Henry,
I've been doing the same for quit some time now, but with a small
alteration:
I like the autonumbering feature if Vuescan a lot but rescanning will
not allow it if you output every file to VuePrint (or whatever...)
Instead I start with turning OFF the output file before I even do the
preview. Then I scan the slide at the desired resolution. I test
different settings in VueScan and each time performes an Scan Mem When
I'm satisfied with the look within VueScan I switch it on again and do a
last scan mem to output the file. This way I can use the fast scan mem
to tweak VueScan to best results in a very fast way and I only have to
actually scan the slide twice (preview + scan). It still happens from
time to time that I have to perform another scan mem after seeing the
histogram of the slide......
Thus the workflow is something like
1) Turn output file OFF
2. Do a Preview.
3. Crop.
4. Scan at the desired resolution.
5. Make adjustments on the Color tab, scan from memory, make
adjustments, etc.
6. When satisfied, turn output file ON and perform Scan mem.
Off course step 5 would be alot easier if there was a histogram tool
within Vuescan and a Zoom tool (Just wishing...)
For this to work for everyone I guess that Vuescan should support ICM
and take it into account when presenting the scanned picture but this is
OK for me right now.
Johan
Henry Richardson wrote:
>
> >Try increasing the preview dpi and see if you get a closer match between
> >vuescan and PS.
>
> A few days ago Ed told this list that the Preview will rarely match the
> scan. Once I found out that the Preview in Vuescan was supposed to be
> different than in the other scanning software I have used it has made using
> Vuescan easier. I now use the Preview *only* for cropping since all other
> results are unreliable. Here is what I do -- I know it is a real pain:
>
> 1. Do a Preview.
> 2. Crop.
> 3. Scan using a a medium resolution.
> 4. Make adjustments on the Color tab, scan from memory, make adjustments,
> etc. I iterate through this until I get a result that I like. Each time
> the image is going to Vueprint so I can check the histogram and also so I
> can get a bigger image.
> 5. When I am satisfied with the results of #4 I then reset the resolution
> to the highest and do the final scan.
>
> I have been doing this for about 10 days because that is when I learned that
> the Preview couldn't be used for anything but cropping. In effect I do two
> previews. The first one using the Preview button is used for cropping and
> the second one using the Scan button is used for other adjustments. It
> slows things down and means doing three scans, but the final scan doesn't
> surprise me anymore.
>
> Naturally, it would be great if the Preview really was an accurate
> representation of the final scan. Maybe in the future?
>
> Henry
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~hrich
>
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