My $.02 on the unanswered points:
1. Whichever one works best for you. I prefer Vuescan - minimal
correction on many images, and I can do the correction better in Corel
PhotoPaint than I can in the scanner software.
2. Scan at the higher resolution - editing will be better, color
gradations will be finer as you change them. Reduce resolution as the final
step.
3. Use the 780 number as it is the accurate one, just as it is for many
flatbed scanners. I think there is information on this at
4. Probably yes - a uniquely easy program to update: just delete your
present directory, and when you execute 6.7.2 it essentially unzips the new
program files to the same c:\vuescan directory.
"What's new in version 6.7.2
* Fixed problem with Windows polling the buttons on the
front of some scanners while VueScan is running.
VueScan now disables button polling while running and
restores the setting for button polling when it exits.
* Fixed problem with embedded ICC profiles in JPEG files"
per Ed Hamrick
5. was already answered.
Maris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Charchuk" <nhcharch@telusplanet.net>
To: "Film Scanners" <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:43 PM
Subject: filmscanners: Workflow questions
| Hello group,
|
| I have a few workflow questions that I hope to have answered by the
| group, in
| order to work on images for my website, and for printing to an inkjet
| printer
| for personal display.
| I have a Nikon Coolscan II, and the last Nikon software update for it. I
| also
| have Silverfast 3, with the last updates for that version. Ed Hamrick is
| faster
| than I am, I just downloaded Vuescan 6.7.1 a week or two ago, and now he
| has
| 6.7.2 out, I don't know if there is anything new in it that will work
| with the
| old Nikon.
| I run Picture Publisher 8 for image editing, and have Photoshop 4
| coming, I
| found a new, unopened copy on clearance price, which will make it a lot
| more
| affordable to run than buying the more recent versions at $1000
| Canadian!
| My computer is a Packard Bell PII, running Windows 95, with 48 MB of
| memory,
| and I have an Epson 860 Color Stylus printer on LPT 1. I am reluctant to
| upgrade
| to Windows 98 or 2000, as I don't know if it will recognize some of my
| legacy
| devices like the old AZT modem, or the Adaptec SCSI card, or the
| Coolscan.
|
| Here are the questions I am looking for some assistance with:
|
| 1. Which of the three scanner software programs is the most likely to
| give me
| a usable scan?
|
| 2. For web images, should I set the final size pre-scan, and pick a 72
| dpi resolution
| then, or is it better to scan at a higher resolution and then reduce it
| after
| editing?
|
| 3. For printing to the inkjet, I have read here and other places that
| the image
| I send to print should be about 1/3 of printer resolution. The Epson 860
| is
| 1440 x 780, or thereabouts. Which number should I be 1/3 of, the 1440 or
| the
| 780?
|
| 4. Should I upgrade to Vuescan 6.7.2?
|
| 5. Can I upgrade my OS with losing the modem or scanner? It would be
| nice to
| be able to use the printer's USB connection, which I don't think is
| supported
| very well in Win 95
|
| Any information would be appreciated, I have just begun to experiment in
| the
| digital darkroom, and hope the collective experience of the film scanner
| group
| will be able to help me along the way.
|
| Noel Charchuk
| Calgary, Alberta
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