Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Martin, Be sure to explore the controls in the 'Pixel Polish' mode and the various exposure controls that can be applied before the scan is made. I've had great results from B&W scans. Much more work with slide. BTW I discovered you can also scan E-6 films in strips of six unmounted in the same carrier as the negatives. You get more of the full frame this way. Ask the lab NOT to mount the slides and treat them like negs. Good luck, good learning... Sincerly, Andrew Amundsen > However, I've already noticed that -- if scanning B&W negatives -- it's > much better to set the scanner to "Colour Positive" and then reverse > the image in Photoshop. For some reason, the dynamic range gets > screwed up when scanning negative material. I tried scanning a > portrait (link below) as a negative and the hair turned out more or > less solid black, while facial highlights were so blown that there was > no separation between the face and the background. > > Scanning it as a colour positive, inverting the image, and turning it > into a grey scale in PS resulted in a much better result. Still not as > good as it could be, because Photoshop LE only allows working in 8 bits > (scanner can deliver 16) and it has no tone curve correction ability. > Aah. Good job PS 7.0 is on it's way... ;) > > http://homepage.mac.com/mvhoward/images/miri.html > > M. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html