Scanner software recommendations?

[dvandom]

Well, my CanoScan N650U's operating software requires Classic, which is no longer supported under OSX.5, so I need to find another way to operate it. When I first went to OSX, I tried ScanExpert on someone's recommendation, but I didn't really like it. I have pretty simple needs: scan either color or grayscale, tweak brightness and contrast, crop and resize, save as JPG. In other words, something any program should be able to do, so the key is not having them buried among a bazillion other options (which was one of ScanExpert's problems). Canon itself stopped making its own CanoScan Toolbox available, instead giving a plugin to Photoshop.

Anyone got recommendations? And if I do end up having to buy Photoshop, what's the cheapest version that will let me operate the scanner? (And will GIMP run a scanner?)

Comments

[alroderick.livejournal.com]

To the other thing: yes, GIMP will run a scanner. But it relies on the external TWAIN drivers to do it. I'm having a lot of fun with the latest version, so I'd at least try it before I dropped actual money for Photoshop. Though I hear a lot of cool things about the latest PS as well.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

And, unfortunately, it's looking like Canon's not providing IntelMac drivers for the 650U. :/