Digital BW, The Print

Oh, I very strongly recommend Vuescan Pro. 

 

For one, you can scan in RAW mode, then play over and over with different
settings without having to rescan the film. 

 

For another, (I don't know if Nikon Scan lets you do this), if you are a
stickler and need to deal with film curl, you can scan two or more times
with the focus point of the scanner placed at different points on the curled
film, then blend them in CS4's new auto blend for depth of field tool. 

 

For a third, I find that if you have a Coolscan or other scanner with
infrared capability, Vuescan does a very good job with cleaning dust and
scratches without blurring the result. Infrared cleaning works on BW negs,
which I understand the Nikon Scan software's tool (I forget what it is
called) does not.

 

Vuescan Pro doesn't cost much, just $89 for a lifetime of updates.

 

  - susan 

 

..For 
BW negatives, I really prefer Vuescan Pro to the Nikon Scanning 
software, but start with the Nikon software as it comes with the 
scanner. Vuescan, for example, let's you pick which color channel to 
use to make the greyscale file from. With my scanner, the green channel 
generally gives the best results...



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