Ed,
I think what I'm trying to get at is: Given a person with good Photoshop
skills, is it an easier path to simply scan the neg in and modify it in
Photoshop vs tweaking it in the scanning program and modifying it with the
scan software?
I'm coming from the viewpoint that the scanning software,
There are several things that film scanner software do whiich are difficulat
if not impossible to do with post scanner image editing programs such as
Photoshop.
1. Many scanner software permits the user to do multi-pass scans which may
enable one to capture additional detail in the shadow areas
1. Many scanner software permits the user to do multi-pass scans which may
enable one to capture additional detail in the shadow areas of positive
films or the highlight areas of negative films.
2. Many scanner software packages have digital ICE3 provisions which rely
on the scanner's