RE: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Thanks for the tip but virus scans turn up negative. Macs are seldom infected with viruses, I am told. All applications on my PowerMac work fine as do *all* other Web sites. Likewise, I can reach the "sub-pages" of the Minolta site through the Excite! search engine. Just the Minolta USA home page does not work. I have some problems with the Minolta USA site from my Mac G4 running Internet Explorer 5. If I very carefully position the cursor over the "|" to the right of the desired choice, a pop up menu appears. If I very carefully and quickly jump down into the pop up menu, I am able to make a selection and continue. It usually take me about 5-10 tries before I can get to the scanner page. None of this is using IE under NT 2000.
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Thanks for the tip but virus scans turn up negative. Macs are seldom infected with viruses, I am told. All applications on my PowerMac work fine as do *all* other Web sites. Likewise, I can reach the "sub-pages" of the Minolta site through the Excite! search engine. Just the Minolta USA home page does not work. Hart Corbett -- From: soho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 5:27 PM on 20/1/01 8:04 pm, Hart or Mary Jo Corbett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have any comments except to say that the Minolta site has been acting as though it has a virus. I've tried it a couple of times over the last few weeks and only get the home page. It ties up my computer for 10 to 15 minutes before one can even sign off. It's not downloading anything on my Mac but I can't get to any of the other pages of the site, either. No other site of any kind has ever acted like this. I recommend staying away from it. It's been like this for a long time; if Minolta can't even repair its own Web site, how trustworthy can any of its electronic products really be? Hart Corbett Er...I think it may be you who has a virus. The site functions perfectly on both Mac and PC. Richard
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Sara Jane: Welcome to the group. Your problem may be related to the bit level of the scan if you are not using PS 6. The earlier versions will not allow some of the PS tools, like layers, wand, etc., to work in anything other than the 8 bit mode. With the image opened in PS, open the image menu and click Mode. At the bottom of the new menu there will be a check mark next to the either 8 bit or 16 bit. If 16 bit is checked check click 8 bit. That should allow you to use all PS tools. If 8 bit is checked when you open the menu, someone else in the group will have to help you. It is best to use as many PS tools as you can with 16 bit checked, then go to 8 bit. It is also better to go back to 16 bit mode when you save your final image as some quality is lost when going from 16 bit to 8 bit. The larger 16 bit saved file size will use more disk space. I hope this helps. Gordon Sara Jane Boyers wrote: BUT in Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select, and I am unable to print.Any thougts or where I should look? Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
It sounds like the format of the scanned result may be wrong somehow. Try changing the format first either in your scanning software or in Photoshop and maybe some clue will develop. Maris - Original Message - From: "Sara Jane Boyers" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:24 AM Subject: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie | Hi - I queried various scanners on this list several months ago and | yesterday bought myslef a Minolta Scan Slite. I use Photoshop on a | Mac powerbook G3, downloaded the newest updates and scanned my first | slide using the navigation/automatic so that I could at least see | what the scanner will do. | | All went well and the image is appearing on my monitor BUT in | Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the | slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select, | and I am unable to print. I know this is a silly basic question but | what am I doing wrong or what haven't I done? Is it in in the | scanner or something I need to change in Photoshop? I have used | Photoshop before and cannot figure out what this is won't work? Any | thougts or where I should look? | | The Minolta site isn't helpful and so far, neighter are the photoshop | books nor thehelp. | | Thanks for any information.. I'm raring to go and getting frustrated here. | | -- | Sara Jane Boyers | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com | TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD | A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book | ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 | Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! | LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang | A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for | Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed | Books" | O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Hi - I queried various scanners on this list several months ago and yesterday bought myslef a Minolta Scan Slite. I use Photoshop on a Mac powerbook G3, downloaded the newest updates and scanned my first slide using the navigation/automatic so that I could at least see what the scanner will do. All went well and the image is appearing on my monitor BUT in Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select, and I am unable to print. I know this is a silly basic question but what am I doing wrong or what haven't I done? Is it in in the scanner or something I need to change in Photoshop? I have used Photoshop before and cannot figure out what this is won't work? Any thougts or where I should look? The Minolta site isn't helpful and so far, neighter are the photoshop books nor thehelp. Hi Sara At a guess I would say the you have scanned the image at 16bit/channel (48bit) which is the correct method to get the best from the scanner and will allow for greater latitude when adjusting Levels, Saturation etc in PS. To convert the image to 8bit/channel, from the Image menu go Mode/8bit/channel. But before you do, make any adjustments you feel necessary such Levels, Curves, Saturation, Crop, UnsharpMask (PS6 only). When in 16bit only certain functions are available. Hope this helps. Richard
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
