iBall ClickScan A305 User manual

Brand: iBall

Model: ClickScan A305

Type: User manual

iBall ClickScan A305 is a versatile multi-functional photography device that allows you to capture and edit images, videos, and documents with ease. With its foldable and contactless design, you can scan documents and objects up to A3 size in high resolution in just about a second. The device is USB powered, eliminating the need for an adapter, and features an image resolution of 2592 X 1944 pixels (5.0 MP). It supports various image formats, including JPG, BMP, TIF, PDF, GIF, PNG, TGA, and PCX.

User Manual

CONTENTS

Chapter I Introduction ............................................................................. 1

1.1 Package Includes ........................................................................... 1

1.2 Appearance .................................................................................... 1

1.3 System Requirements ................................................................... 1

1.4 Main Functions and Features ...................................................... 2

Chapter II System Installation ................................................................ 3

2.1 Configuration ................................................................................ 3

2.2 Application Software Installation ................................................ 4

Chapter III Interface Instruction of Application Software .................. 8

3.1 Main Window ................................................................................ 8

3.2 Menu .............................................................................................. 9

3.3 Toolbar ......................................................................................... 19

Chapter IV Common Problems and Using Methods ........................... 20

Chapter I Introduction

1.1 Package Includes

1. iBall ClickScan

2. Soft Pad

3. Software CD

4. USB cable

5. User Manual

If the above package accessories are incomplete, please contact your dealer.

1.2 Appearance

1.3 System Requirements

1. Hardware： Pentium 4 or higher CPU, 512MB or higher memory, CD-ROM.

2. USB 2.0 port.

3. Operating system ： Windows XP / Vista / 7

4. Pre-installed software ： Microsoft Word (Necessary for OCR only).

Suggestion for use

The effect is better under the environment of adequate lighting.

1.4 Main Functions and Features.

iBall ClickScan is for multi-functional photography. Whatever paper files, color

images or three-dimensional objects can be scanned and memorized easily. It adopts

Height adjustable design with flexible and foldable structure, with simple, noble,

decent and stable appearance. When scanning, documents and objects do not touch the

Scanner, so the cardboard phenomenon found in traditional scanner is avoided. With it,

you can get access to valuable video data at your own will. It gives us more functions

than the usual traditional scanner.

Key Features

 Scanner – Captures any document or an object up to A3 size at high

resolution in about one second.

 Copier - It can capture a document or an object up to A3 size in one second.

The captured document can be printed out via any printer.

 Presenter - To project a paper document or a real object to the large screen

using PC or laptop and projector.

 Video Recording - Its video recording function can record the progress of any

operation or demo.

 OCR Function – Optical Character Recognition feature helps in conversion of

images of text into characters, which can be edited.

 Smart and Portable, easy to use.

Specification

 Type – Foldable and Contactless

 Captured Size – Up to A3 Size

 Adjustable Height Options – A5 / A4 / A3

 Captured Speed – about 1 second

 Power – USB powered (No adapter required)

 Image Resolution – 2592 X 1944 pixels (5.0 MP)

 Picture Format Supported – JPG, BMP, TIF, PDF, GIF, PNG, TGA, PCX.

 Interface – USB 2.0

 Image Adjustment - Color (R/G/B) and Brightness Adjustment, Gamma

Correction, Hue, Exposure, Sharpness Adjustment and Gain Control

 Light – Natural light / LED light

 Medium Type – Book, actual product, picture, character, magazine, ID card,

visiting card, photo and so on

 6 LEDs with controller for efficient LED lightning & Night vision.

 Operating Systems - Microsoft Windows XP /VISTA/ 7.

 Office 2003 or above needed for OCR function

Chapter II System Installation

2.1 Configuration

Please make sure that the iBall ClickScan is connected to the computer before installing the software.

2.2 Application Software Installation

Insert the CD in CD-ROM to read automatically. Select ‘Software’ to start the

installation of Application.

