Digital BW, The Print

Bruce, I started with silverfast and dumped it in favour of vuescan for just
the reasons you describe. I keep retrying it because I love the histogram in
preview, but it does really badly for me in BW negs.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Kinch" <pvx@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Silverfast problem


> I've mostly been lurking here as I get my digital printing set-up in
> order-and delighted by the information I've picked up.
>
> I recently got a Polaroid SS4000, and have had no problem with their
> software or with Vuescan in scanning BW negatives in grayscale.
> However, in "graduating" to Silverfast 5 Ai, I find that I am getting
> distinct "posterization" of tonalities. I downloaded the current
> version, but no improvement. As Silverfast has innumerable options, I
> may have something set wrong. Anyone with ideas on what might be
> causing this?
>
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