DF> I capture the images into PhotoShop using the "Import" menu item on the
DF> "File" menu, and selecting the Canon scanner. This invokes the
DF> FilmGetFS "program" provided with the scanner. As far as I can tell,
DF> there's no way to use FilmGetFS without some sort of graphics program
DF> driving it (presumably via TWAIN). If it could be run standalone and
DF> scan to a disk file, the pain of memory use during batch scanning could
DF> be greatly reduced.
Hi Doug,
if the FGFS software can do save files, but has to be nevertheless
run as a TWAIN application, you can get this freeware image
viewer/manipulator Irfanview (www.irfanview.com) which does have
the TWAIN interface, so you can run any twain app from it easily.
The advantage over PS is that PS takes tens to hundreds of MB
memory itself, depending on image loaded etc, while the IV is
really LITTLE program, and much faster to load vs PS. And it can
actually RESAMPLE BETTER THAN PHOTOSHOP! because PS uses quite
stupid bilinear and bicubic resampling algorithms, while the irfan
lets you choose from about 6 algorithms (speed vs quality), from
which the Lanczos filter does best job - it's much better than the
others at keeping image detail and sharp edges. Although, you don't
need sresampling with 4000ppi scanner :) like I do with my old
digicam.
If the FGFS doesn't let you save files before importing, you can
easily get them this way into irfanview and save them in any
format you like. However, IV doens't support yet
more-than-8bit-per-channel colour files (it opens them, but only as
8bit/channel).
Or, you may try Lasersoft's SilverFast, a really good scanning
software, with functioning demo available at www.lasersoft.de
It's a software I use, and it's really good - offers IT8
calibration, really nice user interface (unlike Vuescan whose
interface "hoovers" IMNSHO), and is fast and offers batch scanning
and even multipass or singlepass multiscan to negate noise in dark
slides. However, the price of it may or may not be substantial to
you (I got mine bundled with a scanner). I suggest you try it out
and then decide. It's a really pro soft, lots graphic studios use
silverfast.
HTH,
Frantisek
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