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- Hamrick Software - http://www.hamrick.com/
- VueScan 6.0.1 Release Notes
- July 25, 2000
-
- Running Windows version of VueScan:
-
- Double-click \vuescan\vuescan.exe to run. Close the
- window to exit, or press the Escape key. If you create a
- shortcut for VueScan, make sure the default directory
- is writable (this is where vuescan.ini will be written).
-
- VueScan works on Windows 95/98/NT/2K, and works with
- all known SCSI cards. It also works fine with
- multiple computers on a single SCSI bus (i.e. dual
- ported access to scanners).
-
- If VueScan doesn't find your scanner, check that you
- have ASPI installed. If not, there's a link to where
- you can download it on http://www.hamrick.com/vsm.html
-
- Running Linux version of VueScan:
-
- On Linux, run vuescan from any directory. The .ini
- file is vuescan.ini in your home directory. You need
- to make sure all of the /dev/sg* devices are read/write
- accessible. To see what scanners are available, type
- "cat /proc/scsi/scsi".
-
- Note that the Adaptec AVA-1505 SCSI card doesn't
- work with a Nikon film scanner, and will cause a
- hard bus hang if you use VueScan with it. This
- is due to a bug in the aha152x driver. Another bug
- in this driver causes junk to be appended to the
- end of a raw scan when using the PhotoSmart. Other
- SCSI cards seem to work fine with VueScan on Linux.
-
- If you want to add or remove scsi devices without
- rebooting your system, use the following commands:
-
- echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
- echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 ? 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi
-
- (use the SCSI ID in place of "?" above)
-
- Running Macintosh version of VueScan:
-
- Run VueScan from any directory. The .ini file is
- vuescan.ini in the system Preferences folder.
-
- The file type and file creator for the .tif,
- .jpg, and .bmp files are determined by the
- settings in the "File Exchange" control panel.
-
- Note that mouse cropping isn't working in the
- Macintosh version of VueScan. Adjust the crop
- positions by changing the numbers in the Crop
- tab.
-
- Installing:
-
- The Windows install of VueScan creates six files:
-
- \vuescan\vuescan.exe - the actual program
- \vuescan\vuescan.ini - the initialization file
- \vuescan\vuescan.txt - the release notes (this file)
- \vuescan\vuescan.hlp - the help file
- \vuescan\vuescan.cnt - the help file contents
- \vuescan\vuescan.dat - the film data
-
- The Linux install of VueScan creates:
-
- vuescan - the actual program
- vuescan.txt - the release notes (this file)
- vuescan.dat - the film data
- html/*.html - the help files
-
- The Macintosh install of VueScan creates:
-
- VueScan - the actual program
- vuescan.txt - the release notes (this file)
- vuescan.dat - the film data
- html:*.html - the help files
-
- You need to have vuescan.dat in the same directory
- as the executable program to correct for film types.
-
- Purchasing and redistribution:
-
- You need to purchase a $40 VuePrint license to use
- VueScan without the diagonal-line watermark. You
- don't need to install VuePrint - you only need to
- enter the VuePrint serial number into VueScan
- when you press the "About" button.
-
- The latest versions of VueScan and VuePrint can be
- downloaded and purchased from:
-
- http://www.hamrick.com/
-
- There are no restrictions on the redistribution of the
- shareware version of VueScan.
-
- Support:
-
- If you have any questions, problems, or suggestions,
- please send e-mail to:
-
- support@hamrick.com
-
- What's new in version 6.0.1:
-
- * Fixed problems with SCSI PhotoSmart
-
- * Fixed problems with LS-1000 and LS-20
-
- * Fixed user interface problems with Linux version
-
- * Slightly decreased exposure time when calibrating
- Scan Speed and Scan Elite to reduce overexposure
- on some scanners
-
- * Modified to not delete memory buffer if frame
- number changed
-
- * Disabled mouse cropping on Mac OS version
- (a wxWindows problem makes this necessary)
-
- What's new in version 6.0:
-
- * Changed scan speed to scan resolution
-
- * Changing the starting frame number causes the
- memory buffer to be freed
-
- * Added "Window|Blink crop box" option
-
- * Fixed problem with 40-exposure APS on Minolta
-
- * Slightly changed SCSI I/O on Macintosh to work
- around problem
-
- * Added file name(s) to Output status line
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 21:
-
- * Improved color processing for slide film and
- negative film
-
- * Added blinking crop box to preview window and
- removed checkerboard overlay. The position of
- the whole crop box can be changed by dragging
- inside the box with the mouse, and an edge or
- corner can be changed by dragging with the mouse.
