RE: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
No You are not doing anything wrong. Vuescan are written to use virtual memory on your hard disk if you not have enough raam memory in your machine. This means : turn on virtual memory .The bad thing is: This will slow down your machine on all applications . Best thing to do is - install more memory, at least 500Mb if you are working with Vuescan and big pictures. Im using 1.5 Gb raam memory on the latest G4 and have no problem with Vuescan, and Vuescans memory handling. Best regards Mikael Risedal -- From: Mike Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:34:57 -0500 I've downloaded the Macintosh version of Vuescan, and tried to use it, and I'm getting a memory error. It says that it needs 91mb of memory to run? I have 160mb (just ordered 128mb more - will have that in a few days). Am I doing something wrong? I wouldn't think that it would need this much memory just to load the software. Thanks for all the help! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barbara Martin Greene Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan Mike No doubt that the documentation is for hunger. After recently returning a Nikon Super coolscan 4000 and buying a SS 4000 with the goal of saving $1200, I have a basis to compare the two and some advice on how to proceed. The Nikon software is a pleasure to use, and the documentation, while sparse, is clear and to the point. As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. Using the latest version of Vuescan with some help from those on the forum who are proficient with it, I've gotten great scans with excellent color and detail. I do wish that the documentation for it was clearer and gave more information on how to set the various controls. Martin _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
A old question is up again: Vuescan contra Silverfast. Vuescan is a good software , Silverfast is a scanning tool. If you learn to handle Silverfast and have a calibrated monitor, know how to measure the pre scanned picture, with black point , gray point and white point ,the workflow is faster and the results better in Silverfast than Vuescan. You need no after work in Photoshop. If you use Silverfast: Use the CMS and use Adobe RGB color space. If you not are using CMS the red colors are some times over saturated. Use the selective colors correction and set red against cyan to about -30. Adjust white point settings to 250 instead of 255. Set black point to 5 instead of 0. This settings helps against blown out high lights and more information in the darkest parts of the scanned picture Prescan a picture. Try auto correction and see what happens. Measure black point , gray and white point. Correct colors and scan. This procedure takes about 5-10 sec. The auto correction in Silverfast works in the same way as Vuescan does but you can also use Siverfast tools to decide colors, contrast, curves and so on, quick and easy. Regarding Vuescan: The picture are often to flat and lack of contrast. Set gamma low as 1,4 or 1.6. This settings gives you a not so flat picture. You can also try to set image brightness in Vuescan from 1 to 0.8 or 0.9. to increase a better results (regarding flatness in the picture.) Vuescan software settings seems to work better and more accurate with positive film than negative film. Tests I have done with slides are generally excellent Conclusion: All scanner software works and calculate a pre scanned picture in a almost the same way. Nikonscan and Silverfast has auto function and the auto calculation are good as Vuescan. If Im not are scanning a raw file to Photoshop, Silverfast is IMO the ultimate choice of a scanner softwareup today. Best regards Mikael Risedal From: Chris Hargens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 12:47:13 -0700 I've had good results using Vuescan with my SS4000 with a minimum of tweaking -- I usually use the default options. Sure, the help guide is a bit opaque, but the software engine itself is high quality and worth the small payment. - Original Message - From: Mike Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:20 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan I just received my new SS 4000, and am wondering the same thing. Silverfast seems to be pretty powerful, but cumbersome. How does it compare to Vuescan in quality (not just functionality)? I'm looking for the best quality scans, with minimal fuss. The Polaroid software is much easier to use than Silverfast, but doesn't offer nearly the amount of functions. The scanner is great so far - I just need to figure out how to use it properly - the documentation is seriously deficient! Mike _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
filmscanners: Silverfast vs Vuescan was Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
Mikael wrote: A old question is up again: Vuescan contra Silverfast. Vuescan is a good software , Silverfast is a scanning tool. Which is great if you can justify the cost difference compared to the difference in the results. I'm sure there are pros on the list who could, but I'm also sure there's many who can't. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
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Rob is absolutely correct--both cost and user expectations (and available time) are important factors when making a choice between SilverFast and Vuescan or any technology for that matter. The really nice part about Vuescan is it works extremely well with most scanners. I was suprised to find that it produced excellent scans with my flatbed scanner when I though I had the film scanner connected. It is nice to have one software product to just get the job done with any one of several scanners. While I get really serious about using SilverFast and all the features, I have produced similar scans with VueScan or Polarscan with very little effort. Bottom line is I have little time invested in VueScan and a ton of time in SilverFast. --- Gregory Georges www.reallyusefulpage.com -Original Message- A old question is up again: Vuescan contra Silverfast. Vuescan is a good software , Silverfast is a scanning tool. Which is great if you can justify the cost difference compared to the difference in the results. I'm sure there are pros on the list who could, but I'm also sure there's many who can't. Rob
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
Ian Initially, I tested out all three software packages with my recently purchased SS 4000. The scans I made using Vuescan, after much assistance from members of this forum, were crisp, sharp, and had colors that were very close to my slides. I liked the Silverfast interface, felt it was visually most attractive and liked the sophistication of its controls. But, I was unable to get a crisp, sharp scan. Not getting that, I didn't pay much attention to the colors. On my Mac G4, I used version 5 and also downloaded and tried the trial version of 5.5. I faithfully used your tutorial to set both up. I found it strange that I couldn't get an acceptable scan. I very much would have liked to, and don't understand why I couldn't. I'd appreciate any suggestions you have for overcoming the difficulties I encountered. Let me know if you need additional information. Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:05:48 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. You might wish to try version 5.5. Both Insight and SilverFast will produce excellent scans. Insight is VERY easy to use and whilst SilverFast is initially quite complex it has the capacity to produce scans from the SS4000 that VueScan users can only dream about (that's not a criticism of VueScan) Ian Lyons http://www.computer-darkroom.com
RE: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
I'd be curious to know if you tried SilverFast 5.5 or the new PolarColor software. They made a huge difference for me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barbara Martin Greene Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. Using the latest version of Vuescan with some help from those on the forum who are proficient with it, I've gotten great scans with excellent color and detail.
