Pixel!SCAN
THE Scanning Solution for UNIX
Pixel!SCAN provides an icon-based interface
for advanced, multi-threaded scanning capabilities
with simple point-and-click functionality. Pixel!SCAN
goes beyond typical scanning solutions by offering
features that will help you produce quality scans
with little effort: scan color calibration as well
as extensive automatic and interactive color adjustment
controls. With the one-step scan color calibration
process, you can generate a correction for your scanner
with the supplied Mentalix calibration target. For
true plug-and-play with the scanner you are using,
Pixel!SCAN's "image intelligence" automatically
provides preset scan settings that can be tailored
by the user.
Pixel!SCAN allows you to perform gang scans,
thereby reducing repetitive tasks. You can also scan
images directly to a file and apply convolution filters
like unsharp mask and descreen while scanning. All
these features exist in a single tool that produces
a final scan that rivals the quality of the original.
This member of the Pixel!FX
Deluxe family of integrated imaging products
has application in a wide variety of markets: Desktop
Publishing; Document Imaging; Fingerprint Identification;
GIS; Scientific & Technical Applications; Office Automation;
Web Page Authoring; Manufacturing; Medical; Educational;
and Federal, State & Local Government. It has been
designed to operate efficiently on all popular UNIX
platforms. Displays supported include most monochrome,
grayscale, 8-bit or 24-bit color display controllers.
It offers an icon-based user interface that includes
complete point-and-click functionality. The use of
tear-off menus and icon toolbars allows you to customize
your display. Extensive drag and drop support gives
you intuitive control of powerful image manipulation
operations.
It also provides unprecedented speed and performance
in the most demanding image processing environments.
The result is increased user productivity with less
time spent waiting for display refreshes and file
saves.
Feature Summary
- Supports SCSI scanners from Agfa, Bell+Howell,
Epson, Fujitsu, HP, Howtek, Microtek, Sharp, and
UMAX (see Scanners/Platforms
for a complete list)
- Multi-threaded scanning improves performance and
reduces image quality problems due to scanner
backtracking
- True 30-bit+ RGB color scanning support available
on certain scanner models
- Pre-emptable prescan with incremental preview
of scan
- Automatic partial prescan -- constrained to selected
scan bed viewing area
- Color calibration -- Automated calibration process
using a Mentalix-supplied calibration target or
a choice of supported standard calibration targets
(e.g., IT8 target)
- Automatic adjustment allows program to determine
appropriate look-up table (LUT) and/or scan settings
for a particular image
- Initial scan settings easily customized
- Resizable crop box allows interactive cropping
prior to scanning
- Prescan performs a low-resolution pass of scanner
bed and displays a color representation of the
image on the scan window as the image is prescanned
- Interactively manipulate prescan display to adjust
size and select areas for final scan
- Scan directly to: file, Pixel!VIEW,
Pixel!EDIT, Pixel!PRINT,
network destination or third-party fax application
- True network scanning allows you to scan across
your network or Intranet
- Automated transmission of scanned images through
corporate networks and/or the Internet
- Scan directly to 256-color image to reduce time
and storage overhead when working with spot color
materials
- Scan to File allows scanning of images larger
than available swap space
- Scan Gang Add feature allows multiple areas of
the image to be selected for inclusion in a single
batch scan
- Scan Gang button executes a final scan of multiple
areas and loads each area into its own image window
to save or edit
- Editable scan list can be used to modify gang
scan or switch between frequently used scanned
choices
- Reset Scan Window button clears and resets the
scan window after performing a scan or prescan
- Zoom In/Zoom Out to view prescan image; scroll
bars facilitate moving around in the image
- Size and output control features allow interactive
adjustments to resolution, size and output parameters
- Automatically set scanning settings to match user-specified
output size and line screen
- Histogram shows distribution of scan intensities
over prescan area
- Adjust scanner color settings interactively using
graphic display to obtain optimum results
- Configurable scan parameters include:
- Resolution -- Full resolution of scanner
- Image Type -- Supports line art, up to
16-bit grayscale, 48-bit RGB color and
64-bit CMYK images
- White Point, Mid Point, and Black Point
-- Use in conjunction with histogram to
stretch range of output values
- Brightness -- Controls darkness/lightness
of image
- Contrast -- Softens or sharpens image
- Gamma -- Corrects for color mismatch of
hardware devices
- Color Adjustment -- Can adjust RGB composite
or each channel separately
- Paper Size -- Up to 11 x 17 inches
- Look-Up Tables -- Including custom LUTs
- Area -- Region of interest selection
- Projects image size prior to scan
- Supports scanner-specific options -- Dither, invert,
mirror, pixel averaging, and density
- Support for applying convolution filters, including
Unsharp mask, Descreen or user-defined filters,
while scanning
- Scan and Prescan grids -- Supports inches, centimeters,
pica, and point measures
- Automated document feeder support for selected
scanners
- Transparency adapter support for selected scanners
- Close and Release feature disconnects the scanner
so that it can be used by another user
- Save and reload most scan setting combinations
for repetitive tasks
- Scan with independent x/y resolution when supported
by scanner
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