Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

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Table 12.2 Common Scanner Settings

Scanner Software

Option Common Settings Purpose

Color Mode Black-and-White Print, Tells the scanner what type of image it

Grayscale Print, Color is about to scan.

Photo, Color Document,

Text Document,

Negative Transparency,

Positive Transparency

Output Resolution 72, 75, 96, 100, 200, Selects the number of samples the

300, 400, 600, 1200, scanner will use as it passes under your

and higher image. The higher the number of sam-

ples, the larger (in pixels and file size)

your image will be.

Filter Processing Unsharp Mask, Ensures the sharpen filter is active or

Descreen turns it off. Unsharp Mask, which is

also available in almost all image edi-

tors, is often used with scanners. This

feature should be used during scanning

to sharpen the image. Most scanners

also include a descreen option to

remove any line screen that appears on

magazine photos. Select this filter only

when scanning a magazine or newspa-

per image.

FIGURE 12.2
Beginner and
advanced inter-
face for Canon
scanner soft-
ware.