peterv Posted March 19, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 19, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi all, I'm tempted to buy Vuescan and change my scanning workflow so that I can save my scans as RAW's. It's being advertised that Aperture can now see RAW files that are not (yet) natively supported by Apple in the 2.0 DNG 'mode'. - can someone who uses both programs please confirm this? - how good are the Vuescan RAW files? - how big are the files in 300 dpi for 24 x 36 cm? - can someone please post a Vuescan RAW to play with in Aperture? Thanks, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 19, 2008 Posted March 19, 2008 Hi peterv, Take a look here Vuescan RAW as Aperture 2.0 DNG?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
peterv Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share #2 Posted March 19, 2008 BTW, No mention of scanned RAW files... Aperture 2: Some tips on Baseline DNG support And what does this mean? "Aperture 2 does not include Linear DNG images. Only RAW DNG is supported." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted March 19, 2008 Author Share #3 Posted March 19, 2008 To anyone who is interested, I searched the web, and the short answer is: No After posting the same question in the Apple user group, I got an answer here: Apple - Support - Discussions - Vuescan RAW as Aperture 2.0 DNG? ... Cheers, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dritz Posted March 19, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 19, 2008 I use the VueScan because of its ability to produce a RAW DNG file. I use this only for B&W work. It enables me to significantly reduce posterization in the extremes of shadows and highlights that come about through the VueScan software interpolation of the RAW scan. Now, if only ACR would provide an "invert image" so I could more easily do my adjustments in positive rather than negative! I have no clue about Aperture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
valtof Posted March 20, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 20, 2008 Peter, Indeed the key feature of Vuescan is its RAW / DNG capability. There is no debate about its ugly interface are apparent poor ergonomics since RAW scanning needs no tweaking or whatsoever : you put your films, you batch scan them all in DNG and high-res and then you "develop" your files anytime afterward in your favorite software, ACR / CS3 for example. Keep in mind that with the ACR module, you can edit the DNG file removing dust and spots, adjusting exposure, contrast, vignetting, etc... and keep all this inside the file re-saving it in a lossless compressed smaller DNG format. If you want to put all your photo in a flagship like Aperture or Lightroom for indexing or web publishing purpose, export screen size JPEG copies from your DNG, this much more convenient and quick than indexing huge RAW data. Cheers Christophe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted March 20, 2008 Christophe, Thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Now if only I could afford CS 3... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipkeston Posted March 22, 2008 Share #7 Posted March 22, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) This is interesting as I've just started using vuescan raw with my nikon V. I have both lightroom and CS3 and my experiences have been to import into lightroom and process in photoshop for black and white. I have not yet tried aperture 2, perhaps that would be a one stop for processing and organization. I'm still not clear as to what a linear raw file is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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