- said:
In my opinion, the sharper quality scans from the Coolscan would negate any
convenience provided by scanning 4 strips at one time on the 4870.
I don't have a film scanner yet, but you're undoubtedly correct.
Plus, the Epson takes ages at 4800dpi with ICE enabled...and the
flatbed design has a nasty habit of sneaking a few specks past the ICE
from time to time. One could probably better improve "productivity"
by buying a second Coolscan adapter and using the scan time to reload
the spare. But you'd need to confirm this with a Coolscan owner.
You can set things like exposure and color individually but I don't know
about ICE . I believe ICE, sharpening, etc. are "universal," so you must do
this to all of them or none of them.
No, it's entirely possible in all three preview modes (normal and both
thumbnail tabs). In normal mode, draw a separate selection marquee
around each frame. Each marquee can be configured separately. You
can also try setting up a single frame-sized marquee the way you like
it, then dragging it from frame to frame. This takes longer but makes
for fewer headaches if you screw up (for example, it's all to easy to
simultaneously reset every marquee's exposure).
In thumbnail mode, the adjustment settings will apply to either the
highlighted thumbnails (as opposed to the checked thumbnails, which
are the ones that will actually be scanned) or the active full-view
frame. It's not hard to click the "all" button, pick the settings
appropriate to the batch, then highlight an individual frame and
customize its settings.
The problem is that Epson Scan likes to reset the "adjustment"
settings from scan to scan, or preview to preview. It sometimes seems
to do so within a single scan job. So keep an eye on the checkboxes
before and after configuring each frame or marquee, and check some or
all of them again before scanning. Unlike other aspects of the
software, it's not a big deal once you get the hang of it.
Regards,
false_dmitrii
