Yep, I'm happy bringing a flat hi-bit Vuescan into PS to do final color/tone correction. I set up Vuescan to get all the tones the scanner can get, and then I use the shift up/down arrow trick to dial in the final correction. It's very helpful and shows you where things are at quickly.
I also like to use the color balance feature using the shift up/down technique. I start with shadows and try up and down on every color, then highlights, and last midtones. With a calibrated monitor this shows quickly where corrections may still be needed, and then if you want you can implement what you've just learned with a curve and still protect highlight detail. The interesting thing is a hi-bit Vuescan with final corrections in Photoshop is a better starting point than any other scan driver I've used in terms of natural color and accuracy. Something about the intrinsic accuracy of Vuescan? Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Jawed Ashraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:38 AM Subject: [filmscanners] RE: VueScan Suggestions Needed The Photoshop approach is addictive: up/down arrow increments by one "unit" shift held down at the same time increments by 10 "units". mouse-wheel up down is synonymous with up/down arrow (sorry Mac users, you're *really* missing out with no wheel on your mouse...) Sliders become much less interesting, then. They can retain their function as "gross" manipulators. Jawed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
