In a message dated 6/17/2004 7:31:32 PM Central Daylight Time,
olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Help, help, not enough info. What size prints are showing excessive grain?
It's visible in both 4x6 and 8 1/2x11 prints that are a vertical crop from
the original horizontal negative, full height of the negative.
Produced how and by whom?
By me using my HP PSC 2210.
What film?
Kodak Max 400 print film.
Does the grain look the same when viewed on the film through a loupe?
I really have trouble trying to evaluate negatives through a loupe because of
the mask and reversal, but the grain does not appear prominent to me.
there are some particular grain size/scanner resolution combos that produce
an
effect that looks like really bad grain, but is an artifact called grain
aliasing
This may be part of the problem. Since my original posting I have been able
to get a slight improvement using the "Despeckle" filter in PS Elements, but
it's still not what I want. I may have to go through the route of having a
higher-resolution scan done or having a custom lab make the prints. Thanks to
all
who have commented.
Greg
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|