Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "oboylephoto" 
<oboylephoto@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Any suggestions on taming some really grainy tri x scans that were 
> shot about 25 years ago. It looks like they were over developed as 
> well, so they are very contrasty with large reticulated grain. 
Would 
> like to make some prints from these, have tried USM on a layer, 
then 
> adjusting the layer transparency to allow some sharpness thru, and 
> using alpha mask tricks. Seems to work farily well, but it needs
> more. 
> I also ran them through noise ninja, and that is somewhat 
successful 
> at removing the grain. Any other suggestions for making these 
grainy 
> scans into a creamier print?

You might consider a non-digital first step-run them through some 
farmer's reducer & physically decrease the grain size to start with. 
Scanning them on something incapable of delineating grain well like 
a flatbed scanner might also help.

Steve Karafyllakis