Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Michiel, Yes, sharpening is probably needed. But that means: 1) Dumping Lightroom 2) Just using Photoshop Lightroom, like Lightzone, only sharpens fullsized images. It doesn't make any sense to even try to sharpen an image the size of 5600 x 3600 pixels and then, after sharpening, resize it to 600 x 400 or something similar. When I work against RAW files I export the files as tiffs (you get a chance to resize them when you export them), and then I take them into Gimp or Photoshop and add sharpening. With scans, you'd almost want to stick with Photoshop or Gimp the whole way. Cloning and healing in Lightroom is designed for the odd spot, not for a Nikon LS-5000 scan that catches all of the blemishes. There is no way to scroll around on the full-sized image. In Photoshop you can click on the slider part of a window and scroll one window at time and work your way through the image. With Lightroom you have to drag the little square around, making sure you overlap a little since you aren't getting exact scrolls from one section to another ... it is ... a ... drag. My conclusion is pretty much that if you scan film, then Lightroom is in the way more than it is of help. Daniel Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > The whites look a bit washed out. I'm also watching on a laptop but mine > is calibrated. I think the pictures are also a bit too small. Try the > sharpening. > > Cheers, > > Michiel Fokkema > > dlr@dlridings.se wrote: >> Well, Nathan said it could be done ... >> >> So I've tried Lightroom with RAW files, but how would it work to use it >> for my scans. >> >> I took a roll yesterday (IIIf, 50 Elmar, Fortepan 400, Calbe 49 >> (Atomal)). >> >> I scanned it this morning and moved the raw scans (around 40 mb each) >> over >> to a little disk that I then connected to my laptop. >> >> Instead of "exporting" I chose "upload" and Lightroom uploaded (by >> ftp) to >> my server instead of exporting the whole set to a local drive >> (whereupon I >> would need to upload with FTP). >> >> http://www.dlridings.se/lightroom/2007v12/ >> >> Quick, unjustified crticisms : spotting (cloning and healing) is there, >> but you'd rather do it in Photoshop. >> >> I haven't sharpened them (do they look ok?) >> >> I am using a laptop whose screen I am not used to (not calibrated). I've >> just done things by working against the histogram. >> >> Daniel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information