User manual DIGITAL ARTS & SCIENCES IMAGEAXS 4 FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] ImageAXS 4. 0 IMAGEAXS VERSION 4. 0 FOR MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 1301 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, California 94501 USA (800) 449-6220 Sales · (510) 814-7200 Support (510) 814-6100 Fax http://www. dascorp. com ImageAXS 4. 0 ImageAXSTM 4. 0 Macintosh Copyright © 1991-1999 by Digital Arts & Sciences and its licensor(s). No part of the contents of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of Digital Arts & Sciences. Sample images distributed with ImageAXS and pictured in this manual are made available for non-commercial, personal use only. Copying or redistribution in any manner for personal or corporate gain is not permitted. [. . . ] Names consist of a stem (a prefix or a suffix) attached to a number -- a stem of TestPics and a starting number of 1 will produce files named TestPics001 (or 001TestPics), TestPics002 (or 002TestPics), and so on. To define file names, do the following: · · · Click 001<stem> or <stem>001 to determine whether the stem appears after or before the number. If you click Cancel, the Set Up Input Device dialog box closes without any changes to your previous settings. In the Source File menu, highlight Acquire, then select Via Photoshop Plug-in or Via TWAIN Plug-in (depending on the type of software plug-in your digital camera or scanner uses) from the submenu that appears. The software interface for your imaging device appears. STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 NOTE If you select Via Photoshop Plug-in or Via TWAIN Plug-in from the Acquire submenu but have not defined the settings for this method of acquiring files, the Set Up Input Device dialog box will appear instead (see Step 1). IMAGEAXS 4. 0 MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 5-9 CREATING AND ADDING TO A COLLECTION 5 STEP 11 Set the preferences you want for your imaging device, and begin scanning or capturing images. A data record for each image you scan or capture appears in the ImageAXS collection. To acquire files from your imaging device again using the same setup options, begin with Step 10 above. ACQUIRING FROM A VIDEO SOURCE ImageAXS can make data records for video frames or movies as you capture them using a QuickTime capture interface. After you set up basic options for acquiring the files, select the Acquire QuickTime Frame or QuickTime Movie menu option, and ImageAXS will acquire the frames or movies as you capture them. To add digital video frame or movie files to a collection as you capture them: STEP 1 In the Source File menu, highlight Acquire, then select Set Up Input Device from the submenu that appears. The Set Up Input Device dialog box appears. QuickTime Frame panel, Set Up Input Device dialog box STEP 2 In the Acquire pop-up menu of the Set Up Input Device dialog box, select QuickTime Frame or QuickTime Movie (depending on which type of video file you want to acquire). A dialog box appears with options for configuring your digital video device. STEP 3 IMAGEAXS 4. 0 MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 5-10 CREATING AND ADDING TO A COLLECTION 5 Source panel, QuickTime Video settings dialog box STEP 4 Adjust the Source settings for your video device. If the Source panel of the dialog box is not displayed, click the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the dialog box and select Source from the list that appears. The options in the Source panel are as follows: · Digitizer Click the pop-up menu to display a list of choices that reflect the video hardware installed on your Macintosh (for example, built-in digitizers, third-party NuBus or PCI digitizer boards, or external devices). Input Click the pop-up menu to display a list of choices (for example, Composite and S-Video). Format Click the pop-up menu to display a list of choices (for example, NTSC, PAL, and SECAM). Filter Select either TV, LaserDisc or VCR to reflect the source of the video frames or movies you will be capturing. If the Compression panel of the dialog box is not displayed, click the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the dialog box and select Compression from the list that appears. · · · STEP 5 IMAGEAXS 4. 0 MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 5-11 CREATING AND ADDING TO A COLLECTION 5 Compression panel, QuickTime Video settings dialog box The options in the Compression panel are as follows: · Compressor Click the pop-up menu to display a list of choices for compressing the video capture. (In most cases, the only choice is Color. ) Quality Click and drag the slider to the desired quality setting. (Some Compressor options, such as Component Video, may limit the slider to specific quality settings. ) Frames Per Second To choose how often the video preview window is updated, type a number (from 1 to 512) in the text entry box or click the pop-up menu to display a list of choices (select Best to determine a rate automatically based on your Macintosh video hardware and QuickTime system software). Key Frame Every __ Frames Select the checkbox and enter a number into the text entry box. (This setting does not apply to single-frame captures. ) Limit Data Rate to __ K/Second Select the checkbox and enter a number into the text entry box. (This setting does not apply to single-frame captures. ) · · · · · IMAGEAXS 4. 0 MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 5-12 CREATING AND ADDING TO A COLLECTION 5 STEP 6 Adjust the Image settings for your video device. If the Image panel of the dialog box is not displayed, click the pop-up menu in the upper left corner of the dialog box and select Image from the list that appears. Image panel, QuickTime Video settings dialog box The options in the Image panel consist of seven sliders -- Hue, Saturation, Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Black Level, and White Level -- that you can set anywhere between 0 and 100. Click the Defaults button at the bottom of the panel to reset all sliders to 50. [. . . ] The ImageAXS Preferences dialog box appears. Slide Show panel, ImageAXS Preferences dialog box IMAGEAXS 4. 0 MACINTOSH USER'S GUIDE 13-2 SLIDE SHOWS 13 STEP 2 Click the Slide Show tab on the left side of the ImageAXS Preferences dialog box. (If the Slide Show tab is pulled out past the others and the name is in boldface type, it is already selected. ) In the Slide Show panel of the ImageAXS Preferences dialog box, you can change display options for slides shows as described in the following paragraphs. Click Defaults to return all ImageAXS preferences to their default settings. CHANGING SLIDES To change whether slides advance automatically or manually, do one of the following: · · In the box labeled Change Slides, click the Manually radio button to change slides when you click the mouse. Click the Every __ Seconds radio button to change slides automatically. Enter a number in the text entry box to change how many seconds ImageAXS should wait before changing slides. [. . . ]