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Creating linear scans with Agfa FotoLook 3.6

To create linear scans with FotoLook - which is the scanner software for Agfa’s mid range scanners - start the software and select the entry Profiles from the Preferences menu. Select (None) from the Input device list which will disable the other options. This is required to be set twice. Once while Transparent mode is active and once in Reflective mode. After that the settings will be remembered for both modes.

Next select the desired input source for the scan under Original on FotoLook's interface. This can either be Reflective or Transparent. Do not choose Negative as any negative scans are intended to be processed in ColorNeg later on and thus have to be created in a way preserving the negative. Choose Transparent for any type of transparency including negatives. Next make sure that the settings Mode: Color (RGB) and Bits per color: 16 bits are in place. Now choose the desired resolution for the scan under Input. Select Gamma 1,0 under Tone curve and choose the entry Exposure from the Range list menu. On the panel that is displayed after doing so set the exposure to the minimum possible value. For reflective sources this will be 100 and for transparencies 112. If your scan is too dark a higher value may be chosen. You are now set up to create linear scans by use of the buttons Preview and Scan on the main interface.

FotoLook 3.6 can be downloaded here. Some of the supported scanner models are Agfa Arcus II, Agfa Arcus 1200, Agfa Horizon Ultra, Agfa DuoScan, Agfa DuoScan T1200, Agfa DuoScan T2000XL, Agfa DuoScan T2500, Agfa DuoScan HiD and Agfa Duoscan F40.