On Nov 12, 2012, at 6:28 PM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 13 November 2012 07:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:22 PM, David Savage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I had a similar issue with my Epson 3200 & after much Googling I never >>> found a way to make it work with XP x64 way back when. >>> >>> I ended up having to buy Vuescan (I hate that program with a passion) >> >> Interesting. >> >> I've been using VueScan since 2000 ... the original software for my >> Polaroid SprintScan and then Minolta Scan Dual II were both so bad it >> wasn't funny, and VueScan has always done a great job. I have driven >> all my scanners, including the now-ancient Epson 2450, with VueScan >> for years and find it to be far better than almost everything else >> I've tried. > > I have no problem with the files vuescan produced, it just isn't a > very easy piece of software to use. > I've found Vuescan's adjustment parameters to be non-linear and clumsy. For example, adjusting "curve high" for a transparency scan may produce almost no change at all through much of the scale, then at a certain point it goes over the cliff. Epson's software didn't provide as many adjustment parameters, but those offered were linear and worked well. Paul > DS > > -- > 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. -- 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.
