You can do the same stuff in LR or ACR to a TIF file If you dig back into history, Canon did the opposite by naming RAW files TIF files but they weren't really TIF files. Oh yeah, they did add that in the last release but that's just a TIFF file with the NEF extension not a re-mosaiced RAW file. The early days of digital were strange times Vuescan is a relatively inexpensive alternative to silverfast if you aren't happy with the driver mod. My understanding is that this is Nikon's RAW format, not being a Nikon user I'll let you tell me if I'm correct. when I save the scan the Coolscan software gives me the option to save as an. You may be scanning it in as a TIF file but most certainly not a RAW file because by definition a RAW file is not demosaiced and therefore not viewable.Įven on actual RAW files that you might be browsing in a viewer you are actually looking at a small JPEG file that is embedded in the RAW file.Į.J. It is impossible to scan something into a RAW file.
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Here's a link on how to get the Coolscan software driver to work in Win7 圆4 A much quicker work flow as the tools in LR are far superior to the tools in the scanning software. I scan and save the results as a RAW file which I then bring into Lightroom and do all the color correction in LR.
I have found that using the Nikon Coolscan software works best for me. Is Silverfast worth the money vrs modifying the Nikon driver for Vista?.Ĭan't tell you the answer to that but the driver mod is very easy and it works perfectly allowing you to use the same workflow with your scanner using NikonScan that you have been used to I have the scanner and used it till I switched to digital. I am running Win 7 and want to scan a lot of slides. Forums :: View topic - Nikon CoolScan 4000/Silverfast Forums