[Leica] Scanning software

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

I totally agree with you Adam... that's why I set the Leafscan to 
maximum range and then do my processing of the image in CS2.

My Epson 11x17 800 spi scanner, the one I use for the 11x14 Eltachromes, 
is so old that Epson doesn't supply drivers for the last few versions of 
OS X.  So I have use Vuescan with it and scan without setting the white 
or black points and then work on it in CS2.

Except for focusing and multipasses, I don't know of any scanner 
software which actually changes or effects the scanning process itself. 
All that they do is work on the resulting scanned image... To me they're 
just a poor man's Photoshop.

Jim


Adam Bridge wrote:

> I keep pondering this scanning thing and frankly I'm not sure that
> doing anything more than just getting the bits into the computer
> matters a great deal - VueScan or Nikon or SilverFast - they get the
> basics into the computer.
> 
> IF these programs could dynamically change the way the image is
> scanned so some segments could be sampled more or it would be possible
> to change the sensitivity of the sensors in some way, then I'd think
> the software mattered. But that doesn't happen.
> 
> So why use the scanner software at all and just do it in a tool
> designed for pixel manipulation: Photoshop?
> 
> Yes, you can adjust the input curves in your scanning software, but
> that's no different than adjusting the curves in Photoshop.
> 
> So lots of time spent scanning seems wasted - get the pixels in and
> then deal with them in Photoshop.
> 
> I'm totally willing to be convinced this is wrong-thinking but you're
> going to have to demonstrate why this is the case.
> 
> Adam