But is the scanning software a plugin and as such need a program like photoshop to operate? Or will it scan and save to a file on its own?
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know what software Epson supplies with the V300. I've never used any > of the Epson software for either of the V700 or 2450 scanners. > > However, I strongly recommend VueScan for driving the scanner. It's got > amongst the best scanning algorithms I've seen with any software and is > updated regularly. The V300 is on the supported scanner list. > > Image editing is separate from scanning. Use what you like there. While you > can do a lot of the basic capture needs in the scanning software, scanning > software should be used to capture the data as best possible, not edit or > finish render it. > > Godfrey > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Nick Wright wrote: > >> I'm still looking at scanners. I think I'm going to go with the Epson >> V300. It's gotten good reviews from just about everywhere that I've >> looked and it appears to be just what I'm looking for. And the price >> is right. >> >> But I noticed that the Epson package no longer includes Photoshop >> Elements, so I'm wondering does the Epson software work as a >> standalone program? Or will I need a separate image editor to access >> the scanner software? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

