<p>Okay, so here's the rub.<br /> I've begun processing my own film (which I am in love with doing now) and so my next step was to purchase a digital scanner. I settled on the Canon 9000f Mark II for it's great reviews and unbeatable price. I have no where near the kind of money to go out and get a Noritsu or the like. Gotta start somewhere. :) Anyway, to my main point. So I have a macbook pro and I have installed the software that came with my Canon scanner. I have done some scanning in the advanced settings but am not getting the results I'm looking for. I've searched the internet far and wide for a forum somewhere or a video on this very scanner in regards to someones advanced settings setup to no avail. I want to know things like: What DPI should my output be at? What should my data size be showing in the output settings? Should I change my output size to something <strong>other than </strong>'flexible'? In other words, I'm clueless.<br /> Secondly, for those of you who use this scanner regularly for 35mm and medium format, what/how is the best way for exporting the images to a desktop folder once they've been scanned? I've been using the Image Garden which is a clunky and frustrating (at least for me) part of the software. I have to go in and individually, 'tweak' each image before it will even pop up an option to save the image. It makes me want to pull my hair out and I know there must be some other way. I have been adjusting an images sharpness in Image Garden and then reverting the adjustment just so that it registers that it has been 'edited' so that the save option becomes available. I KNOW I must be missing something. There is no way that this software could possibly be set up that way.<br /> Ideally, what I'm looking to get from this post is two things: All of y'alls personal opinions on the best 'advanced settings' for large (2-5mb an image) negative scans, <strong>and</strong> an easy way for my jpg's to go from scanner to desktop folder quickly and easily so I can get them into lightroom and do proper post cleanup in there.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>p.s. If I sound like a complete imbecile in this post that's because I am. I'm a total newbie when it comes to film scanning and need the best of the best (that's you) to educate my uninformed derriere. ;) </p>