-
- * Changed default value of Auto scan to None
- since crop box makes the "Preview memory"
- setting less important for displaying the
- crop area.
-
- * If both "Auto crop" and "Auto exposure" are off,
- then the "Scan|Device" command doesn't do
- a preview first. This makes batch scanning
- significantly faster.
-
- * Improved automatic cropping algorithm to take
- straight edges of images into account
-
- * Changed default 35mm film crop size to
- 23.5 x 35.5 mm, and changed default 35mm
- slide crop size to 23 x 35 mm. Changed
- default crop adjust to 1%.
-
- * Changed scan timing on Nikon scanners to try
- to avoid resonance-induced jaggies on some
- scanners
-
- * Fixed problem with Minolta scanners and APS
-
- * Fixed problem using PhotoSmart with strip film
-
- * Increased the default width of 6xN medium format
- scans from 51mm to 55mm and increased the default
- height to N-2 mm.
-
- * Changed default B/W film type
-
- * Fixed Macintosh version (except for mouse cropping)
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 20:
-
- * Significantly improved image quality in scans
- of negative films (color & black/white)
-
- * Added film data for Kodak Supra films
-
- * Fixed problem with cropping with mouse
-
- * Fixed problem with rewinding APS cassette on
- Minolta Scan Speed
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 19:
-
- * Changed default black/white point percentage
- options to make default scan more vivid.
- Also improved black/white point calculation.
-
- * Black/white point can be locked by turning off
- the "Auto black/white point" options
-
- * Added "Files|Output to window" option. This
- is useful when scanning to raw files only, since
- the scan window and preview window don't need to
- get updated in this case.
-
- * Added fix for Minolta Scan Multi and MF film
-
- * Doubled the default exposure for preview
- scans of negatives on Minolta scanners. This
- should improve the image quality of preview
- scans of negatives. Full scans of negatives
- won't be changed if auto-exposure is used.
-
- * First beta release of 6.0 for Macintosh. You
- need to change tabs to get the display to set
- up properly, and cropping with the mouse isn't
- working properly (wxWindows 2.1 bugs)
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 18:
-
- * Added manual cropping with mouse in preview window
-
- * Fixed problem of GPF on startup with some
- scanners (including newly powered-on Nikons)
-
- * Added Advanced Workflow Suggestions to help file
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 17:
-
- * Fixed problem with multi-pass multi-scanning
-
- * Fixed problem with ScanWit auto-calibration
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 16:
-
- * Added "Device|Focus" command
-
- * Fixed problem with Minolta scanners not saving
- calibration file
-
- * Fixed problem with Nikon LS-20 and LS-1000
-
- * Preview|Memory and Scan|Memory commands now
- continue to work when film is removed, assuming
- Preview|Device or Scan|Device has been done
-
- * Fixed problem with menu help disappearing
-
- * Improved image cleaning filters
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 15:
-
- * Fixed scanning prints on PhotoSmart
-
- * Significantly improved scans of black & white
- film, improved color fidelity of other film types
-
- * Improved corrections for faded film
-
- * First 16 scan lines on ScanWit, Minolta Dimage,
- and SprintScan 35/LE are now working correctly
- (CCD interleaving is now being cropped off)
-
- * Fixed problem with preview being done too often
- when scanning (particularly on PhotoSmart)
-
- * Fixed problem with Output tif and jpg files
- not having a "+" in the file name.
