On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:28 -0600, "Nick David Wright" <pedalsandpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Got my new scanner in the mail this morning. > > I like it very much. Been fooling around, relearning how to scan negs. > It's been nearly 10 years since I've scanned for myself. > > I've made a couple scans at 3200 dpi and the results are good enough > for me. Those scans net me a JPG file that's 5mb and equates to a > little more than 8x12 at 300dpi. There is just a hint of softness to > the scans, but nothing someone would notice unless they're pixel > peeping. > > Then again, seeing how I've been playing with it for less than an hour > it might be my fault. Does anyone know of any good scanning film > tutorials on the net?
I don't know how 'good' this is but I came across it some months ago on a blog I follow occasionally: http://photo-utopia.blogspot.com/2010/11/scanning-with-epson-v500.html > I replaced my "Physical Plant" photo on flickr with a scan from the > new machine. You can see it here: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedalingprose/5105422583/ > I'd certainly be happy with that. I have an elderly Epson Perfection 1650 Photo - I doubt I could get anything remotely as good as that. > Couple of irks (not really related to the scanner). One, apparently > since I had the trial version of PS Elements 8 installed on this > machine at one point, the installer for PSE6 that came with the > scanner refuses to allow me to install the older version. Does anyone > know of a way around this (other than wiping the drive and > reinstalling everything)? Well that sucks! It seems as if Adobe is trying to force the upgrade on you whether you want it or not. The only thing I can suggest is posting to the Photoshop Elements forum: http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop_elements Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
