Re: [Digital BW] Grain reduction software
2011-08-09 by Lew Schwartz
I totally agree. With my iso 400 films, I expect to be able to make an 11x14, full frame print with a traditional, not-pushed, filmic look. I don t want grain
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2011-08-09 by Lew Schwartz
I totally agree. With my iso 400 films, I expect to be able to make an 11x14, full frame print with a traditional, not-pushed, filmic look. I don t want grain
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... Sorry that is the abbreviation that sticks in my brain, ACR, Adobe Camera Raw it should be. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Try:
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... You can create a noise filter in Neat Image and save that for the film/developer/scanner combination. With Neat Image used in Photoshop there are batch
2011-08-09 by pdesmidt tds.net
Whether noise reduction will be useful depends a lot on the size of the problem and how you want the grain, if any, to appear in the image. With very grainy
2011-08-09 by Lew Schwartz
I ve been exploring Neat this am as a palliative to problems in the other thread re aliasing. Looks pretty good, actually. In my quick once over, I did not see
2011-08-09 by E.Neilsen
Lew, that goes back to the whole workflow. LR uses a very similar conversion engine to PS - ACR. The noise reduction in ACR is not the best when it comes to
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... I m not familiar with Lightroom. Editing is still done in Photoshop etc and printing is done with Qimage. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Try:
2011-08-09 by Lew Schwartz
It s been my practice using the 5000 and VueScan to scan without sharpening or grain reduction. I m applying both, as needed, when I process the files in
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
On 08/09/2011 01:45 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: Adobe Raw Converter. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Try:
2011-08-09 by Lew Schwartz
Sorry for some ignorance.... what s ARC? ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... The enlarger light sources differ on the Callier effect in the film emulsion which is a kind of diffraction on the spaces between the film grain. There
2011-08-09 by Ernst Dinkla
... At the time when BO printing was first discussed I mentioned the use of more channels for black ink to even out banding issues. There would be cons and
2011-08-08 by Michael King
Paul, I think an interesting point is that with 6/7 dilutions you are also often printing with only 3 or 4 inks at once. Also I find the amount of overlap can
2011-08-08 by Lew
For those following this thread, Tony s discussion is easily the best and most comprehensive you ll find on the net. Thanks Tony! Lew
2011-08-08 by Paul
... For the UT14 inkset, be sure to read http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/UT14.pdf UT14-C is a neutralized PK. Neutralized PK s (PK plus cyan and some R800
2011-08-08 by Tony Sleep
... I think I was the first to describe grain aliasing, in response to a query posed by Polaroid regarding a customer inquiry, on the filmscanners list
2011-08-08 by Lew Schwartz
It d be interesting if this works since it would imply a connection to the ideas that concern choice of light source, condenser vs diffuser, on an enlarger in
2011-08-08 by Lew Schwartz
I ve been using both or one or the other. It doesn t matter as far as this problem is concerned. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-08-08 by benoit.lantoine
Hello Can t figure out why because in eboni4+inkset , ut14c is used as PK ink Thank you
2011-08-08 by Eric Neilsen
Hi res as TIF or DNG? ... From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lew Schwartz
2011-08-08 by Paul
Ut14 M is k4-pk.
2011-08-07 by Ernst Dinkla
... It would not surprise me if the Nikon scanner still scans at 4000 PPI and the driver downsamples it to 500 PPI. The Nikon 8000 does that. Depending on the
2011-08-07 by Lew Schwartz
Yes, I use both and the problem is only with the hi-res scans. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-08-07 by Eric Neilsen
Then, if these are just proof scans, have you checked those same setting as a tif or dng? I don t worry about JPEG image files so much. But I am a little
2011-08-07 by Lew Schwartz
Scanning at 4000 dpi for a 35mm neg takes about 10 - 15 min using the settings I like. Not practical for a 36 exp roll when a single shoot may involve upwards
2011-08-07 by Eric Neilsen
Lew, Why scan to JPEG? That was the biggest question of your posting to me. _____ From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
2011-08-07 by Eric Neilsen
I work on the B&W negatives as a positive on screen. I set up my black point, white point, set curves, and scan as a RAW and as a TIF. The RAW is opened in LR
2011-08-07 by pdesmidt tds.net
Can the 5000 use an FH-3 carrier? If so, place a piece of white acrylic or plexi on top shouldn t be too hard. Perhaps one of the frosted pieces from a Rosco
2011-08-07 by benoit.lantoine
Hello I would like to know if K4 PK is the same as UT14 C Am I wrong ? 14$/4oz for the first one, and 18$/4oz for the second one .... Thanks.
