Digital BW, The Print

Frank,

You can open the raw tif file directly in PS. This is a workflow many have
favored for B&W work. The only draw back is that in raw files the data is
often very bunched up in one area of the histogram, frequently at one end.
This can be very difficult to work with in PS.

Whether you make adjustments in the scanning software or PS, it is important
to set you histogram endpoints as the first and only adjustment. This will
spread the data out over the 16-bit range without loss. For instance do a
gamma change before or at the same time as setting the endpoints can result
in a small loss of data or combing that will show up as you do additional
adjustments.

I am raw scanning with SF, opening the file with SF HDR and loosely setting
my levels endpoints only and then sending the file into PS for all further
adjustment.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "frankg_photo" <fh.gross@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Sprintscan120/Silverfast6 & Glass holder sharpness
problem


> >
> > Yes. In Insight you choose to scan to file and it opens a window
> that let's
> > you choose the file type. One of the choices is 16-bit raw tif.
>
> Is there any reason not to simply open this file in Photoshop (saved
> in Insight as a RAW Tif 16 bit)?
> If PS cant they now have a plugin called Camera RAW Jpeg 2000.
>
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