First of all, on the Device Tab, first box, change Option types to Advanced.
Since your scanning prints your Media type would be "Image" For the faded colors, you might experiment with the "Restore Colors" option on the Filter tab. For 16-bit color, change the TIFF file type to 48 bit RGB, and uncheck the "TIFF compression box", both on the Files tab. I don't use TIFF compression myself for the very reason you suggest. For a RAW scan just check the "Save raw file" box on the Files tab. Photoshop will not know it's a 'RAW' file so you should make some not of it yourself, perhaps in the filename. I may be wrong on this, but "Save Index file" on the files tab may make a thumbnail. If not, you can make thumbnails in PS when you open an image and resave it, and you can create an index sheet using PS or something like Irfanview (PC only program). Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tomasz Zakrzewski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:53 AM Subject: [filmscanners] A bit OT scanning archival prints Dear list, I want to begin my project of scanning my whole archive of family prints (b&w and faded color) with mu Agfa Arcus 1200 using VueScan. But I'm lost in all those settings of VueScan. Could you give me hints as to recommended settings on VueScan and the work flow in general? I know I should work with 16bit color in Photoshop but I'm not sure how to switch it on. And what about raw scans? Even if you recommend to use it, I don't know how to enable this function. How do I recognize in Photoshop that a file is "raw"? My plan is to record to CDs the uncorrected originals "as they are" and the corrected ones alongside. All in tiff format, not jpeg. How to disable tiff compression in VueScan? If I use the compression, do I risk future incompatibility? Are uncompressed tiffs a "safer" option as compatibility and future use go? And the last question: my Photoshop 6 doesn't show thumbnails of files created with VueScan. What can I do to make them show up? Regards Tomasz Zakrzewski P.S. When I finally buy a MF film scanner, this will most probably be the Minolta Multi Pro, but since it's said to work poorly with negatives, I have no choice but use VueScan. I hope that my that time VueScan will be equipped with proper user's guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
