On 25/02/2009 Peter Marquis-Kyle wrote: > I say scan once, at the > highest resolution the scanner can do (in this case 4000 spi), and > create the best archive image for whatever use happens later.
Agreed. 4000ppi will also reduce any issues with grain aliasing, which can be more of a problem at 2700ppi especially with Nikon scanners because the LED lightsource is semi-collimated. Disk space is cheap compared to the sheer arduous displeasure of scanning! > I would > also consider using the greater bit depth Carlisle's Nikon scanner can > capture, even though this will double the storage space needed for > each > file. Agreed again. Save as 16bit TIFF because the greater precision is more tolerant of processing, at least until you have completed all post-production. If you aren't likely to want to make further changes at that point the final files can be downsampled to 8 bit. -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to listser...@halftone.co.uk, with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
