Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Evening's "Photoshop 6.0 For Photographers" is a superb book. Nice read too. Eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 8:26 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: pardon my venting : DAMN I hate color work - now Photoshop for photographers > Andrew Nemeth wrote: > > A few years back the book I got was "Real World Photoshop 3" > > by Blatner & Fraser ... > > I have this book for PS6, and highly recommend it, though > I didn't read the chapters on scanning. Has anybody used Scott > Kelby Photoshop book for digital photographers ? Any other > Photoshop book for photography you recommend ? Thanks, > > - Phong > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Andrew > Nemeth > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 3:06 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: pardon my venting : DAMN I hate color work > > > > On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 09:21 PM, > "korenman" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I give up. I am sticking with B&W. > [snip] > > I still hate scanning color negs. > [snip] > > Just wish I could scan Fuji color negs better. > > I've been scanning C41 negs for years now. Believe me, it isn't > *that* hard. :?) > > Here's a couple of tips - > > (1) Buy yourself a decent book on Photoshop. Not the (useless) > "Wow! Amazing Plug-in Effects For Yuppie Graphic Designers!" > books, but something meant for photographers. A few years back > the book I got was "Real World Photoshop 3" by Blatner & Fraser: > a goldmine of info about how to use curves along with the info palette > to correct colour balance. Doubtless there is a more recent version > of this book available now. > > (2) Make yourself a small (10cm x 15cm) test card which has > a black, a white and a 18% grey targets on it. Carry this > card with you and take photos of it under different light sources. > Then, when you scan these images in you know exactly what > the colours on the card are supposed to look like. By using > curves you can get a v.accurate colour balance just making > sure that the black, white and 18% grey are correct. > > That's it. *Much* easier than horsing around with Selenium > or (ack!) Nelson's Gold toner. :?) > > > Regds, > > Andrew Nemeth > <http://nemeng.com/leica/> > [ Leica FAQ ] > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html