> > Hello, All: > > I've just started making the transition to "hybrid" digital photography, > scanning slides using a Canon FS4000US scanner, processing the images in > Photoshop 6.0, and outputting them to an Epson Stylus Photo 2000P printer. > One problem I'm experiencing is that in slides where there are continuous > gradations in tone from darker to lighter--say a clear sky that > varies from > a rich, deep blue at the zenith to a lighter blue towards the horizon--the > output shows subtle bands of color rather than continuous tonal variation. > Are there ways to address this problem, or is this more or less what one > should expect given the limitations of the scanner and printer I'm using? > > In my defense at being told my query is off topic, all my slides have been > shot using Canon FD, and in more recent years, Canon EOS equipment, and > (nearly) all purchased from that wonderful candy store, B&H > Photo. Even so, > my apologies if this is too far afield. > > -- > Robert Bowman > Ann Arbor, Michigan USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Hi Robert, Is this posterization only on the paper output or does it also appear on your display too? If it is only on your paper output then verify that the files are being saved at least as 24bit color file format of choice, preferably LZW compressed TIFF format or some other lossless compressed format. Also be sure that your printer is set correctly for the type of paper you are using and that you are utilizing the correct drivers for the printer and not some generic Epson print driver. If your display also shows this effect then you need to check your display properties and make sure that your graphics card is set to at least 24bit color and that during your film scan you are scanning at 24bit color depth too and that the file is being saved at 24bit depth. Do you know there is a scanner list too? They are into this stuff pretty heavy. Hope this helps. Regards, Chip Louie * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
