Epson V800 Arrived. Can't save in tiff.

[Smorton]

Greeting,

Epson V800 arrived. Scanned in a 5 x 7 negative. No newton rings. Tried to save at 4800 ppi in a tiff. I got a sign that I need to save in another format but it doesn't tell which one.

Anyone familiar with this? I can scan at 3200 ppi and save as a tiff.

Thanks

Smorton

[neil poulsen]

EpsonScan on my 4870 is so old, it may have changed quite a bit. I have a button beside the "Scan" button that takes me to a page which enables me to specify the output format. TIFF is definitely included.

[Oren Grad]

Are you getting any sort of message about file size being too large?

[Jon Shiu]

I'm guessing you are running into a 30,000 pixel limit for your system.

[cjdewey]

Apparently, TIFF uses 32-bit offsets, and so is limited to 4GB file size. At 4800 DPI, there are ~800M pixels in a 5x7 scan. So 16-bit grayscale requires a file of 1.6GB. But if you're scanning in 48-bit color, 4.8GB is too big for TIFF.

I'd hate to try editing anything that big. Ugh.

Edit: I have the V850, and I don't notice much difference in scan quality above 2400 DPI. You might reserve 4800 for crops, or smaller formats.

[Smorton]

Thanks for response. Epson states in user manual that you can't save a jpeg, tiff, etc when scanning on the film bed portion at 4800 ppi.

3200 ppi gives a big file and plenty of detail.

Question: Folks using the Epson flatbeds of the V800 era, or approx. that era like: 1. Epson software, 2. Silverfast, 3. Vuescan?

Thanks

Smorton

[Ken Lee]

Question: Folks using the Epson flatbeds of the V800 era, or approx. that era like: 1. Epson software, 2. Silverfast, 3. Vuescan?

You might find this article interesting, particular the section entitled "Why I Prefer Epson Scan Software over VueScan": Scanning Tips (with Epson and VueScan Software)

[Oren Grad]

Question: Folks using the Epson flatbeds of the V800 era, or approx. that era like: 1. Epson software, 2. Silverfast, 3. Vuescan?

There is extensive discussion of scanning software in existing threads. Please start with a search, and if you have specific questions after that please ask within an appropriate existing thread or launch a new thread on that topic rather than redirecting this thread.

[DrTang]

V750 - I use the Epson softwhere


I used to be able to call it from Corel Photo-Paint..then widoze 10 happened

but I can just call it from the stand alone program - no biggie

[Oren Grad]

Issue has been resolved.