I use Vuescan for B&W negative scans and love it for that purpose. For
traditional B&W film - Vuescan makes it very easy to capture the full
tonal range without clipping the histogram and then it is just a few
simple curve adjustments to get things just right. I have to fight with
the programs provided with the scanners (Kikonscan, Filmget or Epson
scan, depending on the scanner) to get them to preserve the full tonal
range in B&W.
But for color work I revert back to the bundled software. I am sure that
one can get great results with color film and Vuescan, but all of the
other programs just do it with minimal fuss. Vuescan looks like it needs
more tweaking. Even Nikonscan - which I find to be just annoying as hell
- is still easier to use the Vuescan.
Mark
On 2/24/2014 11:06 PM, David Mann wrote:
On Feb 25, 2014, at 3:19 pm, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote:
not certain from your description, but if VueScan works with this scanner, it's
possible it could give you a more efficient workflow - might be worth a shot
with the demo
I knew someone would recommend that. I tried the demo version again a few
months ago and just ended up hating it again. Just couldn't get good results,
the colours were all over the place and I wasn't able to easily correct them in
Photoshop. It was a shame as I'd have been able to do my scanning using my
Macbook Pro, which I can't with the Minolta software. It's PPC or Windows
only, and Virtualbox doesn't support Firewire.
For most slides the Minolta software is very efficient anyway, it's only this
weird case I've just come across after about 8 or 9 years of owning it. Before
now I don't think I've ever applied a negative exposure setting. It may be
something about this old film.
Cheers,
Dave
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