2011-08-07 by Lew Schwartz
If I understand the problem of aliasing correctly, it results from a phenomenon similar to the one encountered in the darkroom with diffuser vs condenser light
2011-08-07 by pdesmidt tds.net
In my experience, the 5000 does not deal well with grainier film, at it really exacerbates the size of the grain. For instance, I could get better scans of
2011-08-07 by mrjimbo
Lew, I have the LS5000 but don t run it with Vuescan.. Just for kicks try this.. Scan the film using color rather then B&W and then convert it afterwards..B&W
2011-08-07 by Paul
... That sounds interesting. The general discussion brings up an interesting issue I ve found in my experiments with profiling and the use of differing
2011-08-07 by Lew Schwartz
I have an increasingly annoying problem in that what appears to be grain in my scans is worse at higher dpi s than it is in the quicky 500 dpi 8 bit scans I do
2011-08-07 by Michael King
... In fact because of ink position sharing I plan to get Tri Hextone such as neutral / sepia / split out of 11 ink positions. Mike ... [Non-text portions of
2011-08-07 by Sylvain M.
Vuescan can directly store the film into a RAW positive image. You just have to select the RAW option in the output settings (I have the french version: RAW
2011-08-07 by Paul
... Yes, a Tri Quad setup sounds good. ... I hope the R3000 support for Windows is out soon enough for me to use it on the loaner I ll be experiementing
2011-08-07 by Leslie Otterbein
... Hi Greg: I use Vuescan for my long obsolete Sapphir and a Dimage scan dual. When you set up Vuescan for scanning B&W, you can tell it which brand of film
2011-08-07 by wattsies67
One interesting thing that doesn t seem to have got much attention is the fact that some of K3 black and white tests over at Aardenburg seem to be faring a lot
2011-08-07 by Sam McCandless
... [snip] ... It s worth a lot to me to know your plans, Paul, even though I m not trying to sell into the market. My plans are to reprint and document old,
2011-08-06 by Michael King
Paul, For me the most exciting recent development is QTR support for the x900 printers. 11 ink positions allows a broad range of b&w ink set options to be
2011-08-06 by Paul
As I ponder my B&W printing plans for the coming year, which may vary from day to day, I wonder where others see the market going. I anticipate staying with
2011-08-06 by Paul
Tom, Yes, load the curve as a Preset after clicking on the upper right corner of the curves box. Paul www.PaulRoark.com
2011-08-06 by thusband2003
Maybe I ve found my answer. I need to load the curve as a preset right?
2011-08-06 by thusband2003
I want to use the UT14 ink set (don t have them yet) with my 1400 and am going over Paul Roark s Embedding Photoshop Curves in ICCs procedure. I opened the
2011-08-06 by Greg
Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply. I have that sorted out now. I have read your instructions and downloaded the curves. I must say how much I and no doubt other
2011-08-06 by Paul
By the way, I noticed in my old UT-FS Readme file that I had at least one obsolete link/URL, and one that will become obsolete soon. All links/URL of mine that
2011-08-06 by Paul
... ... The MIS UT-FS inksets (medium warm or neutral) are monotone carbon + color (blended in to neutralize the carbon warmth) B&W inksets for a variety of
2011-08-06 by Greg
I am a little bit confused here. I have ordered and received an inkset from MIS for an Epson 2000P. The inkset is FSNEK6-4. It is listed as containing UTFSN
2011-08-06 by Greg
For those who use Viewscan to scan negatives to raw files, how do you then do the inversion to positives. The inbuilt Photoshop is just a linear inversion. Do