Re: filmscanners: Vuescan Settings

[Raphael Bustin]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Norman Unsworth wrote:

> For Tony Sleep -
> 
> I really appreciated your workflow description, especially the part about
> trying to use Vuescan settings that will capture all data on the slide /
> negative. It's easy enough to lower the white point to ensure no clipping at
> the high end as you suggest, and it works well. How to you do the same at
> the dark end of the spectrum? I've been raising the gamma considerably
> (several whole points) and sometimes that still doesn't get the dark end off
> the end of the histogram.


Gamma adjustments, by definition, don't 
affect white point or black point -- 
only the stuff in between.

I'm sure even Vuescan has a a way to set 
both of these -- if not, I'd trash it.


rafe b.