Epson V600 scanner

EPSON V600 Photo Scanner
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Epson Scan, scanning software

The supplied Epson Scan software now includes; Full Auto Mode – a basic user interface that takes care of all technicalities for you, just place a picture on the scanners platen and the software will work out what type of picture it is. A small thumbnail of the picture that’s being scanned appears whilst the scan is in progress, this reassures you that something is going on. On my test file the Full Auto Mode did a very good job and produced an acceptable scan, although the automatic edge detector didn’t always find the correct edges


Full Auto Mode interface & Scan

Home Mode: is aimed at the person who wants a bit more involvement with the scanning process but still needs some help. The controls are still basic, but this time you do get a preview of what you are scanning together with any alterations that you may make. The Brightness control is a simple two slider panel which also includes a Contrast adjustment. Once you become familiar with the scanning process then I suspect you will not use either the Full Auto or Home Modes.


Home Mode interface & Scan

Office Mode is a new addition to the Epson Scan interface. This as its name implies is mainly used for document scanning, although there are a limited amount of image controls available. I suspect that this mode may be more useful for Epson’s range of All-in-One models.


Office Mode interface & Scan

The Final mode is the Professional Mode. This is mode that you should familiarise yourself with, there are many image adjustment options, including Histogram (Levels), Tone curves, Colour sliders and a Colour Palette. Other image adjustments include; Unsharp Mask, Descreening, Digital Ice (prints and film), Colour Restoration, Dust Removal and Backlight Correction.

Professional Mode interface

If you have used any previous Epson scanner then you will be fully familiar with the interface, it is easy to use and produces high quality scans. The amount of control offered in the professional mode is exceptionally good, although more advanced users may prefer to capture scans using the 48 bit colour setting and then apply any colour corrections in Photoshop or other application.