[filmscanners] Re: traffic

I was wondering the same thing the other day. I even re-subscribed thinking I'd fallen off the list... -- Jim bernard comolet wrote: No more traffic on filmscanners ?? Bernard from Angoulême-France

Re: filmscanners: Microtek Add-On LightLid EL

Bill Mine came free with my scanner, an X6EL. I tried it a couple of times with 35mm negs and slides and decided it was worth what I paid for it... I think it was one of those ideas that technology passed by. By the time it was readily available, low cost film scanners were too. -- Jim

Re: filmscanners: negative and skin tones

Maris and Mikael These CMYK values for facial skin tones are very useful. I have been struggling with some of my first scans trying to get the skin tones to look right. Of course, in these photographs there aren't even any good areas of black or white to help set those points. By adjusting

Re: filmscanners: negative and skin tones

Maris Yes, you posted it I downloaded it, I just haven't had a chance to look though it yet. The fact that I could take those basic numbers and make an immediate and notable improvement to my scans is satisfying. -- Jim "Maris V. Lidaka, Sr." wrote: I may have recommended it before, but

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

Jon - Thanks It's one more thing I'll try... This stuff has about *a million* degrees of freedom, and in the end, I'm still working with something that's subjective. I'm afraid I may have been a bit too lazy so far. It's not going to work though - the canned solution isn't going to satisfy

Re: filmscanners: Canon FS2710 vs Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II

Art Ii wouldn't worry about the refurb. units. Customers return things for a variety of reasons, sometimes with nothing at all wrong with them. The returned units can no longer be sold as new and must be checked out and "refurbished" to be sold again. My Minolta Scan Dual I came from uBid and

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

saturated image than AdobeRGB when scanning with Vuescan, although I don't know why. Also make sure your scanner is warmed up properly. Jon --- Jim Sharp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to everyone who replied to this! I downloaded the Margulis .pdf files suggested and will study them

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

Thanks to everyone who replied to this! I downloaded the Margulis .pdf files suggested and will study them closely. I'm hoping that will help. I also intent to try a few of the adjustments in Vuescan that I've yet to experiment with. I'll let you all know how I fare... -- Jim

filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

I have a Minolta Scan Dual I purchased recently, mostly with the thought of using it with color negative film for web work. It was inexpensive and I assumed it would be adequate for my intended use. I have been using Vuescan with it and have been basically pleased with how it's worked out with

Re: filmscanners: Color saturation with Vuescan

Maris Agreed on the budget printers. Blown out highlights and no shadow detail. Still, even comparing my scans to good quality digital cameras like the Nikon 990 leaves me dissapointed when viewing them on screen. My scans are sharper, which is not surprising given the resolution difference,

Re: filmscanners: Puzzled about display resolution

Frank Keep in mind that a lot of software will not run, or will not run correctly with Large or Scaled screen fonts. One of the first things Adobe recommends when you are having stability problems with their software ( Pagemaker, Photoshop, etc. ) is set the machine for small fonts. Some of the

filmscanners: Negative cleaning

I recently purchased a Minolta Scan Dual and so far, I'm happy with it's performance. I've been trying to scan a number of old negatives however and am having a terrible time getting them clean enough to not require extensive touchup with Photoshop. I've even tried scanning some negatives