Vuescan Ios
Problem: your scanner’s software is too simplistic, too hard to use, or outdated. Solution: Hamrick’s VueScan 8.0.11. VueScan opens the door to professional-quality scanner control, and while it won’t make you a pro overnight, it will give you the necessary tools at an amazingly low price.
The program can drive flatbeds, film recorders, and slide scanners using a range of interfaces. And because it replaces default scanner software, it can make older scanners compatible with OS X—no more popping into Classic just to use your venerable scanner. (It even can recognize old SCSI scanners.)
VueScan Mobile Use your WiFi-enabled scanner from HP, Canon, Epson, Brother, and Samsung with your phone or tablet. Download VueScan Mobile for iOS Download VueScan Mobile for Android 'Works with pretty much every wireless Epson, Canon and HP scanner out there. VueScan is a scanning program that works with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have color fidelity and color balance. Its very easy to use, and also has advanced.
VueScan is available in Standard ($60) and Professional ($80) versions. At these prices, go pro: color-calibration tools, a selection of color spaces, and the ability to save raw scan files (so you’ll never have to rescan) are worth the modest price of admission.
In addition to its versatile controls, VueScan offers color-balancing presets for many common situations, such as color distortion from fluorescent or incandescent light, washed-out skies in landscape photos, and distorted skin tones. While the ten presets don’t cover all situations, they can get you close to the exposures you’re after. You can adjust settings for slides and film negatives, basing them on the type of film used.
All the adjustments you make can be previewed using the raw scan data, so you can tweak individual color-channel settings, for example, and save variations while keeping the original scan on screen. The preview window is ample and zoomable. An interactive channel-by-channel histogram view of either the preview or the final scan is also available.
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VueScan can create ICC profiles for scanners, film, and printers for better color calibration, and IT8 reference targets are available online for about $10. The program’s tabbed interface is very easy to navigate, but a more fleshed-out manual would be helpful.
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VueScan 8.0.11 is a tremendous value. It can’t make great scans automatically, but the Professional version puts them well within reach. Because VueScan works by driving the scanner directly—emulating the command set used by the scanner manufacturers themselves (every command set has to be reverse engineered)—it doesn’t work with all scanners. Check Hamrick’s compatibility list before diving in.