I don't have any comments except to say that the Minolta site has been acting as though it has a virus. I've tried it a couple of times over the last few weeks and only get the home page. It ties up my computer for 10 to 15 minutes before one can even sign off. It's not downloading anything on my Mac but I can't get to any of the other pages of the site, either. No other site of any kind has ever acted like this. I recommend staying away from it. It's been like this for a long time; if Minolta can't even repair its own Web site, how trustworthy can any of its electronic products really be? Hart Corbett -- From: Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 7:24 AM Hi - I queried various scanners on this list several months ago and yesterday bought myslef a Minolta Scan Slite. I use Photoshop on a Mac powerbook G3, downloaded the newest updates and scanned my first slide using the navigation/automatic so that I could at least see what the scanner will do. All went well and the image is appearing on my monitor BUT in Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select, and I am unable to print. I know this is a silly basic question but what am I doing wrong or what haven't I done? Is it in in the scanner or something I need to change in Photoshop? I have used Photoshop before and cannot figure out what this is won't work? Any thougts or where I should look? The Minolta site isn't helpful and so far, neighter are the photoshop books nor thehelp. Thanks for any information.. I'm raring to go and getting frustrated here. -- Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Sara: I have a Minolta Scan Elite... It is a great scanner, easy to use, etc. I use mine on a Compaq desktop Windows system with Photoshop 6... A couple of things you might want to try 1. Check your preferences on the scanner to see what mode you have it set to, that is 8 bit, 16 bit, or 16 bit linear... 16 bit linear will appear as a positive in Minolta's preview, but will scan as a neg into Photoshop (if you are using neg film)... This is the way I use it, and then invert in Photoshop, after which I adjust levels, etc. I assume you are using a direct import via TWAIN or whatever Macs use to import the scan directly into PShop... 2. Once the scan is complete and you see the image in the Photoshop window, as well as the ScanElite window, close the scan elite window... close the program, don't just minimize, or you will not be able to do anything with the PS image because the Scan software is still in control 3. If you have a neg image, then go to the Image pulldown, then the Adjust pulldown and look 3/4 of the way down that menu to Invert... this will get you from a neg to a pos I used to fight to get a full tonal range when I let Minolta software do the inversion when it made the scan... this gives me a full tonal range and I don't seem to have any lingering orange mask... 4. If you scan for a pos image and you are in 16 mode, or you have inverted you are in 16 bit mode, you can do a number of adjustments (more with PS6 than 5.5)... the magic wand won't work, though... once you have adjusted levels or curves and color, brightness, crop, etc. in 16 bit, then you can go to 8 bit mode (Image pulldown, Mode from there, 3/4 down to set to 8 bit). By the way, A GREAT PS book for photogs (and I have a bunch of them) is Photoshop 5 5.5 Artistry by Barry Haynes and Wendy Crumpler, published by New Riders... list is about US$55... written by a photographer for photographers... well illustrated with an accompanying CD so you can walk through the exercises... gives oe of the best explanations with practical advice on Color Control and Color Space I've read... as well as advice on scanning negs Hope this helps. Mike Moore Sara Jane Boyers wrote: Hi - I queried various scanners on this list several months ago and yesterday bought myslef a Minolta Scan Slite. I use Photoshop on a Mac powerbook G3, downloaded the newest updates and scanned my first slide using the navigation/automatic so that I could at least see what the scanner will do. All went well and the image is appearing on my monitor BUT in Photoshop (in a Photoshop file), I am unable to manipulate the slide... it won't allow me to make new layers, won't truly select, and I am unable to print. I know this is a silly basic question but what am I doing wrong or what haven't I done? Is it in in the scanner or something I need to change in Photoshop? I have used Photoshop before and cannot figure out what this is won't work? Any thougts or where I should look? The Minolta site isn't helpful and so far, neighter are the photoshop books nor thehelp. Thanks for any information.. I'm raring to go and getting frustrated here. -- Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
on 20/1/01 8:04 pm, Hart or Mary Jo Corbett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't have any comments except to say that the Minolta site has been acting as though it has a virus. I've tried it a couple of times over the last few weeks and only get the home page. It ties up my computer for 10 to 15 minutes before one can even sign off. It's not downloading anything on my Mac but I can't get to any of the other pages of the site, either. No other site of any kind has ever acted like this. I recommend staying away from it. It's been like this for a long time; if Minolta can't even repair its own Web site, how trustworthy can any of its electronic products really be? Hart Corbett Er...I think it may be you who has a virus. The site functions perfectly on both Mac and PC. Richard
Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
Thank you so many for such clear and prompt replies to my query! It was easy as mentioned and I did change from 16 bit to 8 bit in "Mode" and the problem - at least this one - was resolved! I am on Photoshop 5 and realize that perhaps I better upgrade although this was not a PS problem but one of ignorance for me. Think I'll try to stay here a while and see what I can learn and... perhaps contribute from time to time from my own learning curve. Well... I'm off to print my first scan.. then I'll get into the real work of seeing what the scanner really does... already it's just wonderful to see a sharp image on my monitor (my flatbed never did could do it, even with a transparency adapter) and be able to do it myself! There's a lot of my slides waiting here for possible projects! Thanks again... although you may be hearing from me soon I get into the process! This was my birthday present to the dismay of friends who said they would have preferred new earrings for their birthday . But I'll happily spend the rest of my birthday evening scanning away! And... I apologize for all the typos. I spell wonderfully but am a way too quick typist and depending upon editors and such for final revision and there is no spell checker in my email program. BTW, I hadn't any problem on my MAC getting on the Minolta site. -- Sara Jane Boyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teenpowerpolitics.com TEEN POWER POLITICS: MAKE YOURSELF HEARD A Millbrook Press/Twenty-First Century Book ISBN: 0-7613-1391-5, paper $9.95/ISBN 0-7613-1307-9 hardcover, $24.90 Email me if you'd like to be on my newsletter update list! LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME Stewart, Tabori Chang A Publisher's Weekly "Best Book" of the Year, NYPL "Best Books for Teens", ALA "Book for Reluctant Readers", AIGA "50 Best Designed Books" O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES Chronicle Books
