Film Type:
Lets you choose what type of film you're scanning. The choices are positive,
negative, interpositive, and internegative. HDR scanning offers an improvement for
all these film types. Select the reel type you're scanning from 35mm 2, 3, and 4 perf,
and 16mm. The scanner automatically detects whether the film is 35mm or 16mm.
When scanning interpositive and internegative film, the increased density of the film
requires slightly extended pulse durations from the light source. Normally, this does not
affect the scan, however, a slight reduction in resolution may occur when scanning at
above 12 frames per second. If you do notice a difference in resolution, simply reduce
your scanning speed to 12 frames per second or less.
Enable 2 Pass HDR Scan:
important to perform an 'auto black' or 'auto white' on a frame with a wide dynamic
range as it determines the high and normal exposure levels from your selected frame.
Perf nudge:
Used for making fine adjustments of the perf position relative to the
scanner gate aperture. Command-J nudges up, while Command-L nudges down.
Frame:
These buttons are push and hold to activate. When on, the film is slowly
advanced to move the frame up or down and when released the film stops in
place. This is useful for aligning the film frame with the scanner's sensor. Using the
'perf nudge' and 'frame' buttons, you want to align the visible film frame so the bottom
of the previous frame and the top of the next frame are just visible at the top and
bottom of the viewer, and the current frame is centered vertically.
It's important to make sure the image in the viewer is not zoomed in when you do this.
Command-Left Arrow on your keyboard moves the frame up, while Command-Right
Arrow moves the frame down.
Scan Speed:
With adequate disk performance, you should be able to scan at 30 fps.
However, if you're scanning to a slow hard drive, you can reduce the scanning speed to
a frame rate that's suitable for your workstation without dropping frames.
Supply Spool:
Sets the wind direction of the left-hand side feed spool. While auto-
detection will prevent incorrect operation, you should manually configure the reel
winding direction based on how each film roll is wound.
Take Up Spool:
Sets the wind direction of the right-hand side take up spool. While
autodetection will prevent incorrect operation, you should manually configure the reel
winding direction based on how each film roll is wound.
Use Film Reel:
Small film reels have a different weight and inertia compared to large
film spools, and this can affect the transport system. Tick this box to switch to settings
that offer improved stability for small film reels.
Focus Assist:
Enables luminance peaking on your scanner's HDMI monitor output, plus
the viewer inside DaVinci Resolve's film scanner panel, which makes it easy to obtain
optimum focus adjustments.
Enables high dynamic range multi pass capture. It is
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