sf
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Flyfisher Tom said:
catharsis is only fair when it's not your own fault.
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catharsis is only fair when it's not your own fault.
jano
Evil Bokeh
bmattock said:
Or forgetting to to compile the right item in the kernel :angel: There's plenty to break loonix and other alternatives, we know they are not infallible. But we're way OT now 😛
bmattock
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shutterflower said:
I had a catharsis once. I was in the hospital having my tonsils and adnoids taken out, and they put that thing in there, and MAN it hurt.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
FrankS
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bmattock said:
You think that hurts? Just wait till you have an epiphany!
bmattock
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FrankS said:
Yeah, I've had that, too. I was perched on the horns of a dilemma and lost my balance. Ain't so hard to do if you know how.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
sf
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You know what hurts more than anything?
Trying to put together an income statement (contribution margin style) using very large XLS files (and one missing one). Doing it without the use of the textbook because its in PDF files that won't open. And doing it before midnight tonight.
Accounting is my least favorite subject. That's legitimate whining. Accounting is universally evil.
Trying to put together an income statement (contribution margin style) using very large XLS files (and one missing one). Doing it without the use of the textbook because its in PDF files that won't open. And doing it before midnight tonight.
Accounting is my least favorite subject. That's legitimate whining. Accounting is universally evil.
aad
Not so new now.
Vuescan problems? I have them too-tried it free, didn't buy. Tried it with a different scanner, seemed to help, then turned out not to be as good as the native stuff-after I bought it. My own fault, but I'd suggest others try it a long time before buying, AND get to know your OEM stuff first.
jano
Evil Bokeh
shutterflower said:
Day post-op ingeunial hernia surgery, checking your email, and getting the Super Mario Brother's remix of "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails as an attachment and listening to it for the first time.
The best part is that these things that "hurt more than anything" become things we can all laugh at years later. 🙂
sf
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so they come out of the woodwork! Yes, Vuescan is powerful in some regards, but has some very very strong shortcomings that actually made it useless to me.
Note that the #1 reason I looked at it is that people said you could control the scanning completely and that it helped avoid clipping because you could turn off clipping.
First, its controls are so poorly designed that you don't really have very strong control over the scan unless you type numbers into those sliders manually. And you get as good or better histograms from B&W at least, if you scan as a positive in the Minolta utility.
Try it before you buy it. That was my mistake. I bought it before I tried it.
Note that the #1 reason I looked at it is that people said you could control the scanning completely and that it helped avoid clipping because you could turn off clipping.
First, its controls are so poorly designed that you don't really have very strong control over the scan unless you type numbers into those sliders manually. And you get as good or better histograms from B&W at least, if you scan as a positive in the Minolta utility.
Try it before you buy it. That was my mistake. I bought it before I tried it.
sf
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jano said:
I'd like to think of advanced accounting class as a potentially comical matter for later years' reflection. . . .I'm laughing about it right now, but more out of shock than anything,
DougK
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I bought Vuescan after checking to make sure my scanner was on the supported list. I never did get it to work past one or two scans before it would lock up the scanner. I got tired of wasting time trying to fix the problem and went back to using the Epson software. To those who like Vuescan and have had good experiences with it, I'm glad it works well for you but it sure didn't work out well for me.
DougK
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Now THAT is talent, I've never seen someone break one of those before 🙂Socke said:
sf
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dkirchge said:
bingo - that's exactly what it did to me. Locked up and now it freezes every time.
Of course, I'm done with it, and sold the serial to another member for 1/2 price with a warning that they should use the trial first.
oh, and contrary to Hamrick's "this is a single user license, non-transferrable" . . . it transfers just fine. I tried it on another computer/IP address and it installed and unlocked fully without any problems (it doesn't even tap the net to check anything). Just if you ever wanted to know.
kaiyen
local man of mystery
I don't think the "non-transferable" means that it can't be used on another computer, it means that the license belongs to you and you can't transfer/sell it to someone else. Not that I've never transferred non-transferable products before 🙂.
Actually only a small number of products tap the net for stuff like that. Obviously Windows and a few other MS products. Filemaker, Final Cut Pro...and a few others. But it's not as common as you'd think.
allan
Actually only a small number of products tap the net for stuff like that. Obviously Windows and a few other MS products. Filemaker, Final Cut Pro...and a few others. But it's not as common as you'd think.
allan
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
Jusy install Nvidia drivers - that will hobble it.bmattock said:
Erl
Established
VueScan has been/is brilliant for me, just to flip the coin. It runs MUCH better on my two scanners. A Nikon ED8000 and a Canon Lide60. I un-installed both proprietry scanware.
It does take a definite learning curve to understand, but once you forget 'pretty interfaces', that don't make scans any better, the functionality is superior. Compare it to buying your first Leica M camera. Fabulous gear, but the maker doesn't really tell you how to use it in a practical sense. You DO need to learn to drive before hitting the highway. It took me at least 12 monthe of 'playing' with my first Leica before I had any confidence in it at all. Now, it/they replace most of my extensive shooting gear!
Vuescan, I suggest, is very similar. Not everyone will like or can use a Leica. Same for VueScan. Ed's free trial policy is excellent and should be exploited. Wish Leica would adopt the same policy. 😀
Cheers,
Erl
It does take a definite learning curve to understand, but once you forget 'pretty interfaces', that don't make scans any better, the functionality is superior. Compare it to buying your first Leica M camera. Fabulous gear, but the maker doesn't really tell you how to use it in a practical sense. You DO need to learn to drive before hitting the highway. It took me at least 12 monthe of 'playing' with my first Leica before I had any confidence in it at all. Now, it/they replace most of my extensive shooting gear!
Vuescan, I suggest, is very similar. Not everyone will like or can use a Leica. Same for VueScan. Ed's free trial policy is excellent and should be exploited. Wish Leica would adopt the same policy. 😀
Cheers,
Erl
sf
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Erl said:
I could have handled the learning curve. It was the horrible ruckus that my scanner made under its control that really scared me. The film profiling issues added to that but were not the deciding factor. Others here have mentioned that such war on the stepper motors can actually permanently damage the scanner.
no thanks!
I'm glad you enjoy it. That means that the guy who bought mine isn't doomed.
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
I'll even bet you can use an M.shutterflower said:
sf
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Fedzilla_Bob said:
I may never know. . . .
I know I can love the M, but I'd never leave the RF645.
Fedzilla_Bob
man with cat
Same here. Heck, I may never even get an opportunity to shoot with an RF645.shutterflower said:
Cheers!
Bob H
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