grahamc Posted October 29, 2021 Share #1 Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello Everyone I was surprised today to be able to locate a Plustek scanner here in Sydney (the Ai version, simply because it was the only one available). I was previously told a few weeks ago that it was a 6-month wait, so I lucked out by randomly calling the day after the store received a shipment. I plan to use Vuescan. In terms of learning new equipment or skills, my usual style is not to lean on the hard work of others too much, but figure things out for myself and then ask question along the way. That said, I'm a bit daunted on this occasion because I have a project to scan quickly and am really busy right now on other things aswell (we just came out of 4 months lockdown so everything is happening at once). In short I don't really have time to go on my own learning journey from scratch before these scans need doing. Would anyone who is farther down the track with their Plustek and/or Vuescan journey be prepared to share some settings recipes that perhaps I could try when I first get started ? I presume that default settings aren't the way to go so thought I would ask. I also realise that there is no 'one size fits all' but I trust the output I've seen from those posting Plustek scans here and it would at least be a very much appreciated start. Thanks in advance of any help ! G Edited October 29, 2021 by grahamc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aryel Posted October 30, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 30, 2021 (edited) I use and scan following the recommendation from the colour perfect plugin. I like it a lot and it leaves most of the work out of vuescan. I just scan raw, assign a colour profile and process the linear tiff and then open in photoshop and use the plugin to invert. https://www.colorperfect.com/colorperfect.html?lang=en My main mistake was not to pay enough attention to sharpening at the end of the processing. Good luck! It is really worth taking control of this at home in my opinion. I think there are as many methods as photographers 😅 Edited October 30, 2021 by Aryel 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted October 30, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 30, 2021 On 10/29/2021 at 6:17 AM, grahamc said: Hello Everyone I was surprised today to be able to locate a Plustek scanner here in Sydney (the Ai version, simply because it was the only one available). I was previously told a few weeks ago that it was a 6-month wait, so I lucked out by randomly calling the day after the store received a shipment. I plan to use Vuescan. In terms of learning new equipment or skills, my usual style is not to lean on the hard work of others too much, but figure things out for myself and then ask question along the way. That said, I'm a bit daunted on this occasion because I have a project to scan quickly and am really busy right now on other things aswell (we just came out of 4 months lockdown so everything is happening at once). In short I don't really have time to go on my own learning journey from scratch before these scans need doing. Would anyone who is farther down the track with their Plustek and/or Vuescan journey be prepared to share some settings recipes that perhaps I could try when I first get started ? I presume that default settings aren't the way to go so thought I would ask. I also realise that there is no 'one size fits all' but I trust the output I've seen from those posting Plustek scans here and it would at least be a very much appreciated start. Thanks in advance of any help ! G I found Vuescan works well 'out of the box' if you concentrate on the basic essentials of resolution and output. So start on the first page of the software which covers scan size etc. then go directly to the back page (or second last?)to assign output settings such as .TIFF and the destination folder. The bits in between such as white point and black point etc. can be refined after a few tests but essentially you want a flatter scan avoiding all clipping of whites and blacks, if the scan looks boring and grey that's good, adjust everything back to normal in Photoshop or Lightroom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted October 30, 2021 OK Great, thanks I appreciate the tips I have a feeling this won't be as daunting as I think it will be . Looking forward to the scanner arriving in a week or 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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