Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> why don't you set up your own profile for the film in vuescan, using the > procedure it describes of scanning some clear film base? I do that when I scan slides. It works well. > I think the biggest problem you are probably facing (that all this scanner > software faces) is dealing with the varying orange mask in colour neg. I scan unexposed color neg film as per Ed's workflow to remove the orange mask and set proper exposure. > the instructions to do this are in the help section of vuescan somewhere > (advanced workflow?). I did it for one set of colour neg sheet film once and > it did a good job. It does a good job for some color neg films... > tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of faneuil > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:11 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: other options other than Vuescan and > > Silverfast? > > > > > > I abandoned NikonScan within the first week I bought my LS2000 > > (now LS4000). > > > > I do use PS to color balance, but I try to get them into the best shape > > possible prior to tweaking. > > Biggest difficulty is getting color negs into good shape. > > > > I use gray cards to set white points. I even tried third party color > > profiling (Profile Prism) of the color neg film / scanner combination but > > that didn't help much. > > > > Ideal goal: Shoot color neg of a profile card (Macbeth card > > etc..) and have > > scanner software use this to profile the film/scanner input to > > generate more > > accurate scans. > > I know -- any change in lighting or exposure with throw off a profile, but > > anything would be better than the fixed film profiles in Vuescan. > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:47 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: other options other than Vuescan and Silverfast? > > > > > > > Eric I presume the bundled software with your scanner is not any better? > > I > > > have gone away from the Nikon software and use only Vuescan - Silverfast > > > was a disaster - even their demo for OS X wouldn't work. I guess the > > other > > > ? is do you use Vuescan to color balance at the time of the scan? If so > > > why is it that you wouldn't just scan and then color balance in > > Photoshop? > > > > > > ernie > > > > > > > > > At 09:42 AM 1/22/03 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Hey all- > > > > > > > >Vuescan is great - I have used it for three years, but scanning color > > negs > > > >is still a color balance nightmare. > > > >Don't get me wrong - this is superb software and Ed Hamrick has done a > > > >wonderful job. > > > >However, it is not, nor was it designed to be, pro-software. > > > >Plus, the lack of updated Fuji film profiles is a drag. > > > > > > > >I have tried the demo of Silverfast many times - it is the buggiest, > > worst > > > >designed piece of software I think I have ever seen. > > > >But the ability to profile your scanner is attractive. > > > > > > > >Anywhoo - Any other software options out there that LUGers like? > > > > > > > >Eric > > > >-- > > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html