Vuescan update

[GerryM]

For you Vuescanners: The latest revision,9.0.17, was released yesterday, 4Feb. For my old Scan Dual IV it is a huge improvement. I am going to try it on my V500 now. EpsonScan worked better on the V500, so it will be interesting to see what the revision will do for it.
Gerry

[sandeha]

Thanks for the info.

[martolod]

ditto on the thanks

[OpenWater]

I'll have to upgrade my copies.  Thanks!

[BillyBob]

Gerry, what improvements have you noticed with the Scan Dual IV, using Vuescan, over its performance out of the box with the KM  software?

I ask because I'm just now getting into scanning - and am using a Scan Dual IV.  I am using the software that came with it - which I'm finding ok; however I find that I'm getting a fair bit of noise - especially in the shadows.  This is even when I use the 4x sampling.  Is this your experience?  If so, do you do noise reduction in another piece of software (or does Vuescan do this?).  I have PS Elements 5.0 - which I find rather non-intuitive - and Corel Paint Shop Pro PHOTO X2 (though I've yet to install it).

I'm just reading through some older threads/posts on the KM SD.

thanks,
Bill

[GerryM]

Hi Bill,
The first thing I noticed, after the revision, was cleaner scans from the SD IV. I haven't really dug into it for printing quality yet. When I upgraded () to W7, the patch to make the SD IV work was not reliable for me. That is when I bought the Professional (not that I am!) version of Vuescan. Interestingly, the update didn't seem to offer any improvement in the med frmt scanning on my V500.

[BillyBob]

Hi Bill,
The first thing I noticed, after the revision, was cleaner scans from the SD IV. I haven't really dug into it for printing quality yet. When I upgraded () to W7, the patch to make the SD IV work was not reliable for me. That is when I bought the Professional (not that I am!) version of Vuescan. Interestingly, the update didn't seem to offer any improvement in the med frmt scanning on my V500.

Thanks Gerry.  It might be worth trying - for $40.

So did you go back to WinXP - or did the 'Professional' version fix the issues?  You had sent me the info for using the SD IV with Vista/Win7; I haven't tried it yet, as I still have an XP machine (slooow) that I use for scanning.

As for the V500 - it's definitely on my radar; by most accounts it's a good deal - though I'd swing a V700/V750 if I could, for the ability to batch scan more negs (I have a lot; the price difference between the two is huge - but everyone's time is valuable), and do larger formats.

cheers!
Bill

[Benny Stevens]

Thanks for that info. I was still hesitating between Vuescan and Silverfast. I'm pretty much decided now to order the Vuescan, as I liked the interface better (I downloaded a trial version of both).
I also intend to replace my 'oldish' desktop computer by a faster one soon. I'm running XP Pro now and I fear that my scanners will not be able to communicate with Win7.
Like Gerry mentioned in his earlier thread, I also have the KM Dimage ScanDual IV and also an old Epson Perfection 1240U flatbed scanner (with photo unit) running on Epson/Twain. I want to be able to use both scanners on the new PC. Will the Vuescan software work around the problem of missing Win7 drivers for these 'older' scanners?
Thanks.
Benny

[martolod]

i don't see why it should not work. just run Win7 in XP mode and that should fix the problem.
download the trial version of vuescan and see how you go- it's fully functional so you will be able to tweak and twoke.
i just upgraded to the latest vuescan myself. there is a bit of a learning curve but you'll get the hang of it.
i have been using vuescan for some years now and have as happy as a pig in poo. program works well

[Madrigal]

Hey I might give this a try. My work flow could use some work... Vuescan looks useful in that regard. Thanks Gerry!