"Austin Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You should either get raw data from the scanner, or do the setpoints/tonal > curves "correctly" in the scanner software. Keep in mind, every time you > re-do setpoints/tonal curves, you are degrading the data. It's just a fact > of how setpoints/tonal curves work. What the significance of that > degradation is, will vary greatly, so it may not be *that* bad...but why do > things twice when you can do them right the first time?
Are you saying this applies when using Vuescan - especially with negs? Or are you assuming the sort of interface that Nikonscan provides? > > Getting the *right* 24 > > bits can sometimes better be done with an image editing program than the > > scanner's interface. > I understand that some scanner software is lacking, and that is where you > simply should get raw data from the scanner, and learn how to do a better > job of setpoints and tonal curves in PS. OK, then I think we agree? Other than what you mean by "raw data". I wouldn't ever attempt to use an editor (I don't own PS by the way) to do what Vuescan does to go from the raw scanner output from a neg to produce a positive image. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
