Digital BW, The Print

Sorry to have taken so long to reply - I was on vacation.

This is about scanning negs as positives to get the full density
range 
of the neg, with Nikonscan.

All the methods I've read about export a negative image from
Nikonscan, 
then invert later in Photoshop or whatever. It is easy to scan as a 
positive and invert in Nikonscan by applying a reverse RGB curve. I
set 
the black and white points of each of the individual R, G and B
curves 
to get the full density range of each channel in the conventional
way, 
then use a downward-sloping (left to right, ie 0 becomes 255, 255 
becomes 0) RGB curve to invert. Colour adjustments can be carried out 
by tweaking the individual R, G and B curves and you see the results
as 
a positive. ROC can be used, if you wish.

I hope that explanation makes sense.

Best,
Helen

"bfwoolner" <bfwoolner@c...> wrote:
...
> Could you expand/explain on the invert portion of your workflow?  I 
scan 
> film type positive but am unaware of the RGB curve to invert.
> 
> Thanks.
> Barbara