RE: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-22 Thread Shough, Dean
> 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

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-21 Thread Hart or Mary Jo Corbett
a 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 P

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread Sara Jane Boyers
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 on

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread soho
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 1

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread Michael Moore
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 bi

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread Hart or Mary Jo Corbett
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

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread soho
> 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 scan

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread Ray McGuinness
>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 scann

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread IronWorks
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: Sa

Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie

2001-01-20 Thread Gordon Tassi
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 me