[comp.sys.mac] scanning color pictures with a black&white scanner?

stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller) (11/11/89)

>I would like to scan color pictures and produce color pixmaps using
>an Apple Black&White scanner.  Shouldn't I be able to do this with multiple
>scans using colored overlays?  Has anyone done this?  Any details?

I saw a product called Chroma-32 from Discovery Software that will do
exactly that.  They provide the filters and scanning/editing software for
$595.  The demo was fairly impressive but it was obvious that the software
wasn't quite finished.  They are supposed to release at the end of November
but you can but an initial realease now.  Personally, I was kind of wishing
for something cheaper, but if the editing software is any good I might go
for it.  BTW, with the Apple scanner, you only get 4-bits per pixel instead
of 8-bits per pixel so your color output will not be as good.

Discovery Software
163 Conduit Street
Annapolis, MD 21401  (301) 268-9887

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard      ...hplabs!hpvcfs1!stevem