On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 10:46:54 -0600, you wrote: >As I remember it, Ed Hamrick (creator of Vuescan) has said that if you use >one of the slide settings, the program will attempt to make the scan look >like the original scene by applying the profile to make corrections. If you >use the "Image" selection (which ignores any profiles), the program will >make the scan look like the slide. Since I like the deeply saturated look >of Velvia, I use the "Image" setting, so that the saturation is retained, >rather than being desaturated to match the actual scene. I would suggest >that, if you like the way the slide looks, use the "Image" setting and >don't worry about profiles for slide film. > >My workflow is to scan all the slides into raw files when I get them from >the lab, then re-scan the raw files from disk at a later time. In this way, >each slide is only scanned once and it is scanned fresh from the box >without giving dust a chance to settle on it. With the Polaroid SprintScan >4000, I can load the slide holder with four slides, insert them into the >scanner, and tell Vuescan to scan frames 1-4 as raw scans, then go away and >do something else while the scanning takes place. Very convenient.
Thanks for finalizing that clarification, Stan. I think the awareness of what the "image" setting is was just starting to dawn, only having had the program a week. I am definitely going to try that. I also like your workflow idea. Unfortunately, the FS2710 has no batch scan function, so I have to feed 'em one at a time. However, for raw files, I could dispense with the Preview and cut the time by about half, right? Or is the Preview necessary for the scanner to evaluate the image? Ken
