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Scanning Using Adobe Photoshop Elements

This section provides you how to start EPSON Scan (Full Auto Mode) from Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Note for Mac OS X users:

For details on Adobe Photoshop Elements, refer to its web site.

Start Adobe Photoshop Elements.

For Windows users:
Click Start, point to All Programs (Windows XP) or Programs (Windows ME, 98 SE, or 2000), and click Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0.

For Mac OS X users:
Double-click the Applications folder in Macintosh HD, and then double-click the Adobe Photoshop Elements icon.

Select Import from the File menu, and then choose EPSON Perfection 4990.

Note for Windows XP users:

Do not choose WIA-EPSON Perfection 4990 from the menu to select the scanner. If you select it, you cannot use the EPSON scanner function fully.

The standby dialog box appears.

Note:

When the Show this dialog box before next scan check box is cleared, EPSON Scan automatically scans without displaying the standby dialog box. In this case, go to step 4.

If you want to make settings for Color Restoration and other options, click Customize to open the Customize dialog box. For more details on settings, see the online help by clicking the Help button in the Customized dialog box.

Click Scan.

EPSON Scan automatically previews the image, and recognizes the document source and type.

Note:

When clicking Pause, the standby dialog box appears.

After EPSON Scan has previewed and recognized the document type, the following window appears. You can see the previewed image in the window.

EPSON Scan automatically locates the target images and modifies their skew, and then start scanning.

Note:

Be aware that clicking Cancel on this screen terminates EPSON Scan.

The scanned image is sent to Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Note:

If you cannot scan film in the Full Auto Mode, switch to the Home Mode or Professional Mode and use the marquee with the Normal Preview. See You cannot scan the film from the Full Auto Mode or the Thumbnail Preview for details.

Depending on the image you want to scan, you may not get the expected results from the scanned image, or you may want to make more adjustments to the scanned image. In this case, scan the image in the Home Mode or Professional Mode.

For information on further editing of the scanned images, refer to your application's documentation.

Select Save As from the File menu in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Type a file name, select a file format, and then click Save. For details on file, see the Help topics in the application's you are using.

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