Digital BW, The Print

If you are getting clipping with the endpoints set at 0 and 0 you are at the
limits of your scanner or the neg is bad. I sometimes get shadow clipping on
the epson 1680 on a bad neg (image scans give you a neg so white is black
etc). Using the Scan Histo you can see if what you set will clip. The
default setting is black 0 and hilight 1 - which needs to be ) IMO. Also you
can try adjusting the Image Curve to get a good histo - you'll need to reset
the endpoints though.
I want a BW scan in PS which is basically Raw data with as little
interference as possible - then do as much curves/levels etc in 16bit in PS.
Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Terlecki" <ajt@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan


> Julian,
>
> How do you set endpoints outside the data? Vuescan seems to express the
> endpoints as percentage values frmo 0 to 100% where you can clip data but
> not compress it. Can you set values lower than 0% or higher than 100%, or
> is it simply a matter of readjusting the endpoints using the levels or
> curves tools in PS afterwards?
>
> --
> Tony Terlecki
> ajt@...
> Running Debian/GNU 3.0 Linux
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 10:04:20AM +0100, Julian Thomas wrote:
> > All I do is set the endpoints slightly outside the data - you can check
this
> > with the before and after histos - and scan as a 16bit image file.
Although
> > I can't get good colour with it (or silverfast) so am back on the Twain.
> > Julian
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Editor P.O.V. Image Service" <editor@...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 5:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Vuescan
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Julian Thomas wrote:
> > >
> > > >Jerry, you'll find endpoint selection under the 'colour' tab - there
are
> > no
> > > >curves as such.
> > > >
> > > >Julian
> > > >-
> > > >
> > > Jerry,
> > >
> > > I used to wonder about that..
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, I generally agree with Dave Tobie that I  really just want my
> > > scanner  software to shuttle the data (as intact and untweaked as
> > > possible to my machine)...
> > >
> > > I want the scanner software to do things like adjust the hardware for
> > > exposure and focus, etc. BUT I don't want it massaging my data in
> > > software (even though Ed's levels software seems better than the PShop
> > > defaults) -- it's like scanner profiling -- it's a nice idea, BUT if
I'm
> > > correcting things in photoShop, I'd rather have control and work from
> > > the original data... Instead of taking a chance on having some lost in
> > > conversion.  Heck, if I need the speed, I can create curves and batch
> > > process in PShop to the same effect..
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Just some guy," and founder of the Multiverse's largest EPSON printer
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> > >
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> > >
> > > "For the rest of you out there, the secret is to bang the rocks
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> > >
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