Re: IR exposure (was VueScan help)

Ed, don't kick yourself too hard ;-) The colour quality of scans from the Epson 1200U is far better than those from the bundled Twain software. Well worth the wait. Regards Bob Armstrong On Monday, October 16, 2000, Ed H wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I do hope you haven't ruled o

RE: got my SS4000

> but it still is > not producing anything sharper than my HP PhotoSmart. Perhaps the image you are using just isn't any sharper? What camera and film is this image? Have you tried another one > the image will degrade if you scan it at a radically different resolution > than what you want

RE: SCSI vs SS4000 (was got mt SS4000)

> .. they all tend to misbehave intermittently unless they're next to the CPU > on the chain. And they really really don't like sharing with hard disks. That hasn't been my experience in 10 years dealing with SCSI devices, designing SCSI controllers, and writing SCSI drivers. The primary issue

RE: Copyright on images

The real problem with this is that if someone wants the image, they will get it no matter how much security is taken. My thinking is that if I make it time intensive enough for the hacker to restore the image to the original, I have won. It is always easier to breach security than to enforce it.

RE: Copyright on images

Disabling the right mouse button (save as command) is fine for novices but anyone can capture your images by browsing their cache. What about people who browse with Java turned off? >Just did some research on this myself. go to www.kagi.com and there is a >program called h20 marker. It is sh

RE: Film grain comparisons

I wrote: >If you want to have a look at the scans, go to http://wordweb.com and click >on the scanning link in the index. You can download PNG files of the >scans - the largest is about 700K, but most are 300-500K. Oops! The links to the PNG files for Provia are broken. I'll fix them ASAP. Ho

Re: got my SS4000

David, My experience may be unusual but my SS4000 (purchased 9/01/00) did not include SilverFast either. I went through the routine you describe, faxing my receipt on 9/13. After two follow-up calls and a second fax I am still without the software. Otherwise I'm pleased with the equipment and I

ADMIN -Re: My Photographs at Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens

> I will be exibiting many of my Fine Art Landscape and Nature > Photographs = Ken, Please DO NOT post this sort of ad here. There are plenty of appropriate usenet groups with a far larger number of participants, some of whom might even live close enough to be interested. To anyone else it i

Re: Copyright on images

> I can't understand the practical usefulness of a concept like digital > watermarking, which actually invites the stealing of your images > because there's NO visible deterrent. Not only that, it's reportedly fairly easy to render them illegible - and hence useless - by going through a few re

Vuescan 6.3.4 a suggestion and a problem

=shAf= wrote: >''A suggestion I'd prefer Ed put on his list, because I think it >would be easy to add, is a preference for the output file directory. >I like to scan into particular directories for better organization. >What I am doing now is 'copy'ing & 'paste'ing from the Windows' file >explorer

Re: digital imagery "Code of Practice"

> The section titled RGB (quoted below) advises not applying unsharp > masking to files to be sent out for repro, but I don't remember > hearing this one before. I usually apply minimal unsharp masking to > files to send out. Can someone shed light on this issue? AIUI that is absolute b&ll*cks.

Re: LS30 BIOS was Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs....

In a message dated 10/16/2000 12:27:23 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It occurs to me to wonder whether one > could flash the LS30 with the LS2000 upgrade BIOS - given the cost of > replacing the LS30, I haven't tried *that* either. :) I tried this about a year ago, and finally determined

RE: Copyright on images

Watermarks by themselves are only partially useful. The services that go with the Digimark system add value that really make going their route worthwhile, such as the web-crawling service. But their pricing seem more like they are going after the professional market. It's a little pricy at this ti

RE: The limits of sharpness available to the amateur budget in the digital re...

I ran across a reference to a web page on the Japanese Epson site that shows the replacements that are apparently already available over there. I went to the page and it's all in Japanese except for a few logos. I mean, who would be surprised that they are being replaced, with product life cycles

RE: got my SS4000

I have heard so many good things about the SS4000 that I have faith that I will eventually solve all my problems, even if it involves replacing the unit. I'm not going to subject myself to regrets over not waiting for the Kodak. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julie, female Galah (3 years) Little B

RE: got my SS4000

> If you arent getting sharp results, > make sure > that you have "autofocus" checked; other people have reported remarkable > improvements once they've taken this simple step. I also noticed a remarkable improvement when I checked it, but it still is not producing anything sharper than my HP Pho

Re: Film grain comparisons

At 2:59 PM +1000 10/15/00, Rob Geraghty wrote: >Anyway, the actual *scan* resolutions are the same, and the differences in >apparent grain between Konica 100VX, Fuji Superia 100 and Fuji Provia 100F >are pretty obvious. Interestingly, the "grain" in 100F is visible, but it's >so much less obtrusi

RE: got my SS4000

Frank Paris wrote... > I notice you are putting copyrights on your pictures. Do you know about > digital watermarking? Paint Shop Pro 7.0 has this, so I'm sure PhotoShop Thanks for the tip, but I'm only trying to keep photographer/subject with the photos when they pop up on other people's web s

Re: SCSI vs SS4000 (was got mt SS4000)

on 16/10/00 12:59 pm, shAf at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is this a problem with the SS4000? ... because mixing devices really > shouldn't be a problem. Granted, installing a dedicated SCSI > controller is a safe way to go for devices which don't behave well ... > and we all know they exist, but

Re: IR exposure (was VueScan help)

In a message dated 10/16/2000 9:22:42 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I do hope you haven't ruled out histograms for VueScan but will > consider adding them to the wishlist I certainly haven't ruled them out. When people ask for new features or support for new scanners, I tend to resist fo

Re: medium and large format film scanning

In a message dated 10/16/2000 9:49:43 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The 1600 is a nice scanner but very marginal with > negative films using either the Epson Software or the Silverfast software. It turns out that correcting color negative film is really hard to do well. > While the Epso

RE: Copyright on images

> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Paris > Subject: RE: Copyright on images > > We've found it very difficult to remove the digital watermark. You just > about have to destroy the visual appeal of the image to do it. It is > distributed all over the image, so cropping it does not remov

RE: Copyright on images

Just did some research on this myself. go to www.kagi.com and there is a program called h20 marker. It is shareware, only $35 and seems to do a pretty good job. I also downloaded a program called Imagesafe from the same guy. It puts all the images on your website as a Java Applet so they canno

Vuescan workflow [was Re: IR exposure (was VueScan help)]

- Original Message - From: "Bob Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 11:52 AM Subject: Re: IR exposure (was VueScan help) > > Agreed, you can see the histograms in PS. But it seems to me there would be > an advantage to having histogram

Vuescan feature request

When batch scanning, would it be too much to ask Vuescan to stop if the disk runs full? Haakon The filmscanners mailing list is hosted by http://www.halftone.co.uk To resign, with UNSUBSCRIBE FILMSCAN

Re: got my SS4000

My scans are sharp with no sharpening and in any case I would only sharpen when you are looking at actual pixels in Photoshop. My standard settings for ss4000 scans are 70-100% at 0.8-1.4 pixels. They are VERY sharp even when unsharpened. It sounds like you have a focus problem. In Insight prefs

RE: VueScan 6.3.2 Available

YES ED! There is something! Thank you for asking!!! VueScan *desperately* needs a reasonable way to set the output path and file name for scans. I and other users have to copy and paste path names from Windows Explorer. I think this is VueScan's most user-hostile feature, but the software is so g

Sv: Microtek Artix 4000T

From: Robert Kehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You're right. The Polaroid is cheaper. So that would seem to end the > debate. However, I just found a few Microteks from a photo store closing > going for $900 each, new in factory sealed cartons. I think I'll have to > buy one. Even if I buy Silverfa

Re: LS 2000 Installation Questions

Well, no it isn't! The SCSI adaptor in the computer usually has ID 7, so setting a scanner to it will clash... In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Bowling) wrote: > --=_6662406==_.ALT > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >

over-exposing a Vuescan scan

Nikonscan provides for over-exposure of a scan. What's really cool is the over (or under) exposure setting is in units of +/-ei (exposure index), and while it's intended for problem film exposures, one can really do some interesting things with it. This would also be a nice feature for Vuesc

RE: Copyright on images

Lets be practical. I think you are putting too much value on your images (not you personally, but photographers in general). If someone is going to steal your images, they're taken, digital watermark or not. No one's going to police the net looking for watermarked images. Not for the price th

RE: Copyright on images

We've found it very difficult to remove the digital watermark. You just about have to destroy the visual appeal of the image to do it. It is distributed all over the image, so cropping it does not remove the watermark. No visible deterrent isn't necessarily a lack of deterrent. If you see a sign

Re: VueScan 6.3.2 Available

Ed, your productivity is unbelievable ! ... I have right now read this message and I went to download the 6.3.2 . I found instead the 6.3.4 ! ;-) Your releases are like mushrooms ... and I like them so much specially those wild that I personally hunt. Ciao. Sincerely. Ezio www.luce

RE: Copyright on images

Digimark has a web crawler that will report to you locations of your images that you have not authorized. Of course you have to pay for this service, but it's pretty neat. Frank Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Julie, female Galah (3 years) Little Birdie, male Splendid Parakeet (13 years) Snowflake, male

Vuescan 6.31 observation and a suggestion

I'm pretty close to having VS uderstood and I thought I'd briefly pass on a observation and a suggestion. I'm finding my preferred final scan being very much to be a result of the setting of automatic blackpoint% and whitepoint%. This setting, if appropriate to the particular image and w

Violet cast with Artixscan 4000t

I have the ArtixScan 4000 and, recently, the Epson 1270 and I use a PC. I am shooting only slides and I scan them with ScanWizard Pro at 4000 dpi, 48 bits. My monitor is an old 17" HP (HP D1193A Ultra VGA), calibrated with Photoshop 5.5 following Ian Lyons recommendations. The scanner is frequent

RE: got my SS4000

I've put the latest software on my system, and it still looks to me like I've got a focusing problem, but I don't know how I would prove it. I have to set the "Amount" of sharpening to about 250 and the "Radius" to 1.5 when I scan at 4000 dpi to simulate the appearance of my slides under a 5 power

Re: The limits of sharpness available to the amateur budget in the digital re...

In a message dated 10/15/2000 12:50:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Anyhow, I'd get a better idea exactly how sharp my scans are (Polaroid vs. HP) if I could upgrade my printer solution, but with Epson on the verge of replacing the 1270/2000P in the next few months,

Re: Kodak RFS 3600

It will be available in sweden within 2 weeks. Br, Stefan on 10/10/00 4:18 PM, Attila Kirjak at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Does anybody know if this scanner is available yet? > > Thanks, > Attila. > > > The filmscanners

Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs. NikonLS-2000

In a message dated 10/15/2000 7:07:42 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Crazy! > It must cost Nikon money to cripple it! No, this is a very sensible thing for Nikon to do. This way they can have a single hardware design that they sell to multiple market segments. The manufacturing cost of

Re: questions

David as long as you're answering questions, any news about when we can expect Insight v.5? Regards, Ron - Original Message - From: "Hemingway, David J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 8:29 PM Subject: RE: questions > Raw scans are pretty ugly

Re: Microtek Artix 4000T

I have not used the 8000 interpolation since it does not do anything that you can not do in PhotoShop. You can upsample to 8000 in PhotoShop. I would not see any reason to do this unless you wanted to a large print from a small part of a negative. Upsampling can not create any new information t

LS30 BIOS was Re: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs. NikonLS-2000

Photoscientia wrote: >Do you know if the firmware's flashable? Yes, it is. The upgrade to the latest version of Nikonscan requires flashing the scanner BIOS - one reason I haven't yet risked it. The other reason is that I generally use Vuescan. It occurs to me to wonder whether one could flash

Re: Copyright on images

Hi All: I have seen both watermarks and copyright notices on images on the internet. I notice that Photoshop looks for watermarks and the download of the test version of Vuescan contains a watermark. Are there any relatively inexpensive programs that can be used to embed them in images? Gor

Re: got my SS4000

I just purchased a SS4000 myself, it came bundled with Silverfast V5 Ai and I was wondering if you are having the same problems I am having?? 1. I attempted to register the software via Internet. The registration process seemed to go well but I didn't receive a password to download updates. Does

Re: got my SS4000

I have a Polaroid 4000 on the same Adaptec 2930U SCSI card as my three SCSI drives (CD-ROM, CD-RW, and Zip). Everything works just fine, given that I don't run anything else while I'm using the film scanner. You might not want to put the scanner on the same SCSI bus as your hard drive, however.

