Re: Epson printing was Re: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread Meino de Graaf
Austin Franklin wrote: As I said above, regardless of what causes the effect, my prints have less artifacts if the output resolution from the software is 240dpi. Previously I had been using 300dpi but switched after I discovered the reduction in artifacts. Understood, and agree,

filmscanners: Re: Hints on using SCARSE ICM, Vuescan and Linux

2000-11-09 Thread Andrew Brooks
In order to enable usage different settings of Vuescan I built a profile for each setting, by scanning the Q60 at each setting and building a profile. Sorry, I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that you have a calibration file for each VueScan setting neutral / white balance / etc. ?

filmscanners: Fwd:Minolta Scan Multi v1/v2 software question

2000-11-09 Thread Tony Sleep
Forwarded Message Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 16:31:08 - From: johnprendergast.freeserve.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help (Please) Scan Multi I am having great difficulty getting a post that I want published onto the filmscanners digest, something to do with

RE: filmscanners: Re: Science God (was Print dpi comparison)

2000-11-09 Thread Tony Sleep
That is total bunk. Scientism may be a religion, but science isn't. Saying it is indicates you don't know what it is. Science proceeds from axioms, axioms are articles of faith even if provisional and liable to revision. Scientific method ain't religion, but we shouldn't forget the whole

RE: filmscanners: RE:

2000-11-09 Thread Tony Sleep
The Leafscan software does the gamma correction to the 16 bit data, while it turns it into 8 bit data, so you don't get (99.99% of the time) any dropped codes... That's how scanner software should work with any scanner capable of 8bits, and if it doesn't, is the reason for saving and

RE: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
Regardless, the suggestion of 2 to 2.5 times the line screen as an image resolution has been a good rule of thumb in my experience My understanding is that the recommended pre-press line screen is 1.5 to 2.0 the image resolution and not the 2.0 to 2.5. Are we talking about the same thing

RE: filmscanners: Fwd:Minolta Scan Multi v1/v2 software question

2000-11-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
Of the things listed below as noteworthy upgrades, the following are not upgrades per se since they are also found in the original Minolta Scan Multi software: Exposure control... You can window a specific area on the film for determination of exposure..lock in the exposure and then scan the

RE: filmscanners: Scanning Problem?

2000-11-09 Thread Hemingway, David J
Stewart, Unfortunately I am not a Viewscan user. Have you tried Insight and Insight with a raw scan. David -Original Message-From: Stewart Musket [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 2:55 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: filmscanners: Scanning Problem?

RE: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread shAf
Laurie writes ... regarding: Regardless, the suggestion of 2 to 2.5 times the line screen as an image resolution has been a good rule of thumb in my experience My understanding is that the recommended pre-press line screen is 1.5 to 2.0 the image resolution and not the 2.0 to 2.5.

RE: filmscanners: Slide scanners

2000-11-09 Thread Edwin Eleazer
Buck, I am also very new here and have learned a great deal, and a few new good jokes. I have recently purchased a Nikon LS-30 and that would be my recomendation for about $649 new. You will not be sorry! I only hope that one day I will be able to use it to it's fullest along with Photoshop. But

Re: filmscanners: Scanning Problem?

2000-11-09 Thread Bob Shomler
I recently scanned an ASA 400 negative with S4000 and Vuescan 6.3.9 using Windows 98. The outdoor scene is a two-year old child holding her face in amazement at the sight of many very large pumpkins which dominate the scene. When I use levels and curves, the final product is fairly good

RE: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
I don't believe this number has much to do with desktop printers, whether it be a pattern dither, stoichastic or random. Hmmm! That is something which I have been wondering myself. But some scanner software asks for the user to put in both a scan resolution and a line screen figure; while

RE: filmscanners: Slide scanners

2000-11-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
Buck wrote: Microtek 4T and the Kodak RFS-3600. I have no one to ask about which would be best for an amateur interested in enlarging slides to 8X10. Does the difference in 2700 to 4000 dpi make any difference with my equipment? Buck, I have a Nikon LS30 but if you can afford the Polaroid

Jaggies was RE: filmscanners: LS2000 Fuji NPH settings

2000-11-09 Thread Rob Geraghty
Roman wrote: 2. win98, memturbo indicating CPU 10-35%, faster scan. Both images were 2700 dpi, full frame. Saved and opened in Picture Publisher 8 (800%) to see individual pixels. Can you see jaggies? No. But then I don't always get jaggies on my machine either. The fact that your LS30 has a

RE: Epson printing was Re: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread Laurie Solomon
But Art, didn't they just find that the chicken soup that Jewish mothers, throughout history, gave to their family for colds and flu actually works to prevent and cure colds and flu? I take it that it all goes to show that traditional methods sometimes actually do work. -Original

Re: filmscanners: 4000 dpi question

2000-11-09 Thread Hampton Childress
Laurie Solomon wrote: Regardless, the suggestion of 2 to 2.5 times the line screen as an image resolution has been a good rule of thumb in my experience My understanding is that the recommended pre-press line screen is 1.5 to 2.0 the image resolution and not the 2.0 to 2.5. Are we