RE: [Leica] dry & wet darkroom :-(

[Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>]

A tip for scanning b/w negatives with the HP Photosmart (at least for the
first version):  Scan them as colour, and then convert to grayscale in
Photoshop (I use channel mixing).  You will get a much smoother scan.

Dan C.

At 09:37 AM 17-10-00 -0400, Lee, Jonathan wrote:
>Ted,
>
>If you are using photoshop I would recommend you reading two books: the
>Photoshop Bible and Photoshop Artisty.   The first book does a good job of
>telling you how to use the Photoshop features and the second explains how to
>apply that specifically as a photographer, it even has a section on the Zone
>system and Photoshop.  Ignore all the stuff about Photshop glitzy effects in
>both books, concentrate on the Toolbar, Rubber Stamp for retouching, Levels
>for brightness and contrast adjustment,  Selections for choosing parts of
>the image, and Layers and Masks for more complex editing and you can
>probably be a Photoshop pro in a few evenings work.
>
>Don't try to learn Photoshop alone, it's very frustrating indeed.
>
>While admittedly I don't have the best scanner in the world (HP S20) my
>results are pretty good.  I have found that Tri-X and TMAX 100 seems to scan
>kind-of-grainy but maybe I need to alter my developing time to suit the
>scanner. I've Kodachrome on the other hand scans subperbly on the S20.  
>
>Jonathan Lee
>
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