The problem is that there are so many compinations of hardware and
software and the technology hasn't settled down that it's more art, or
maybe alchemy, than science.
I use Vuescan on my Canoscan FS2710 and simply set it to Neutral color
balance, which stretches the lightest and darkest tones to the ends of
the output spectrum. I've tried setting white and black points and
brightness, etc., then processing both in PS and concluded that all that
setting image by image doesn't improve the final image. This way I have
a straightforward, unaltered master tiff and I do all image adjustment
in PS and save it as a separate file. Works for me, but who knows what
your scanner and twain driver do.
Moose
Mike wrote:
According to different sources I've read that one should, a) just scan
the negative with no correction and do post processing in an image
editor or, b) correct major faults like over/under exposure, color,
crop, level horizon with the scanner software and fine tune with the
image editor. Is this a personal preference thing or is there a
technical reason why one way is better than another? Also, should i just
scan to a tif or directly into an image editor? Or does it matter, e.g.
hardware or software dependent? As you can see below I'm not out there
riding the crest of the wave so to speak. More like the guy with the
wheelbarrow at the end of the parade :>) The parade being ebay and
garage sales.
Mike
PhotoSmart scanner to PS6 mostly. W98 350mhz 384mb
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