filmscanners: Skin tones and acer noise

2001-07-22 Thread Frank Nichols
(Jerry, I copied you on this because it appears Alan has a similar issue to yours. I am still trying to get my website updated so I can post the material about correcting images with these problems. But, now that I have seen Alan's scan's I am beginning to think that you and he may have bad or

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-22 Thread John Bradbury
:29 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones In a message dated 6/18/2001 1:42:44 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The result compared to Nikonscan 3.1 can be seen at http://www.littlebarn.com/test/index.htm After autolevel and curve correction in Photoshop I get an image from

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-20 Thread Rob Geraghty
John Bradbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a raw scan file but its 74 meg at 2700 resolution! I can reduce the res to give a smaller file. Is that OK? You'd need to crop it down to a smaller area. You also need to enable compression on the raw file. Rob

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-19 Thread John Bradbury
Hi Ed I have a raw scan file but its 74 meg at 2700 resolution! I can reduce the res to give a smaller file. Is that OK? Thanks John Bradbury - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-19 Thread Terry Carroll
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you e-mail me the raw scan file for this image, I'll look into whether there's something I can do in VueScan to make this improved contrast be the default (I may have something incorrect in the default contrast that's used when generic film

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-18 Thread Tony Sleep
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:14:50 Mikael Risedal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: There are something else with VueScan just now if I compare VueScan to NikonScan and Silverfast. Little bit flat, doll and color less. Yes, I see low saturation too with VS+SS4000. Doesn't bother me personally as I

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-18 Thread John Bradbury
. Question to Ed: would it be possible to achieve the end result without going through PS? Thanks John Bradbury - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 4:31 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones In a message dated 6/17/2001 1:17:38 PM

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread Mikael Risedal
. Mikael Risedal From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Sleep) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 15:15 +0100 (BST) On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:31:15 -0400 John Bradbury ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I also find that the flatness you

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
, 2001 6:14 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones | Tony | There are something else with VueScan just now if I compare VueScan to | NikonScan and Silverfast. Little bit flat, doll and color less. | | I have send MR Hamrick 3 test pictures scanned by NikonScan, VueScan and | Silverfast+ LS2000

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread EdHamrick
In a message dated 6/17/2001 1:17:38 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are something else with VueScan just now if I compare VueScan to NikonScan and Silverfast. Little bit flat, doll and color less. I have send MR Hamrick 3 test pictures scanned by NikonScan, VueScan and

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread Mikael Risedal
, Silverfast Scanners: LS2000. LS4000. Polaroid 35+ From: Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:52:31 -0500 The flatness is good - it means that the highlights and shadows have

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
I wish this had been mentioned in the Help files. Maris - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones [snipped] | When the Color|Restore colors option is enabled, the | choice of film type

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-17 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
. Maris - Original Message - From: Mikael Risedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 11:00 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones | Maris | | I think everyone will gain to have a rely good VueScan software. I will. | (Spec. with negative film ) I

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-16 Thread Tony Sleep
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:31:15 -0400 John Bradbury ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I also find that the flatness you describe is very difficult to correct In 16 bits, set levels and increase saturation. In 8 bits, you'll probably create contouring. Regards Tony Sleep http://www.halftone.co.uk

filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-15 Thread Mikael Risedal
John I took a negative and did a test on NikonScan 3.1 VueScan 7.1 and Silverfast 5.2. Did a auto calibrating nothing more on SF and NS. Yes same results as you have. VueScan looks not dead but more flat and blue in the scan picture. Tried different settings i VueScan but the flatness are

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-15 Thread John Bradbury
I'm glad to know it's not just me! I also find that the flatness you describe is very difficult to correct. John Bradbury - Original Message - From: Mikael Risedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:43 PM Subject: filmscanners: Skin tones John I

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-14 Thread John Bradbury
and Vuescan for studio shots. - Original Message - From: Mikael Risedal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:06 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones Hello John I measure both pictures taken indoors of the lady in black hair. That one you think

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-14 Thread Mikael Risedal
: Re: filmscanners: Skin tones Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:08:37 -0400 Hi Mikael The white background has made the difference. I did make the final prints from the Vuescan image, but after working the yellowier nikonscan image in Photoshop I get a printable image that is a little warmer. The thing I

filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-13 Thread John Bradbury
Using a Nikon LS 3 with both NikonScan 3.1, and the latest version of Vuescan I find a wide variation in skin tones under different light sources see the images at: http://www.littlebarn.com/test/index.htm The film used for both images is Kodak Portra 160 NC. Image 1 is with studio lighting,

Re: filmscanners: Skin tones

2001-06-13 Thread Mikael Risedal
Lund Sweden From: John Bradbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: filmscanners: Skin tones Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:57:31 -0400 Using a Nikon LS 3 with both NikonScan 3.1, and the latest version of Vuescan I find a wide variation in skin tones under