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DESCRIPTION
VueScan is a scanning program that works with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and color balance. VueScan is easy to use, and has advanced features for restoring faded colors, batch scanning and other features used by professional photographers.

Why should you use VueScan?

  • Easy to use - just run VueScan, press Preview, adjust the cropping, then press Scan
  • Accurate colors - uses ICC profiles and IT8 calibration
  • Powerful - dozens of advanced options
  • Faster workflow - can edit one image while the next image is being scanned (most scanner software won't let you work with one image while another is being scanned)
  • Simple to install - installing VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function.
  • Award winning - 2002 "Best Utility", Mac Addict Magazine

The list of supported scanners is available here.

The list of supported digital camera RAW files is available here.

You can improve your Optical Character Recognition (OCR) results if you download a dictionary containing common US English, French, Dutch and UK English words. Put this file (vuedict.dat) in the same directory as the VueScan program. You can choose the language using the "Output|OCR text language" option.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 8.4.71:
  • Fixed problem with Canon D1250U and transparency scans
  • Fixed problem with some HP sheet-fed scanners
  • Fixed problem with MediaX WorkScan 3600pro
  • Added more times to 'Input | Auto repeat" option
  • Added support for additional HP Officejet models
    • Officejet 9100
    • Officejet K5300
    • Officejet K5400
    • Officejet L7300
    • Officejet L7500
    • Officejet L7600
    • Officejet L7700
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Hamrick Software
Downloads:511,981
  - Version d/l:2,015
Multimedia & Design:Image Editing
License:Demo
Date:29 Apr 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$39.95
RATING
****½
VueScan User Reviews (543 posts)Write A Review
Apr 29 2008

ARCHDATA  For all those reading all the negative remarks about this software package, I would like to illuminate some of the issues surrounding this software package.

This is *not* a scanning package for those who don't know what they are doing. This includes those "Who have been scanning for years". While the trolls won't believe me I work for a major Museum and my job is to scan and digitize our collection. It is extremely important that you are able to control all aspects of the scan. This is what Vuescan is for. It is not for the person who scans in their holiday snaps, or the occasional document (although you can, nothing stopping you and you may just learn something about digitization).

This program is far and away the best scanning software you will ever find, but again if you think 72 DPI is the way to go, please do us a favour and learn a little about how scanning works before you make a judgement. You will not get the same results from Silverfast or Canon.

With well over 100,000 scans and counting, Vuescan has never let me down. Mr. Hamrick is easy to email and talk to about issues with the software.

And while yes, the interface needs a bit of an update, the power of this program for digitization mitigates any issues with the look of the thing.

As a final word, again, if you want fast and easy go with Canon software of Silverfast. If you want total control over all aspects of the scan, get Vuescan, but learn a little about how digitization works before you give up on it. It really is worth the trouble to learn.  (Version 8.4.71)

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Apr 16 2008
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ZO219  Bummer.

Is Hamrick a cross-platform developer? Because this thing is all splash-screen and no guts.

The Canon interface is superior to this piece o' worthlessness.

Goes to show, the more heavily promoted, the less the product has to offer.

I'm serious. I've been scanning for years - use something else. Anything.  (Version 8.4.68)

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Mar 13 2008
***..

RICHCASTILLO  After one of the many updates I decided to give this another look. I previously said that I had problems getting this to work with my Canon LiDE 400. I wish to correct that statement, It is really a LiDE 600F.

I was delighted that the update functioned with my LiDE 600 and I was able to test this app. However, I was not as impressed as I thought I would be. I found the image adjustment options to be very cumbersome. The sliders are only about an inch long and that does not make for very precise control. Despite working on a 30" cinema display, pulling the app window wide did not increase the width of the sliders. I also found the histogram and curve tool to be very clunky.

Resorting back to the Canon "free" packaged software, I was much happier with the UI and the resulting scans than I was with this demo. For now, this is a no sale.  (Version 8.4.63)

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Feb 27 2008
****.

FRODO_LIFE  Great software but where is the auto update feature???????????

With auto update feature it would get 5 stars but this constant downloading is a nightmare  (Version 8.4.61)

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