-
- * Raw tif file no longer written if scanning from
- a disk file
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 14:
-
- * Fixed problem with Nikon LS-20/LS-1000 and
- added support for auto focus and auto exposure
-
- * Fixed problem with SprintScan 35+ (probably)
-
- * Fixed problem with sharing scanners between
- several computers using SCSI interface
-
- * Modified Canon FS2710 driver to do exposure
- prescan along with focus
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 13:
-
- * Fixed problem with crashes on Windows 95/98
- when scanning at 1x resolution (error was
- "invalid page fault") (beta 12 didn't fix it)
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 12:
-
- * Fixed problem with crashes on Windows 95/98
- when scanning at 1x resolution (error was
- "invalid page fault")
-
- * Changed default font size to 10 pt on Linux
-
- * Fixed problem with index files having an odd
- width
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 11:
-
- * Reduced jaggedness of some edges on Nikon scans
- when scanning at 2700 dpi (apparently caused by
- vibration while scanning at high speed)
-
- * Improved quality of the dark parts of scans
- on scanners that transfer data in 8-bit precision
- over SCSI interface (SprintScan 35+/LE/ES, some
- HP scanners, some Microtek scanners, Nikon LS-20
- and LS-1000).
-
- * VueScan now starts up much faster, especially with
- the SCSI PhotoSmart scanner.
-
- * Fixed problem with crashing when scanner error
- occurs before first line of data returned. This
- was happening with the SCSI PhotoSmart when
- re-scanning film without ejecting it first
-
- * Fixed "Auto scan" option
-
- * Fixed SprintScan 35+ problem (possibly)
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 10:
-
- * Fixed problem with focus on SprintScan 4000
-
- * Fixed some problems that were causing crashes
-
- * Fixed several memory leaks
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 9:
-
- * Fixed problem with preview being updated
- continuously
-
- * Implemented the "Get dpi from" option
-
- * Fixed problems with index prints, added options
- that let you control the size of each index frame,
- the size of the margin around it, and the number of
- frames across
-
- * Fixed problem with Preview and Scan tabs
- sometimes appearing all-black when the
- window is resized
-
- * The cleaning filters work much better than
- in VueScan 5.9, especially when there isn't
- an infrared channel to assist the cleaning
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 8:
-
- * Fixed problem of crashes during output phase
- when scanning
-
- * Fixed problem of crash when scanning on Nikon
- scanners with no film adapter inserted
-
- * Added sharpen filter and cleaning filters
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 7:
-
- * Significantly faster processing of both
- preview and scan
-
- * Fixed problems updating preview and scan tabs
-
- * Numerous bug fixes and small improvements
-
- * Updated help file
-
- * Improved cropping
-
- * Auto focus can be disabled, with preview,
- with scan, or with both preview and scan
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 6:
-
- * Fixed problem with crashes when scanning at 1x
-
- * Enhanced "Auto scan" option to keep the preview
- or scan tabs synchronized with the option settings
- or to make the preview or scan start when media
- is inserted.
-
- * Fixed problems with scanning on HP PhotoSmart.
- Preview now works properly, and selecting images
- in a filmstrip also works.
-
- * Improved speed of preview and scan processing
-
- * Fixed problems with preview and scan images
- having wrong intensity when the other is displayed
-
- * Changed mirroring to be done before rotation
-
- * Setting default options doesn't change the device
-
- * Added a "Add scan border" option to the Crop tab
- that causes the border area around a scan to
- be included with the scan. This lets you produce
- scans that you crop with another program.
-
- * Slightly increased the default scan region to
- get more coverage of 35mm and APS film on
- most scanners.
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 5:
-
- * Changed user interface so that things that change
- the preview are in the left-hand set of tabs and
- other options are in the right-hand set of tabs
-
- * Added a preview tab and scan tab to display the
- most recent preview or scan.
-
- * Both the preview and scan are buffered in memory,
- and can be re-done from memory without needing
- to re-scan.
-
- * Most values that are normally automatically
- computed can optionally be set manually or
- locked to the value used in the last scan. This
- includes focus, exposure, orange mask color,
- and crop position.
-
- * Added mirroring option (so you can insert media
- in any orientation) and implemented rotation
-
- * Added crop size option to allow specifying
- standard sizes for various kinds of media
-
- * Changed user interface so that there are no gaps
- between enabled options (can be turned on and off)
-
- * Added Window tab with options for changing font
- size and and control size
-
- * Fixed problem with crop file names not incrementing
-
- * Added support for scan region and speed when scanning
- from "Disk", and added support for integrating frame
- numbers with scanning from "Disk" (number of frames
- per file is used to convert frame number to file number
- and frame within a file).
