Why not use levels for that?
On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 19:04, Dag T wrote:
> I always try to stretch the scale so that the image contains both areas
> being close to the lightest and darkest values. Anything else will
> often seem grey. It´s the same thing I do in the darkroom, it is done
> by controlling both contrast and the overall exposure. In Photoshop I
> use the curve tool.
>
> DagT
>
> På 9. jan. 2004 kl. 18.13 skrev J. C. O'Connell:
>
> > I have a question concerning digital capture (scanning or digital
> > photography)
> > that need answering. If I have a scene or negative that has a contrast
> > range
> > that it less than the sensor/scanner ( i.e. the histogram width is
> > narrower
> > that the histogram width range), is it better to:
> >
> > 1. center the recorded histogram
> > 2. bias the histogram towards the lighter tones taking care not
> > no clip any highlights
> > 3. bias the histogram towards the darker tones taking care not
> > to clip any of the darker/black tones
> >
> > I have a feeling the correct way is #2 or possibly #1 but I am not
> > sure.
> > Anyone know?
> >
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