> And why would an srgb image be more useful in photoshop if what > you want as > an end result is a B&W image. I don't understand that comment at all. > What filters would you be talking about? > > Shel > >
This all needs some more experimentation on my part. I'm going to scan some color film and B&W film and play a bit. I wish I had the same shot on both types of film, it would be an even better comparison. The filters I'm referring to that I use are Polaroid dust & scratch filter, grain surgery 2, and alien skin doctor which are all set up on my system as Photoshop plugins. I noted that their performance is drastically reduced when working with grey scale images. Since I don't have ICE on my Scan Dual III significant clean up is usually necessary for dust and noise. The eyedropper/sampler tool is invaluable to me. I use it on almost every color image to eliminate color casts. Setting black to true black, grey to true grey, and white to true white usually will eliminate color casts and give you a pretty accurate rendition of how the scene actually looked. Even finding one of these in an image will help a lot. Dave
