Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobo I'm not clever enough to do "reverse engineering" (copying). Jerry Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > Jerry; > Don't tell me you've never back engineered in your past occupation? > Slobodan Dimitrov > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > Slobo > > > > If you think that's the case, I say, "Don't quit your day job". > > > > Jerry > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > > > > > Wanta bet! I do that all the time, that's why people hire me. > > > Which why when I figure this one out, I'll turn a buck on it. > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > > > > > Pat > > > > > > > > I am a highly qualified photographer, and I know that you > > > > can't get something for nothing. > > > > > > > > I do not own a scanner of any kind. > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > Patrick Jelliffe wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jerry, > > > > > > > > > > With all due respect, if you don't even know how to > > > > > scan your old chromes, how can you make a comment like > > > > > that? > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Patrick > > > > > > > > > > --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > You are correct. I cannot understand how a > > > > > > sophisticated, > > > > > > experienced photographer could ask that question. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > Martin Howard wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone know what adjustments in PS, or any other > > > > > > software, can be used > > > > > > > > to turn an image taken with ortho film into one > > > > > > that simulates the > > > > > > > > tonality of pan-chromatic emulsions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I understand correctly, orthochromatic film > > > > > > captures less spectral > > > > > > > range than does panchromatic film. Since PS can > > > > > > only work with what > > > > > > > you give it, short of "inventing" new pixels, I > > > > > > don't see how ANY > > > > > > > manipulations in PS could turn orthochromatic > > > > > > images into panchromatic > > > > > > > images, because you don't know the reflective > > > > > > properties of the objects > > > > > > > in the scene with regard to the range of > > > > > > frequencies that the ortho > > > > > > > hasn't captured. While you might be able to make > > > > > > some educated > > > > > > > guesses, and locally adjust contrast accordlingly, > > > > > > I doubt you'd be > > > > > > > able to results which are "the same". > > > > > -- > 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