Click “Next”.

Enter user information, or use default information, click “Next”.

Click “Next”.

Click “Next”, to install.

The software gets installed automatically.

Choose “Finish”, to complete the installation.

Chapter III Interface Instruction of Application Software

3.1 Main Window

1. Double click the shortcut ‘iBall ClickScan’ on desktop, or click “Start-All

Programs”- or click “Start” “All Programs” “iBall” iBall ClickScan

to open the application software.

2. Display software interface.

Software interface

It’s mainly made by several parts, including: menu, toolbar, image list view,

video view and image view, shortcut view, status bar, and popup menu, as the

above diagram.

All the functions about the software can be found in the menu.

Toolbar

It is the shortcut of menu; user can enhance operational efficiency by using the

icons displayed on the toolbar.

Image List

Display the thumbnails scanned by current user, and it can preview, open, or delete

these images conveniently.

Video View

Preview the video capture effects from the scanner.

Image View

Display the actual effect after editing the image.

Shortcut

It is to show the most commonly used functions, brings convenience to the user.

“Open Folder” function is to open the folder with current images.

Status Bar

Show some information about image editing.

Popup Menu

User can show the menu by clicking right-button on the image list view

conveniently. The popup item consists of “Delete” and “Refresh”

3.2 Menu

3.2.1 File

File menu is usually used for the operation of existing file operations, including:

Open, Save, Save As, Print, Print Preview, Print Setup, Print (1:1), Exit, etc.

Open

Open the image files stored in the computer to edit. Please make sure that the

format supports this software. Otherwise, it will not open. At the same time, you

can double-click the image view to do it.

Save

Save the edited image displayed on the image view after editing and keep the

filename, format, and the path being same as the original ones.

Save as

Save the edited image displayed on the image view after editing and the filename,

format, and the path all can be changed.

Print the edited image displayed on the image view through the printer connected

to the computer. Click it and display dialog of options, select a printer before

operating.

Print Preview

Preview the effect before printing as the edited image effect. Different printers

print differently. So you’d better select the print preview before operating.

Print Setup

Choose the printer that has been installed in the computer.

Exit

Close and exit the software.

3.2.2 Edit

The main function of this menu is to control various operating processes, including:

Undo & Redo.

3.2.3 View

This menu is mainly used for changing the current display properties of view. It

includes: Zoom In, Zoom Out, Normal Viewing, Move, Select, Text, Tracker, Set

Tracker, Full Screen & Change View.

Zoom In

Display the image with a smaller scale.

Zoom Out

Display the image with a bigger scale.

Normal viewing

Display the image as actual scale.

Move

If the dimension of the current image is over the range of partial selecting, you can

move the image through it to display different part of image. After finishing that,

you can press left-button to any position that you want.

Select

It's to select a portion of image. You can press down the left-button to drag after

selecting this tool; it will display a closed tracker when released. The selection is

the part in the tracker.

Text

You can take advantage of the tool to place some words on the current image. Type

the words what you want in the text edit box (if you want to change the character,

font and color, please click “Setting” button to do it), then click the position where

you want to place the image in, then after click “OK”, so you can place the text to

the image.

Tracker

You can draw a tracker line on the current image. After choosing the menu, press

the left-button to drag, track the area what users want. Then release it so that the

tracker can fix down.

Set Tracker

Set the image size, which the scanner scans. When user only needs a part of video

to scan, he can set it.

Steps:

1. Scan an image,

2. Open the image on the image view,

3. Use the tracker to select the proportion where you need ,

4. Click “Set Tracker” button,

5. Check the “Presets” option in “Scans” “Image size”,

6. Scan an image again.

Full Screen

Display the image editing view or video preview view in the form of full-screen,

and retain operation menu to enhance efficiency.

Change View

In order to convert between video preview view and image editing view, you can

press key “C” shortcut to make it. Note: You cannot use shortcut when the focus is

in shortcut board.

