Dedicated Scanning & Vuescan

[mike goldberg]

Hi...

In the past week or so, I posted threads seeking info on the Scan Dual IV & the Nikon V ED. At the moment, I lean towards the Nikon. Response has been great!

There's been a lot of references to the Vuescan scanning software. The standard edition with a year of free upgrades is $49.95. Add that to the cost of the scanner!

Let's hear from Vuescan users. BTW, I'm studying Photoshop 7, and will want to integrate that into negative scanning as well.

For sure, other RFF members have similar issues.
Also, schow's scanning vs. Walgreen's, was a delight 😀

Ciao,
mike

 

[kaiyen]

Seriously - do a search on Vuescan. You are opening up a big can of worms on whether it's good or evil, worth it or not. It has been discussed to death.

allan

 

[mike goldberg]

Vuescan & Scanning Alternatives

Vuescan & Scanning Alternatives

Thanks alan,

As for now, I'm checking into the feasability of neg scanning with my Epson 2480 flatbed.

Ciao,
mike

 

[kaiyen]

what happened to the KM vs. Nikon options?

at any rate, if I had to face EpsonScan as an option, I'd definitely go with Vuescan, learning curve be damned.

allan

 

[vicmortelmans]

One word on Vuescan, for anyone who finds it useful. I experienced last week that saving ini-files with your settings is NOT BUG-FREE! You can easily inspect the ini-files in notepad and I found that some settings were stored that were contradictory to one another, causing vuescan to behave very strange.

So one hint: after you've been fiddling the settings back and forth for a while, don't save the ini-file right away. Rather go back to "default settings" first and then just apply those changes to the settings that are required to reach the desired state. Then save the 'clean' ini-file.

Note that apart from this rather frustrating experience, I still think Vuescan is a very good tool for your scanner!

Groeten,

Vic

 

[Simon Larbalestier]

FWIW Vuescan works well for me on the Nikon 5000 ED much more subtle than the Nikon Scan software but then i work with TX400 most of the time. Having used the Silverfast Ai bundled with the Epson V750 recently, i have to say that i found Silverfast very interesting and might consider it for the Nikon. Although unlike Vuescan which can work with different scanners on the same computer for Silverfast you have to purchase a separate set of software. Granted there is a discount if you already own one version but with Vuescan you can get a lifetime's worht upgrades for very little extra outlay. it depends entirely on what sort of negatives you want to scan and how much you will use it to really justify the outlay of extra $ on third party software.

 

[Ukko Heikkinen]

Vuescan

Vuescan

Vuescan is my first choie.

BTW, you can use it also to convert raw files.

Ukko Heikkinen

 

[Pherdinand]

EpsonScan is not that bad. Needs time to figure out the quirks but it's alright.
Vuescan "Pro" is probably better, but the non-Pro version (which is like the trial version i've tryed) is not really better than EpsonScan. WHat I miss especially is control over colour management.

 

[rich815]

I use Vuescan with my Nikon LS-4000 and have for all my Epson flatbeds (1200U, 2450 and presently 4990) and would never use anything else. Nikonscan is truly awful.

 

[michael.panoff]

I wouldn't mess with Vuescan raw files.. they're not really raw, as in raw files from a digital camera.

If you end up getting the Nikon scanner, try the Nikon software. Then mess with Vuescan for a couple weeks, then switch back to to the Nikon software.. you might be pleasantly surprised.

 

[planetjoe]

INI Settings.

INI Settings.

One word on Vuescan, for anyone who finds it useful. I experienced last week that saving ini-files with your settings is NOT BUG-FREE!

Vic:

Thanks for that comment - I seem to recall thinking exactly the same thing once or twice. I will say, however, the latest revisions of the software don't seem to have that problem, although I'm not sure how to replicate the issue in the first place.

Have you writtten Ed Hamrick about this?


Cheers,
--joe.

ps. i've been meaning to put some of my sample *.ini files up on rff, but as i'm currently on-travel, i'm not a my scanning machine.

 

[jano]

If you end up getting the Nikon scanner, try the Nikon software. Then mess with Vuescan for a couple weeks, then switch back to to the Nikon software.. you might be pleasantly surprised.

Words of a wise man 😀

 

[kaiyen]

The one thing that I use NikonScan for is with scratched c41 negs, as it implements ICE much better than Vuescan. However, I do not like the lack of control with NikonScan.

Argh. And to think I'd wanted to stay out of another debate on Vuescan vs. everything else...

allan

 

[rich815]

I do not like the clipping of shadows and highlights with NikonScan. Vuescan allows perfect control of a nice, smooth, flat, clipped-free "raw" scan, ready for post-processing. For my B&W work that is KEY.

 

[jano]

Argh. And to think I'd wanted to stay out of another debate on Vuescan vs. everything else...allan

Fight fight fight fight 😀 😛 :angel:

 

[michael.panoff]

I do not like the clipping of shadows and highlights with NikonScan. Vuescan allows perfect control of a nice, smooth, flat, clipped-free "raw" scan, ready for post-processing. For my B&W work that is KEY.

but is it really clipped? or cut right at the edge of the histogram? although it would be nice if the nikon software put a little wiggle room in there.

 

[rich815]

It far from being just me:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Nikonscan+clipping

Some people claim to have solved it by scanning as positives and inverting. Doesn't work for me for some reason.

 

[michael.panoff]

interesting stuff.. there is lots of talk about the shortcomings of NikonScan. Seems that you can avoid the clipping by scanning as a positive. I will have to try this.. and compare results with Vuescan.