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Re: Polaroid Sprintscan 120 comments?

2001-09-24 by Martin Wesley

George,

Check out Scan Tips at:

http://www.scantips.com/

There is a lot of information there.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "George A. Dibble III" 
<gadibbleiii@h...> wrote:
> Thanks for the response.  
> 
> How much memory is needed under Windows 2000 for the best 
resolution 
> of a 2-1/4 square negative, B&W and Color?
> 
> You indicated that the Sprintscan 120 outputs in 12 and 14 bit 
mode.  
> I'm not too literate on when one would use one mode over the other, 
> but how is it that Photoshop supports 8 & 16 bit and the Polaroid 
> outputs in 12 and 14 bits?
> 
> I gather that this isn't a problem scanning into photoshop, but how 
> does it work?  MY HP S20 scans in either 8 or 16 bit, so the 
> compatibility to Photoshop is clear.  Does Photoshop automatically 
> convert it to 8 bit, or what?  How's it work with the Piezography 
> software? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> George

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