[Leica] Re: Scanning tutorials

[Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com>]

Here is what you want...

http://www.scantips.com/

Jim


At 04:42 PM 2/28/01 -0800, Peter A. Klein wrote:
>Can anybody recommend a good book or online tutorial on scanning and the
>use of image editors?
>
>Having just made some B&W scans that are noticeably worse than the 4x6
>lab prints that they came from, I'd like to improve my technique. 
>You'll see what I mean if you look at the pictures at 
>
>	http://www.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/maratango.html
>
>The pictures are dark and difficult, but nothing that #4 paper or double
>printing with VC paper, plus a little dodging couldn't cure in a wet
>darkroom.  I'm sure there are ways to avoid the digital jaggies in the
>cellist's face, but I'm a complete novice at scanning.
>
>At the moment I can only scan prints using equipment at work. 
>Eventually I'll probably want ot film/slide scanner, but not quite yet. 
>I'm sure there's some trick to scanning prints at a certain number of
>dpi, and how one edits the size, brightness, contrast, gamma, etc.  I
>have years of experience (though not recent) in a wet B&W darkroom, and
>would like to learn how to do the analogous things digitally.
>
>Also, is there a consensus on good alternatives to Adobe Photo$$$hop? 
>For what I want to do, Photoshop seems like very expensive overkill. 
>How much does one lose using Photoshop's "Lite Edition." If I went with
>another program, would I be depriving myself of the vast knowledge pool
>regarding Photoshop?  
>
>--Peter Klein
>Seattle, WA