Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair, Besides setting the b/w and white points to 0, play with the Gamma paremeter until your histogram looks right (i.e. no clipping). Do not rely on the preview image on the screen, use the histogram. The preview is only for cropping etc. In general, you want a scan that looks somewhat flat on the screen but has all the information from the negative/slide. You fix the contrast later, in Photoshop. Nathan Alastair Firkin wrote: > the scans with vuescan are not matching those done with the Nikon > software: there seems to be more "burning" out of highlights. I have not > really been able to work out why, I"ve set the b/w points to 0 now and > was using white balance and neutral. I'm running out of time before I > leave for vietnam, so it may have to wait, but if you have any thoughts, > do let me know. > > Cheers > On 13/03/2005, at 11:05 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > >> Alastair >> >> Have you tried setting the black and white points to 0? Try setting the >> colour to neutral or auto levels. >> >> Steve >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+mail=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of Alastair Firkin >> Sent: 13 March 2005 03:35 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] testing new toys: help >> >> >> I was advised to get vuescan for my Nikon 5000 ED. It is efficient, but >> I seem to be "clipping" the highlights viz: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album103/PAWextra061 >> >> anyone know what I should do to correct this? >> >> Alastair >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > Alastair > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com