Negative film

Keyboard Shortcuts for the new Epson Scan 2

Epson recently updated its scanning software “Epson Scan“ to “Epson Scan 2“.

For Mac OS Mojave users this has brought some changes. The performance for some users seems to be better, for others worse. Most of the buttons are still present, but moved slightly.

As scanning on a flatbed scanner is terribly slow in comparison to a dedicated film lab scanner like the Noritsu or the Fuji Frontier, workflow is everything.

I experimented around to find these Mac OSX keyboard shortcuts. They will definitely make your scanning workflow faster in professional mode.


Command + D       Duplicate Selection

Command + A       Select All Selections

Command + R        Rotate Scanning Area

Command + +        Zooming on selection

Command + Remove  Deleting selection

Command +  left clicking Select/Deselect Selections

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If you save your preferences or open up Epson Scan 2 the next time your selections will still be there. However if you try now to move them. all of them will move in synch. You can either deselect them one by one using the keyboard shortcut. Or simply create a new randomn selection and delete it. This way only one selection will be active.

If you want to get the best out of your Epson Scans, please see

“The not so definitive Guide to Scanning Film“.

The not so definitive Guide to Scanning Film

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The not so definitive Guide to Scanning Film

… on an Epson V700 scanner.

This guide is meant to be a starting point to someone starting out scanning negatives or slides themselves in 2019.

I do advise you up front to get in touch with a lab and build a relationship with them. A great scan from a professional photo lab will always blow away the quality of a flatbed scanner. That being said if you scan at home you can control the colours the way you want it and handle the film as you wish.

I have used Vuescan, Silverfast and Epson Scan in the past. In the end I settled on Epson Scan. It just seems to work for me. And as usual in photography finding something that works for you and develop it, refining it more and more is key.

First off if you wish to get the optimum sharpness from your scans I advise you to do the following:

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