You will also see your selection's height and width in this window. In the Units pop-up box, click the inches box and drag down to Choose Pixels.2a) the image size control window will appear. If set to inches, change change scanning measurments to pixels in the Custom Menu (#4).Under the brightness and contrast controls.
Here you will let the scanning software know that the image you selected will be scanned to the dimensions you set.
These are pull-down menus for selecting the appropriate settings for your image. Open Deskscan II, located on the hard drive.Setting Up The Hp ScanJet IIcx Flatbed Scanner Save image : Saving in a TIFF format will give you greater flexibility when working with images across different platforms.NOTE adjusting the image is best done in Photoshop where you have more powerful controls and a larger image window. Click on the SCAN BUTTON to scan your final image or adjust brightness/contrast/color options (#7).(You are now telling the scanner that the image you selected and locked into place is to be scanned within these constraints) Enter in Width and Height dimensions (#3) so that no one dimension is larger then 640 pixels for width or 480 pixels high.Įxample: if your image is oddly shaped and you key in 640 for the width, but the height is still greater then 480, reduce the height dimension to 480.Change width and height measurement from inches to PIXELS (#2) ( if set to inches).(This is letting the scanner know that you want these dimensions fixed in place) Now click in the LOCK BOX (#4) so an x appears in it.Select image to be scanned (#5) by dragging the selection handles around the part of the image you wish to included in your final scan.If it is not x'ed fine leave it unchecked If it is checked (x'ed) un-check by clicking on it, Select your film type from the pull down window Check Film Type (#1) if your film type is not chosen.The Nikon Scanner controls window opens (see fig.In the Art programs folder on the hard drives.) Setting Up The Nikon Scanner for Scanning images for WWW For more information on the conversion process see the GIF Tutorial and GIF Images. You will always want to work from your high quality archival image until you no longer need them, so keep them safe.
These archival images should be fine tuned and saved before the GIF or JPEG conversion process is applied. These instructions are for making an archival image, from which you will make your GIF and JPEG images. No matter what platform you use, the scanning process is the same for preparing all web images.
Consulting your scanner manual will help in locating your particular scanner control settings.
The scanner drivers you use may be different from ours and the scanning controls may be in different places. The scanning process is similar for all scanners.
The HP scanner is equipped with a transparency top that enables you to scan regular hard copy, but also larger format film such as x-rays. We no longer have these scanner, but the instructions are basically the same. These are instructions for setting up and using two of the very old Recitation Computing site's color scanners.