[filmscanners] RE: 24bit vs more

["Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>]

Frank,

> > Perhaps it's true that for someone who wants the software to
> > simply "hand" then a scan, Viewscan does a better job at
> > automating the process.
>
> And I presume you think this is me? How condescending.

Frank, did I say that was you?  No, I didn't.  Don't read things into what I
say that I simply didn't say.  I was stating what I thought were the
advantages Viewscan offered, and that is one of them.  If it HAPPENS to fit
you, then that's fine, and certainly NOT condescending.

> The only thing I
> set most of the time in VueScan is the brightness level and accept the
> rest of the defaults, doing minor touch-up in Photoshop.

But...this means you DO in fact want an automated process...doesn't it?
And, my comment that Viewscan does a better job at automating the process
DOES apply to you...

> I have much less to do in VueScan than I do in Insight. I
> don't even use the latter anymore, it is so poor by comparison.

All you should need to get perfect scans (NOT perfect images, as there may
be things you may want to do beyond simply scanning) is to be able to set
the setpoints and adjust the tonal curves.  That's all you need to do to get
perfect scans.

> Do you
> even have any experience with VueScan, or are you, as usual, just
> talking through an orifice of your body that does not bear mentioning?

I have little experience with Viewscan, as I have no need for it.  My
scanner software gives me perfect scans, because I know how to use it.
Setpoint too and tonal curve tool.  Anything beyond that is purely fluff, at
least for my scanner.

> Also, re your tedious insistance on "proof" for every claim that people
> are making regarding the usefulness they have found for > 8 bit color
> scans, you know, that's like asking for yet another proof of Einstein's
> theory of relativity before you'll accept it: totally passé.

Call it what you want, Frank...as your head is in the...er...sand...  It's
your, and anyone else's, lack of providing any evidence that makes your
position rather annoying.  You are clearly espousing something that you
simply have no experience with...or you, or someone, anyone, else would
provide the evidence.

> > I find setting setpoints and
> > adjusting tonal curves quite easy.
>
> How does this distinguish you from most experienced scanner people on
> this list?

Because one is experienced certainly doesn't mean one knows what one's doing
;-)

> > Or, perhaps for scanners
> > that aren't all that good, all the extra processing options
> > in Viewscan can be very beneficial.
>
> I hardly ever use anything else but brightness.

Then why aren't you able to use the scanner interface that comes with the
SS4000?  Does it not come with a setpoint tool and a tonal curve tool?  Do
you simply not understand setpoints and tonal curves enough to use them?

BTW, do you actually know what "brightness" does to the actual data?

> So maybe the SS4000 is
> exempt from your dismissal of "scanners that aren't all that good."

The SS4k is a great scanner, and I've never said anything different, but it
IS a low-mid end scanner.  It's one of the better of the low-mid end
scanners, that's for sure.

Austin


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