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 4:
-
- * Significantly enhanced user interface
-
- * Both automatic and manual control of focus,
- exposure, scanning, ejecting, orange mask
-
- * Added support for loading and saving options
-
- * Implemented size reduction for crop files
-
- * Added supported for scanning on PhotoSmart without
- needing to eject and re-insert media
-
- * Fixed small problem scanning dark slides on Scan Dual
-
- * Fixed color correction for images to use scanner type
- when scanning using "TIFF file"
-
- * Fixed problem with "16 bit Grey" for bit depth when
- no infrared channel present
-
- * Allow specifying range of frames when scanning using
- "TIFF file"
-
- * Made scan tif files compress better
-
- * Fixed problem starting VueScan when ASPI not installed
-
- * Log file now turned on and off immediately when box checked
-
- * Watermark not added to raw scan file, only to crop files.
- This lets you re-scan raw tiff files after registering
- VueScan
-
- * Added option to put watermark on crop files, even after
- registering VueScan
-
- * Upgraded to wxWindows 2.1 on Windows and Linux
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 3:
-
- * Fixed problem with calibration of Minolta scanners
-
- * Improved scan speed on SCSI PhotoSmart
-
- * Added check for multiple copies of VueScan and
- starting VueScan with other vendor's software
- already running
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 2:
-
- * Added support for entering list of frames to scan
- (can be complex lists like "1L,3-5,7L", where a
- frame number can have L, R, for F added to it to
- specify Left, Right, or Flip rotation)
-
- * Added support for Enable auto feed for more scanners
-
- * Added display of pass number and frame number while
- scanning
-
- * Fixed problem with cropping to jpeg files
-
- * Fixed problem with multi-pass multi-scanning
-
- * Fixed infrared scan on Nikon (scan bit depth 16-bits)
-
- * Fixed problem scanning at 24-bits on SprintScan 4000
-
- * Fixed problems with Minolta scanners
-
- What's new in version 6.0 beta 1:
-
- * Added entirely new white balance and cropping
- algorithms that work better than in previous
- versions of VueScan.
-
- * Added support for prescan on more scanners. This
- better determines the exposure time and uses more
- of the available bit depth of a scanner.
-
- * Added support for scanning individual frames from
- a filmstrip on PhotoSmart scanners
-
- * Added explicit control of focus, on scanners that
- support focus.
-
- * Added support for scan exposure time. This gives
- more control over exposure for dark slides, and
- lets you specifiy a factor to multiply the exposure
- time by.
-
- * Changed exposure lock to lock settings from the
- most recent scan instead of settings from the next
- scan. This makes scanning panoramic images work
- better, and makes scans from single photo shoots
- look consistent.
-
- * Added support for faded images and faded film,
- including compensating for bleaching and staining
-
- * Added support for compressed scan tif files.
- These files are usually about 40% smaller than
- in previous versions of VueScan.
-
- * Increased internal resolution from 12 bits to
- 16 bits per sample. This makes the histograms
- of some images smoother.
-
- * Improved performance in many areas
-
- * Significantly reduced memory used by VueScan
- which makes it run a lot faster on systems
- with low memory. Removed support for
- memory.tif as a special file name.
-
- * Reorganized user interface
-
- * Enabled manual entry of Scan y size > 169 mm
- for PhotoSmart
-
- * You can now enter negative and positive x and y
- offsets for scan area. This is useful for
- flatbed scanners and for the Nikon scanners
- in case the APS or strip film adapter isn't
- exactly aligned on a frame boundary.
-
- * PhotoSmart mode changes are now made only from
- the front of the scanner (this makes the way the
- PhotoSmart works consistent with mode changes of
- other scanners).
-
- * Enable log file option can be turned on, even when
- no scanners are found (this helps diagnose what
- scsi devices are seen)
-
- * Use distinct file names for calibration files for:
-
- Dimage Scan Dual - vuescan.dsd
- Dimage Scan Multi - vuescan.dsm
- Dimage Scan Speed - vuescan.dss
- Dimage Scan Elite - vuescan.dse
- PhotoSmart (SCSI) - vuescan.s10
- PhotoSmart S20 - vuescan.s20
-
- What's new in version 5.9:
-
- New scanners:
-
- * Added support for Minolta Scan Multi and Scan Elite
-
- * Added support for Canon FS2710 film scanner
-
- * Added support for newer AGFA DuoScan flatbed scanners
-
- All Scanners:
-
- * Improved color processing of negative and slide
- film. The CCD, light source, and film color
- characteristics are all used to do color correction.
