What is your favorite scanning software?

[Photog9000]

I am very comfortable with the Nikon Scan s/w that I use with a Super Coolscan 5000 ED.

 

[narsuitus]

I have used CanoScan, SilverFast, and EpsonScan scanning software.

I was very satisfied with the CanoScan on my Canon 9900F scanner until Canon stopped supporting the version I had.

I tried the SilverFast but thought it too difficult to use and the price too high.

I have been satisfied with the EpsonScan that was bundled with my Epson V850 scanner.

 

[Tompas]

Vuescan. Because it runs with both my Plustek film and my Canon flatbed scanner. And because I found Silverfast (came with the Plustek) the most confusing and unstable SW I ever used.

 

[Hannes]

I voted other: NikonScan with Coolscan 4000ED on Win 7

 

[bhop73]

I see Vuescan is winning. I'm not surprised, but personally, I've never been able to get a good scan from it. I dunno if i'm just doing it wrong or what, but Epsonscan works better for me.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I see Vuescan is winning. I'm not surprised, but personally, I've never been able to get a good scan from it. I dunno if i'm just doing it wrong or what, but Epsonscan works better for me.

What's wrong with the scans you get from Vuescan? What scanner do you use?

 

[sepiareverb]

Saw this thread pop up again and thought "What is your favorite dental procedure?" After having spent the last few days having to scan a lot.

 

[SaveKodak]

Vuescan for my primefilm XA, Epson scan for my V700.

Vuescan needs a UI overhaul though. Some of the core controls seem very obscured behind perameters that make more sense to a software designer than a photographer. It might "dumb it down" but I'd like to see just basic things like exposure and simpler color controls. They could also expand their color neg profiles by a lot. My dream would be if they would integrate various looks, like the popular Fuji 400H via Fuji Frontier look. Not sure how easy that is to do... The curves tool in vuescan is different from the ones I've seen before and it's a little tough to figure out. My scans are great though. Multiexposure is an incredibly useful tool.

SilverFast is obnoxiously over priced. Like absurdly and hilariously over priced. Who in their right mind is paying them so much money? Especially since you would need to do it for every scanner you own, unlike Vuescan which is 60 dollars, once.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Nikon scan for coolscan 5000. Never happy with Vuescan and always curious why people pay extra bucks for that instead of solid bundle software coming with the scanner.


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Nikon scan just plain won't work on modern Macs. For Mac users, Vuescan was a lifesaver.

 

[gnuyork]

I use VueScan out of necessity. I prefer Silverfast, but it's too expensive. I have the version of Silvefast that came with my Epson flatbed, and I use VueScan for my Minolta film scanner.

 

[analoged]

Vuescan hands down.

 

[p.giannakis]

In the past i used to have an EPSON V370 - tried the Viewscan on it but i never managed to get a decent picture out of it. Tried most of the tutorials on the net - I couldn't be bothered spending so much time trying to figure out the scanning software and then constantly tweaking it before every film scan. I went back to the EPSON software and i was very happy with the results - they were good enough for my taste.
When the EPSON scanner broke down, i got a second hand Canon 8600F - the seller included a CD with a previous version of Silverfast. I could not figure it out for the life of me - pictures came out worst than bad.

Eventually i removed it and installed Canon's Scangear. Once i figured out that the software's jpg option is *bad* and i need to save the scanned picture as TIFF or BMP and then edit it in GIMP, it has become my software of choice and i am not going back....

 

[aicardi]

I like Vuescan. Works with Linux.

 

[______]

Chris is 100% correct. The actual data that comes out of your scanner hardware is the same no matter what you do. You cannot change it. Everything else is software adjustments of the raw scan data. You are better doing those adjustments in your image editor where you can see what you are doing than even controllable scanner software such a Vuescan.

I second this. Your scanner software should just give you a raw scan, and let you do all your adjustments - non-destructively - in PS or LR or your editor of choice.

 

[MIkhail]

• Vuescan. Only downside is the poor interface, but once you learn it, it gives incredible scans.

I second that.

Nikon scan just plain won't work on modern Macs. For Mac users, Vuescan was a lifesaver.

True again.