Peter, have you tried the Merge to HDR (High dynamic range) function in
photoshop cs2? It allows you to automatically combine multiple exposures of
the same scene into one image optimized for density range. It seems to be
designed for digital images but may work with scans. There's a description
at this link: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/hdr.shtml
It seems to have some potential as a substitute for practice of stacking
different exposures in layers and erasing them manually. I gave it a cursory
test and one image worked well and another hardly at all.
I'd be interested to find out if it works with scans.
Best, Neal
> One issue I am still trying to solve is how to manipulate VueScan so as
> to be able to scan both high and low tones separately and produce a
> single optimised scan to import into Photoshop (or GIMP). So far I have
> been able to marry the two separate scans as layers relatively
> successfully in Photoshop, but was interested to see if that extra step
> could be eliminated. VueScan, like any other complex s/w package, does
> require a careful reading of the manual.
Received on Thu Sep 1 20:20:50 2005
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