Art-Copy Scripting edition has just redesigned the way to convert file formats. Image the time it would take to convert a folder full of bitmap files to jpg, or imagine converting both jpg and bitmaps to Tifs. With Art-Copy just select the file format you wish to convert to, set any settings you wish to apply to the images, and then save the script. Click the script, select as many files from the folder you wish to have converted, and Art-Copy Scripting Edition will take care of the rest. For a completely user free conversion just set the auto name option, and allow Art-Copy SE to automatically assign a name to each new file being created. If converting to file to file wasn't easy enough, now with Art-Copy SE you can select any images you wish in any format, and create either a multiple page PDF or Tif file.

By setting the automatic file name option Art-Copy Scripting Edition will never again prompt you for the name of the file. By using the exact point in time that the file is created Art-Copy SE assigns the file a numeric file name saving you the time and hassle to specify each and every name. This comes in extremly handy when working with large batch jobs.

Art-Copy Scripting Edition also has advanced settings so that you are able to configure the scanning exactly how you need it to be. There are six main tabs within the 'More Settings' option that allow you to configure the scanning script. You can change anything from the compression of the saved images, image/document page size, printer to be used with the script, or what the default application to open the file should it be scanned to application. Below are thumbnails of each tab, which should give you a good idea of what options are available to you with Art-Copy Scripting Edition:

Take your black and white documents and automatically straighten them according to their edges. If a document is slightly misaligned Art-Copy Scripting Edition will determine the exact angle of the alignment, and will automatically correct it according to the texts/images surroundings. This is a much-needed feature if these images will be used with any OCR program, so that the OCR program may analyze, and match the text present in the document with its proper page layout.

Art-Copy Scripting can now apply sharpening automatically to give images a crisp look. Some amount of sharpening should always be applied to every color or grayscale scan -- especially in conjunction with rotation or descreening. When you select the "Do Sharpening After Scan" option, Art-Copy SE automatically sharpens the image. If you wish to modify the default settings simply use the slide bars to increase the percentages applied to each area of the image. High values increase the amount of contrast and sharpen the image, and smaller values blur the image.

When saving files with Art-Copy Scripting Edition file compression is key to saving file size. Art-Copy SE offers compression settings for JPG, TIF, and PDF documents. TIF and PDF also have advanced options for black and white compression for both group 3 and group 4 images. Compression settings run from lossless LZW compression to no compression applied to the images being created.

Problems can arise when scanning a picture that has been printed with a halftone such as one you would find in a book or a magazine. Magazine pictures don't scan as well as a photograph because they have less quality. The reason is that these pictures have been printed with a series of tiny dots that make up the image. When scanned, a scanner's imaging assembly will emphasize some of these dots and not others creating a pattern called a moiré pattern. The descreen setting improves the image by removing the moiré pattern by blending the dots into surrounding dots and converting them into shades of gray based on the quality of the material being scanned. With the descreen feature select which type of material you'll be scanning such as newspaper (65-110lpi), or lithograph (200lpi), and Art-Copy SE will apply the best setting to defuse the moiré pattern. This feature works best at maximum resolution (recommended 600dpi) but will increases scanning time.

Art-Copy Scripting Edition is designed specifically for high-end business applications, but is also tailored for standard commercial use as well. In order to meet both standards we've designed Art-Copy SE with an Administrative control that allows computer Administrators to limit access by the non-administrative users to where their scanned images will be sent. Administrators can set the directory where images will be sent after they're created, and by clicking the restrict non-administrators option will restrict non-administrative level users from being able to change the path for their images. This is exceptionally handy for those administrators who do not want users scanning images to valuable system directories where space is limited, or from overwriting sensitive data.