Re: streaks in scan

Jon,

I had the same problen scanning negatives in the Epson 3200: streaks and graininess in the thin areas.
But the problem went away when I scanned it as POSITIVE, in 16 bit mode, and inverted back in
Photoshop.

Give that a try.

Sam Wang

>
> From: Jon Lybrook <jon@terabear.com>
> Date: 2004/04/26 Mon AM 10:46:29 EDT
> To: epson4870@yahoogroups.com, alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: streaks in scan
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm scanning a 4x5 transparency at 48bit on the Epson 4870 Pro using SilverFast,
> converting it to greyscale and am getting vertical streaks in the file. The
> streaks aren't noticeable until I apply an adjustment curve or otherwise
> brighten the image. I've managed to minimize them by doing a multipass scan,
> but they still exist. They are apparent in the file and on whatever output
> device I send them to, so I know it's not a printer problem.
>
> Is this ugly artifact in the subtle black areas simply to be expected from the
> flatbed scanners or is there something I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
Received on Tue Apr 27 11:35:56 2004