ian moore Posted October 20, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 20, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use a Nikon Coolscan 5000ED for scanning with Nikon Scan software. I simply scan to get the highest resolution image (4000 ppi) and then import into Photoshop for usual curves,tonal,colour and sharpening. I use Neatimage for noise reduction,if required (negatives usually). I rarely use the Nikonscan software for any adjustments,maybe global black/white points setting,and some analog gain and thats it. Is it worth changing to Vuescan when I really only scan to get a high resolutuion image and nothing else? Any views? Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tgray Posted October 20, 2009 Share #2 Posted October 20, 2009 Not if you are only doing color. I like Vuescan for traditional B&W, but any C-41 or slide film gets run through Nikonscan. Vuescan doesn't do ICE very well in my mind. Technically it doesn't do it at all but there's a crummy dust reduction feature which uses the scanner's hardware. Also, the colors tend to look funky to me. For B&W though, Vuescan lets me get scans that aren't clipped at all, and lets me scan fast. I personally scan a lot of B&W film, not at full resolution, and that always seems to go way quicker in Vuescan than it does in Nikonscan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerprinz Posted October 20, 2009 Share #3 Posted October 20, 2009 If Nikon Scan works on your computer, there is no need to use Vuescan, if you do all the PP in Photoshop. If you're on a Mac, and Nikon Scan crashes all the time, than Vuescan is for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgray Posted October 20, 2009 Share #4 Posted October 20, 2009 If Nikon Scan works on your computer, there is no need to use Vuescan, if you do all the PP in Photoshop. If you're on a Mac, and Nikon Scan crashes all the time, than Vuescan is for you. That is indeed a good reason to use VueScan. Nikonscan runs fine on the 2 macs I've used it on though. The great thing about Vuescan is it was $60(?), which gives you an license for any kind of computer (mac, PC, linux) for any scanner. The man updates the program like every 20 minutes too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_x2004 Posted October 20, 2009 Share #5 Posted October 20, 2009 Is it worth changing to Vuescan....Any views? Its worth downloading the (nearly full featured watermakred free) programme and using it for a month or two to see whether it works for you. It wont interfere with your Nikon software. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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