[filmscanners] Re: filmscanners: Vuescan memory error

2001-12-28 Thread Ned Nurk
PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] Re: filmscanners: Vuescan memory error Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:39:07 -0500 do an exhaustive test of the memory, try Norton 2002 or download a test program suitable for Win2k.. a complete test will take a long time so be patient. Try this one: http

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test)

2001-12-07 Thread Brian D. Plikaytis
Definitely. I agree. Brian -- respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:05 PM Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test)

2001-12-06 Thread Hersch Nitikman
And mathematicians. And as a maverick Aero engineer, I knew about them too. Hersch At 03:55 PM 12/06/2001 +1000, you wrote: Julian wrote: Maybe we should ask Ed to use complex numbers (x +iy) to represent the focus points I doubt that many folks on the list would have heard of

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test)

2001-12-06 Thread Brian D. Plikaytis
Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test) Julian wrote: Maybe we should ask Ed to use complex numbers (x +iy) to represent the focus points I doubt that many folks on the list would have heard of imaginary numbers, but I could be wrong

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test)

2001-12-06 Thread Rob Geraghty
Brian wrote: actually polar coordinates might be more applicable in this case. It still comes back to the question of - relative to what? The orientation according to the scanner, or that displayed on the screen? Having a graphical interface with the ability to click on a point is harder to

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available (new focus test)

2001-12-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
Julian wrote: Maybe we should ask Ed to use complex numbers (x +iy) to represent the focus points I doubt that many folks on the list would have heard of imaginary numbers, but I could be wrong - there's a few electrical engineers out there I think! Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED]

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.2.11 Available

2001-12-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
Julian wrote: I can't see any actual advantage in putting the focus point towards a corner rather than just near the top or bottom edge. Because the main headache with focussing has been bowed slides which form a kind of dome shape? A sensible average point would be halfway along a diagonal

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images

2001-11-26 Thread Arthur Entlich
Jawed Ashraf wrote: The LS40 and LS4000 (used with Nikon Scan) do. It's what happens when the auto-exposure kicks in (I believe) which changes the brightness of the lamp (there's logic for why I could be wrong - I'll let somebody else argue the point). No, they don't. As Ed explained,

RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images

2001-11-25 Thread Jawed Ashraf
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: 24 November 2001 12:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images Jawed Ashraf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [so much I can't

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images

2001-11-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
Jawed wrote: An 8-bit A/D really would struggle. I agree but it was as I mentioned, an artificial example. Maybe I should have worked with what I actually have, which is a scanner with a 12 bit A/D that the firmware drops out the 2 LSB from to return 10 bits per channel. It doesn't matter how

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan clipping flat images

2001-11-22 Thread Rob Geraghty
Jawed wrote: I would agree with this. The intention is quite clearly to make the data fill the range of possible values. For reasons analogous to the use of 16-bit scans (really 10, 12 or 14 bits, generally): to maximise tonal smoothness and provide resilience under further editing.

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.26 Available

2001-10-30 Thread Rob Geraghty
ken wrote: Will it upgrade the existing version on my computer? Or do I DL and replace with same reg#? Make a backup copy of your vuescan.ini, then install the new version. You won't have to re-enter the registration number and you definitely don't need a new one. Just replace the vuescan.ini

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.26 Available

2001-10-30 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:33 PM Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.26 Available | ken wrote: | Will it upgrade the existing version on my computer? Or do I DL and | replace with same reg#? | | Make a backup copy of your

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan 7.1.18, LS-30 and Fuji Superia negatives: What in hell am I doing wrong?

2001-10-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ralf wrote: color negative film even with ICE on. As to the colors, Vuescan seems to *extremely* give away in the highlights part of the histogram and clip the shadows at that, plus putting a blueish/magenta cast on everything. I can get better use of the highlights by setting the white point to

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
Alan wrote: JASC hasn't taken compression/decompression of 48-bit images seriously because PSP can't work with them. If you do load a 48-bit image you can only save it as 24-bit. Oh, sure. I was just pointing out that ACDSee wasn't the only program which had problems with the Vuescan

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-05 Thread Pat Perez
One of the things that amazes me about Ed's work is that, technically speaking, it is Vuescan that's included in the Vueprint license. Pat --- Alan Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a *viewer*, Ed Hamrick's *Vueprint* is pretty well unbeatable, and it's included in the Vuescan

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/4/2001 6:16:48 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a valid predictor. All 2 means is to take the difference between adjacent pixel values before compressing. I don't understand. If a predictor of 2 is invalid why would you

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a valid predictor. All 2 means is to take the difference between adjacent pixel values before compressing. I don't understand. If a predictor of 2 is invalid why would you use it? A predictor of 7 is invalid. A predictor of 2 is

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-04 Thread Alan Tyson
someone else, without understanding it very well. Regards, Alan T - Original Message - From: Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:46 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem Ed wrote: VueScan

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film

2001-09-03 Thread Mike Duncan
Maris wrote: The developer Ed Hamrick also suggests using Image for slide film. Under what circumstances should Image be used? If you want deep shadow detail. Mike Duncan

