Saturday, 27 August 2005 10:42 pm
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deckardcanineI took chirpasee's advice and bought a scanner today, specifically a CanoScan LiDE 60. I didn't feel like waiting for shipping or getting something clunky, so I settled for an $80 purchase. It took no time to get in working order.
I had trouble understanding one feature of the accompanying program: what did the Final Scan do that the Preview didn't? My folks thought it clear, but they got impatient trying to explain. Their metaphors kept involving intermedia transmissions, like looking thru a camera lens before taking a picture ("More like taking a picture before taking a picture," I objected). Now I guess it converts the image file to a more workable format, which takes longer to make and thus calls for a plainer file until you're sure you see what you want to edit.
I had trouble understanding one feature of the accompanying program: what did the Final Scan do that the Preview didn't? My folks thought it clear, but they got impatient trying to explain. Their metaphors kept involving intermedia transmissions, like looking thru a camera lens before taking a picture ("More like taking a picture before taking a picture," I objected). Now I guess it converts the image file to a more workable format, which takes longer to make and thus calls for a plainer file until you're sure you see what you want to edit.
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If you were going to scan art in that you were sending to a commercial printer digitally, you would need that input at 1300 or higher, which definitely has a noticeable wait time.
Another thing about the preview is you can select-out areas of the scanner bed that art outside of what you want scanned, but would otherwise be used by the scanner to determine base contrast levels.