The good thing about Vuescan is that you can save the file and export
to your picture editor. When I start work on the file in Photoshop
Elements, usually while Vuescan is controlling the scanner on the next
scan, I save it as a .psd. This means that I still have the original
scan on HDD if I make a major error. However, I do delete the original
file when I have finished with my changes and the image sits on a CDR
eventually as a .psd with full-size .jpgs on my HDD. I cannot afford
to leave too many uncompressed files on my HDD!
Chris
On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, at 05:39 Europe/London, Tris Schuler wrote:
If you make changes in the scanner software they're there forever; if
you just scan a RAW image to file and save that to work with in some
other software you've always got the whole enchilada to work with if
and when you decide your first editing decisions weren't so hot.
My advice is to keep your master scan (usually a very large TIFF in my
case) sacrosanct and always work off a _copy_ of that. (Of course, you
either need lots of HD space, or figure a back-up routine to store
your images someplace else.)
Tris
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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