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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Scan a roll at a time

2009-10-12 by Lew

Yep, multiple cpu's & monitors is definitely the way to go.

slcphoto73 wrote:
> I just scanned a lot of negatives, which had alas been cut. But out of that effort comes a suggestion for if you go the scanner route, instead of the camera or outsourcing routes: my laptop with vuescan made a fine second system for scanning, so I could continue work on my main system while the scanner ground away. And I set vuescan to produce jpgs quickly with only approximately correct color.
>
> The results were not print-ready or even suitable to use for further editing, but they are good enough proofs for me to determine which images are worth my rescanning the original film more carefully before working further with them.
>
>   - susan
>

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