Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering whether I 
should use that software to scan my pictures and then edit with PSP or 
should I scan using PSP software.  The HP software is creating bitmaps 
but I can change them to either TIF or PNG files.

Please advise.
Thanks,
Steve

Steve Heimovitz wrote:
> Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
> Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering
> whether I should use that software to scan my pictures and
> then edit with PSP or should I scan using PSP software.
> The HP software is creating bitmaps but I can change them
> to either TIF or PNG files.

PSP does not run a scanner directly, but calls on the HP software 
through either of two standard interfaces: TWAIN or Windows Image 
Acquisition (WIA). Tell PSP where the scanner is via File > Import > 
TWAIN > Select Source. You should find the Scanjet there.

Now you can scan directly into PSP via File > Import > TWAIN > 
Acquire without needing the intermediate image file. There is no 
difference in image quality, just in convenience.

If for some reason TWAIN does not work, try File > Import > From 
Scanner or Camera, which uses WIA.
-- 
Fred Hiltz,  fhiltz at yahoo dot com 

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:48:09 GMT, Steve Heimovitz <heim@twcny.rr.com>
wrote:

>Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
>Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering whether I 
>should use that software to scan my pictures and then edit with PSP or 
>should I scan using PSP software.  The HP software is creating bitmaps 
>but I can change them to either TIF or PNG files.
>
>Please advise.
>Thanks,
>Steve


I've always used psp for the twain, and mark too. It works great and
never lets me down.

Greg
http://gregsplace.50megs.com
http://www.picturetrail.com/fugitive1

gregfarr (gregfarr@comcast.net) writes:
> On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:48:09 GMT, Steve Heimovitz <heim@twcny.rr.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
>>Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering whether I 
>>should use that software to scan my pictures and then edit with PSP or 
>>should I scan using PSP software.  The HP software is creating bitmaps 
>>but I can change them to either TIF or PNG files.
>>
>>Please advise.
>>Thanks,
>>Steve
> 
> 
> I've always used psp for the twain, and mark too. It works great and
> never lets me down.
> 

One exception: while scanner software is pretty basic, it usually does a
superior job of moire reduction.  After-the-fact with PSP never worked
very well for me.

Brendan

Steve Heimovitz wrote:
> Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
> Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering whether I 
> should use that software to scan my pictures and then edit with PSP or 
> should I scan using PSP software.  The HP software is creating bitmaps 
> but I can change them to either TIF or PNG files.
> 
> Please advise.
> Thanks,
> Steve
Thanks for the replies.  Am able to use PSP via the File/Twain/Acquire. 
  For some reason File/Twain/Select yields nada, but I'm satisfied.

Steve

Fred Hiltz wrote:
> Steve Heimovitz wrote:
> 
>>Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
>>Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering
>>whether I should use that software to scan my pictures and
>>then edit with PSP or should I scan using PSP software.
>>The HP software is creating bitmaps but I can change them
>>to either TIF or PNG files.
> 
> 
> PSP does not run a scanner directly, but calls on the HP software 
> through either of two standard interfaces: TWAIN or Windows Image 
> Acquisition (WIA). Tell PSP where the scanner is via File > Import > 
> TWAIN > Select Source. You should find the Scanjet there.
> 
> Now you can scan directly into PSP via File > Import > TWAIN > 
> Acquire without needing the intermediate image file. There is no 
> difference in image quality, just in convenience.
> 
> If for some reason TWAIN does not work, try File > Import > From 
> Scanner or Camera, which uses WIA.

If you have several items to scan, it would probably be 
better (based on my experience with that model HP scanner) 
to do the scans with the HP software, and save them to a 
folder and later open the files in PSP.  I recently replaced 
my HP scanner with an Epson Perfection 3490 Photo.  The HP 
printer software shut down after scanning one item from PSP, 
but the Epson software doesn't, which makes it easier to 
scan multiple items from PSP.

Marvin wrote:
> Fred Hiltz wrote:
>> Steve Heimovitz wrote:
>>
>>> Am new to digital editing, so I need some advice.
>>> Have a HP Scanjet 3500c flatbed scanner and was wondering
>>> whether I should use that software to scan my pictures and
>>> then edit with PSP or should I scan using PSP software.
>>> The HP software is creating bitmaps but I can change them
>>> to either TIF or PNG files.
>>
>>
>> PSP does not run a scanner directly, but calls on the HP software 
>> through either of two standard interfaces: TWAIN or Windows Image 
>> Acquisition (WIA). Tell PSP where the scanner is via File > Import > 
>> TWAIN > Select Source. You should find the Scanjet there.
>>
>> Now you can scan directly into PSP via File > Import > TWAIN > Acquire 
>> without needing the intermediate image file. There is no difference in 
>> image quality, just in convenience.
>>
>> If for some reason TWAIN does not work, try File > Import > From 
>> Scanner or Camera, which uses WIA.
> 
> If you have several items to scan, it would probably be better (based on 
> my experience with that model HP scanner) to do the scans with the HP 
> software, and save them to a folder and later open the files in PSP.  I 
> recently replaced my HP scanner with an Epson Perfection 3490 Photo.  
> The HP printer software shut down after scanning one item from PSP, but 
> the Epson software doesn't, which makes it easier to scan multiple items 
> from PSP.
Think you're right about using the HP scanner in the manner described. 
It gives me the flexibility to use IrfanView for minor editing without 
using PSP8.