<HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Mozilla/4.02 [en] (Win95; I) [Netscape]"> <TITLE>3. MiraScan</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" BACKGROUND="../icon/body.jpg"> <CENTER><B><FONT FACE="arial"><FONT COLOR="#FF7D00"><FONT SIZE=+2>Chapter 3. MiraScan</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER> <P><B><FONT FACE="arial">3.1 Introduction</FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT SIZE=+1>MiraScan</FONT></B>, the driver of a scanner, is TWAIN-compliant and designed to be user-friendly with its iconlized user interface. Besides, MiraScan implements all the functions such as color-enhancement, descreen and built-in self error detection that improves scanning quality and speed. <BR><IMG SRC="../ICON/M301.jpg" NOSAVE HEIGHT=482 WIDTH=501> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>The</FONT></B> following window appears when the MiraScan TWAIN driver is invoked. <P><B><A HREF="32.htm#1">Menu Bar</A></B> <IMG SRC="../ICON/M302.gif" NOSAVE HEIGHT=18 WIDTH=216 ALIGN=CENTER> <BR>contains the File menu, the Settings menu, the Image menu and the Help menu. <LI> The Setting menu lets you select some useful setting items, including "Auto Save Current Setting", "Load Default Setting", "Automatic Preview", "Scan Size" and "Show Information".</LI> <LI> The Effect menu allows you to select some special imaging editing effect, including "Invert", "Mirror", "Descreen", "Color Wizard" and "Under Color Removal".</LI> <LI> The Adjustment menu allows you to adjust some scanning configuration, including "Brightness/ Contrast", "Color Adjustment", "Histogram/Tone Map" and "Monitor Gamma Adjustment.</LI> <LI> The Help menu provides access to the online help and lets you view this user's guide by Microsoft Internet Explorer or other browser.</LI> <P><B><A HREF="33.htm#1">Toolbar</A></B> <IMG SRC="../ICON/M303.gif" NOSAVE HEIGHT=34 WIDTH=211 ALIGN=CENTER> <BR>contains six buttons that you can click on. These buttons include Invert, Mirror, Brightness/ Contrast, Color Adjustment, Tone/Histogram and Remove Film Color. Tooltips pop up to explain the button function when positioning the mouse on a button. <P><B><A HREF="34.htm#1">Combo Boxes</A></B> <BR>contains Image type, Original, Scan Mode, Resolution, Scale, Color Wizard and Descreen. You can select appropriate items from each combo box. <BR><IMG SRC="../ICON/M304.gif" NOSAVE HEIGHT=284 WIDTH=211> <P><B><A HREF="35.htm#1">Command Buttons</A></B> <IMG SRC="../ICON/M305.gif" NOSAVE HEIGHT=35 WIDTH=224 ALIGN=CENTER> <BR>contains Preview, Zoom, Scan and Cancel. To get a whole view of your document, use Preview. To get a close-up look of the scanning area, use Zoom. To begin scanning. use Scan. And to cancel the preview, zoom or scan process, use Cancel. <P> <B><A HREF="36.htm#1">Preview Picture Area</A></B> <IMG SRC="M306.jpg" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=199 WIDTH=129> <BR>The preview picture area is where you can see your image in rough quality and point each individual pixel that you want to read the value from. You can also set the scanning area to see an instant preview of the effects caused by parameter changes from those Image functions. There are two rulers to help you set the scanning area. <P><B><A HREF="37.htm#1">Status Area</A></B> <BR>contains the process indicator and status bar. The process indicator shows the completed scanning job. The status bar shows dimensions of the scanning area and the scanning status. <BR><IMG SRC="../ICON/M307.gif" NOSAVE HEIGHT=76 WIDTH=225 ALIGN=LEFT> <BR> <BR> <P><B><FONT SIZE=+1>The</FONT></B> following sections of this chapter are detailed guidance of all the MiraScan driver functions. </BODY> </HTML>