Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-05 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 02 Aug 2001 21:13:37 -0400 Stephen Jennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Sounds good Tony; I hadn't played around with the Color/Contrast control, > just the White point and Gamma. I'll give this a try. BTW, I use > Vuescan > with my Sprintscan4000 and always scan at 16 bit. Actual

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-04 Thread Arthur Entlich
Just to make sure it doesn't appear I'm ignoring you, I was going to answer that I don't use Vuescan and so others who do might be more apt to give you that info accurately, and I note that is indeed what happened. I think Tony Sleep's message is probably what you're looking for. I hope his comm

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-03 Thread David Hoffman
At 16:46 -0400 2/8/01, Stephen Jennings wrote: >but I'm not quite sure how to >make different exposures using Vuescan. You are setting the 'image brightness' to > 1 are you? Try 1.5 or so for starters - this turns up the wick in your scanner so you'll lose shadows but gain highlights. Then jus

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-02 Thread Arthur Entlich
I assume this image is on negative film, because if it is on slide film, the detail is gone forever if it isn't visible on the film. If it is on neg, your detail is probably there, but the overexposure of the whites makes for a very dense area on the neg. You need to expose for those areas while

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-02 Thread Tony Sleep
On Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:16:29 -0400 Stephen Jennings ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have a neg of a bride in window light and her gown is burned out. Any > suggestions for bringing in detail in the scan process? Assuming there is detail on the film ;) one way is to scan in 16bits, adjusting V

filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-02 Thread Stephen Jennings
I have a neg of a bride in window light and her gown is burned out. Any suggestions for bringing in detail in the scan process? STEPHENJENNINGS P h o t o g r a p h e r Cambridge, MA [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: filmscanners: Vuescan and Overexposed Negs

2001-08-02 Thread Stephen Jennings
Arthur, thank you for the excellent advice, but I'm not quite sure how to make different exposures using Vuescan. Adjusting the Gamma didn't seem to affect the blown out white; changing the white point to 0 didn't seem to make a difference either. Am I missing something? How do I bring down th