Digital BW, The Print

Tim,

first, congratulations on being among the 35.  Love the name of the 
competition too. Does the K in the spelling mean it's fake like Krab? Then it 
should be taken to mean fake crappy, like really really excellent. 
Ah.... never mind.

About Vuescan - which I own but very rarely use:  Keep in mind that if you can 
get a high-bit scan out of it, you can do basic steps (histo etc) in Photoshop, a 
much more comfortable image-editing environment.

Just my $.02 

Antonis



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "timtimmermans7" 
<zenphoto7@a...> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> First a little announcement. One of my Holga images was accepted into 
> this years Annual Soho Krappy Kamera competition. 200 photographers 
> submitted over 1200 images and they only choose 35 so I'm pleased and 
> honored to have been chosen from such a large pool of excellent 
> images and photographers.
> 
> Now back to digital print making where I am still learning and am so 
> grateful to the wealth of talent and knowledge that makes up this 
> fine board.
> 
> My question today is:
> 
> I just downloaded Vuescan and have only had a chance to view a couple 
> so far. In comparison with the twain4 on my epson 1200u photo the 
> image appears sharper but I have difficulty making corrections prior 
> to final scan. I'm sure I'll figure it out but I thought in interest 
> of time conservation I would shout out to you all for tips any of you 
> have learned about settings or standard adjustments you make to 
> assure best possible scan. I know each neg, transparancy, and even 
> print will be different but are there some basic rules of attack to 
> take to get the most out of the source. I noticed on bw negs there 
> seems to be more information gleened by putting the setting on color 
> neg rather than b/w. Any tips on best res target or are the auto 
> settings pretty good on VS. Also, should I check the "sharpen" box 
> and leave it as a default setting?
> 
> I'd appreciate any tips and suggestions you may have. I'm using a PC, 
> win98, outputting to 1280 using OEM inks and papers for the moment 
> although a CFS and MIS VM inks are probably in my near future.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim Timmermans