CompuServe Messages

Wayne, OK let me take your questions one at a time: 1.) It looks as though the three switch setting alter the size of the dither pattern (coarse, medium, & fine). But I have not explored those options too carefully. I have been having too much fun scanning line art. I'll explore this more fully and get back to you. 2.) Yes you can assemble very large scans (memory permitting) by making multiple passes. While it is not very difficult, they could make it easier. The process involves moving one halve the image that has been "clipped". The problem is that have to be at level of magnification that will allow you see the entire clip area to move it. You can not zoom in to get a get and accurate match and still move the clip area which is now larger than the view area. So you have to zoom out, move the clip, then zoom back in to see how close you are. This has to be repeated until you too side are matched. 3. I have not had version .9 crash on me, but I can see how it might get that reputation! When you sellect some options the program must have to do numerous calculations. Sometimes you see the familar ZZZ pointer, but other times the program just freezes, pointer and all! When the program is finished doing what it is doing all returns to normal. This can take up to 15-20 seconds on my 030 A2000! On an unaccelerated Amiga I am sure that anyone would think the guru was on the way, give up, and reboot! 4. The scanner excels at capturing line art, somthing I could never accomplish with digiview. Scanning color and greyscale images takes a little more experimentation and technique. Once you get the image the way you want it you know exactly what the final printed image will look like since it is already dithered into bunch of black & white pixels. But this does take time on your part. It is certainly easier to digitize a greyscale image and let the DTP software "screen" it for you. I'll put together a sampling of scanned images and upload them. -Paul-