Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
Bob Kehl wrote: ON a more serious note, maybe this is an item to incorporate into Vuescan Pro, the $400 version. Some of us would pay for this version. Unfortunately, doing that version would force Ed into becoming another Adobe-type corporation, with employees, payrolls, IP issues, lawyers, and so forth ad nauseum. This is what some of us have been trying to say since we met Vuescan and Ed--Keep it simple. Please. Ed may eventually get tired of our carping and sell out to AOL or somebody for big bucks, to go enjoy the Good Life. Before he does, I hope he'll notify his faithful old customers, so we can get one last full copy of the Unmitigated Vuescan. :-) Best regards--LRA From: Bob Kehl - Kvernstoen, Kehl Assoc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:16:40 -0500 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests In a message dated 7/23/2001 0:03:25 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's just two small items that really seem lacking to me and really slow me down and frustrate me every time I use it. 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. You can already do this with the commands in the Folder menu. I checked it out. Yes I missed that earlier. I now stand corrected. Still it would be nice to see this on the files tab. then there'd be one less place to go to adjust settings for a scan. But I'm glad for the function no matter where it is. Thank you. 2.)A multi-image preview screen for thumbnails. Yes, this would be nice. It's not simple to add this, given that VueScan has to work with a wide range of scanners, many of which can't even move the film holder under VueScan's control. There are other complications too - the special mode that the Nikon scanners use to quickly acquire thumbnails has many subtle problems that are hard to work around. Hard? or impossible. If it was easy anyone could do it. : ) Do you feel the challenge? ON a more serious note, maybe this is an item to incorporate into Vuescan Pro, the $400 version. Some of us would pay for this versiion. It's either that or buy Silverfast, which is really expensive since you have to pay for each scanner you want to use, or else we just do without (that is, use NikonScan). To some of us our time is worth a lot of money. If we can get the gorgeous output we get from Vuescan and all the features and stuff we've come accustomed to in other Windows software, we'd pay the price. I realize others can't afford or justify the cost of $400 software (although many of them managed to aquire Adobe Photshop somehow) but a basic version of Vuescan could still be available to those who just want the basic functionality. Best Regards, Bob Kehl _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
on 7/24/01 1:16 AM, Bob Kehl - Kvernstoen, Kehl Assoc. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ON a more serious note, maybe this is an item to incorporate into Vuescan Pro, the $400 version. nice going. great idea. Finally buy that home in Maui, Ed! I'll chip in. -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205
Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
There's just two small items that really seem lacking to me and really slow me down and frustrate me every time I use it. 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. If you click Folder and Default (or whatever) a Browse for Folder box does pop up in VS. John M.
Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
In a message dated 7/23/2001 0:03:25 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's just two small items that really seem lacking to me and really slow me down and frustrate me every time I use it. 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. You can already do this with the commands in the Folder menu. 2.)A multi-image preview screen for thumbnails. Yes, this would be nice. It's not simple to add this, given that VueScan has to work with a wide range of scanners, many of which can't even move the film holder under VueScan's control. There are other complications too - the special mode that the Nikon scanners use to quickly acquire thumbnails has many subtle problems that are hard to work around. Regards, Ed Hamrick
Re: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
- Original Message - From: Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:31 AM Subject: filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests Bob Kehl wrote: 2.)A multi-image preview screen for thumbnails. I wouldn't use this as I don't generally batch scan and if I did, it would be set and forget - so multiple thumbnails wouldn't be useful. This is very scanner specific and wouldn't work on scanners without a batch scanning capability or on the nikons with certain film holders eg. the slide holder or film strip holder with the slide holder. If you've ever scanned two images from the same strip, this feature might make a batch scanner out of you. With Nikonscan you click on your image thumbnail set it's rotation, crop, and image adjustments, then click on the next image and do the same. When you've got all the parameters set you click scan and walk away or work on something else. When you come back all your images are scanned and you haven't had to sit and wait for the scanner. Sure beats scanner babysitting! I'm doing 4000dpi scans, usually with ice, on the LS-4000 with the SA-30 35mm roll adapter, so I may have 10-20 images per roll that I want to capture, each with slightly different settings. Setting up these scans can take20-30 minutes. Scanning that many at 4000dpi with ice takes about 30-60 minutes. But even with just 4-6 images on a filmstrip this feature would be a real workflow benefit. If it wasn't for the fact that I can't think of a use for it, I'd love to buy an APS camera just for the convenience of batch scanning an entire roll. I've done this with the LS30, APS adapter, Vuescan and someone else's APS films. It's wonderful - set up vuescan for the film type, type in 1-25 or whatever is appropriate for the number of frames on the film, click scan and walk away. But I already have an SLR and a 35mm compact camera so what use would an APS camera be? The 35mm roll film adapter on the LS-4000 gives you the same functinality. Believe me it IS wonderful! Bob Kehl
Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 8:50 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests In a message dated 7/23/2001 0:03:25 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's just two small items that really seem lacking to me and really slow me down and frustrate me every time I use it. 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. You can already do this with the commands in the Folder menu. I checked it out. Yes I missed that earlier. I now stand corrected. Still it would be nice to see this on the files tab. then there'd be one less place to go to adjust settings for a scan. But I'm glad for the function no matter where it is. Thank you. 2.)A multi-image preview screen for thumbnails. Yes, this would be nice. It's not simple to add this, given that VueScan has to work with a wide range of scanners, many of which can't even move the film holder under VueScan's control. There are other complications too - the special mode that the Nikon scanners use to quickly acquire thumbnails has many subtle problems that are hard to work around. Hard? or impossible. If it was easy anyone could do it. : ) Do you feel the challenge? ON a more serious note, maybe this is an item to incorporate into Vuescan Pro, the $400 version. Some of us would pay for this versiion. It's either that or buy Silverfast, which is really expensive since you have to pay for each scanner you want to use, or else we just do without (that is, use NikonScan). To some of us our time is worth a lot of money. If we can get the gorgeous output we get from Vuescan and all the features and stuff we've come accustomed to in other Windows software, we'd pay the price. I realize others can't afford or justify the cost of $400 software (although many of them managed to aquire Adobe Photshop somehow) but a basic version of Vuescan could still be available to those who just want the basic functionality. Best Regards, Bob Kehl
filmscanners: RE: filmscanners: Vuescan:two small requests
Bob Kehl wrote: 1.) A browse for folder button to locate the folder to save files in. Agreed, but I've mentioned this before. :) 2.)A multi-image preview screen for thumbnails. I wouldn't use this as I don't generally batch scan and if I did, it would be set and forget - so multiple thumbnails wouldn't be useful. This is very scanner specific and wouldn't work on scanners without a batch scanning capability or on the nikons with certain film holders eg. the slide holder or film strip holder with the slide holder. If it wasn't for the fact that I can't think of a use for it, I'd love to buy an APS camera just for the convenience of batch scanning an entire roll. I've done this with the LS30, APS adapter, Vuescan and someone else's APS films. It's wonderful - set up vuescan for the film type, type in 1-25 or whatever is appropriate for the number of frames on the film, click scan and walk away. But I already have an SLR and a 35mm compact camera so what use would an APS camera be? Rob Rob Geraghty [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wordweb.com
