On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
is it better to:
1. center the recorded histogram
2. bias the histogram towards the lighter tones taking care not
no clip any highlights
3. bias the histogram towards the darker tones taking care not
to clip any of the darker/black tones
The answer to your questions could vary with each individual image. Play
with it and see what you like.
Len
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Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12
I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas
being close to the lightest and darkest values. Anything else will
often seem grey. It´s the same thing I do in the darkroom, it is done
by controlling both contrast and the overall exposure. In Photoshop I
use the
Why not use levels for that?
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 19:04, Dag T wrote:
I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas
being close to the lightest and darkest values. Anything else will
often seem grey. It´s the same thing I do in the darkroom, it is done
by
A nice thing in Photoshop is that there are many ways to achieve the
same. It´s just a matter of preferences, I like the kind of control
the curves give, probably because it was the first tool I learned.
DagT
På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 19.31 skrev Frits Wüthrich:
Why not use levels for that?
On
You can, but in any case, use an adjustment layer. Some people feel that
Levels is more destructive than curves to an image, others feel that curves
gives better control. I don't know about the first (not sure even what is
meant by destructive in this sense), but the later shouldn't matter if
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Subject: Re: digital imaging question
I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas
being close to the lightest
It depends on the film. I certainly would with Velvia, but I´ve never
used it. The films I´ve used most, Provia 100F and Agfa 50 RSX are
neutral and easy to scan with this scanner, which has a very good Dmax.
As it hits on target in most cases I scan in normal 16bit mode first.
Afterwards I
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Subject: Re: digital imaging question
It depends on the film. I certainly would with Velvia, but I´ve never
used it. The films I´ve used most, Provia 100F and Agfa 50 RSX are
neutral and easy to scan with this scanner, which has a very good
On 9 Jan 2004 at 14:05, J. C. O'Connell wrote:
I do that too, but I am talking about when you
capture/scan the original. Not what you do to
it afterward.
Try to modify the contrast in order to stretch the histogram in the scanner
software or camera. If this is not possible then bias the
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