Re: [Leica] slightly late PAW...and thanks to Jack McLain

["Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>]

Bob,

My scanner (HPS20) software scans a thumbnail, from which I can adjust
cropping and exposure. The settings are a quite crude, really, but allow me
to adjust highlight, midtones and shadows. I scanned the first image to get
the contrast and detail of the girl, and the second to get some detail in
the orchestra. I then further adjusted contrast and brightness of each image
in an image editor, concentrating on the parts I knew I was going to use.

I then did a little "dodging and burning" in photopaint, selecting and
"feathering" areas to adjust, with the feathering set to not get hard edges.

To finish the image, I used a freehand selection around the girl, feathered,
and did a copy and paste into the other image. I lined things up visually,
and had my image. I also worked with the lower screen resolution image,
which is far more forgiving

I'm by no stretch a power user for photo software, but I'm pleased with the
improvement in the image. I think I could have achieved the same thing or
similar in the darkroom, with masking out and using double exposures with
differnet contrast filters. But I would have used up a few sheets of paper
in the process!

Hope that helps.


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa@pacbell.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] slightly late PAW...and thanks to Jack McLain


> Jim,
> Can you go into a bit more detail about how you did
> this, both the change in exposure for each scan and
> the adjustments?
> TIA,
> Bob
> --- Jim McIntyre <mcintyre@ca.inter.net> wrote in
> part:
> > ...So I scanned at
> > two different exposures, adjusted each to capture
> > different parts of the
> > photo, and then layered them together in Corel
> > Photopaint. The original
> >
> (http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/PAW/anna.jpg)
> > did not give
> > enough detail in the orchestra stage.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <Afterswift@aol.com>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] slightly late PAW
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 8/11/03 6:42:42 PM Pacific
> > Daylight Time,
> > > mcintyre@ca.inter.net writes:
> > >
> > > >
> >
> http://members.rogers.com/jmcdesigns/jamesstreet/PAW/08-08-2003.htm
> > >
> > > Greatly enjoyed At the Symphony. A special tribute
> > to all our Luggers who
> > > present PAWs.
> > >
> > > br
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