Shortcuts using the function keys are shown on the dropdown menu. The settings are saved and loaded from the dropdown menu File> Save Options and File> Load Options. A good starting point is to make a set of settings for each combination of scanner, type of source (paper, negative, slide), and color mode (color or grayscale). One key point for using VueScan efficiently is to save sets of settings for reuse. The display can be switched to the initial preview display by clicking the Preview tab. After the highresolution scan is made, the display area tab for Scan displays only the cropped area. An initial low-resolution preview scan is made and the crop area set from that. In VueScan the area that is selected for inclusion in the final scan is called the crop area. The output histogram is shown in the lower left. The tabs and fields on the left are the scanning controls. Another example is that the options for different types of negative film appear only after the item being scanned has been specified as negative film. For example, when the scan resolution is set to Custom an additional field for entering the scan resolution appears. The actual items that appear in the lists depend on the settings that are selected. The lists include settings that will be constant across scans and settings that will typically be adjusted for each individual scan. These lists are used to control scanning.

2.1 Workspace Layout As shown in Figure 2.1 the VueScan workspace is organized as a display of the image being processed and a series of six tabs that bring up lists of fields that are the settings for scanning. The information on VueScan in this guidance was obtained from the manual (Hamrick Software, 2013) and from communication with Ed Hamrick, the developer of VueScan. VueScan offers great control of clipping when making tone and color adjustments but assumes the final refinement of tone and color adjustments will be done with image-editing software. The professional edition also has the option to output an image file with the raw scan data. The primary difference for historical scanning is that the professional edition handles more complete color management and offers free upgrades indefinitely. VueScan is available in a standard edition (about $40) and a professional edition (about $80).

The same workflow and controls can be used with different models and brands of scanners.

VueScan Version of VueScan can be used with virtually any scanner and multiple scanners can be used with the license for one copy of the program. 1 Guidance on Using Scanning Software: Part 2.

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