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Re: [Digital BW] Recommendation for scanning BW negs

2001-10-26 by Julian Thomas

DEVICE TAB. 'Image' mode, 16bit greyscale, preview res on Auto, Scan res as
high as the scanner goes (1600 on my mf scanner and 4000dpi on the 35mm
scanner, Auto scan none, Auto focus Scan only, number of passes 1
CROP. manual
FILTER. None
Colour: White Balance, auto black point usually set at 0 or 0.25
Auto White point
White point anywhere between .5 and 1 (don't forget you are getting a
'negative' so in the print black is white and white is black ;-)
Colour Space Adobe RGB
Gamma 2.2 as I'm on a PC
Files: Output tiff file ON, Tiff type 16bit grey, tiff compression off, all
the rest off aprt from 'output to window'
Prefs; External viewer on, viewer default, get dpi from scan dpi (I use
Genuine Fractals and use that for sizing),
Release memory on, allt he rest as it loads.

Hope this helps!

Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: <shashinka@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Recommendation for scanning BW negs


> Hi Julian:
>
> Thanks for the info.  Would you care to share your vuescan settings? If it
is
> very time consuming then please don't bother.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy Darlow
>
> PS- If Mr. Hamrick or anyone else with good Vuescan skills is out there,
> please consider a site full of screen captures for novices.
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