[filmscanners] Re: A bit OT scanning archival prints

["Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>]

First of all, on the Device Tab, first box, change Option types to Advanced.

Since your scanning prints your Media type would be "Image"  For the faded 
colors, you might experiment with the "Restore Colors" option on the Filter 
tab.  For 16-bit color, change the TIFF file type to 48 bit RGB, and uncheck 
the "TIFF compression box", both on the Files tab.  I don't use TIFF 
compression myself for the very reason you suggest.

For a RAW scan just check the "Save raw file" box on the Files tab.  Photoshop 
will not know it's a 'RAW' file so you should make some not of it yourself, 
perhaps in the filename.

I may be wrong on this, but "Save Index file" on the files tab may make a 
thumbnail.  If not, you can make thumbnails in PS when you open an image and 
resave it, and you can create an index sheet using PS or something like 
Irfanview (PC only program).

Maris




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tomasz Zakrzewski" <tomzakrz@ka.onet.pl>
To: <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 3:53 AM
Subject: [filmscanners] A bit OT scanning archival prints


Dear list,
I want to begin my project of scanning my whole archive of family prints
(b&w and faded color) with mu Agfa Arcus 1200 using VueScan.
But I'm lost in all those settings of VueScan.
Could you give me hints as to recommended settings on VueScan and the work
flow in general?
I know I should work with 16bit color in Photoshop but I'm not sure how to
switch it on.
And what about raw scans? Even if you recommend to use it, I don't know how
to enable this function. How do I recognize in Photoshop that a file is
"raw"?
My plan is to record to CDs the uncorrected originals "as they are" and the
corrected ones alongside. All in tiff format, not jpeg.
How to disable tiff compression in VueScan? If I use the compression, do I
risk future incompatibility? Are uncompressed tiffs a "safer" option as
compatibility and future use go?
And the last question: my Photoshop 6 doesn't show thumbnails of files
created with VueScan. What can I do to make them show up?

Regards

Tomasz Zakrzewski
P.S.
When I finally buy a MF film scanner, this will most probably be the Minolta
Multi Pro, but since it's said to work poorly with negatives, I have no
choice but use VueScan. I hope that my that time VueScan will be equipped
with proper user's guide.

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