Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan

["Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." <mlidaka@ameritech.net>]

Not to beat a dead horse, but Vuescan will do a RAW scan as well, and if you 
were to take a 1/2-hour break from learning Silverfast I guarantee even you 
would know enough to use Vuescan well.

I have also tried working with RAW scans - the primary problem with negative 
film is the orange mask but it can be done.  It's just easier the regular way.

Maris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@mindspring.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan


| 
| I believe you, Maris, but I'm not too swift when it comes to learning the 
| ins and outs of software. Let me get a handle on SilverFast, then we'll see.
| 
| On a different note, I finally did a RAW scan and worked with it in Paint 
| Shop Pro  until the result matched my mind's eye of what the scene looked 
| like when I tripped the shutter. Up until now I exported TIFF files 
| exclusively from Insight. Do others here work with RAW images? What are 
| your results? I kind of like it.
| 
| Tris
| 
| >Tris,
| >
| >Try it.  It is the easiest-to-learn program I use for graphics except for 
| >viewers.
| >
| >Maris
| >
| >----- Original Message -----
| >From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@mindspring.com>
| >To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
| >Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 7:35 PM
| >Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid Insight vs. Silverfast AI vs. Vuescan
| >
| >
| >|
| >| You've got that right, Ed. I don't even own your product and still I've
| >| mentioned you a couple of times to people. Once in a forum, the other time
| >| in an email. (By the way, the reason I haven't tried your software is
| >| solely due to my reluctance to learn yet one more program from scratch.
| >| It's all I can do here to try and figure out SilverFast AI. Meanwhile I've
| >| been leaning on Insight.)
| >|
| >| Tris
| >|
| >| >In a message dated 12/4/2001 11:40:52 AM EST, skipwilliamsscan@hotmail.com
| >| >writes:
| >| >
| >| > > Many of us, including me, have been spoiled by Ed Hamrick's 
| >steadfast and
| >| > >  generous low pricing and no-charge updates.  But most of the 
|commercial
| >| > >  world still has to pay their bills.  Updating software that is 
| >customized
| >| > >  for an OEM product isn't free.  The dot.com model of VC$$+advertisting
| >| > >  revenue = profits doesn't work.
| >| >
| >| >The free upgrade model works well.  I'm pretty sure my profits
| >| >are higher than LaserSoft's.
| >| >
| >| >What free upgrades do is encourage good word of mouth
| >| >referrals.  Word of mouth referrals are very effective, especially
| >| >"word of e-mail" referrals.
| >| >
| >| >Regards,
| >| >Ed Hamrick
| >|
| >|
| 
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