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enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback but
this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of whether
I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this, however,
it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned images in the
process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times out of 10 - which
is clearly unworkable.
Things I have checked...
Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers file
where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this can be
an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have never
installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode (another
suggestion by someone)- no difference.
Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not use
a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am aware is
look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks has
been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to previous)-
again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it did make a
difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader software - they had
to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later, that they record very
detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes - they had assumed I had
tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is another headache/topic of
discussion altogether).
Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? - Pretty
certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide scan at
8bits is around 30MB file size.
I NEED to find an answer for this one!
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simpler. You can be scanning and, after one or two, start editing in
Photoshop while the scanning slowly continues. Multitasking, sort of.
"Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
news:O7ednd_H0OPI3UPVnZ2dnUVZ8t_inZ2d@pipex.net...
>A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at low
>enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback but
>this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of whether
>I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
> Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
> unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
> The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
> Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
> 4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this,
> however, it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned
> images in the process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times
> out of 10 - which is clearly unworkable.
> Things I have checked...
> Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers file
> where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this can be
> an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have never
> installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
> Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
> (another suggestion by someone)- no difference.
> Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not
> use a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am
> aware is look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
> My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
> The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks
> has been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to
> previous)- again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it did
> make a difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader software -
> they had to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later, that they
> record very detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes - they had
> assumed I had tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is another
> headache/topic of discussion altogether).
>
> Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? - Pretty
> certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide scan at
> 8bits is around 30MB file size.
>
> I NEED to find an answer for this one!
>
>
>
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I suppose I could do that (by the way, is it true that saving in jpeg at
maximum quality level "12" is lossless??)- would prefer to know what is
"broken" in the software though.
NS4 can scan at 14bit - would you recommend saving as 14bit/TIFF - bearing
in mind I think PS Elements 2 cannot handle 14bit - will this mean that by
opening a 14bit file with PS will cause more image quality degradation than
say opening a file already saved in 8bit?
"Jerry K" <bobjk@snet.net> wrote in message
news:qUuDk.1649$Ws1.1111@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I scan to a file and THEN open up the scans in Photoshop. Lot faster and
>simpler. You can be scanning and, after one or two, start editing in
>Photoshop while the scanning slowly continues. Multitasking, sort of.
>
> "Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
> news:O7ednd_H0OPI3UPVnZ2dnUVZ8t_inZ2d@pipex.net...
>>A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at
>>low enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback
>>but this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of
>>whether I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
>> Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
>> unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
>> The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
>> Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
>> 4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this,
>> however, it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned
>> images in the process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times
>> out of 10 - which is clearly unworkable.
>> Things I have checked...
>> Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers
>> file where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this
>> can be an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have
>> never installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
>> Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
>> (another suggestion by someone)- no difference.
>> Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not
>> use a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am
>> aware is look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
>> My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
>> The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks
>> has been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to
>> previous)- again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it
>> did make a difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader
>> software - they had to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later,
>> that they record very detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes -
>> they had assumed I had tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is
>> another headache/topic of discussion altogether).
>>
>> Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? -
>> Pretty certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide
>> scan at 8bits is around 30MB file size.
>>
>> I NEED to find an answer for this one!
>>
>>
>>
>
maximum quality level "12" is lossless??)- would prefer to know what is
"broken" in the software though.
NS4 can scan at 14bit - would you recommend saving as 14bit/TIFF - bearing
in mind I think PS Elements 2 cannot handle 14bit - will this mean that by
opening a 14bit file with PS will cause more image quality degradation than
say opening a file already saved in 8bit?
"Jerry K" <bobjk@snet.net> wrote in message
news:qUuDk.1649$Ws1.1111@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com...
>I scan to a file and THEN open up the scans in Photoshop. Lot faster and
>simpler. You can be scanning and, after one or two, start editing in
>Photoshop while the scanning slowly continues. Multitasking, sort of.
>
> "Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
> news:O7ednd_H0OPI3UPVnZ2dnUVZ8t_inZ2d@pipex.net...
>>A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at
>>low enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback
>>but this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of
>>whether I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
>> Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
>> unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
>> The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
>> Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
>> 4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this,
>> however, it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned
>> images in the process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times
>> out of 10 - which is clearly unworkable.
>> Things I have checked...
>> Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers
>> file where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this
>> can be an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have
>> never installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
>> Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
>> (another suggestion by someone)- no difference.
>> Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not
>> use a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am
>> aware is look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
>> My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
>> The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks
>> has been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to
>> previous)- again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it
>> did make a difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader
>> software - they had to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later,
>> that they record very detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes -
>> they had assumed I had tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is
>> another headache/topic of discussion altogether).
>>
>> Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? -
>> Pretty certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide
>> scan at 8bits is around 30MB file size.
>>
>> I NEED to find an answer for this one!
>>
>>
>>
>
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"Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
news:cMGdnbdYPKXcPULVRVnyvwA@pipex.net...
Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless. The
File size drops, doesn't it.
It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a 16
bit per channel file.
Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.
Roy G
news:cMGdnbdYPKXcPULVRVnyvwA@pipex.net...
Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless. The
File size drops, doesn't it.
It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a 16
bit per channel file.
Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.
Roy G
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Was there ever a fix for this?
"Roy G" <roy.gibson1@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> "Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
> news:cMGdnbdYPKXcPULVRVnyvwA@pipex.net...
>
>
> Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless.
> The File size drops, doesn't it.
>
> It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a
> 16 bit per channel file.
> Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
> bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.
>
> Roy G
>
"Roy G" <roy.gibson1@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:NdSDk.8209$v97.1850@newsfe23.ams2...
>
> "Glass Half Full" <here@home.org> wrote in message
> news:cMGdnbdYPKXcPULVRVnyvwA@pipex.net...
>
>
> Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless.
> The File size drops, doesn't it.
>
> It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a
> 16 bit per channel file.
> Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
> bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.
>
> Roy G
>
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