Re: The limits of sharpness available to the amateur budget in the digital realm

- Original Message - From: "Frank Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 9:08 AM Subject: The limits of sharpness available to the amateur budget in the digital realm > Anyhow, I'd get a better idea exactly how > sharp my scans are (Polaroid vs.

RE: got my SS4000

> Well, I got my Polaroid SS4000 today. Like my PhotoSmart, it seems to be > incompatible with rotating media on the same bus, at least the enclosed > literature seems to imply it. So they give you a separate SCSI card. Eats a > PCI slot if you have SCSI hard drives or CD ROMs (which I intend t g

Re: The limits of sharpness available to the amateur budget in thedigital realm

Frank Paris wrote: > Since I'm new to this list, I've probably missed speculations (or real > answers) on the following question, but does anyone have an explanation for > why viewing a slide with 5X loupe on a light table looks far superior to a > professionally prepared 7.5"X5" print viewed up

RE: Copyright on images

> I can't understand the practical usefulness of a concept like > digital watermarking, which actually invites the stealing of > your images because there's NO visible deterrent. Because a visible copyright mark can be cropped off the image, and a digital watermark is more difficult to remove (in

My Photographs at Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens

Dear Friends,   I will be exibiting many of my Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photographs at the Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens. The Affaire in the Gardens is held in the Gardens along Santa Monica Blvd on the weekend of October 21th and 22th from 10 am till 5 pm. My booth is 146

Re: digital imagery "Code of Practice"

I found this document to be useful, thanks to Michael for bringing it to our attention and mailing it. The section titled RGB (quoted below) advises not applying unsharp masking to files to be sent out for repro, but I don't remember hearing this one before. I usually apply minimal unsharp maski

Re: Kodak RFS 3600

In a message dated 10/14/2000 7:43:07 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I am thinking now what is better to buy this scanner with probably not > > perfect software and 3600 resolution or Minolta Elite with well done > > software (for example Vuescan6.2 or Minolta software) and 2800dpi ? >

Insight v.5

Hi David Hemmingway: How is Insight v.5 coming along? IMHO Insight is wrongly depreciated and I'm waiting impatiently for the next version. Sure hope it doesn't get sidetracked by Polaroid's other new projects. Regards, Ron Carlson

medium and large format film scanning

Ed Hamrick of Vuescan fame has, at the request of several people, included the Epson 1600 along with other Epson flat bed scanners in the latest release of Vuescan. The 1600 is a nice scanner but very marginal with negative films using either the Epson Software or the Silverfast software. It work

Re: Scanner < $1500 selection ?

There is a dealer in southwest US with a few Microtek 4000T scanners going for $900 each. They are a pc dealer that bought out a closing photo/pc store. Then units are new in factory sealed cartons. I just got one. Looks great. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dyn

Film grain comparisons

Argh! After carefully checking the focus and distance and that the camera was level, my test shots with Provia 100F are still at a significantly different distance from the targets. I'm going to have to figure out a more rigorous measurement of 2m. Anyway, the actual *scan* resolutions are the s

Copyright on images

I can't understand the practical usefulness of a concept like digital watermarking, which actually invites the stealing of your images because there's NO visible deterrent. Specializing in web sites for artists and photographers, I always recommend adding the web site URL and possibly the phon

RE: Negative film scanning - Polaroid SS4000+SilverFast vs. NikonLS-2000

Most products sale prices are related to the markets willingness to pay for value and that is quite often not related to cost of goods. -Original Message- From: Enoch's Vision, Inc. (Cary Enoch R...) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 8:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IR exposure (was VueScan help)

> On 10/12/2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I would like to see histograms for each of the RGBI channels displayed > > within VueScan. And a count of the pixels clipped to either min or max > > values. Ed Hamrick replied: > You can do this with Photoshop. Ed, Agreed, you can see the hi

VueScan 6.3.2 Available

I just released VueScan 6.3.2 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. It can be downloaded from: http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html What's new in version 6.3.2: * Added an option to the Window tab to beep when scanning is done. This is turned off by default. Not yet implemented in Mac OS versi