>Hi - I queried various scanners on this list several months ago and
>yesterday bought myslef a Minolta Scan Slite. I use Photoshop on a
>Mac powerbook G3, downloaded the newest updates and scanned my first
>slide.... using the navigation/automatic so that I could at least
>see what the scanner will do.
>
>All went well and the image is appearing on my monitor.... BUT....
>in Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the
>slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select,
>and I am unable to print. I know this is a silly basic question but
>what am I doing wrong or what haven't I done? Is it in in the
>scanner or something I need to change in Photoshop? I have used
>Photoshop before and cannot figure out what this is won't work? Any
>thougts or where I should look?
>
>The Minolta site isn't helpful and so far, neighter are the
>photoshop books nor thehelp.
>
>Thanks for any information.. I'm raring to go and getting frustrated here.
Sara:
In the Minolta Elite Scan software Preferences under Color Depth make
sure it is set to 8 bits. PS 6 allows you to do a few things with
high bit files but not layers. Earlier versions of PS allowed you to
do even less with high bit files.
Ray
