Video tutorials

Our video tutorials will show you how to do many basic tasks in PixEdit®. The videos are useful for both the new and the more experienced users. You can click on the following link to browse our videos on YouTube:

Go to the PixEdit® 7 channel on YouTube

Or, you can watch individual videos directly by clicking one of the following links:

Video index

01 What is PixEdit? An advanced Document Scanning and Processing Solution!

Are you a potential user of PixEdit? This video gives you the answer! PixEdit is an ideal scanning and processing tool for any one with a document scanner or drawing scanner. It has a huge number of features for scanning and post processing such as deskew, crop, blank page removal, black border removal, searchable PDF creation, forms processing, automatic indexing. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

02 PixEdit - Advanced tools for scanning in Office or Service bureaus!

Are you working with office scanning, or perhaps in a scanning service bureau? This video shos you how to quickly change between two of PixEdit's most popular predefined user interfaces. Pixdit has a huge range for features for scanning documents and processing the images afterwards. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

03 Identifying Windows and Tools in PixEdit Document Scanning and Processing Software.

If you have not used PixEdit before, you will find it useful to start out with this video in order to become familiar with functionality through an overview of various windows and tools in PixEdit. This video will also show you how to configure PixEdit's user interface to best suit your preference and type of work. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

04 Zoom, Pan and Page Browsing Basics of Images and Scans in PixEdit Document Imaging.

This video shows you some less known, but fast ways to zoom and pan in documents. You many find it surprisingly useful to spend two minutes watching this video. Knowing how to Zoom and Pan around scanned images in a PDF, TIFF or JPEG is vital for efficient use of scanned documents. PixEdit has some very useful features to make Zooming productive. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

05 How to select image pages in PixEdit image editing and scanning program.

This video shows how to select pages in PixEdit. It is important to be able to quickly selected pages in a multipage pdf or tiff (TIF) file. Once selected the pages can be moved, deleted, cropped, deskewed, copied, rotated, extracted and many other scan processing features. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

06 How to delete pages and images from a TIF or PDF in PixEdit document imaging program.

Here we show you how to delete one or more selected pages in an image file or scan file such as a TIFF, PDF, PDF/A in PixEdit. PixEdit enables you to quickly delete pages within a multipage scanned document, you make have blank pages or pages that were mistakenly scanned, these pages cane be quickly and easily removed. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

07 Moving and copying PDF and TIFF pages in PixEdit Imaging Program.

It's much easier to rearrange the page order by Drag and Drop in PixEdit than doing this manually and then scanning again! Here we show you how to manage pages in a TIFF or PDF file. We will show you copying scans and images and moving scans and image pages within a PDF and TIFF. The file can then be saved, or Save As PDF/A. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

08 Moving pages and scans between open documents such as PDF and TIFF in PixEdit.

Learn how to move or copy a single page or number of pages between open PDF and TIFF files in PixEdit. Here we show you how to copy and move pages between one PDF/TIFF and another. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

09 Inserting files (Office, TIFF, PDF etc) as pages or figures in PixEdit as a PDF or TIFF.

Would you like to learn how to quickly combine different file types into a new document? In PixEdit we can combine various documents types such as Word, Excel, other Office documents and more into a PDF with other files such as PDF, TIFF, JPEG etc and save as over 100 different file formats, including the very popular PDF and PDF/A. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

10 How combine several scan files or office documents directly as new documents in PixEdit.

In PixEdit we can quickly combine TIFF and PDF files into 1 large file. In addition we also use PixEdit to combine other office document such as Word document or an Excel spreadsheet into the pdf with other PDF and TIFF pages. The file can then be saves as a raster TIFF or PDF and the new PDF/A format. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

11 Extracting a page range as a new scan document in PixEdit scanning and imaging program.

If you have a large TIFF or PDF file, with say 100 pages, you can extract pages 56 to 60 and save them into a new PDF or TIFF file. In PixEdit we call this Extracting pages. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com.

12 Reversing scan/image/page order in PDF and TIFF files in PixEdit Scanning Software.

Did you by mistake scan a page batch in reverse order? You can easily fix this in PixEdit. This video shows how to reverse the page order or sequence of a multi page scan file, for example reverse the pages in a PDF file or reverse the pages in a TIFF file. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

13 How to rotate, split and collate PDF and TIFF booklets in PixEdit Scanning Program, Pre-press.

Non-destructive scanning of newspapers and booklets. Say goodbye to scissors! Did you know you can scan booklets and newspapers without the physical page splitting. PixEdit splits and sorts and re sequences your scanned booklets to correct reading sequence for pre-press or efficient scanning of newspapers and booklets. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

