Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm using a not-very-fancy Umax flatbed scanner with a transparent-media adapter to scan a sheet of negatives, then I'm picking them apart with Photoshop to save as individual files. Scanned some last night (see http://www.zeanah.com/horseback -- the first roll out of my Hexar RF) and as you can see, the scan quality sucks. I can live with the lines in the scans -- that's a function of the amount of money I spent on the equipment. What's getting me is trying to make the scans look *good* -- contrast primarily. So, what's the secret? I tried adjusting levels and got close but there's more to this that I'm just not getting. In the images here, I adjusted the levels for the entire contact sheet scan, then messed with each file (some as RGB, some converted to B&W, more fine-tuning of levels on others, etc.) without much success. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.