14 DAY TRIAL // Developer Ed Hamrick (Hamrick Software) has issued yet another maintenance update for users of its powerful scanning software solution, VueScan. Available for Mac, Windows and Linux, the program assists users by automatically adjusting images to an optimum color balance, which reduces the need to work in Photoshop, or other graphic-editing programs. VueScan supports around 1,000 scanners on Mac OS X alone.
There’s more to VueScan than meets the eye, Hamrick Software suggests. The software includes a built-in color calibration of scanners, producing colors that look true-to-life. It offers options for scanning faded slides and prints, batch scanning, IT8 color calibration and other advanced scanning features, as it supports more than 100 brands of negative films. Requirements include Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) or later, and a supported scanner. VueScan currently supports multiple different scanners on Windows.
For the latest update to VueScan, Ed Hamrick decided to address a problem with HP PSC 2410 scanners, as well as improve automatic cropping. According to the developer, users of this feature will see a significant jump in performance. Lastly, the release notes show, VueScan 8.6.03 improves the selection of default button (when enter pressed).
As users of the software should know, updating one's copy of VueScan is easy, by downloading the new version right here, on Softpedia. VueScan will automatically recognize if the user has already purchased their own copy of the program. To update, they simply have to download the new version and install it over the old one. Upgrades are free in the first year after purchasing the Standard Edition. Upgrades are always free if one owns the Professional Edition. VueScan constantly adds new scanner models as they are released by their manufacturers, while support for compatible scanners is improved on a regular basis.