-
- * Added "Scan media" option of "B&W Neg". This causes
- the scanners to not do hardware orange mask removal,
- but to still apply negative film correction. The
- default B&W Neg correction is Kodak T-Max.
-
- * Improved "Exposure lock" option to let you lock the
- orange mask value over multiple scans, or to lock
- all scene intensity options over multiple scans.
-
- * Added support for raw scan files written by
- other programs (i.e. uncompressed scan0001.tif
- files with data starting at offsets greater
- than 8 bytes into the tiff file)
-
- * Fixed problem with watermark changing the color
- correction - now it's ignored
-
- * Fixed a problem when color balance set to "None"
-
- * Fixed problem with darkest parts of images when
- image gamma set to one
-
- * Removed "Brighten dark image" option and added
- "Enable prescan" option.
-
- Scanner driver changes:
-
- * Multi-scanning on Minolta scanners now works like
- the Nikon LS-2000 - it scans the same spot on the
- film multiple times before moving on to the next
- scan position.
-
- * Fixed focus problem on SprintScan 4000 and used
- higher quality scan mode (backtracks and restarts
- if scanner not read fast enough)
-
- * Slides and negatives are now inserted right-side up
- in the Minolta film scanners
-
- * Improved speed of lower-resolution scans on
- Minolta Scan Multi, Scan Speed, Scan Elite
-
- * Improved cleaning in dark areas with the
- Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000
-
- * Cleaning of black & white negatives now works
- on the Nikon LS-30, LS-2000, and Minolta
- Scan Elite using the infrared channel
- (the "Scour" setting seems to work best)
-
- * Fixed problem with SCSI PhotoSmart scanning
- unmounted B/W negatives or unmounted slides
- at 2400 dpi.
-
- * Limited strip film scans to 169 mm on all
- PhotoSmart scanners. It usually scratches
- the film when set longer than this.
-
- * Changed exposure times for negatives when
- using PhotoSmart S20 scanner. This solves
- a problem when scanning older negatives whose
- orange mask has faded, or whose orange mask
- isn't very dark.
-
- * Fixed a problem with auto feed on Nikon scanners
-
- * Re-cropping when using filters with Nikon LS-30
- and LS-2000 now works properly with memory.tif
-
- * Fixed problem with negative scans on ScanWit
- and FS2700
-
- * Fixed problem with PhotoSmart and Scan y extent
- less than 169 mm
-
- * Improved speed of Macintosh scans
-
- * Improved cropping
-
- * Increased usable range of "Image gamma" option
-
- * Black point changed from 0 % to 0.1 %
-
- * Fixed problem with PhotoSmart S20 having extra
- junk appended at the end of the scan0001.tif file
-
- * Fixed problem with calibration of Scan Elite
- infrared channel
-
- * Fixed problem with "Get dpi from" command in
- Macintosh version
-
- What's new in version 5.8:
-
- * Added support for Nikon SF-200 slide feeder
- on the Nikon LS-2000. Pressing the "Feed"
- button feeds the next slide, and checking the
- "Auto feed" option lets you scan all the
- slides in the feeder. You need to press the
- Feed button once to start the "Auto feed"
- process.
-
- * Added support for Nikon LS-2000 multi-sample
- scanning. On the LS-2000, the "Number of
- passes" option controls the number of times
- a scan line is sampled before advancing the
- scan line to the next position. The "Number
- of passes" option can range from 1 to 16.
-
- What's new in version 5.7:
-
- * Fixed problem with SprintScan 4000 when scanning at
- 4000 dpi
-
- * Fixed problem with scanning at 2700 dpi or 4000 dpi
- when images have large areas of a single color
-
- * Significantly improved dust spot and scratch removal
- when using Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000
-
- * Fixed problem using PhotoSmart S20 when ASPI not
- installed
-
- What's new in version 5.6:
-
- * Modified Generic film settings to produce more vivid
- colors. Use the Kodak Gold 100 setting or Ektachrome
- setting to produce the same results as the Generic
- setting in previous versions of VueScan.
