VueScan kan worden gebruikt als vervanger van de bij de scanner meegeleverde twaindriver. Die is namelijk lang niet altijd in staat het onderste uit de kan te halen van een scanner. VueScan is beschikbaar voor Windows, Mac OS X en Linux, en hoeft niet persé geïnstalleerd te worden om zijn werk te kunnen doen. Het programma heeft ondersteuning voor ruim 700 scanners en kan met de RAW-bestanden van 209 digitale camera's overweg. Het programma kan ook enkele bewerkingen uitvoeren, zoals crop, sharpen, grain reduction en heeft de mogelijkheid om de kleurbalans aan te passen. Hamrick Software heeft onlangs versie 8.4.21 uitgebracht met de volgende lijst van veranderingen:
What's new in version 8.4.21What's new in version 8.4.20
- Improved scan speed with:
- Avision scanners
- Fujitsu document scanners
- HP ScanJet 8200
- Kodak document scanners
- Minolta film scanners (USB 2.0)
- QMS document scanners
- Visioneer document scanners
- Xerox document scanners
What's new in version 8.4.19
- Fixed problems with PIE PowerSlide and Reflecta Digitia
- Improved support for Epson document feeders
What's new in version 8.4.18
- Improved VueScan User's Guide
- Fixed problem with black/white scans on HP ScanJet 5300
- Fixed problem with some older Minolta film scanners
- Fixed problem with Nikon LS-20/LS-1000
- Added support for Epson CX6900F/CX7000F/DX7000F
- Added support for 2400 dpi on Epson CX7700
What's new in version 8.4.17
- Improved black/white scan speed on some document scanners
- Fixed problem with some document scanners
- Improved infrared cleaning for Kodachrome
- Added 'Output|Raw save film' option for raw DNG files
What's new in version 8.4.16
- Fixed problem with USB 1.1 Minolta and Avision scanners
- Fixed problem reading some Nikon .NEF files
- Fixed problem scanning B/W film with HP PhotoSmart S20
- Fixed problem with networked HP scanners on Windows
- Disabled tab images when displaying more options
What's new in version 8.4.15
- Improved 'Input|Multi exposure' option
- Display sample images before scanning
- Sample images can be turned off with 'Prefs|Enable tab images'
- Fixed problem with some Epson scanners
What's new in version 8.4.14
- Fixed problem with some Minolta scanners
- Fixed problem with infrared cleaning on Canon 8600F
- Improved infrared cleaning on Minolta scanners
What's new in version 8.4.13
- Added 'Default options' for resetting options in a single tab
- White balance is now only done for color negatives by default
- Some small user interface improvements
- Added 'Input|Auto repeat' for easy flatbed batch scanning
- Fixed problem with some Epson scanners
- Fixed problem with multi-page PDF files when name changed
- Fixed problem with HP ScanJet 8300
- Fixed problem with folders that contain '$' character
- Automatically append .ini to file name when saving options