Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul, when using Vuescan's automatic features (white balance, color restore, auto levels, etc) you need to set the black point and white point as well as the image gamma. The default settings allow some clipping of the highlights, which is not acceptable in most cases. In any case, Vuescan's adjustment tools are not good - I prefer to do a "neutral" scan (having set the film type) then correct with Photoshop's much better tools. The main benefit of Vuescan to me is it's ability to use the IR channel for image cleaning with silver-based images, and its multi-pass scanning capability, which reduces scanner noise and recovers more information from shadow areas. Nikon's software can't do the former, and only offers the latter in the much more expensive LS-2000. Don't underestimate the benefits of multi-pass scanning of Kodachrome or Velvia, especially for low-key images. At Saturday 22/04/2000 22:09, Paul Bolam wrote: >I was very surprised at the difference between the software. The Nikon Scan >looked muted compared to the VueScan. However, in terms of realism the >VueScan's highlights were washed out but, in general, it had punchier >colours. Regards John Bean