Digital BW, The Print

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Quentin



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "nedbuntline2002" 
<jon.judson@v...> wrote:
> I have a Scanmaker 4 with trays for 4X5 and 35mm negatives.  When 
> trying to scan images with detail in shadow areas, the resulting 
> image shows none of this information.  Instead, I get straight 
> black.  Curve adjustment in the Twain package doesn't seem to bring 
> very much of that detail out.
> 
> I'm still a little new to using this scanner with my negatives.  Is 
> there something I can do to capture all of this information for 
> manipulation in PhotoShop?  Is the detail really there already and 
I 
> just don't know it (or how to access it)?  I would like to get into 
> printing digitally, but need to get over this immediate hurdle 
first.
> 
> Thanks.