Fernando's amigo says it is a heresy to not use the corrections in the
scanner software and correct in photoshop. The software can give you the
option to improve the scan by using the controls in the scanner, like taking
a raw or a jpeg. In photoshop you transform the pixels captured, in scanner
you improve the capture so there is an enormous difference.
He is wrong if you're talking about curves and levels adjustments in the
scanner software. These function after the raw data has been converted to a
colorspace chosen in the software, so they act just like the same controls
in Photoshop. Some scanners, like my nikon 8000ED, let you adjust the actual
exposure time the scanner uses and THIS does let you have real control that
you can't duplicate in Photoshop.
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On 3/21/09 11:27 PM, "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I swear I was not following this thread when asked about this offlist .
>
> It's just amazing coincidence that you were talking on this while I
> decided to ask for advice.
>
> My 'cry for help' started last week when I commented our local guru the
> 'no scanner adjustments - everything in pohotoshop' thesis.
>
> Hear his authority in Spanish ... and he had me thinking for a week ...
> nodding under the weight of his argumentation (I can translate it
> accurately, but I doubt anyone here could be interested in his reasoning
> - and I feel a little tired to make a faithful translation, but can if
> anyone asks me to do so):
>
> Oh yes, I felt (and still cannot recover), circled by confusion .... :-(
>
> Schettini Roberto wrote:
>> Sí es una herejía no utilizar las correciones en el escaner y corregir
>> en photoshop. Al programa de edición tener que llevar LA MEJOR opción
>> que puedas obtener con los controles del escaner. Es como sacar en RAW
>> o ej JPEG. En photoshop transformas los pixeles capturados, en el
>> escaner mejoras la captura, enorme diferencia.
>> Abrazo
>> Roberto
>> El 16/03/2009, a las 09:00 a.m., Fernando Gonzalez Gentile escribió:
>
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> Always straight scan without adjustment, adjust level and curve afterwards
>> in PS.
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>>
>>
>>> Levels and curve during the scan or afterwards?
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>> C.H.Ling wrote:
>>>
>>>> If the film is processed and stored ok the color is quite accurate when
>>>> scanned (true with most color negatives I have scanned), the thing you
>>>> need
>>>> to do is using level to bring the hightlight and shadow close to the ends
>>>> then use curve to adjust the contrast.
>>>>
>>
>>
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