Nikon Scan closes Photoshop after scans

[Glass Half Full]

A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at low
enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback but
this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of whether
I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this, however,
it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned images in the
process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times out of 10 - which
is clearly unworkable.
Things I have checked...
Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers file
where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this can be
an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have never
installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode (another
suggestion by someone)- no difference.
Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not use
a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am aware is
look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks has
been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to previous)-
again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it did make a
difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader software - they had
to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later, that they record very
detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes - they had assumed I had
tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is another headache/topic of
discussion altogether).

Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? - Pretty
certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide scan at
8bits is around 30MB file size.

I NEED to find an answer for this one!

[Jerry K]

I scan to a file and THEN open up the scans in Photoshop. Lot faster and
simpler. You can be scanning and, after one or two, start editing in
Photoshop while the scanning slowly continues. Multitasking, sort of.

Post by Glass Half Full
A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at low
enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback but
this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of whether
I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this,
however, it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned
images in the process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times
out of 10 - which is clearly unworkable.
Things I have checked...
Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers file
where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this can be
an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have never
installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
(another suggestion by someone)- no difference.
Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not
use a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am
aware is look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks
has been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to
previous)- again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it did
make a difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader software -
they had to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later, that they
record very detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes - they had
assumed I had tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is another
headache/topic of discussion altogether).
Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? - Pretty
certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide scan at
8bits is around 30MB file size.
I NEED to find an answer for this one!

[Glass Half Full]

I suppose I could do that (by the way, is it true that saving in jpeg at
maximum quality level "12" is lossless??)- would prefer to know what is
"broken" in the software though.
NS4 can scan at 14bit - would you recommend saving as 14bit/TIFF - bearing
in mind I think PS Elements 2 cannot handle 14bit - will this mean that by
opening a 14bit file with PS will cause more image quality degradation than
say opening a file already saved in 8bit?

Post by Jerry K
I scan to a file and THEN open up the scans in Photoshop. Lot faster and
simpler. You can be scanning and, after one or two, start editing in
Photoshop while the scanning slowly continues. Multitasking, sort of.

Post by Glass Half Full
A problem I "used" to have, or shall I say - a problem that occurred at
low enough frequency that I did not let it bother me, has made a comeback
but this time it is doing it practically all the time - irrespective of
whether I am scanning 1 35mm slide or several.
Googling reveals other people have suffered similar problems but
unfortunately no hard and fast answers.
The problem is simply that when I use my Coolscan V ED to import into
Photoshop Elements 2 I need to close the Nikon Scan window(version
4.0.2)before I can edit the photos using Photoshop. When I do this,
however, it tends to close Photoshop as well and I lose all my scanned
images in the process and have to start again. It is doing this 9 times
out of 10 - which is clearly unworkable.
Things I have checked...
Driver file "scsiscan.sys" is present in the Windows/System32/Drivers
file where I believe it should be (some noise on the web suggesting this
can be an issue as can be deleted/moved when installing printers - I have
never installed a printer to this p.c. anyway).
Tried setting Photoshop to work in Windows 2000 compatibility mode
(another suggestion by someone)- no difference.
Tried removing NikonMonitor application from start-up programs (I do not
use a Nikon digital camera and all this application does as far as I am
aware is look out for a camera connection) - no difference.
My OS is WinXP Home Edition SP2...
The ONLY thing that has changed with my p.c. environment in recent weeks
has been the installation of a new motherboard (identical spec to
previous)- again I cannot see what difference that would make (yes, it
did make a difference with my Norton Antivirus and Microsoft Reader
software - they had to be re-registered due to the fact, I found later,
that they record very detailed hardware logs within their DRM processes -
they had assumed I had tried to install them on a new p.c. - that is
another headache/topic of discussion altogether).
Is my problem with Photoshop/NikonScan a memory management issue? -
Pretty certain it is not - I am running 1Gb RAM and a typical 35mm slide
scan at 8bits is around 30MB file size.
I NEED to find an answer for this one!

[Roy G]

"Glass Half Full" <***@home.org> wrote in message news:***@pipex.net...


Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless. The
File size drops, doesn't it.

It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a 16
bit per channel file.
Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.

Roy G

[Glass Half Full]

Was there ever a fix for this?

Post by Roy G
Saving Jpegs at level 12, (Maximum in P'shop's scale), is NOT lossless.
The File size drops, doesn't it.
It is so long ago, that I can't remember if PsElements 2 can even open a
16 bit per channel file.
Files are 8 bit or 16 bit, even if the scanner or camera claims 12 or 14
bit. The additional bits are filled with zeros.
Roy G