Digital BW, The Print

I'm still partially wedded to the 90's notion that you scan for the final output. That's a math thing.

We usually forget that and just scan high (not weed).

14-15mb to 25mb of RGB data is what I look for to feed my editor from 35mm film. I make more data if I need to do heavy manipulation.

If the epson does hi-bit, a hi-bit at lower res might be better?? everything depends on your intended output(vision).

One little game I play is to make a file for my print. If it goes straight though the driver without reformatting, I feel I did it right.



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On 1/3/08 at 10:42 AM Dana H. Myers wrote:

>Mark Savoia wrote:
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>> 
>> Is that the optical resolution of that scanner?
>
>No.  The 4990 non-interpolated resolution is 4800dpi,
>but I suspect it's closer to 3000 dpi in reality.  The
>12,800 dpi resolution is interpolated.
>
>AnnMarie, have you tried scanning at 4800dpi and reducing
>to 300 dpi?  I would expect the ultimate 300dpi scans to be
>identical to what you're getting now, and the process should
>be quite a bit faster.
>
>> On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:52 AM, AnnMarie Tornabene wrote:
>> 
>>  > I use the Epson 4990 flatbed scanner that scans prints and negs. I
>>  > shoot mainly 35mm, so what I do is scan at the maximum resolution
>>  > (which is 12,800 ppi)
>
>Dana
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