-
- * Fixed problem with focus on Polaroid SprintScan
- 4000 with newer firmware
-
- * Fixed problem with sharpen filter in dark parts
- of film
-
- * Made sharpen filter use infrared channel for dust
- spot and scratch removal
-
- * Improved dust and scratch removal when scanning
- with infrared channel
-
- * LS-30 and LS-2000 now focus on every frame when
- scanning at 2700 dpi instead of just first frame
- of each film strip or APS roll
-
- * Fixed problem on Macintosh calibrating
- Minolta Scanners
-
- * Improved writing of large JPEG files
-
- What's new in version 5.5:
-
- * Support for Acer ScanWit 2720S film scanner
-
- * Improved dust and scratch removal algorithm
-
- * Fixed bug where changing scan type between
- negative and positive wasn't updating film type
-
- * Turned off auto feed when starting VueScan.
- It needs to be clicked to start batch scanning.
-
- What's new in version 5.4:
-
- * Fixed multiple pass scanning on Minolta Scan Speed
- and sped up prescan on Scan Dual and Scan Speed
-
- * Setting black point to zero now works correctly
- with test shots (i.e. of a white piece of paper)
-
- * Improved dust removal with Nikon film scanners.
- The Clean option now works like Scrub did in version
- 5.3, and image smoothing only happens in the vicinity
- of a dust spot.
-
- * Increased free memory requirement on Macintosh to
- 75 MBytes. The message now indicates that this can
- be either physical memory or virtual memory.
-
- * Made SprintScan 4000 focus on center area only
- (focusing on whole slide had some sort of error
- when scanning negatives)
-
- * Updated dpi settings when switching between print
- and transparent media modes on HP PhotoSmart
-
- What's new in version 5.3:
-
- * Significantly improved the quality of scans on the
- Minolta Scan Dual and Scan Speed by adding a
- scanner calibration option. You can calibrate the
- scanner by removing the film carrier and pressing
- VueScan's "Reset" button.
-
- * Added a scanner pre-scan step on Minolta Scan Dual
- and Scan Speed. This is enabled when the number of
- passes is set to 2 or more.
-
- * Significantly improved dust removal with Nikon
- film scanners,
-
- * SprintScan 4000 now focuses over entire image area
- instead of just over the center area
-
- * Black and white points can now be entered as percentages
-
- What's new in version 5.2:
-
- * Fixed problem with slide scans where Color correct
- setting of "Optimal" was used. This was previously
- the same as "None", instead of being the same as
- the currently selected scanner.
-
- * Changed the "Correct for" option, removed the red,
- green, and blue multipliers, and added the Filter,
- Color balance, Black point, and White point
- options.
-
- * Added the "Crop border" option. This lets you add
- some padding around the cropped image in case you
- want to manually crop the image, or want to see the
- full image up to the edge of the frame.
-
- * Improved the Clean, Scrub, and Scour functions
-
- * Automatic feed option setting is remembered from
- one invocation of VueScan to the next. It is still
- turned off if the Cancel button is pressed during a
- scan.
-
- * File names such as 9910010001+.jpg now work correctly.
-
- * Removed the Advanced options checkbox
-
- * Fixed problem with blank viewer name not being
- saved in the .ini file.
-
- What's new in version 5.1:
-
- * Fixed a problem scanning negative strips on the
- PhotoSmart scanner. This was resulting in differences
- between the original scan and the Re-crop of this scan.
-
- * Changed "Rec. 709 RGB" to "PhotoCD RGB", since more
- people have heard of PhotoCD instead of Rec. 709 (they
- both use the same color primaries and D65 white point).
-
- What's new in version 5.0:
-
- * Added support for multiple color spaces, including
- Adobe RGB, Apple RGB, Bruce RGB, ColorMatch RGB,
- NTSC RGB, Rec. 709 RGB, and sRGB. The ICC profile
- isn't embedded in the TIFF or JPEG file, but this
- may be added in a future release of VueScan.
-
- * Added a new adjustment (Intensify) which clips
- the black and white points to 1% of the total
- number of pixels. This makes the images look
- a bit more like a photographic print.
-
- * Significantly improved the color correction for
- both slide films and negative films.
-
- * Fixed problem with writing JPEG files when scanning
- from SprintScan 4000 at 4000 dpi.
-
- * Produced Linux version with static linking to get
- around problem with multiple library versions on
- different Linux distributions.
