Otis Photo Lab Flextight Scanner Demo
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1. Otis Photo Lab Flextight Scanner Demo Otis Photography Lab Adam Ferriss Lab Manager aferriss otis edu 310 665 6971 Things you will need Negatives Lint free cloth Flextight negative holders obtained from the crib Rocket Blower or Canned Air Portable hard drive for transporting saved files Getting Started Remove the dust cover from the Flextight scanner and power it on by pressing the red button on the right side of the front face Gently pull the scanning bed away from the scanner and it will lower itself down Identify the correct film holder needed for your film size Put the holder on the feed table and slide the notched end toward the slot closest to the scanner Magnets will pull the holder in place securing it to the machine Lift the black magnetic retaining flaps and carefully place your negative in the holder emulsion side down Make sure that the negative is completely secure in the holder and that there are no hanging edges Clean all dust from your negative before attaching it to the holder Do not blow or spray canned air in the flextight Flexcolor Once your negative is secured turn on the computer and open up Flexcolor Click Preview or Command N and the scanner will bring up a preview scan of your negative strip Under Setup choose your film type If your film type is not listed select Negative RGB Standard Setting the frame size is not necessary as the scanner will have done this for you after the2. Touch oO RGE H Ess Ess B55 X i DAC chromatic aberration Corrections DAC distortion WJA a M DAC vignetting 100 E Output Size LALA Pr Dark Limit 10 e a e Width 5 53 cm E Height 6 89 cm Zoom 100 a size 173 MB PPI 3200 Ee View 10 ras gt TS LE a ES ee SINN Mia a E JN p M ke at gt eS a re ee de Flextight User Manual http goo gl ZMexXp FlexColor Manual http goo gl NkLgA
3. he 35 mm slide mount holder Light table For viewing originals The grid helps you to align your transparent originals Transparency holder quide Two rails that guide all the transparency holders and keep them in a straight orientation D Original holder clasp All original holders slide into a slot here and are held in place by a magnetic clasp Power switch Button to turn the unit on off Power indicator Green Remains lit when ready to scan Flashes when first installed to indicate that firmware must be loaded it will be loaded automatically when you run FlexColor Motor drive indicator Yellow Lights when the scanner is repositioning the optics to scan in a new format or when drum is repositioning Scan indicator Red Lights when scanning Do not touch the scanner while this indicator is lit If the light is flashing when not scanning then an error has occurred please contact your Flextight dealer for assistance Start stop scan button With this button you can initiate a 3F scan Parameters are set according to your 3F scan setup The button will also stop any normal scan process Preview Scan es O iistogram O Gradations Y Unsharp Mask 120 l u JS ry NTT Contrast 2 AAA lw A OF e 7 Setup Kodak Portra 5 PAN g FOB 1 o Brigninis E Grain Limit 0 O Frame 60x60x3 E lA E Shadow Depth Mode RGB 5 11 CF Color Noise Filter ol Curves uy Flex
4. preview If you need the highest quality scan possible or plan to do a lot of digital editing to your files you may also want to set the mode to RGB 16 bit Click and drag on the preview window to select one frame of your film Be careful not to select too much of the black film frame border or the white space of the holder You can zoom in or out on the preview by clicking the mountain range shaped icons under View or by hitting command plus or command minus Choose your output size via the PPI drop down window If you do not see the size you are looking for choose other Bring up the texture window by clicking the Christmas tree shaped icon Set unsharp mask to 120 to turn it off completely Setting it to O will not turn it off Set flextouch to O to turn it off as well At this point you can bring up the curves and levels windows to make any necessary adjustments to the color balance or exposure Click scan to set a destination and format for the file Always save to the Temp Drive Working on the desktop is a great way to lose hours of precious work When you are finished scanning please return everything you have checked out to the crib power down the machine and replace the dust cover Parts and components front panel Feed table This must be in the lower position for normal scanning When scanner is not in use you can return it to closed position to protect it from dust etc Adjust to horizontal position when using t
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