Scanner 8600F import 16bit. No it doesn't.

asamuelasamuel Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
edited October 1, 2007 in Digital Darkroom
The Import of scanner images at 16bit is supposed to be a funtion of the Canon scan 8600F.

I have set the preferences in the Scan software to do so, but when the scans are made and automatically opened up as PSD's in CS3, they are already set at 8 bit.

I can THEN set the images to 16 bit, BUT I have been told that doing this at this point means that the information has already been lost. So, Does anybody know what gives and how to resolve it.

Thanks

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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2007
    Bump.

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  • ivarivar Registered Users Posts: 8,395 Major grins
    edited September 26, 2007
    according to the canon website, it is not possible to always get 16bit I guess, kinda weird:

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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited September 27, 2007
    If you really want grayscale and are hitting the issue Ivar pointed out, you could do what I did in the past with an off-brand scanner that behaved similarly: scan in color at 48 bit and then convert to BW in PS.
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  • asamuelasamuel Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2007
    thanks for the bump and the investigation.

    In response I am only scanning colour as 16 bit. and I am only scanning film so I should, if I consult the table, always be able to scan at 16bit.

    Time to contact canon I think, I am seriously disappointed.

    thanks again for the response.

    Sam.
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