-
- What's new in version 4.3:
-
- * Improved cropping of negatives in holders or slide
- frames with part of the unexposed film showing
-
- * Improved the Viewer option to allow command-line
- options, to allow using the default file associations,
- and to allow the "%1" specifier.
-
- * Fixed problem with Minolta Scan Speed
-
- * Improved color correction of negatives
-
- * If scan is cancelled, Auto feed is turned off
- and Auto feed is always turned off when starting
-
- * Fixed problem with writing log file from Nikon
-
- * Added help file contents file to Windows version
-
- What's new in version 4.2:
-
- * Improved cropping algorithm
-
- * Improved color correction and auto levels algorithm
-
- * Added "View images with" option to let you specify the
- image viewer to use.
-
- * Re-crop now produces _exactly_ the same image as the
- original scan
-
- * Slightly changed sharpening filter so it works better
- with negative film
-
- * Auto-focus is now done prior to every 4000 dpi and
- 2000 dpi scan on the Polaroid SprintScan 4000
-
- * Added support for b/w APS film on Minolta Scan Dual
- and Scan Speed.
-
- * Changed log file to write the log data to vuescan.zip
-
- * Added support for APS adapter on SprintScan 4000.
- This has been successfully tested on Windows.
-
- * Changed code to make it run on Windows and Linux.
-
- * Reorganized vuescan.ini so it's smaller and easier to
- read and edit.
-
- * Made dialog boxes resizable
-
- What's new in version 4.1:
-
- * Significantly improved color correction for slides and
- negatives. Default image gamma for negatives is 2.2, which
- works well with this color correction algorithm.
-
- * Added sharpen filter to "Correct for" option
-
- * TIFF compression is now turned on by default (wasn't
- turned on by default in 4.0)
-
- * The default adjustment is now auto levels instead of
- white point. This works better for negatives and slides
- from consumer cameras with image flare.
-
- * Re-crop produces better results when the crosshatch
- watermark is present in the image
-
- * Improved recognition of some Microtek scanners and
- made some small Microtek improvements (including a
- few improvements for the Polaroid SprintScan 4000,
- which uses the Microtek SCSI commands). Note that
- only newer Microtek scanners that use the SCSI-II
- command set are supported, and only the 636 has been
- tested.
-
- What's new in version 4.0:
-
- * Significantly improved color correction for different
- film types. Both negative and slide film types look
- very good now.
-
- * Improved scene brightness algorithm - bright lights
- and specular reflections have less impact on brightness
-
- * Significantly improved image cleaning options. These
- options work much better on scanners with an infrared (IR)
- channel (i.e. Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000) but these cleaning
- options also work well on scanners that don't have an IR
- channel, including the Polaroid SprintScan 4000.
-
- * The optimal scan bit depth is set for each type of
- scanner. This minimizes the scan file size, and produces
- scans at the highest quality by default.
-
- * Added the capability to write 1-bit black/white TIFF
- files, with optional CCITT Group-IV compression. This
- is primarily useful when using VueScan to scan text on
- a flatbed scanner.
-
- * TIFF compression is now turned on by default
-
- * The default adjustment is now white point instead of
- auto levels
-
- * Long-running operations now display a percent completion
-
- * Polaroid SprintScan 4000 improvements
- - now works with SCSI cards that don't disconnect
- - added 8-bit scanning mode (Scan bit depth 24)
- - refined scan window to only scan the minimum needed
-
- * Added support for Microtek scanners
-
- What's new in version 3.5:
-
- * Added support for Polaroid SprintScan 4000
-
- What's new in version 3.4:
-
- * Added support for Minolta Dimage Scan Speed
-
- What's new in version 3.3:
-
- * Fixed problem with cropping slides that are dark on one side
-
- * Fixed problem with 15-exposure APS film on Minolta Scan Dual
-
- * Fixed problem cancelling when doing multi-pass scanning
-
- What's new in version 3.2:
-
- * Fixed problem with Minolta Scan Dual when
- scanning using APS adapter and Automatic feed
-
- * Added capability to specify color correction type
- when scanning from disk file
-
- * Slightly changed default APS crop values
-
- What's new in version 3.1:
-
- * Fixed problem with Minolta Scan Dual at 2438 dpi
-
- * Added support for Polaroid SprintScan 35/LE and 35/ES
-
- * Improved cropping speed for PhotoSmart film strips
-
- * Slightly improved white balance for some slide scans
-
- * Slightly improved auto levels algorithm
-
- What's new in version 3.0:
-
- * Added support for Minolta Dimage Scan Dual scanner,
- including support for APS adapter
-
- * Slightly changed default APS crop values
-
- What's new in version 2.9:
-
- * Added support for in-memory scanning. Use the special
- file name "memory.tif" as the "Scan tif file". Using
- this file name will make VueScan keep the scanned data
- in memory, which is faster on some systems with a lot of
- memory. Note that a full resolution scan of a single
- frame can take about 50 MBytes, so only use this option
- if you have more memory than the size of the scan file
- required.
