I don't own stock of Hamrick, but I really think you make a mistake here. Vuescan often works a lot better then the original software. I was amazed when I used it for the first time. The nice thing is, Vuescan doesn't mess up with anything on your system, it doesn't remove your original software nor does it interfere with it. You can try it, as long as you don't register it you can use it with a watermark. It doesn't work as a twain driver, so you don't call the Vuescan software from Photoshop or, but you use Vuescan independantly. It can save a file directly on your drive after scanning, you can edit it later in whatever program you want to use. Your scanner might be a lot better then what you think it is, only producing less good results because of the mediocre original software. TRy it, small download, easy install, easy uninstall, no mess on your system, no changes to the registry, etc.
On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 21:45, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > Frits Wüthrich wrote: > > > > Did you give Vuescan a try? > > http://www.hamrick.com > > I use it with my scanners, it has a lot of options and built in colour > > corrections for a lot of negative film types, and works very well. > > > > Nope - I think it best to stay with the software > that comes with the scanner > and I really can bring myself to deal with any new > software right now... > I can barely cope with what I have > > ann > > > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 04:12, Juey Chong Ong wrote: > > > On Sunday, Jan 4, 2004, at 01:27 Asia/Singapore, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > > > > > scanning color Kodak 100 gold negs - arrrggh! > > > > > > I have a 1640SU Photo also, and I find that you need to do massive > > > color correction when scanning color negatives. I think that's the norm > > > with "primitive" equipment. When I use my friend's Polaroid Sprintscan > > > 4000 which is a 4000ppi film scanner, I have to do the same thing. > > > > > > The quickest way to correct the color in the Epson is to use the Auto > > > setting. But you have to make sure that you select only the area of the > > > negative you're scanning, and include some of the black border as well. > > > That allows it to establish a black point. Make sure your selection > > > area does not include any of the scanning area outside the negative. > > > That way you don't end up with the wrong white point. > > > > > > I prefer to do a 16-bit raw scan (although I seriously wonder if the > > > data from the 1640 is even worth of 16 bits) and bring it into > > > Photoshop for the grunt work. > > > > > > --jc > > -- > > Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- Frits Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
