Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Bill, for the information. I'd be interested in hearing 
whether others who work from 35mm scanned images (let's say scanned 
at 3600dpi or above) make a practice of sharpening before printing. 
What I'd be interested in learning is whether your experience and 
that of Austin is specific to medium/large format and whether, say, a 
drum scan of a 35mm negative does not typically need sharpening. 

 --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Morse <willym@b...> 
wrote:
> Chris, I believe this comes from the pre-press world, and in 
addition is
> several years out-of-date- when scanning at lower resolution, with 
file size
> limited by available ram.
> 
> My experience with 7kx9k images output as LVT 4x5 negs shows little 
or no
> need of sharpening if the scan is of a sharp glossy print or neg.
> 
> I'm happy to be corrected, however [g]...
> 
> Bill
> 
> on 12/5/01 12:30 PM, tzinzunzan2000 wrote:
> 
> 35mm negs with SS4000 at 4000. My statement about the softness of
> scans is not based so much on my own experience, however, as what
> I've read in books, the Web, etc.
> 
> Chris
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Morse <willym@b...>
> wrote:
> > Hi Chris-
> > 
> > What are you scanning with? At what resolution?
> > 
> > Bill
> > 
> > on 12/5/01 12:13 PM, tzinzunzan2000 wrote:
> > 
> > According to my understanding, scanned images are by their nature
> > somewhat soft and that some degree of sharpening is usually 
required
> > and is done as a matter of course. Are you saying that at no point
> in
> > your process do you sharpen the image? Also, I acknowledge that
> > certain images, are just fine as soft.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Morse <willym@b...>
> > wrote:
> > > Austin, I don't normally sharpen either, I just scan at the
> highest
> > > resolution I can get, then wait while the file opens in PS [g].
> > Sharpening
> > > can, however, be an expressive tool- e.g.. Martin's image in the
> > photo
> > > exchange, where the background is left soft and somewhat grainy,
> > while the
> > > stone chimney is sharp, sharp, sharp.  Somehow the combination
> puts
> > you (or
> > > at least me) into the scene.
> > > 
> > > Otherwise sharpening is just trying to get lo-res to look like 
an
> > 8x10
> > > contact print- why bother!
> > > 
> > > Bill
> 
> 
> 
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