Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can second Adam. After having tried silverfast and vuescan, I finally concluded tinkering with the scan software is just loosing time. I use the partially modified presets for the different b&w emulsions in silverscan, use 16 bit greyscale mode, and the rest is done in PS which is much more powerful. It might happen from time time that I rescan and tinker a strongly over- or underxposed picture to try to get more out of it. Didier >I keep pondering this scanning thing and frankly I'm not sure that >doing anything more than just getting the bits into the computer >matters a great deal - VueScan or Nikon or SilverFast - they get the >basics into the computer. > >IF these programs could dynamically change the way the image is >scanned so some segments could be sampled more or it would be possible >to change the sensitivity of the sensors in some way, then I'd think >the software mattered. But that doesn't happen. > >So why use the scanner software at all and just do it in a tool >designed for pixel manipulation: Photoshop? > >Yes, you can adjust the input curves in your scanning software, but >that's no different than adjusting the curves in Photoshop. > >So lots of time spent scanning seems wasted - get the pixels in and >then deal with them in Photoshop. > >I'm totally willing to be convinced this is wrong-thinking but you're >going to have to demonstrate why this is the case. > >Adam