Digital BW, The Print

Seth wrote:

>This is non-responsive to the question but< I think relevant, over all.
>
>Sometimes we get too many changes going in too many items in our workflow.
>Though I use and am a strong proponent of Vuescan, I think it is starting
>source only.  Unless negs/slides have extreme color shifts, I leave that
>alone; likewise with density.  I use it for a reasonably "raw" scan.
>
>If too many adjustments are made in too many places it's hard to know where
>to "fix" it.
>
>Just a suggestion.
>
>Seth 
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Seth,

For scanning slides in Vuescan I use custom film profiles made with Wolf 
Faust's slide film targets and save the files with AdobeRGB and 48 bit. 
It saves me time and I rather start from something that is more or less 
calibrated.

Though Ed did add a similar profile calibration for color negative film: 
a Wolf Faust camera target to shoot and then create a profile in Vuescan 
of the negative, I did not use that option as too many factors influence 
the color negative from exposure to scan. Instead I do use the prebaked 
Vuescan color negative estimations and export again with AdobeRGB, I 
find the results acceptable and with 48 bit there's enough to edit 
afterwards.

On B&W I'm in doubt. The Vuescan B&W film choices are too limited. On 
the other hand I like to have a space or gamma attached. It doesn't 
limit me in editing and 16 bit still allows enough changes. I vary the 
exposure settings in Vuescan to get the image I need, don't think 
there's much more in Raw.

Ernst