Shel Belinkoff mused: > > I was about to download a trial version of Silverfast and discovered that I > don't know which to DL. One version sets up a Photoshop plug-in, the other > is for "Twain." So, what's Twain? Why would I want a plug-in as opposed > to Twain, or vice-versa? I couldn't find an explanation on the site that > defined the differences or why one option should be chosen over another. > Is anyone using SF with PS CS on Win XP? How's it working out for you? > > > Shel
TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) is an attempt at creating a standard programatic interface between applications and scanners. If the scanner ships with a TWAIN driver (which most of them do), then most image accquisition software will be able to get images from the device. Some software packages export images through a 'virtual scanner' TWAIN interface. A plug-in uses a different programatic interface - one defined by Adobe. Since you have PhotoShop, you'll probably be better off using plug-ins.
