#Scanners
Carl,
>> I want to use the scanner to bring in color photo's, 33mm and etc.,<<
I'm assuming you meant 35mm hard copy to be scanned in.
>>Again for, sharpnest and focus, which would produce the better quality
picture, high resolution (9600 x 9600) or color depth (24bit, 30 bit and etc.).
<<
When you say Sharpest Picture that can be rather subjective. The 9600 x 9600
is usually interpolated by the software which many of these Scanners claim to
do. However as it's tied to software your results will vary. The 24bit &
30bit is a little easier to pick out of their spec's.
I guess that it really all depends on where these scanned images are going that
is going to set your real standards. For example you can buy a $22,000.00 Drum
Scanner and it means nothing if all your going to do is use it for a bit map
decal on a soda bottle in your 3D Studio Scene.. Kind of like OverKill! <BG>
I've seen all the latest specs on the various scanners and it is difficult to
choose, however you mention that your interested in using these images for:
>> for photoshop and 3d studio mapping.<<
That leads me to beleive that you might be leaning towards the less expensive (
under $1K ) solutions.
What are you going to do with the image that goes in to PhotoShop?
If your going out to a $50,000 Dye-Sub or Fiery Printer you may want to spend
over $1k for the Scanner.
If your Going out to A Fargo Dye-Sub Printer for hard copy and touching up
the images for 3D Studio then what will you be going out to in 3D Studio?
If your just making .flc files it isn't going to matter much how cheap your
color scanner is because it's wasted on .flc files.
If your doing NTSC output then it's a different matter but you still don't
need to get too nuts with the Scanning side of it.
This all depends on what your doing with that image in 3D Studio when you go
out to NTSC "S-VHS" or "BroadCast".
Also if your going out to NTSC is it just to S-VHS our is it truely
"BroadCast".
D1 Quality demands a lot more that S-VHS.
>> Speed is not a issue.<<
That can save you some money.
I'd look at the new "Cold" Scanning Technoligies.
>> And tech. support, who needs it,<<
Everybody! <BG>
If you've got Driver Problems, and beleive me it's a distinct possibility with
Scanners, your going to need Tech. Support.
The Quick and Dirty way around many of those problems sometimes is as simple as
purchasing a copy of Corel SCSI Version 2 so your computer Can "See" The
Scanner.
However you still have to deal with the issue of Scanning Software.
PhotoShop is a big help here. This is supposing that the Scanner meets the
TWAIN Standards as well.
The Purchase of a Scanner can be very Subjective.
Many People wouldn't consider anything unless it had the Hewlett Packard Name
on it hence the HP ScanJet 3C at $949 would be their choice.
I've got One Client that Owns the Relisys 2412T at $799 and is very happy with
his choice.
Another Client uses the UMAX UC-1260 purchased with a Full Copy of PhotoShop
for $925 and absolutly Loves it.
They are all using 3D Studio and All going out to Video Tape. Sometimes at
Broadcast BetaSp and Sometimes at S-VHS.
The Best advice I could give you at this point is to look at those Scanners and
see if they fit your requirements. Since I've got Clients that own all 3 and
are all happy I'd suspect one of these will fill your needs.
Murph'