Note that the settings you use for unsharp mask for Local Contrast
Enhancement are dramatically different from what you'd use for normal
sharpening. See:
<http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/contrast-enhancement.shtml>
Moose also always points out that he does this on a layer so he can
control the final result with the opacity slider.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> Thank you. I'll experiment more with the unsharp mask.
>
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> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Very nice and it also responds well to a little LCE. Try unsharp mask
>> with radius 50 at 20 percent. It will make it pop a bit.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> John Hermanson wrote:
>>> Just got a new Epson 4990 scanner (does film scans up to 8x10). I
>>> bought it direct from Epson (a refurb, $279 + free shipping). Reason
>>> for purchase? In the 80's (when I had a darkroom), I bought a
>>> collection of 200 or so B&W train negatives. Tried the Epson 4490 but
>>> the largest negative it would do was 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 (6x9) and the
>>> software did not allow customizing the scan size bigger than that. These
>>> negs are 2 1/2 x 4 1/8". According to paperwork included with the
>>> collection, it was common practice for people to trade negatives or sell
>>> duplicates. Nice scanner, I'm very happy with it so far. Here's a sample:
>>>
>>> http://www.zuiko.com/index_027.htm
>>>
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