[filmscanners] Re: Autocropping (Was: Raw files in Vuescan)

["Ed Lusby" <elusby@adelphia.net>]

Hi Carlisle,
I haven't worked through the cropping issues with the latest version of
vuescan myself. I'm currently using 8.0.11 (8.0.13 is latest?), which
leaves a small black border at the top (most of the time). It hasn't
interfered with what I'm currently doing, so I've just ignored it.  There
are several options for improving the cropping:
1. Use Nikonscan-I haven't used this for a while, but as I recall it crops
very well. However, this isn't a satisfactory option for me, because
Nikonscan's builtin profiles are not very good.  I create DVD slide shows,
so I need good profiles. Therefore for my work I need vuescan, which lets
you create very good profiles. However, if you don't need to profile your
scans, Nikonscan is a good option.
2. Use vuescan 8.0.4-no way to get this officially. This isn't a good long
term solution, as Ed H. keeps improving vuescan for use with the LS5000.
3. Using vuescan whatever version, uncheck "auto position"; set crop size
to "manual"; and turn "lock aspect ratio" to "off."  Do a preview scan and
crop the picture as you want. Note the x and y offset settings, and x and y
sizes.  Create an ini file using these settings and values.

I would contact Ed H. regarding your cropping problems. He's probably very
tired of hearing from me regarding this issue; but I must say he's been
very responsive so far.
I think he reads messages in the usenet group  comp.periphs.scanners more
than email sent to him directly (edhamrick@aol.com). I usually contact him
both places.
I'll send him a message on this issue myself in day or so.

Ed



>Hello all,
>
>Well, I finally got myself an LS5000 with a slide feeder (yahoo!),
>and I'm working on learning how to use it.  Autocropping is one of
>the things I'm trying to figure out, as my first pass led to scans
>with black edges.
>
>Ed, do you have suggestions about where to start when you suggest
>"try the various cropping options"?
>
>Should I try to obtain 8.0.4?
>
>Should I use the software bundled with the scanner instead of vuescan?
>
>Does anybody else have some other ideas?
>
>My solution was going to be to mess with the settings semi-randomly,
>and if that failed to resolve the problem, simply accept the black
>edges and crop them out later.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Carlisle
>
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