Scanning Slides
Flanagan Campus, Room 2642
Scan photographic slides to be used in PowerPoint, email and the Web.
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Step 1Remove the white panel from the scanner lid. This will allow light to pass through the slide being scanned. |
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Step 2Place gray slide holder guide onto scanner bed in order to properly align slide holder. |
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Step 3Insert slides into slide holder and place slide holder onto the scanner bed aligning it with the slide guide. You are now ready to scan your slides. |
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Step 4On the computer's desktop, double-click on the Photoshop CS shortcut icon. |
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Step 5Once in Photoshop, select "File/Import/Epson Twain Pro" |
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Step 6At the settings dialogue box, change settings to: Set source units to pixels. |
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Step 7Select, "Preview". You will see a "Pre-scanning in progress" message on your screen followed by a Preview screen with your slides viewable. |
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Step 8At this point you will need to select each slide and scan them individually. Click and hold in the left mouse button and drag over the individual slide image, release button and click scan. Note: You may have to minimize the Preview box before clicking on Scan. To scan all your slides at once, simply repeat above process and click on "All" under Marquee. Each individually scanned slide will appear in its own box (window) on your screen. You will repeat this process for each slide you wish to scan. The result will appear to be small, cascading windows on your screen. |
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Step 9To save each slide, click on the blue title bar of an individual slide to make it active. Click on "File/Save As...". In the "Save As" dialogue box be sure to designate the location to which the file will be saved. For example: 3-1/2" floppy (A:), Zip drive (D:), etc. Name your file then click Save. |
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