Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] vuescan vs twain
From: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 07:17:09 +0000
References: <20031117070346.14137.qmail@web10304.mail.yahoo.com>

Vuescan is slow compared to modern twain scanners, and I tend not to use 
  the image preview facility but just to do a straight scan into 
Vuescans own folder and then access through Photoshop. If you have 
problems I have found Ed Hamrick very accessible and willing to help via 
email.

Gerry

Rafael Alday wrote:

 > I found Twain is faster and easy to use, but I don`t
 > know if I am using correctly the tools of Vuescan.
 > Vuescan preview is VERY SLOW.
 >
 > Rafael
 >
 >
 > --- Gerry Walden <gwpics@aol.com> escribió: > I find
 > it handy to have in my 'toolbox' but the main
 > > use I have put it
 > > to is scanning b&w and Kodachrome where the ICE
 > > software with my scanner
 > > does not work. It is one of those things where
 > > sometimes the Twain
 > > software yields a better scan and othertimes Vuescan
 > > is better - it has
 > > its uses but is not perfect for evrything.
 > >
 > > gerry
 > >
 > > Rafael Alday wrote:
 > >
 > >  > Hi all,
 > >  > This weekend I have been trying Vuescan software.
 > > I got an Epson 2400
 > >  > flatbed scanner and tried with several film
 > > types: negative color film
 > >  > (Fuji
 > >  > NPH) and B&W (Ilford Pan-F).
 > >  > I found Vuescan very complicated. The only
 > > advantage in respect of
 > >  > Twain was
 > >  > in negative color films. It was easier to obtain
 > > acceptable (without
 > >  > color
 > >  > dominance) scans.
 > >  > I had read excelent thing about Vuescan but now I
 > > am a little bit
 > >  > disappointed.
 > >  > Any experiences?
 > >  >
 > >  > Thank you,
 > >  > Rafael
 > >  >
 > >  >
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 > > +44 23 8046 3076
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www.gwpics.com
+44 23 8046 3076

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In reply to: Message from Rafael Alday <rafaelalday@yahoo.es> (Re: [Leica] vuescan vs twain)