Freedman Center:Large Flatbed Scanning
- Turn on the Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL; the power switch is located on the back of the scanner, in the lower right corner.
- Open Adobe Photoshop CS2, located in the Scanning Software Folder on the desktop.
- Open Microtek ScanWizard Pro through Adobe Photoshop CS2 (File -> Import -> Microtek ScanWizard Pro).
- Use the "Overview" button (instead of the "Prescan" button) to preview the desired scan.
- The red/white crop box in the preview pane indicates what section of the document will be scanned; it can be moved and resized as needed using the arrow buttons that appear when hovering over the crop box.
- The Settings window provides several options which are used to change the scan, including Type (the color profile), Resolution, and Scaling.
- Click the "Scan" button to scan the document.
- Close the Microtek ScanWizard Pro window. **Note: You will need to do this before the document in Photoshop can be manipulated.
- Save the image as a JPEG file (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe) (File -> Save As).
- A JPEG image of quality 12 will be saved uncompressed; saving the image at any quality level less than 12 will result in quality loss and a smaller file size.
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 can now be used to edit and save the image as desired.
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| Video | Capturing Video | Transcoding Video | DVD Authoring | DVD Photo Slideshow |
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