Scanning transparency on the creo iqsmart2
Preparing to Scan
Locate the holder appropriate to your transparent media (they are stored next
to the scanner). For slides, there is a 35mm Slide Holder, and for 35mm film
and other formats, you will use a mask.
Load your media according to the orientation in the holder. Slides will slide into the Holder, and film needs to be taped, emulsion side down, to the mask. Use masking tape on the sprocket holes of the film for best results.
Lay holder on clean, dust-free bed of scanner, with the registration pins through the holes of the mask. The "little man" icon should line up as well.
Scanning
Now, you'll need to tell the scanner what type of transparency you would like to scan. Below is an example of settings you might use to scan 35mm film strips using the 35mm Mask:
Crop Size: denotes the size of the item being scanned, in this case, one frame of a 35mm film strip.
Scale: how much larger or smaller you want your final scan to be (in this case, 500%).
Resolution: the resolution of your final scan.
Output Size: calculated using the scale and resolution values you entered (7.87 x 5.91").
Input Profile: automatically populated, but you can choose others.
The rest of the settings should remain at their defaults unless you wish to change them.
The image below shows the scan areas for the 35mm Mask, ready to scan every window (note the green highlight around each one).
Chances are, you won’t have the mask fully populated, so click on the gray area of the mask to deselect the windows.
Using the little man icon as a guide, click and drag, highlighting only the windows you wish to scan as illustrated in the image below:
Once you’ve done this, you can preview by clicking the Preview icon
in the toolbar:
A queue displays on the screen, showing the progress of the preview. If you
have several items set to scan, you can walk away while the scanner works.
Setting Crops
Once your previews have scanned, the interface should look similar to the image below. The Preview Window is populated by one of the previews you’ve just scanned, and the Preview Browser displays thumbnails of the rest of them. You’ll need to fine tune the scan area for each thumbnail. You’ll do this by adjusting the crop in each window. To open a thumbnail, double-click on it and it will open in the Preview Window:
Hover your mouse over the corner or over one of the square “handles” on the dashed border at the edge of the image. When it turns into arrow icons, click and drag to readjust the border.
Repeat this for each image in the Preview Browser.
When you’ve finished setting your crops, you’re ready to scan.
In the Preview Browser, click between two of the thumbnails to make sure that none are highlighted; if only one is highlighted, the software assumes you only want to scan it.
From the top menu bar, select Scan > Scan > All Crops.
The dialog box show below is displayed:
It's easiest to leave the file name at its default, but create a folder on the desktop with your name and the date as the folder name. You can achieve this by clicking on the blue arrow to the right of the “Where” drop down menu. Note: if you are using your image on a Windows machine, you need to add ".tif" to the end of your file name. Click “Scan” when you’re done.
You'll be asked to "Save Scan As" for each crop up front; when it asks for the name of the final scan, it will begin scanning.
You can walk away while the scanner works.
Be sure to transfer your files to the network or a jump drive, as it's never
a guarantee they will be there after the day they were scanned.