Re: filmscanners: New to Viewscan/Ed Hamrick

[Barbara & Martin Greene <martbarb@earthlink.net>]

Gilbert & Rob

Thanks for the information.  Before long I'll get OS X 10.1 and then I'll be
able to try out Vuescan.

Martin

> From: Gilbert Plantinga <gilplant@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 22:18:57 -0400
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: New to Viewscan/Ed Hamrick
> 
> on 9/5/01 7:59 PM, Barbara & Martin Greene at martbarb@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
>> Ed
>> 
>> I just downloaded a trial version.  Am hoping it will help to get less
>> softening of images when using ICE.  I am running a Nikon LS 4000, using a
>> 400 Mhz Mac G4 through a Firewire connection.  My download consisted of
>> 71.sit and 712.sit, which opened as Vuescan folders Vuescan and Vuescan 2.
>> I installed the program but can not figure out how to open a help folder or
>> how to get an image into Vuescan.  Both the Preview and Scan screens are
>> blank.  Am I supposed to open "Vuescan.dat."  When I try to, I am told,
>> "This document is too large to be opened in Simple Text."  If I try to open
>> it though Appleworks, it changes  to 'html.'  Under Devices>  there is no
>> choice other than "scan from disk," which I have no idea what that means.
>> Under that is "File Name," which I have no idea of what to do with.  How do
>> I proceed?
>> 
>> Martin
> 
> Ed informed me the other day that VS only supports Firewire scanners under
> OS X 10.1 (which should be out soon). Our System 9.x won't work.
> 
> Gilbert
>