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. You might wish to try version 5.5. Both Insight and SilverFast will produce excellent scans. Insight is VERY easy to use and whilst SilverFast is initially quite complex it has the capacity to produce scans from the SS4000 that VueScan users can only dream about (that's not a criticism of VueScan) Ian Lyons http://www.computer-darkroom.com
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
Hi, I have bought Nikon LS-4000 with Silverfast software. I haven´t received it yet and this is driving me mad. ;-) I think this software is something similar to Binuscan Photoperfect. I used to work with this software with my UMAX Powerlook II and I must recognize that is impressive, simply the color in the photograph was exactly the same in the monitor! Polaroid used this software with their Sprintscan scanners and now they´ve chaged for Silverfast, wow!!! This software must be a monster. I´ll show you results. Best regards, Dave pd: if you want to see Binsucan software for Sprintscan 4000 http://www.binuscan.com Mike Stephens wrote: I've downloaded the Macintosh version of Vuescan, and tried to use it, and I'm getting a memory error. It says that it needs 91mb of memory to run? I have 160mb (just ordered 128mb more - will have that in a few days). Am I doing something wrong? I wouldn't think that it would need this much memory just to load the software. Thanks for all the help! Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barbara Martin Greene Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan Mike No doubt that the documentation is for hunger. After recently returning a Nikon Super coolscan 4000 and buying a SS 4000 with the goal of saving $1200, I have a basis to compare the two and some advice on how to proceed. The Nikon software is a pleasure to use, and the documentation, while sparse, is clear and to the point. As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. Using the latest version of Vuescan with some help from those on the forum who are proficient with it, I've gotten great scans with excellent color and detail. I do wish that the documentation for it was clearer and gave more information on how to set the various controls. Martin -- Unofficial Olympus web page http://victorian.fortunecity.com/byzantium/656/index.html Unofficial Olympus Gallery http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/subpages/irissari/irissari.html
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
I just received my new SS 4000, and am wondering the same thing. Silverfast seems to be pretty powerful, but cumbersome. How does it compare to Vuescan in quality (not just functionality)? I'm looking for the best quality scans, with minimal fuss. The Polaroid software is much easier to use than Silverfast, but doesn't offer nearly the amount of functions. The scanner is great so far - I just need to figure out how to use it properly - the documentation is seriously deficient! Mike
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
Mike No doubt that the documentation is for hunger. After recently returning a Nikon Super coolscan 4000 and buying a SS 4000 with the goal of saving $1200, I have a basis to compare the two and some advice on how to proceed. The Nikon software is a pleasure to use, and the documentation, while sparse, is clear and to the point. As for the SS 4000, go with Vuescan. Using both Polarscan and Silverfast, I got terrible results. Using the latest version of Vuescan with some help from those on the forum who are proficient with it, I've gotten great scans with excellent color and detail. I do wish that the documentation for it was clearer and gave more information on how to set the various controls. Martin From: Mike Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 13:20:54 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan I just received my new SS 4000, and am wondering the same thing. Silverfast seems to be pretty powerful, but cumbersome. How does it compare to Vuescan in quality (not just functionality)? I'm looking for the best quality scans, with minimal fuss. The Polaroid software is much easier to use than Silverfast, but doesn't offer nearly the amount of functions. The scanner is great so far - I just need to figure out how to use it properly - the documentation is seriously deficient! Mike
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
Mike, I can't really comment as I don't have and have never used Silverfast. I would suggest, though, download the trial of Vuescan and try it (www.hamrick.com). It puts a watermark on it, but it will give you the idea. I'm a huge fan of Vuescan and use it for every scan I do. Tom I just received my new SS 4000, and am wondering the same thing. Silverfast seems to be pretty powerful, but cumbersome. How does it compare to Vuescan in quality (not just functionality)? I'm looking for the best quality scans, with minimal fuss. The Polaroid software is much easier to use than Silverfast, but doesn't offer nearly the amount of functions. The scanner is great so far - I just need to figure out how to use it properly - the documentation is seriously deficient! Mike
Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan
I've had good results using Vuescan with my SS4000 with a minimum of tweaking -- I usually use the default options. Sure, the help guide is a bit opaque, but the software engine itself is high quality and worth the small payment. - Original Message - From: Mike Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 11:20 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Silverfast or Polarscan I just received my new SS 4000, and am wondering the same thing. Silverfast seems to be pretty powerful, but cumbersome. How does it compare to Vuescan in quality (not just functionality)? I'm looking for the best quality scans, with minimal fuss. The Polaroid software is much easier to use than Silverfast, but doesn't offer nearly the amount of functions. The scanner is great so far - I just need to figure out how to use it properly - the documentation is seriously deficient! Mike
