Re: Which do YOU like better, Quickie or Lightning scan?

[df@adelaide.dialix.com.au (David Francis)]

Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
: In article df@adelaide.dialix.com.au (David Francis) writes...
: 
: >Thanks for your response Mitchell, and the advice. Any idea where I could
: >get a copy of the version 2.03 NDA?:
: 
:     Currently there is no source. Joe Kohn has the distribution rights
: for version 3.2 of the software package and right now, that is what he
: will send you (for US$5) if you request the Quickie software. There is
: a good chance Vitesse probably wouldn't mind him distributing an older
: version, but he would need to check on that.

One can but hope :)

: >There is just one good thing I have to say about v3.0.2; it has a
: >facility for adjusting the palette of the image after scanning, to look
: >like sepia, or a kind of moon-glow, or a red, blue, or green tint. You
: >can get some really attractive effects from it.
: 
:     You mean the filters? Yes, that was one feature about version 3.x
: which actually is an upgrade and a useful feature (the reason I think
: it should still be made available, but not for the actual scanning).

Agreed.
: 
:     Unless someone has some advice on getting decent output from the
: Quickie-C, your only real choice would be to have them scanned on at
: a special service (or a friend with a PC or Mac with color scanner)
: and then convert them into color images with Convert 3200. That is
: not much of a solution, and quality would range from very good to
: poor depending on each image.

That's a fair comment - but there are a -lot- of pix that I'd like to 
scan :\
 
:     Well other than the incident with the Quickie-C, Quickie 3.x and their
: ill-fated FAXination program (hmmm, weren't these all written by the same
: author incidentally?) they were a _very_ decent company. They brough the
: Apple IIgs the Quickie scanner, Harmonie, Salvation Supreme and Ultima I.

I'm not familiar with those other programs so I won't comment.
 
:     When I would scan photos, I'd usually push the wheel up past the
: middle setting too. It varied on each image though, some require the
: setting is lighter than others (probably glossy photos I would think,
: since the light might have bounced off more. Or maybe it would have
: the opposite effect). I just know from experience, you have to move
: the wheel around a bit to get an optimum scan.

I wonder if ambient light makes a difference. I can't really see that it 
would since it has it's own illumination, but I might try scanning under a 
strong table lamp.
  
: >: I've gotten some pretty good scans done with my Quickie. If I want any
: >: color, I just export it into Photoshop on my PC and colorize it there
: >: (that requires a lot of patience, but it's doable).
: >
: >What, you mean pixel by pixel !! Sheeesh.. I guess I could do it too, but
: >it would probably take a few weeks to do each photo!
: 
:     Well actually, you can select off areas with a losso tool and then
: play around with the color balance settings (adding mixtures of red,
: green or blue to give a hue to objects). It's not a trivial task mind
: you, but it can be done. I also tried it once in an Apple IIgs paint
: program, replacing the greyscales with different shades of a color
: (like a gold statue, which just requires hues of yellows and browns).
: I usually do draw things pixel by pixel to get the nicest results (or
: I should say did since it's been at least 4 years since I've drawn
: graphics on my GS :/) but for a quick and dirty job, you can do some
: colorizing how I mention above. 
:
Hmmm.... Doesn't sound too easy to me. Actually HyperStudio has a 
facility for modifying the palette - called the Color Editor. I did a bit 
of monkeying around with it yesterday, but it seems it doesn't like 320 
mode; I was fairly optimistic to start with, then it refused to use the 
tones that i set - just wouldn't behave as expected. Oh well, back to the 
drawing board :)

: Mitchell Spector : spec@vax2.concordia.ca


Dave Francis
Adelaide, South Australia

df@adelaide.dialix.oz.au