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-03 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 9/2/2001 7:17:58 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know if the compression settings have changed. Only Ed can answer that one. PSP gives an error I think about not being able to use a predictor of 7 with 48bit depth. VueScan uses a predictor of 2 - 7 isn't a

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film

2001-09-03 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 10:42 PM Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film | Maris wrote: | The developer Ed Hamrick also suggests using Image for slide film. | | Under what circumstances should Image be used

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film

2001-09-03 Thread Mark T.
At 10:56 AM 3/09/01 -0400, Mike wrote: Maris wrote: The developer Ed Hamrick also suggests using Image for slide film. Under what circumstances should Image be used? If you want deep shadow detail. And I find the Slide setting also may result in burnt highlights.. mark t

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Larry wrote: The latest release of VueScan (7.1.12) is generating TIF files that can't be read by ACDSee, my image management program. I even installed two different releases of it to test. I don't know if Ed has changed the compression used, but the compression settings in Vuescan since

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Larry Berman
Hi Rob, I'm one of those users that try it straight out of the box. If it doesn't work then I check the settings and try again. I haven't kept up on all the releases, but I have downloaded them religiously. This is the first time the default settings wouldn't open in ACDSee. But then I

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Larry wrote: This is the first time the default settings wouldn't open in ACDSee. But then I haven't used VueScan in about two months or so. I don't know if the compression settings have changed. Only Ed can answer that one. PSP gives an error I think about not being able to use a predictor

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem

2001-09-02 Thread Pat Perez
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan Problem Larry wrote: This is the first time the default settings wouldn't open in ACDSee. But then I haven't used VueScan in about two months or so. I

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Image or Slide film

2001-09-02 Thread Rob Geraghty
Maris wrote: The developer Ed Hamrick also suggests using Image for slide film. Under what circumstances should Image be used? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-31 Thread Tony Sleep
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:45:08 -0700 Alan Womack ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Windows 98SE updated to the nines an adaptec 2902E which uses the actual 2902E drivers, not the 7800 family windows wants to use. All I have to due is turn on my scanners and start vuescan, they all show up! If

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan - crop files missing

2001-08-28 Thread Rob Geraghty
Chris asked: Also, is it customary to work with the cropped files rather than the raw files? You can work with raw files if you want, but the main purpose of raw files is to allow the user to go back and recrop without having to rescan. The raw file has no embedded profiles, no adjustments

Re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-23 Thread Alan Tyson
of Win98, but I don't think that's anything to do with it. Regards, Alan T - Original Message - From: Alan Womack [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Majordomo leben.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:45 AM Subject: re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan Windows 98SE updated

re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Alan Womack
Vuescan no longer requires me to have the device show in the device manager before vuescan finds it, I think it might even cause windows to put it in the device manager. On my machine, yes indeed it does cause windows to put the scanner into the device manager WITHOUT me doing a refresh.

Re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Edward Wiseman
leben.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan Vuescan no longer requires me to have the device show in the device manager before vuescan finds it, I think it might even cause windows to put it in the device manager. On my

filmscanners: re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Rob Geraghty
Alan wrote: Vuescan no longer requires me to have the device show in the device manager before vuescan finds it, I think it might even cause windows to put it in the device manager. On my machine, yes indeed it does cause windows to put the scanner into the device manager WITHOUT me doing a

re: filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Alan Womack
Windows 98SE updated to the nines an adaptec 2902E which uses the actual 2902E drivers, not the 7800 family windows wants to use. All I have to due is turn on my scanners and start vuescan, they all show up! alan Alan.. I just tried starting my Microtek 4000T w/o re-booting or

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-22 Thread Peter Marquis-Kyle
Rob I don't remember having to do that, but perhaps I did. If it's relevant, my SCSI card is a Tekram DC-315U. Peter Marquis-Kyle - Original Message - From: Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter wrote: Your presumption is correct. I have had Nikonscan (various versions) and

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's

2001-08-21 Thread Colin Maddock
Usually use a gamma of 2.2 here in Vuescan, but I remember Mikael Risdael suggesting a lower figure could improve results. Alan wrote: On slide film I'm usually around 1.8, but negs is almost always 1.0 Maybe Ed has a gamma difference for some scanners. Sorry I was at work at the time and

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's

2001-08-21 Thread Mikael Risedal
From: Colin Maddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:04:13 +1200 About VueScan and gamma settings. Best results with normal exposed negative film , try gamma 1.4 - 1.6

RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's

2001-08-21 Thread Paul Chefurka
and brightnes requirements? Paul -Original Message- From: Colin Maddock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 6:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan Blue's Usually use a gamma of 2.2 here in Vuescan, but I remember Mikael Risdael

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Peter wrote: Your presumption is correct. I have had Nikonscan (various versions) and Vuescan (lots of versions) living happily together under Win 95, Win 98SE, Win 2000. Peter, did you have to load ASPI drivers to get the Nikon scanner working in Win2K? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED]

filmscanners: re: filmscanners: Vuescan

2001-08-21 Thread Rob Geraghty
Alan wrote: Make sure you have your scanner on BEFORE you start vuescan, it does a scsi bus scan on startup. Preferably switch the scanner on before you switch on the PC, or you'll have to do a refresh in Device Manager before any software can see it. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED]

