Digital BW, The Print

Sunday, July 14, 2002, 9:11:39 PM, Peter Lindman wrote:


PL> Scanning B&W negs requires a workaround to avoid shadow and highlight
PL> clipping. Turn off all color management in the NikonScan prefs and scan the
PL> neg as a positive to avoid the clipping. Invert the neg in the LCH editor
PL> (using just the luminosity curve). Click the histogram icon in the curve
PL> editor and then use the analog gain to center the resulting histogram. Once
PL> all that's done, use the curve editor to adjust the tonal range of the
PL> image; scan in 14-bit and you're done.

Peter, I use a Nikon LS-4000, which I believe has similar, though not
completely identical, software.  When I tried to set up my B&W scans as
you suggest above and turned off all color management then LCH editor
was no longer available to use.  Further, when I turn color management
back on, and then had access to LCH editor, there was no luminosity
option to fool with.  Are the two softwares for the 4000 and 8000 that
much different?  Anyone know?

(This may start to sound OT but it does involve the capture of B&W
scans for the purpose of printing with my 1160 and MIS FS inks.)

Best regards,
 Richard  

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