How to use a scanner!

I'm writing after 3 hours of trial and error. I've a Canon Lide 20 and I've downloaded and installed the driver and scanbox software. I confirmed that the device is connected to my mac.
The problem is that the canon scanning software wants me to link it with a software to import the scanned image. This can be photoshop (which I don't have). Any other free application that works?
Image Capture doesn't work.
Here is what I get from Canon: ScanGear CS is an Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in driver. If an application program is compatible with Adobe Photoshop plug-in drivers, then ScanGear CS can be summoned from within that program by installing ScanGear CS in the plug-ins folder of the program.
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* Contact the manufacturer of the application program for instructions for summoning ScanGear CS from within the program and for operating procedures for that program.
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I have a Canon 8400F flatbed scanner, OS 10.5.4, and use Canoscan Toolbox version 4.9.3.4. On the menu that it opens you can choose to save your scanned image to a file by using the "Save" choice on the Canoscan menu. I tested it by asking it to save a scan to my Desktop. Canoscan put the scan into a folder named with today's date. You should be able to scan all your images to this folder then use them as you wish. Canoscan is a bare-bones program but it allow you to do a number of things with your scans (email, print, copy, etc.). For better control make sure the box "Display the scanner driver" is checked. The download library at Canon USA has the Canoscan Toolbox program in file CSTb4130MXE.dmg.gz.

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Edited by: Sevan on Oct 18, 2008 4:40 PM

jverd wrote:
Skydev2u wrote:
I've used this method for a while now and it gets the job done.
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