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan for Canon FS4000 Available

2001-08-05 Thread Rob Geraghty
Ed wrote: What's new in version 7.1.8 * Changing Filter|Infrared clean changes Device|Bits per pixel Huh? Does this mean that setting Infra-red clean automatically sets the input bits to RGBI? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-03 Thread Rob Geraghty
David wrote: Let me restate my admiration gratitude for a uniquely useful app, I really appreciate the fruit of what must be an enormous amount of brain strain hard graft. Cool. I have come to rely on it of course I am cross when it's whipped away for such petty reasons. If I was in

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
David wrote: Yeah, me too. I had expected rather more professional commitment - just glad I was only taken for $40. Presumably this is the sort of invective that made Ed want to drop support for the Mac. I can't see how it helps the cause. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Terry Carroll
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, [iso-8859-1] Rob Geraghty wrote: David wrote: Yeah, me too. I had expected rather more professional commitment - just glad I was only taken for $40. Presumably this is the sort of invective that made Ed want to drop support for the Mac. I can't see how it helps the

Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available | I am still a registered VuePrint user, and have always been pleased with | Ed's support

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: VueScan 7.1.7 Available

2001-08-01 Thread Rob Geraghty
Terry wrote: But you know what? I don't feel taken. I got a chance to check out the products first and decide whether they were worth my money. I decided they were, and paid, and got exactly what I paid for. I'm not exactly sure how long ago I bought Vuescan, but for US$40 I've received

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan newbie question

2001-07-25 Thread Rob Geraghty
Andrw wrote: I would like to start using Vuescan with my Nikon LS30. However, when I try to scan a negative, the image comes out washed out. Scanning the same image with NikonScan 2.5, the colors look fine. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I don't think you're doing anything wrong. Vuescan

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
John wrote: it is far too easy to forget to change the output file name when starting a new scan. True, but if you use the + after the filename in Vuescan at least you won't overwrite anything. :) user interface. Human interface design clearly isn't something that lights Ed's candle, and why

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
Rafe wrote: Ayup. I still wonder why Vuescan is so revered by so many. Earlier versions didn't even have a preview window. Because it gets me results from my scanner I simply can't get with the OEM driver. Sure, the interface could be improved, but *any* interface that gets me better results

RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-19 Thread roberts
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: Friday, 20 July 2001 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes Rafe wrote: Ayup. I still wonder why Vuescan is so revered by so many. Earlier versions didn't even have

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan gripes

2001-07-19 Thread Rob Geraghty
PS. I have just recently returned to this list after a long break. Does anybody know if Ed Hamrick still partakes? Dunno. If not does anybody have his email address at hand? I think it's [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan too blue

2001-07-17 Thread Rob Geraghty
Colin wrote: Are you coming up with a setting for Superia, Ed? AFAIK Vuescan's film type settings are limited by the profiles released for PhotoCD. So if there's no PhotoCD profile for Superia, there's none in Vuescan. The profile for Reala should be very close - they use the same emulsion

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan: How do it know?

2001-07-10 Thread Rob Geraghty
Preston wrote: I've managed to make three scans, but I don't know how I got it to work with scanner. Is your computer a PC or a Mac? Upon opening, it just seems to sit there. That's normal. You should see the options in the first tab, and it should list the source device as your scanner.

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors

2001-06-27 Thread Robert Kehl
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:48 PM Subject: re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors Yes, unless you are using a custom profile the native Epson driver does indeed expect you to be in sRGB. Alan AFAIK this is normal. The gamuts of the colour spaces

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors

2001-06-27 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
would go with the software. Maris - Original Message - From: Robert Kehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:43 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors | Alan, | | Wait a minute! I thought the whole idea of ICC color

filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors

2001-06-26 Thread Rob Geraghty
Mikael wrote: 1. VueScan = best results negative scanning , S-RGB and gamma 1.4-1.8 If I use VueScan and the Adobe RGB color space settings the picture will be flat and dull in colors. AFAIK this is normal. The gamuts of the colour spaces are different. But it leads me to wonder - if some

Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors

2001-06-26 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 6:39 PM Subject: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors | Mikael wrote: | 1. VueScan = best results negative scanning , S-RGB and | gamma 1.4-1.8 If I use VueScan and the Adobe RGB color | space settings the picture will be flat and dull in colors

re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: VueScan + flat colors

2001-06-26 Thread Alan Womack
Yes, unless you are using a custom profile the native Epson driver does indeed expect you to be in sRGB. Alan AFAIK this is normal. The gamuts of the colour spaces are different. But it leads me to wonder - if some of the problems I've had with colour matching between the screen

filmscanners: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan request

2001-05-23 Thread Rob Geraghty
John wrote: Will it only overwrite a folder on the C drive if it is named C:\Vuescan? Will it ignore any renamed folder ? Vuescan always installs into c:\vuescan. It has no effect on other copies. Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com