3.2.4 Images

The main function of this menu is to make some processing with current image.

Please refer to specific function items for more details.

Mirror

An image of something in which the right side appears on the left and the left side

appears on the right.

Flip

An image of something that the head side appears on the bottom and the bottom

side appears on the head.

Rotate Left (0.5)

Rotate the image for counter-clockwise with 0.5 degrees.

Rotate Right (0.5)

Rotate the image for clockwise with 0.5 degrees.

Rotate Left (90)

Rotate the image for counter-clockwise with 90 degrees.

Rotate Right (90)

Rotate the image for clockwise with 90 degrees.

Rotate

Rotate the image for in clockwise or counter-clockwise with any degree.

Resample

Change the actual size of the image. Click the menu item, the resample dialog will

be shown.

User can choose “Factor” or indicate the width and height of image directly to alter.

Under the item of latter, you only need to adjust the alternative of width and height.

Varied resolution gives birth to great influence of images. You can choose different

resolution according to what you need.

Remove selection

Remove the content you have tracked, that indicates you cannot operate it at the

selected range.

Crop

You can remove the part outside the tracker and retain the inside one when you

have selected the image.

Linear Filter

It’s mainly aimed at doing some processing of linear filter with image.

Blur

Further blur the image.

Soften

Soften the hard sides in the image, to makes it gentler.

Gaussian 3x3

Make weighted average mount on image with matrix 3*3 of Gaussian matrix so as

to soften the image.

Gaussian 5x5

Make weighted average mount on image with matrix 5*5 of Gaussian matrix so as

to soften the image.

Sharpen

Enhance the edge effect to the image so that it will get more obvious edges.

Edge

Extract the edge information from the image so as to look over it easily.

Emboss

Display embosses effect of the image.

Custom

Set the matrix operators for the image to satisfy the demands what professionals

need.

Non Linear Filter

It’s mainly aimed at doing some processing of non linear filter with image.

Add Noise

Add some dots to the image.

Median

Non linear technology mounts the gray-scale value in each point as the adjoining

median value for all the pixels with gray-scale value.

Methods:

a) Take out odd data point to array from the sample window.

b) Replace the data that needs to deal with by arrayed median.

Median filter method is very effective to pepper and salt noise elimination, it

attaches importance to phase analysis processing about optical stripe measurement.

However, it has nothing to do with the central analysis method. In image

processing, it always uses for protecting the edge information; it’s a classical

way to smooth the noise.

Selective Blur

Slightly blur partial image.

Unsharp Mask

Blur the mask so as to sharpen it.

Dilate

Make dilation processing of the edge so that the thin line becomes more obvious.

Erode

Make erosion processing of the edge so that the thick line becomes tinier.

Contour

Draw the outline of image.

Edge

Retain the edge on the image.

Jitter

To diffuse the pixel of image, and get a sandblasting effect.

Text Blur

Make text be blurred.

Blur Selection Border

Make blur selection at the border. It is useful under the prerequisite condition that

the selection areas exist.

Remove Red Eye

Remove the red eye phenomenon in the image. Freely select the part of red eyes.

OCR

Optical character recognition, recognize and extract the words from the image

with words so that the user receives them easily and get rid of annoyance of typing

words. Note: you should adjust the direction as soon as possible, do not tilt, so to

get better results.

3.2.5 Colors

It’s mainly aimed at doing some processing with the color of image. Please refer to

the functions for more details.

Negative

Take anti-techniques from color components R, G, B in current image as anti-color

processing. The effect is the same as that in the film.

Gray Scale

It adopts 256 grades of gray-scale value to display current color image, the effect

is just as that in black-and-white TV.

Dither

Use different density of black pixel to express the gray image.

Histogram

Adjust the quality according to the colors of red, green, and blue which takes up in

the image pixel.

Stretch (luminance)

Stretch the histogram of the image with more luminance parameter. It is aimed at