” is checked and the “On (Normal)” item is set.
“Enable Post Processing” is checked.
Digital ROC is set to 0
Digital GEM is set at 4.
Digital DEE is unchecked

Note: Digital ROC is restoration of color, which you will do in post processing. Digital GEM “looks” through the emulsion layer and removes the effects of the film Grain.

11. Click the green Scan button to scan your slide.
Slide Scanning can take up to five minutes per slide.

12. After the Scanning is complete, CLOSE the Nikon software window.

13. You are now ready to save your scan as JPEG quality 12 and post process your scanned image in Photoshop.
For further instruction, see Basic Document Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop.

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