Unfortunately, if a slide is dark or underexposed, auto-detection cannot differentiate between the slide frame and the slide itself. The user may need to manually select the correct area. The PowerLook scanner is often used in pre-press houses where color correction is very important. As such, the PowerLook goes through a calibration routine before each scan. Unfortunately, this calibration step takes a fair amount of time, and is performed before each scan.
Patience is a virtue.
The PowerLook comes with a Photoshop plug-in for scanning jobs directly into Photoshop. It also comes with color correction software from Binuscan. Both programs use a similar interface for setting resolution and color depth of the scanner. Descriptions of each window follows. Scanner Control Window When accessing this window from Photoshop, use the Manual Control setting.