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Re: Taxes (was Re: [OM] scanned res for 4C output?)

Subject: Re: Taxes (was Re: [OM] scanned res for 4C output?)
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 08:26:49 +0800
> >... is there any advantage to scanning at 2700,
> >and having photoshop scale it down?
> 
> I suspect the opposite -- your scanner firmware is working at a greater bit
> depth, and I'll bet its interpolation will be more accurate than
> Photoshop's at a mere 24 bits.
> 
> General rule: try to get as much work done where the most information is.
> In your case, I believe your Coolscan works with 30 bits internally, so
> anything you can do in the scanner will be better than what you can do in
> Photoshop, assuming the firmware developers did their job. It may not be
> *detectably* better, but in theory, it should be better.
> 

It depends, if Shawn use an old Coolscan (LS-10) it is only a 24 bit scanner.

> (It may be worth comparing to make sure it isn't worse -- firmware
> developers don't always do their jobs... :-)
> 

Yes, you are right, my new Nikon LS2000 use only "bilinear" for interpolation.
While in Photoshop you can set it to "bicubic" which according to Photoshop,
should provide better result.

C.H.Ling


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