Thanks, Jeff. I imagine you implied starting from color negatives (or
slides). I even sometimes use RGB when scanning B&W negatives, it gives
me something to play with in case of stain (PMK) for instance, and
scanning the negative as a positive and inverting later in PS gives you
better results with many scanners. The problem with ICE is that the
infrared sees the silver grain and thus can't make the difference
between the information and the rest. I've looked into VueScan too and
am probably going to use it, depending on what scanner (-software) I end
up with.
Louis
Jeff Morris wrote:
> I can't speak for the differences between the two scanners but one
> option may be to scan in RGB and then convert to grayscale in Photoshop.
> I've used this technique with the 4870 to make large b/w prints. For me
> there are multiple advantages to this workflow, more control over
> dynamic range plus control of the tonality (warm to cool). Just a
> thought since this would also allow you to take advantage of digital
> ICE. With the 4870 you may also want to check out VueScan, a rather
> inexpensive professional scanning application that offers amazing
> control, and free updates.
>
> Jeff
Received on Wed Apr 20 02:28:10 2005
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