- DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK INSTALL
- DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK DRIVER
- DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK ARCHIVE
- DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK UPGRADE
If you do not use a cloth, you will have a LOT of work on your hands. The one I tried before that left so many fibers on it the scan. I tried others and they are not created equal. I tried a few but the one that works the best is '3M Microfiber Lens Cleaning Cloth'.
DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK UPGRADE
Install from disk - add software key, then upgrade from the Silverfast's website. So that should save you 1.5 hours of grief.
DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK INSTALL
The raw install will fail, if it doesn't it will still not work. When you install the driver, install as version compatibility 'Windows Vista'. I'd hazzard a guess to say that all the model versions coming out are 5A15's from now on. There are 2 versions of the latest driver.
DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK DRIVER
Overall Review: If you use this with Windows 7 - Be sure to get the latest driver off the plustek website. They mention a photoshop plugin, but it's hard to use, if it works. Not your usual work flow for software install. SilverFast is good at what it does (See cons).Ĭons: Setup for this software is complex. Free wireless router (odd thing to be packaged with). Quick scan is your friend if you are archiving/catalogging. Overall Review: Received this early and really appreciate Newegg's inventory management and customer service, it was in stock as promised and shipped quickly. The "HDR" scan is 16 bits per color, not the 32 bits PS prefers. The PS plug-in scan to HDR will scan a negative to a negative (which can be inverted in Photoshop). Don't expect the dust remover features to get rid of all dust, I had to use Photoshop CS3's healing brush (excellent!) on my less protected slides (sleeves are better than boxes) and some of my grimy old slides are going to need a good washing before I scan them, canned air isn't sufficient to remove oils. I did not install or test the bundled apps. It's very easy to use and if you can't figure out an interface, click the Quicktime icon to watch a video.Ĭons: You may not enjoy this if you don't have decent processing software (eg: Photoshop). I only use the Photoshop plug-in which adds an import filter that starts the scanning. Just took a bit of experimenting with settings but I'm scanning old slides and negatives with success. Practice on the less precious stuff before you start on your more cherished irreplaceable stuff. Also, I have learned that negatives are very delicate and at this resolution you pick up every detail and also every defect so be careful not to add defects during handling. You can fix quite a lot, re-orient, re-crop, retouch and even sophisticated things like bring out definition that was obscured by shadow in the original print, but you can't fix things like bad focuss from the original. Note: the reality is that good quality negs can make good quality scans. At this point I am very satisfied with the performance. Overall Review: This is the only system like I've tried, so I can't make a comparison to another product. This doesn't seem to important to me now because I was able to figure out most of what I wanted by experimenting with the features and that prove to be both a productive and fun way to learn-better than reading a manual. They don't seem to link up with the main program help tabs. The quicktime tutorials downloaded and work as a standalone. Had trouble dowloading the manual, but I think that is more an adobe problem. I did run into a wierd loop installing the silverfast software. The automated features work well.Ĭons: Not really any significant cons. Manual approach allows for more control but can be very time consuming. Also software based tools (auto and manual). 3 types available, hardware based SRD, save presets of the settings that you find work best. Tools for removing defects are pretty good. The bundled components work well enough to be able to spend your energy on the task and not waste time getting things to work. Mask removal and color balance tools worked very well, lots of settings for fine tuning. The hardware based dust and scratch removal works pretty well. I find the apparatus both flexible and versatile with ample latitude to play around.
DRIVER SCANNER PLUSTEK ARCHIVE
After spending a little time experimenting I feel Like I am generating a high quality archive of my 35mm color negs. I’ve only had it a week, but have to say I am really impressed with both its performance and capabilities. Pros: It does what it’s supposed to do right out of the box.