14 Joining scanned pages and images together and page resequencing in PixEdit, Pre-press. PixEdit7

Learn how to quickly join two or more pages into larger pages. Scanned images, from for example a booklet or magazine, may need to be joined together after scanning, for printing as an example. PixEdit will join 2 pages together and then resequence the joined pages into the correct order, for printing the booklet. PixEdit is an ideal pre-press tool. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

15 Automatic and manual image/scan orientation and rotation in PixEdit scanner Program.

You don't need to pay much attention to page orientation and rotation when you scan with PixEdit, since PixEdit can be confgured to automatically find the correct page orientation and rotation. But what if you need to correctly orient previously scanned pages? Click the play button to learn about automatic orientation and automatic rotation! Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

16 Automatic scan and image quality enhancement in PixEdit Scanner and Image Editing.

No scanner is perfect. We are convinced you will prefer to let PixEdit do automatic page enhancement during scanning, but since our videos focus on training, we will show you how to enhance pages manually. Here we will show you Deskew, Blank Page Removal, Black Border Removal, Contrast Toning, Image Enhancement and much more. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

17 Creating a PDF/A conversion profile in PixEdit Scanner and Imaging Software.

PixEdit, by default, produces documents directly to PDF/A format. But PixEdit is also an excellent batch converter for office files, E-mails, CALS, TIFF and PDF file formats into PDF/A. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

18 Scanning and automatic post processing of documents with PixEdit Scanner Software/Imaging Software.

It's easy to scan with PixEdit, just press the large green scan button. Document separation, OCR, page orientation, deskewing, saving to PDF/A and many other post processing functions are done automatically. Even better, your scanner will always be ready to scan the next batch while the previous batches are processed in the background! This video shows you how to configure ScanBar and After-scanning processing. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

19 After scanning profiles in PixEdit Scanned Image Processing Software.

Here you'll learn how to create and edit After Scanning Profiles. An after scanning profile (a process that will happen once your document scanner has finished scanning) may include processes such as Cropping, Deskewing, Blank Page Removal, Black Border Removal, Auto Orientation and OCR. These processing can be automatically applied to scanned images whilst the operator continues to scan. PixEdit is a very powerful Document Scanning Software. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

20 DocServer in PixEdit, Batch Image Processing and Scan Processing. Scanning and imaging Program.

With DocServer, you can set up multiple queues (or folders) of images needing to be processed. Each queue may have a different task, for example, Q1=Auto Orientation, Deskew and OCR to PDF/A, Q2 can be Automatic Crop. You have an expensive document scanner which you want to use to its full potential without having to wait for the After Scanning process to complete. DocServer picks up your scans from your document scanner and processes them in the background using options such as OCR, Blank Page Removal, Black Border Removal and Deskew. The files are then saved in various formats, including TIFF, PDF and PDF/A. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

21 Redaction and Commenting of PDF and Image Files in PixEdit and PixView Software.

This video show you how to get started with commenting, markups and redaction. PDF markup enables comments and notes to be added to a PDF file, and Redaction is the covering up, or removal of information that a user does not want to be revealed. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com.

22 PDF/A conversion using DocServer Post Batch Processing in PixEdit Document Scanner Software.

Do you need continuous conversion of incoming files or archive to PDF/A? In this video we discuss the DocServer internal folder structure. Also examined is DocServer's continuous conversion of digital born material such as; E-mails including attachments, Office documents such as Word file and Powerpoint presentations, Web pages, PDF, TIFF and many other types, into true PDF/A format. This video is primarily intended for system administrators and trained PixEdit users, and is a direct continuation of the previous DocServer video. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

23 Recording and using macros in PixEdit, for batch image processing and editing.

This video shows how to record and play macros! Almost all page manipulation and image editing sequences can be recorded and thereafter be replayed on selected pages, on entire documents or even entire archives. You can specify a macro to be executed during scanning in an After Scanning profile in DocServer, or let DocServer execute a macro on documents dropped into a monitored folder. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

24 Page Stacking Images in PixEdit Document Scanning and Editing Software.

This cool tool enables you to view selected pages merged as one single page! The page stacking tool takes all the pages in a scanned document and piles them allon top of each other. This enables the user to see the extents of the data in the scanned document. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

25 Cropping scans, images and pages in PixEdit Document Scanner Software.

Here you will learn several different ways to crop pages, in scanned documents and drawings, removing unwanted raster data from PDF, TIFF and JPEG images. Image croping can be done individaully or run as a huge batch. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

26 Multipage margin cleanup of scanned images (pdf, tiff, jpeg) using PixEdit Document Scanning Application.

Booklets, newspapers and books scanned with a flatbed scanner will often have noisy edges and centers. This video show how to clean unwanted graphics from a multipage document, as well as basic page splitting and deskew. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

