[filmscanners] Re: Scanning Overexposed Slides

2004-11-24 Thread Bill Fernandez
Well, if there ARE details in the highlights captured with VueScan, then you can use masks in Photoshop that let you apply one set of curves to the highlights and other curves to the rest of the image. If you search the web or your Photoshop for photographer-type books I'm sure you'll find several

[filmscanners] RE: Scanning Overexposed Slides

2004-11-24 Thread Preston Earle
Al Bond wrote: "Unfortunately, as I am still using PS6, I don't have the luxury of the Shadow/Highlight tool in PS CS. Because the images need a lot of adjustment, it really has to be done in 16 bit so I am limited to the 16 bit tools in PS6." - Dan Margulis has been writing a

[filmscanners] Re: Scanning Overexposed Slides

2004-11-24 Thread Al Bond
Bill Fernandez wrote: > My Nikon LS4000 has analog gain controls accessible through the Nikon > scanner driver. I can sometimes turn down the anaalog gain to get > more detail in light areas. Does your software and scanner have such > a feature? > > Don't remember exactly the options on VueScan

[filmscanners] RE: Flatbed vs film scanner

2004-11-24 Thread Chris Aitken
> The difference is noticable. The Minolta delivers sharper > pictures with more contrast and more details. If you want I > can upload a test picture to my homepage to show the difference. Yes please. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is belie