Mailing me a TIFF file would be of limited value since you've done
the analog to digital capture in the TIFF. Getting a good scan to
work with is important.
The primary job of the scanner is to acquire the data. The key to
getting good scans is setting up the capture to bring in all the
useful data, not to make a beautiful rendering.
Once you have a scan that has delivered all the data, post-processing
is where you do the rendering:
- set the baseline color balance,
- adjust the curves for best retention of highlight details
- adjust the black point and gamma curve for best fit to the scene's
dynamics
- make local contrast/color adjustments
Godfrey
On Feb 8, 2006, at 5:55 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Well, it may be far easier once one is at the top of
the learning curve, but the curve is steep and high.
I am scanning skiing pics, so the contrast is high.
When I get the snow white, the highlights blow. Bring
down the highlights, the colors get muddy. Bring up
the colors, the snow isn't white anymore. Around and
around.
May give it a try with VueScan this evening instead of
the Epson software.
Godders, if I emailed you a tiff file, would you be
willing to have a go and let me know how you did it?
Rick
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Negatives are far
easier to scan than slides because they are less
contrasty and it's
easier to capture their full tonal range, due to
more latitude.
What you're really saying is that you don't know how
to color balance
a negative, it seems. I agree that it's a skill that
has some art to it.
Godfrey
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