[Leica] IMGS: Color Balancing (Blue Trees)

[Sonny Carter]

I’d give it a try on a couple scans to see if it works.  It’s not magic,
but it has helped.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:09 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I have avoided using that on Kodachrome but it does work wonders on E-6
> films.  Kodachrome has not faded so I thought restore might do more harm
> than good.  I don't use the clean feature on Kodachrome because of the
> silver content like B&W film.  I thought it might be the same.
>
> Tina
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Do you use that color restore app built into vuescan while you scan?
> I’ve
> > never used it with Kodachrome, but it does pretty good on prints.
> >
> > I’m away from the film scanner for the week or else I’d run some to check
> > it out for you.
> >
> > SonC
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > I'm scanning 7000 slides from Switzerland, most of them Kodachromes,
> most
> > > from 1989.  One category is 56773 - Switzerland Countryside.  If you
> have
> > > been to Switzerland, you know that the Swiss countryside is
> beautiful.  I
> > > want to get it right.  Here is the original scan, scanned on the Nikon
> > > LS5000 with Vuescan set for Kodachrome:
> > >
> > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112330
> > >
> > > It's too dark and the trees are blue.
> > >
> > > I lightened it and balanced the color based on the white house in the
> > > foreground:
> > >
> > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112332
> > >
> > > Everything looks fine except the trees in the distance are blue.  I
> > > remember them being blue but maybe I'm wrong.  I subtracted the blue.
> > >
> > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112333
> > >
> > > Now everything looks too green.  I have many, many of these slides to
> > > adjust and want to get it right but believable.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > C&C greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
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