Is there any cheap alternative to Vuescan that comes closer? I am a beginner who got a Minolta Dimage Dual Scan IV yesterday. Last night wasn't a very successful night but then obviously I need to spend lot more hours figuring out how to use all these scanning tools and photoshop etc.
But if someone suggests that another free software is better than what came with Dimage DualScan then I might as well spend time on that software's learning curve. Thanks, Gaurav On 11/16/05, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam, > > I have a different scanner (an Epson RX500), but have > been struggling with the same problem for a year. I'm > making progress, though. > > Vuescan is a great program in that it produces > gorgeous scans, but its interface is awful and the > learning curve is steep. For prints, I use it; for > the web, the software that came with the scanner is > fine. > > What I'm doing now that seems to be working: > > Clean the glass! > > I do a "preview" scan of the slides, then use the > controls in the scanning software to make some basic > adjustments for each one. I find that a considerable > boost in contrast is always necessary, plus unsharp > mask, a slight warming of the hue and a bit more > saturation. > > I scan to an uncompressed tif file. It's (relatively) > easy to use Photoshop on a tif file, but PS > adjustments to a jpg just don't seem to work. > > Then, I take the slide off the scanner, open the tif > file in PS Elements, compare them side-by-side, and > tweak some more. When I'm satisfied, I "Save for Web" > in PS Elements. > > Last year I was very disappointed with most of my > scans. Now, I'm pretty satisfied. > > Good luck! > > Rick > > > --- Gautam Sarup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Enablement: One scanner (Canoscan 8400F) > > Disablement: Can't figure out how to make the > > scanned > > results look like the original slides. > > > > Here's a scanned picture anyway: > > > > http://static.flickr.com/32/61457071_b4d2a95df6.jpg > > > > All comments appreciated. > > > > Gautam > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > >
