Digital BW, The Print

Absolutely!

Or instead of PhotoShop, use Silverfast HDR-  it's a virtual high-end
scanner right there at your desk.  Get a raw scan, no correction, no
profile, no sharpening(!!), just the white and black points set near but not
at Dmax and min.  It's also a really good way of learning how scanner
controls work, since there's nothing lost if you get it wrong, and you can
get a new "scan" in seconds instead of (many, many) minutes.

Bill

on 11/14/01 12:25 AM, Todd Flashner wrote:

There is one other option particularly for Grayscale images. You could get a
raw scan off a hi-end scanner and "develop" it yourself in Photoshop. (I say
particularly for grayscale because they are far easier to process than color
materials, with color neg. being the most difficult with it's orange cast).

If I were farming out my scans I'd try to get highbit raw scans. The reason
is you can then be doing local edits in highbit, something no scanner
allows.

Todd



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