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Re: [Digital BW] Scanning b&w negatives/prints?

2004-01-23 by Colorado Light

Would everything that has been discussed in this thread regarding scanning
b+w negatives apply equally to scanning b+w prints?  I have been scanning in
color and converting to b+w in Photoshop.

Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...>


> Hi Eddy,
>
> Entirely scanner/software dependant.  That is why it may be better to
simply
> scan in RGB and do the conversion in PS, where I believe you can change
the
> mix (though they offer a canned one as well, but that is for conversion
from
> a color image to a B&W image).
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin



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