Hamrick Software has updated VueScan, which the company's scanner software. Vue Scan supports more than 700 scanners and 200 camera Raw formats. The new version is 8.4.18 and has faster black and white scan speeds improved Kodachrome infrared cleaning and a new option for DNG files. You can download it here and the standard edition is available for $39.95 .

Version 8.4.18

• 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