i use vuescan in osx with the epson perfection1640su ... it works beautifully... it open in photoshop when i scan as jpegs. not sure if this is due to a beta from epson for photoshop that i installed some time ago which didn't seem to work initially ...or just happens when i scan as a jpeg... /s ======================= Sharon Cooper Creative Art Link http://www.creativeartlink.com sc at creativeartlink.com On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 08:22 AM, X-Applications wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:18:59 -0500 > Subject: Re: [X-Apps] VueScan (WAS Re: [X-Apps] Epson 1260 Photo > Printer) > From: Judi Sohn <judi at momathome.com> > Message-Id: <A2772982-13B0-11D7-8C16-000393AF20A8 at momathome.com> > > On Thursday, December 19, 2002, at 02:12 PM, Dragonberry.com wrote: > >> Do you have any first hand experience using the scanner Epson 836XL >> with OSX >> 10.2.2 and VueScan? >> Is it as simple as installing the VueScan software for it to work in >> OSX >> with Photoshop 7? > > I can't answer you about the scanner, I use VueScan with an Epson 636U. > But I can say that it's super easy to use and getting easier with each > revision (and it's revised OFTEN!). It creates much better scans than I > was getting out of the Epson Twain driver in OS 9. I have it save a > .tif file to the desktop, and then I open that file in Photoshop to > edit. I typically rename the file in the Finder before editing (by > default the file is named something like crop001.tif from VueScan). > There may be a way to scan directly into Photoshop, but it works just > fine doing it separately. > > -- > Judi Sohn > judi at momathome.com > http://www.momathome.com > iChat/AIM: JudiS217 >