gbealnz
Well-known
Can someone with experience suggest a few settings please.
I have a nice Plustek 8100, and scan using either Silverfast or Vuescan. I like Vuescan as it gives me 16 bit with B&W, and I always seem to get 8 bit when I use Silverfast. This likely though is an input I am either not doing, or not doing correctly. I occasionally scan older 35mm slides, and more recently scan the odd roll of colour neg that I shoot, all 35mm of course.
So, what I am asking is a couple of settings that I use most. I usually "proof sheet" my 35mm shots, and add them to a digital contact sheet, this contact sheet being done within CS6 (I found this by accident and it is exactly what I was wanting). For this I want about 100kb files, and suitable only for low-resolution viewing, exactly as you would expect on a contact sheet..
The only other real use is for when I scan to post or share. Logic from most suggests the max you can scan at, and I take this on board, but usually I get a decent sized file and work with that. Here Silverfast is simpler, I can set the sizes I want, both pixel and dpi and scan, and usually this works quite well. Vuescan on the other hand is a minefield to me. I am scanning right now, and there is all manner of settings. I'd be happier with a simple setting that I could use, writing down the parameters until I got really competent with it.
Any suggestions, apart from RTFM, which I have tried. It's either real simple for an office scanner, or that complex a simpleton like me struggles with.
Gary
I have a nice Plustek 8100, and scan using either Silverfast or Vuescan. I like Vuescan as it gives me 16 bit with B&W, and I always seem to get 8 bit when I use Silverfast. This likely though is an input I am either not doing, or not doing correctly. I occasionally scan older 35mm slides, and more recently scan the odd roll of colour neg that I shoot, all 35mm of course.
So, what I am asking is a couple of settings that I use most. I usually "proof sheet" my 35mm shots, and add them to a digital contact sheet, this contact sheet being done within CS6 (I found this by accident and it is exactly what I was wanting). For this I want about 100kb files, and suitable only for low-resolution viewing, exactly as you would expect on a contact sheet..
The only other real use is for when I scan to post or share. Logic from most suggests the max you can scan at, and I take this on board, but usually I get a decent sized file and work with that. Here Silverfast is simpler, I can set the sizes I want, both pixel and dpi and scan, and usually this works quite well. Vuescan on the other hand is a minefield to me. I am scanning right now, and there is all manner of settings. I'd be happier with a simple setting that I could use, writing down the parameters until I got really competent with it.
Any suggestions, apart from RTFM, which I have tried. It's either real simple for an office scanner, or that complex a simpleton like me struggles with.
Gary
michaelwj
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My advice is to check out Chris Crawfords website. I use the same setup as you and his site was an amazing help.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Best way to 'proof sheet' a roll of film is to lay it on a light table and photograph it with your digital camera. Fast, easy, one shot shows all of the frames.
Lay the plastic sheet holding the strips of film on the light table, lay some glass on top if its not laying flat.
Here's my scanning/Vuescan tutorial that Michael was telling you about.
http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/scanning.php
Lay the plastic sheet holding the strips of film on the light table, lay some glass on top if its not laying flat.
Here's my scanning/Vuescan tutorial that Michael was telling you about.
http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/scanning.php
gbealnz
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Thank you Michael and Chris, I'm perusing the tutorial now.
Great assistance,
Gary
Great assistance,
Gary