#Vuescan it8 target drivers
#Vuescan it8 target driver
#Vuescan it8 target pro

I'll start by saying that I agree with almost everything in Plasticman's criticism of Silverfast. In fact I wouldn't care if it took six goes to load theВ drivers if it meant I didn't have to use Silverfast.

Given the length of a scanning session for me this isn't a major problem.

#Vuescan it8 target drivers

The only thing that comes close to a glitch with Vuescan is the same issue indergaard has in that it sometimes (but not always) needs two attempts to load the drivers when starting a scanning session with the Plustek 120. And all I'm looking for is like many other people a flat boring scan which has all the information possible with none edited out by the scanner software. I soon started to use Vuescan not because it was initially any easier to understand (in some ways it isn't because it's interface is designed to coverВ all scanners) but becauseВ when you'd found the bits you need to use there were no barriers to overcome, it simply always seemed to do a good scan. The wonder at being able to scan negatives had started to wear off by then, and IВ began looking long and hard atВ where the blocks and barriers were to makingВ good scans ready forВ Photoshop.

#Vuescan it8 target pro

Then I bought a Minolta Multi Pro that came with bundled Minolta software aimed at it's professional scanner, and that was also a miracle, but an easy to understand miracle. Many years ago when first getting into film scanning Silverfast seemed like a miracle, but a hard to understand miracle. I guess they just like complaining about stuff, or maybe they just don't want to learn anything new, or struggle dealing with change. But yet, the people complaining seem to do just fine in LR and PS. Honestly, both Photoshop and Lightroom are far more complex than Silverfast is. Overall, after learning to use Silverfast, and learning to use all it's advanced features to it's potential, I could never go back to VueScan.Д®veryone loves complaining about the complexity of Silverfast, yet they use Photoshop like it's no problem.

#Vuescan it8 target driver

This leads me to believe that VueScans hardware driver routines aren't properly tested with every scanner (it has happened with several versions of VueScan, not just one). On my scanner (Plustek OpticFilm 120) VueScan has some times caused the scanner to make weird noises, completely lock up, and all sorts of stuff that requires me to unplug the power to the scanner and restart the computer to get things working again. And it's also easy to get a processed scan in Silverfast.

It's easy to get a 'flat' scan in Silverfast. Both these features ensures that I easily get great colors in my scans. I also use Auto-IT8 color profiling in Silverfast as the scanner included an IT8 target. NegaFix works a lot better for me than ColorPerfect in Photoshop. What I truly enjoy is the film profiles (NegaFix) in Silverfast which saves me a loooot of time. I actually prefer the way Silverfast works.

But judging by the deathly quiet across the internet (and even relatively speaking in this thread) I may be the only person who's ever considered leaving Vuescan and crossing the barricades to join the opposition. Is Silverfast the Quark of scanning software? Trying desperately to hang on by selling at inflated prices to a few corporate customers who haven't bothered to do a cost analysis of the alternatives? There are virtually no blogs with helpful tips from professionals or enthusiasts using the software, and on Flickr what appears to be the 'official' Silverfast 8 group has one question (posted 2 years ago) with zero answers! I actually wonder who is using the Silverfast? There are so few recent hits on Google, and those that exist are often of the 'I hate Silverfast'-variety. Nothing earth-shattering, and vastly overkill for my snapshots, but frustrating to know that such good results are wrapped in such a wretched application run by what appears to be a rather predatory company. There must be someone who has a good word for the software?ДЄnyway I was doing some more quick tests when I got back from work tonight, and indeed there is a touch more detail visible in the scans than I could get from Vuescan. Sad not to get any input from people using Silverfast and satisfied with it.