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Re: [Digital BW] Unable to Scan

2005-03-16 by Walker Blackwell

You are covering your white balance strip.  Leave one inch clear on the 
left-hand side of the scanner (or wherever the scanner starts from) and 
you'll be cool.


Walker B.

On Mar 15, 2005, at 07:37 PM, btvarner wrote:

>
>  Ok,
>  Someone please help me.� I have all of a sudden developed a problem
>  with scanning.� Up until now I have had few problems scanning film
>  over the last couple of years.
>
>  I have just obtained the equipment to wet mount my negatives.� I have
>  a black mat with the correct size opening.� AN glass & scanner
>  overlay acetate that I have sandwiched the film between & that lies
>  on the mat.� But none of this is my problem.
>
>  Both for preview & after scan I am unable to get ANY image to appear
>  in Vuescan.� All I get is colored pixilated artifacts across the
>  whole screen and no image.� I went back & attempted to scan the old
>  way using the Epson film holds & get the same results.� What am I
>  doing wrong?
>
>  Epson 2450 Scanner
>  Vuescan 8.1.30
>
>  Vuescan Settings:
>  Transparency
>  Slide Film
>  48 bit RGB (I convert to B&W later in the process)
>  Generic
>  Color
>  Slide
>
>  I stated above that I have had no problems scanning film in the
>  past.� To be precise, this has happened before but in past times has
>  disappeared with manipulation.� Don't ask what kind of manipulation
>  because I could not tell you.� I would just make different changes &
>  the image would appear.� Now that I am anxious to see if wet mounting
>  improves the scans I cannot get it to work no matter what I try.�
>  Strange!
>
>  Thanks,
>  Bruce Varner
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/btvarner/Bruce/photo.htm
>
>
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