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Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan scanning software, has announced support for very high resolution scans that exceed the capacity of older 32-bit software. This essentially means that users can now make very large scans. This is a huge benefit to users, as there is no other software available that can do this.
This Universal Binary (Intel and PowerPC) version for Apple's Mac OS X. is up to three times faster for many operations.
VueScan is a powerful scanning program that works with most scanners. Photographers, home users, scanning services and corporations around the world use VueScan for a wide range of scanning needs. VueScan givesyou improved color accuracy and color balance, increases your productivity and saves you money: VueScan can make your existing scanner work as well as a brand new scanner.
"Today's scanners are capable of very high resolutions - 4800 dpi and beyond. All other scanner programs are limited to scan sizes of 2 GBytes, which makes it impossible to make high resolution scans of larger film sizes," says Ed Hamrick, President of Hamrick Software.
"VueScan has now broken this 32-bit barrier, allowing full use of scanners that can produce more than 2 GBytes of scanner data. For instance, this allows a new level of realism when scanning 4x5 inch film at 6400 dpi, producing 6 GBytes of image data. This new level of realism exceeds the resolution of any digital camera by at least a factor of 100."
VueScan supports more than 400 scanners and takes about 5 minutes to download and install.
Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan, the world's most popular scanning software for consumers and professionals, has announced changes resulting in a 50% increase in the speed of processing. In addition to this, the user interface has been totally overhauled, with new icons replacing words. The whole look and feel is more friendly, easy to use and will appeal to a wider base of consumers.
"We have a very large customer base - over 130,000 people. For many years customers have commented on how the speed of scanning is a key influencer in their decision to purchase VueScan. Many customers scan over 10,000 images or documents a year, and if we can improve performance at all it makes a tremendous difference to them. We are delighted that we have done this, and at the same time have made a vast improvement to the user interface." noted Ed Hamrick, president of Hamrick Software.
VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function. The VueScan User's Guide is available in PDF or HTML format.
You can improve your Optical Character Recognition (OCR) results if you download a dictionary containing common US English, French, Dutch and UK English words. Put this file (vuedict.dat) in the same directory as the VueScan program. You can choose the language using the "Output|OCR text language" option.
Why should you use VueScan?
• Easy to use - just run VueScan, press Preview, adjust the cropping, then press Scan
• Accurate colors - uses ICC profiles and IT8 calibration
• Powerful - dozens of advanced options
• Faster workflow - can edit one image while the next image is being scanned (most scanner software won't let you work with one image while another is being scanned)
• Simple to install - installing VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function.
• Award winning - 2002 "Best Utility", Mac Addict Magazine
For a detailed listing of VueScan features see:
http://www.hamrick.com/abo.html
The list of supported scanners is available here:
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#supported
The list of supported digital camera RAW files is available here:
http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#rawfiles
New in version 8.4.23:
• Improved default color correction for some scanners
• Improved support for focus on Canon FS4000
• Improved support for PIE/Reflecta multi-slide scanners
• Fixed problem with ScanJet 7650 on Mac OS X
• Added support for Xerox DocuMate 152
• Added signed code for Windows Vista security
New in version 8.4.22:
• Fixed problem with some Minolta film scanners
• Fixed problem on Windows Vista
• Added support for Avision scanners
° AV122C2
° AV610C2
° FB2080E
° FB6080E
New in version 8.4.21:
• Improved scan speed with:
° Avision scanners
° Fujitsu document scanners
° HP ScanJet 8200
° Kodak document scanners
° Minolta film scanners (USB 2.0)
° QMS document scanners
° Visioneer document scanners
° Xerox document scanners
System requirements:
• Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher
• Supported scanner
Version 7.6 for Mac OS Classic still available here:
http://www.hamrick.com/files/vueos976.sit
System support:
PPC/Intel
VueScan is available in two editions, Standard Edition ($39.95 USD) and Professional Edition ($79.95). The Professional Edition adds unlimited free upgrades, advanced IT8 color calibration and support for raw scan files.
Multi-user licenses are available. A fully functional, trial copy of VueScan can be downloaded from:
http://www.hamrick.com/
To read my recent full review of VueScan 8.4.x, visit here:
http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/charles_moore_reviews_vuescan_8421_scanner_software_for_flatbed_film_scanne/
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