27 More page functions in PixEdit for Scanned PDF/TIFF/JPG files .

Here we'll look at the page menu with functions for inserting page numbers, automatic or manual bookmarking for PDF files, adjusting page size, resolution (dpi), color mode, automatic color depth and many other useful tools for amending your scanned image files. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

28 Editing Scanned Documents and drawings in PixEdit Scanning Software.

Here we'll work with selected areas of scaned images. In earlier videos we demonstrated how to manipulate pages in a PDF/TIFF document. In this and the following videos we will show you how to edit the page content itself. We'll begin by looking at the most used tool in PixEdit: The Selection Tool. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

29 Inserting text into scanned images using PixEdit Document Editing Software.

This video shows a typical image editing job. We remove some old text from a scan of a drawing frame and type in new text. We also show how to configure font type, size, angle and other text properties. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

30 Advanced use of PixEdit, summary, inc Bookarking, Barcode Separation, Forms Processing etc.

This video is an introduction to Advanced use of PixEdit, including OCR, Bookmarking, Barcode Separation, PDFA Raster and Compact, Quality Wnhanchment, ACRO - Automatic Colour and Resolution Adjustment, Colour Depth Adjustments, Contract Adjustment, Filters, Page Size and Resolution, Blank Page Removal , DocWash, Batch Wizard, Forms Processing, Vectorising, Map Correcting, Map Joining, Map Warping, COM and DDE interface. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com is available for further information.

31 Reusing graphics as figures, Image Editing, Comments and Sticky Notes.

This video shows you a simple but typical image editing job. We will change a few graphic details of an electric schematic in a large format technical document scan. We'll add some comments indicating what we did so it can be reviewed later. http://www.pixedit.com is available for further information.

32 Navigation history in PixEdit Document Scanning.

You can quickly choose between, and open, the last used documents using the File menu. But don't forget the Back and Forward buttons! Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

33 PDF Bookmarks and Bookmarking Tool in PixEdit Scanner Software.

Bookmarks simplify navigation in PDF documents and act as an advanced table of content so users can easily browse large documents. Using PixEdit, you can add or edit bookmarks! PixEdit also has a very productive Automatic OCR Bookmark tool for fast creation of Bookmarks. Naturally, the generated PDF file is compatible with Acrobat Reader, Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

34 OCR, PDF Searchable in PixEdit Scanner Software.

With the optional OCR module, PixEdit produces searchable PDF/A documents automatically during scanning. However, in this video we will show you manual user configuration of the Optical Character Recognition function to create both searchable PDF files and also output to other applications such as Word, Excel and Text formats. The OCR system can be run manually or in conjunction with Batch Wizard or Docserver for fast post processing of scanned images. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

35 PDF/A and PDF/A Compact File Formats in PixEdit Scanner Application.

PDF/A Raster and PDF/A Compact are 2 of the ISO19005 standard. But what are the advantages and dissadvanages of each one? In this video we describe the differences. In summary PDF/A Raster is far more versatile, where as PDF/A Compact finds its place with lower quality office documents. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

36 Document separation and Barcodes in PixEdit Document Scanner Software.

It's very efficient to scan entire batches instead of starting and stopping the scanner between each document. To maximize your scanner investment, you may, therefore, want to consider separating each document in a batch by using barcode stickers or separation sheets. Barcodes can be used to separate and also name scanned files. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

37 HTML Webpage generation in PixEdit Paper Scanning Software.

PixEdit can convert and publish almost any document type directly to a web server in standard HTML format! Any type of equipment that can show a basic web page, will, therefore, be able to show your scanned or digitally born docuemnts without extra plugins or software modules. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

38 ACRO, Automatic Colour and Resolution Optimisation in PixEdit Image Scanning Software.

Let PixEdit choose color mode and resolution automatically during scanning! To speed up scanning, a scanner can be set to scan all pages in color, then ACRO can be automatically run and decide what pages should be color, which should be greyscale, and which monochrome. This reduces the sizes of scanned image files. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

39 Colour Dropping and Background Enhancement in PixEdit Document Scanning Software.

You can removed unwanted background both manually and automatically during scanning! In this video we will show you how to remove a yellowish background from a scanned image. Remember like most tools in PixEdit, the settings can be saved as a macro and played to thousands of images using Batch Wizard or Docserver. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

40 Manual Colour Conversion for Scanned Images in PixEdit Scanning Application.

Previously we showed how PixEdit automatically decides color mode during scanning. In this video we will show manual conversion between color, grayscale and pure black and white pages. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

41 Page Size and DPI Conversion in PixEdit Document Scanning Application.

Let's show you how to manually change page size and resolution in existing documents! In Pixedit there are advanced tools to adjust the resolution and page size of scanned TIFF, PDf and JPEG files. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

