Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "antonisphoto" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> first, congratulations on being among the 35.  Love the name of the 
> competition too. Does the K in the spelling mean it's fake like 
Krab? Then it 
> should be taken to mean fake crappy, like really really excellent. 
> Ah.... never mind.
> 
> About Vuescan - which I own but very rarely use:  Keep in mind that 
if you can 
> get a high-bit scan out of it, you can do basic steps (histo etc) 
in Photoshop, a 
> much more comfortable image-editing environment.
> 
> Just my $.02 
> 
> Antonis
> 

Thanks Antonis for the congrats and for responding to my post. 
Why may I ask do you rarely use it? Do you not scan or are using 
something else like Silverfast?

Do you or does ANYONE have some basic standard settings that you use?
Bit rates for example. What is best as a default setting? 24bit?
Resolution...1200 dpi?
Is there a way to control the level of Sharpen. It seems too high so 
I disengage it.
So you suggest getting just the basic scan and doing all adjustments 
in PS? Do you make adjustments after previewing or do you just 
crop/frame and scan?

Thanks, Tim Timmermans