I take it from your comment that Insight does not have provision for IT-8 calibration. Does it at least have provision for using the profile made with Silverfast? What I want in a scanner software is the ability to set endpoints, get essentially the same tone/color balance as the original (profile comes in here), and high bit output. I'm another one who prefers doing final edits on high bit files in PS.
Dave King ----- Original Message ----- From: David Corwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > First thing I would is to calibrate the ss4000 using supplied target. Print > out the documentation from Silverfast on doing the calibration. Also visit > Ian Lyon's site and print out his documentation on doing the calibration. > Read through both of them a few times. Between those two sources, you should > be OK in doing the process, even though some steps are not crystal clear. > > If you have trouble, forget it, and go right to using Polacolor. For your > first scans, only use well exposed slides. Polacolor is easy to use, and > should deliver you good scans right from the get go. Truly, a few clicks > and you're there. > > Once you've gotten comfortable with Polacolor, and scanning slides, only > then > would I recommend learning Silverfast. It has WAY more tools than you'll > need for now, and the documentation is lousy (the PDF I downloaded doesn't > even show you the button for ejecting film!) > > Or if you have negs, Vuescan is definitely worth it. But please get > comfortable with slides first. You'll be happier. > > Have fun, > > David Corwin