42 Brightness contrast adjustment for scanned images in PixEdit Document Scanning Program.

This video shows you how to change brightness and contrast in existing documents! PixEdit has powerful image enhancement and color adjustment tools, enabling the user to adjsut the color content of color TIFF, PDF and Jpeg files as an example, Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

43 Histogram normalising for Scanned Images in PixEdit Document Scanning Application.

Sometimes it is difficult to see important details in very dark or very bright areas of a picture or scanned image such as a TIFF, PDF or JPEG. In this dramatic demonstration we show how to reveal hidden details in a pricture on a document page! Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

44 Color Balance Tool for Scanned Images in PixEdit Imaging Software.

If you need to remove scanner introduced color cast or change background color on a page range, here's how to user the color balance tool! PixEdits advanced color balance tool for scanned images such as JPEG and PDF can easily be adjusted and enhanced. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

45 Sharpening, blurring and filters for Scanned Images in PixEdit Scanning Software.

Here we show you how to sharpen and blur images, as well as how to design your own image filters! These can be used for image enhancement and image editing in PixEdit. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

46 Docwash, Advanced Image Clean up in PixEdit.

Some old documents may be in such bad condition they are nearly unreadable. Scanned versions of these documents are often even less readable and printouts from these scans may simply be unusable. But don't despair! PixEdit has DOCWASH, with digital cleanup tools for exceptionally bad originals! Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

47 Batch Wizard, Batch Processing and Post Processing System in PixEdit Scanning Software.

Typical jobs like data extraction from scanned forms, file format conversions or macro jobs on entire archives are easy to set up and execute using Batch Wizard. With just a few mouse clicks you can process a handful, or millions of files in large folder structures. Very powerful batch and post processing system in PixEdit Document Scanning Software. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

48 Forms Processing and Automatic Indexing System in PixEdit Document Scanning Software.

By using Forms Processing in PixEdit, you can extract text, numbers and other types of data from scanned forms such as user polls to a database, or save scanned forms using file names extracted from specific areas in each form. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

49 PixEdit, Building a Figure Library of scanned images.

In this video we will show you how to extract and use graphics and figures. The Graphic figures can then be stored and used in the future to insert into new scans or drawings. Libraries of images can be built up. For further information, please visit http://www.pixedit.com.

50 Accupix, PixEdit Editing, Accupix offers precise Pixel Accuracy and Mouse Movement.

PixEdits Accupix tool enables accurate zooming and mouse positioning, essential when editing, zooming and viewing scanned images at high zoom values. For further information, please visit http://www.pixedit.com

51 Specifying exact values and coordinates in PixEdit Scanning Software.

PixEdits advanced image editing tools offers real world co-ordinates, real world values. For example, rather than working in pixels, PixEdit can operate in real world measurements suchs as mm, cm, inches, miles, kilometers. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

52 Grid and Grid Snapping (Snap to Grid) in PixEdit Scanning Software.

This video describes how to use the Grid facility in PixEdit. This is largely used for image editing of technical drawings. PixEdit offers Line, Pixel and ISO Grids. This enables a user to insert figures with equal spacing. When adding lines, text and figure, the grid makes editing fast and efficient. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

53 Comparing Document Images and Scans in PixEdit.

In PixEdit you can compare two raster scan documents. This video shows you the compare tool. This includes various option in the way the compare system is used. PixEdit will clearly display the differences between the 2 documents. For further information, please visit http://www.pixedit.com

54 PixEdit Drawing Vectorising to DXF CAD Format (Vectorisation).

PixEdit can convert a raster scan (TIF, PDF etc) to a Vector CAD file, this is a DXF file. the DXF file can then be imported into CAD applications such as AutoCad. In this Video we show you how to Vectorise your scans using PixEdit. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

55 Map Joining, Page Joining, Image Stitching in PixEdit.

This very useful PixEdit Video shows you how to join, or stitch 3 parts of a map together. Using the Map correction tool, PixEdit joins the 3 sections very simply and accurately. This means that fragile or old maps can be scanned on a flatbed scanner and the sections created easily merged together. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

56 PixEdit Document Scanning Software - The Log Window.

PixEdit diagnostics video. Here we show you how to switch on program logging. This is used to diagnose problems in PixEdit, for example Twain Driver compatibility, macro execution problems. There are a number of options for what is logged including memory availability and allocation. Please visit http://www.pixedit.com for further information.

57 PixEdit Document Scanning, Programming Interface, VB Intergration, COM interface.

PixEdit Document Scanning Software can be intergrated with other systems and controlled from external systems or programs. This is the PixEdit COM Interface. This is ideal for interfacing with Document Management Systems. Functions and parameters are displayed in Microsoft Visual Studio. For further information please visit http://www.pixedit.com.