topic Re: 16-bit scan on CanoScan LiDE 400 in General Discussion

16-bit scan on CanoScan LiDE 400

5d — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 03:06:52 GMT

I've had my CanoScan LiDE 400 for about a year, and now I need to access the 16-bit grayscale or 48-bit color features.

It seems that the Lite utility does not support this. I found some old support answers from 2014 that showed how to enable 16/48-bit modes, but the Advanced Settings are no longer in the same location as described.

Can anyone help? I have Photoshop, so I will probably use TIFF to save the scan, and I know that format suppose 16-bit grayscale and 48-bit color.

Re: 16-bit scan on CanoScan LiDE 400

kvbarkley — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:36:26 GMT

I would see if VueScan from Hamrick Software will work. They have the ability to save "Raw" Scans.

Re: 16-bit scan on CanoScan LiDE 400

5d — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 02:44:03 GMT

Sorry that I took so long to notice your helpful reply. I've downloaded VueScan and will try it soon.

p.s. I'm renting a Canon EOS R6 for live video, and that brought me back to this site.