-
- * Improved support for Canon CanoScan 2700f film scanner
-
- * Created help file (press F1 for help)
-
- What's new in version 2.8:
-
- * Added support for Nikon LS-1000 and LS-20 scanners
-
- * Calibrated PhotoSmart S20 with Q60 calibration slide
-
- * If scan0001.tif file is readonly, re-crop now works ok
-
- * Fixed problem using some SCSI adapters with LS-30 and LS-2000
-
- * Changed name of Contact sheet to Index print
-
- What's new in version 2.7:
-
- * Fixed problem with scanning on SCSI PhotoSmart
-
- What's new in version 2.6:
-
- * Significantly improved clean image and clean neg.
- algorithm. There is no longer a color shift when
- these options are used, and they work well with all
- types of color film, including Kodachrome, Ektachrome,
- and color negative film. (This only works on the
- Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000, since the infrared channel
- is needed for this algorithm.)
-
- * Added test code to work around problem with
- Advansys SCSI board.
-
- What's new in version 2.5:
-
- * Added support for Polaroid SprintScan 35 Plus
-
- * Fixed problem with Nikon scanners when using Automatic feed option
- (responsiveness of program was sluggish)
-
- * Improved cropping algorithm
-
- * Added support for specifying starting file number in a series
- Use names with embedded "+" - crop1234+.tif produces crop1234.tif,
- crop1235.tif, etc. You can put the plus sign anywhere in a
- file name after at least one digit. crop-123-45+-678.tif will
- produce crop-123-45-678.tif, crop-123-46-678.tif, etc.
-
- What's new in version 2.4:
-
- * Added support for USB PhotoSmart S20
-
- What's new in version 2.3:
-
- * Improved speed computing cropping bounds when scanning
- multi-image film strips on the PhotoSmart scanner.
-
- What's new in version 2.2:
-
- * Added support for APS film adapter on Nikon scanners
-
- * Added support for 40-bit scan files. This is useful
- on the Nikon scanners (4 x 10 bits) to store red, green,
- blue, and infrared in a particularly efficient way.
-
- * Fixed problem with scanning whole filmstrip (35mm and
- APS film) using 35mm strip and 24mm strip settings
- on Nikon LS-30 and LS-2000.
-
- * Fixed problem when scanning negatives using two passes
- on PhotoSmart with 24-bit resolution
-
- What's new in version 2.1:
-
- * Added more scan dpi settings for PhotoSmart (900 dpi,
- 1500 dpi, 1800 dpi, 2100 dpi)
-
- * Improved film corrections. Slide film corrections now
- seem to work much better, and negative film corrections
- now match prints more accurately. If a slide or print
- has too much contrast, increase the "Image gamma" option.
-
- * Image analysis is 4 times as fast as in version 2.0
-
- * Default scanner resolution is maximum (2400 or 2700 dpi)
-
- * Fixed problem with two pass scanning on some PhotoSmart
- scanners
-
- * Changed Alt-key assignment for Re-Crop button (Alt-C)
-
- What's new in version 2.0:
-
- * Improved scan speed on Nikon scanners and reduced start/stop
- on PhotoSmart scanner when scanning at high resolution
-
- * Calibrated colors on Nikon scanners, uses Rec. 709 primaries
-
- * Added support for locking exposure settings on Nikon scanners
-
- * Fixed multi-pass scanning on Nikon and Canon scanners
-
- * Added multi-pass scanning on HP flatbed scanners
-
- * Changed use of Auto Document Feeder on HP flatbed scanners
-
- * Made Auto levels the default adjustment
-