Digital BW, The Print

Just this last week there was a thread going about scanning
as positives and then inverting later on.

I had exactly the same problem scanning with an Epson 1600,
no matter what adjustments I did the shadow detail was gone.
The simple change of scanning as a positive made all the
difference.

Its just a software issue -- it makes some wrong assumptions
about B&W negatives.  Scanning as a positive changes the
builtin assumptions.

Whether this will work with your scanner I really can't tell but
its worth a try.

Roy

--- 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.