Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> How many of our fellow list-members have given up darkroom work to move to scanning/printing? And why? <<< The degree of fine-tuning possible with Photoshop is phenomenal: color balance, density, contrast, mid-point of the tonal range and much more can be adjusted over the entire image area or in any particular region of the image; dust and scratches can be fixed once, on the digital file, then ya SAVE THE FILE!! Every subsequent print from that file is free of that crap. No problems with the enlarger getting bumped, or a train rolling by 20 yards away (not a problem at this house), or a kid getting mad at her sister & slamming a door, shaking the whole house. Besides, with two teen-ish kids and a mostly-absent spouse, keeping a room dark for long is a questionable proposition. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt