Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]why don't you set up your own profile for the film in vuescan, using the procedure it describes of scanning some clear film base? I think the biggest problem you are probably facing (that all this scanner software faces) is dealing with the varying orange mask in colour neg. the instructions to do this are in the help section of vuescan somewhere (advanced workflow?). I did it for one set of colour neg sheet film once and it did a good job. tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of faneuil > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 8:11 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: other options other than Vuescan and > Silverfast? > > > I abandoned NikonScan within the first week I bought my LS2000 > (now LS4000). > > I do use PS to color balance, but I try to get them into the best shape > possible prior to tweaking. > Biggest difficulty is getting color negs into good shape. > > I use gray cards to set white points. I even tried third party color > profiling (Profile Prism) of the color neg film / scanner combination but > that didn't help much. > > Ideal goal: Shoot color neg of a profile card (Macbeth card > etc..) and have > scanner software use this to profile the film/scanner input to > generate more > accurate scans. > I know -- any change in lighting or exposure with throw off a profile, but > anything would be better than the fixed film profiles in Vuescan. > > Eric > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: other options other than Vuescan and Silverfast? > > > > Eric I presume the bundled software with your scanner is not any better? > I > > have gone away from the Nikon software and use only Vuescan - Silverfast > > was a disaster - even their demo for OS X wouldn't work. I guess the > other > > ? is do you use Vuescan to color balance at the time of the scan? If so > > why is it that you wouldn't just scan and then color balance in > Photoshop? > > > > ernie > > > > > > At 09:42 AM 1/22/03 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hey all- > > > > > >Vuescan is great - I have used it for three years, but scanning color > negs > > >is still a color balance nightmare. > > >Don't get me wrong - this is superb software and Ed Hamrick has done a > > >wonderful job. > > >However, it is not, nor was it designed to be, pro-software. > > >Plus, the lack of updated Fuji film profiles is a drag. > > > > > >I have tried the demo of Silverfast many times - it is the buggiest, > worst > > >designed piece of software I think I have ever seen. > > >But the ability to profile your scanner is attractive. > > > > > >Anywhoo - Any other software options out there that LUGers like? > > > > > >Eric > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html