Digital BW, The Print

Hi RAP:

I THINK that Paintshop Pro has a "curves" adjustment.  Make an "S" 
curve and you can really pop your contrast.

Another technique (though I am not sure if it is available in PSP) 
would be to use the "Multiply" blending mode in an adjustment 
layer.  I found this retrieves amazing detail and pop from old images.

Good luck...... Jack Winberg

At 03:17 AM 1/19/2006, you wrote:
>From: "paisleyvision" <rpaterso47@...>
>Subject: image editing question
>
>I am a relative newbie to b&w printing.  My problem/challenge is a
>follows.  I have many old streetcar b&w negatives (116s and 3x5s) from
>the 20s onwards.  I'd like to make nice prints from them but can't
>seem to get good digital copies.  The images are fine (usually sharp),
>albeit often lacking in contrast ... I'm using an epson perfection
>4870 photo scanner and corel paint shop pro X for image editing.  I
>use the default settings on my scanner to do an initial edit. From
>there I open the files in PSP and try, often unsuccessfully, to give
>the images a bit more "pop."  My first step is to adjust the levels
>... however I'm not sure how to interpret the historigrams apart from
>looking for values at both ends ... many historigrams are like an
>oscillating curve.  From there, well, as I say, I end up trying a lot
>of different things but am never really satisfied.  The images almost
>always look flat.  Any suggerstions, even modest ones will be
>apprecaited, on where to start?
>Thanks
>R.A. Paterson
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