Digital BW, The Print

I always scan to BW negative and then use the 'invert' command to get a BW
view. Using vuescan I get a 100% info scan i.e. no filters in he way and the
BW conversion is done in PS

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Spragens" <t.spragens@...>
To: <digitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] B&W Negatives Scanned as Color Transparencies


> The scanning software is probably going to be too "helpful" when
> you're making you're adjustments. I just set the white and black
> points scanned as positive, then do the rest in Photoshop.
>
> Tim
>
> > I keep seeing suggestions that black and white negatives be scanned
> > as color transparencies. However, when this is done the negative
> > appears as a negative on the monitor and it's hard to know what
> > adjustments to make when you can only see the image as a negative. My
> > question: if I do the overview and prescan as a negative (so that the
> > image appears as a positive on the monitor while I'm making
> > adjustments), and then switch to color transparency mode before the
> > final scan, will I obtain the advantages of scanning as a color
> > transparency or to obtain those advantages do I need to be in
> > transparency mode throughout the scanning process (overview, prescan,
> > and scan)?
>
> --
> Tim Spragens
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