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Subject: [Leica] [OT] Scanning Kodachrome help
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:33:56 -0500

> Hi Spencer,
> 
> Wow, this is a tough one.
> 
> Original - <http://www.aotera.org/tmp/ice.jpg>
> With my adjustment -
>    <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4267753913_c31ba96125_b.jpg>
> 
> This is what I did:
>  a) duplicate layer
>  b) desaturate RED, and Magenta
>  c) Overlay the top layer and adjust opacity
> 
> The top part looks more B&W.  Not sure how it looks on your screen.
> 
> -Pasvorn
> 
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> 
> wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I've been working on scanning some Kodachrome slides using mostly Vuescan 
>> as
>> that is the one I am most familiar with. I've calibrated my scanner with 
>> an
>> IT8 target I bought from Silverfast in both Vuescan and Silverfast. I've
>> calibrated my MacBook Pro's screen with a Datacolor doohickey.
>> 
>> One group of slide has been very hard to scan. I can't seem to get rid of 
>> an
>> magenta'ish cast. The pictures was shot on an overcast day [Edith Cavell
>> glacier, Jasper National Park (Canada)]. The original slide has a 
>> beautiful
>> milky green tone to the water and the snow banks was almost white -
>> definitely not magenta.
>> 
>> If I correct for the snow, the water turns grey. If I correct for the 
>> water,
>> the magenta cast gets worse.
>> 
>> I've tried this in both Silverfast and Vuescan. Both gives similar 
>> results.
>> It's driving me crazy.
>> 
>> Here is an example of a very bad scan from Silverfast.
>> 
>> <http://www.aotera.org/tmp/ice.jpg>
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Spencer
>> 

On my screen the snow Is blank white with no detail.

Mark William Rabiner





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