Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Daniel, I do agree that ligthroom is much better wit digital files than scans. Also the sharpening is very limited. But the workflow is very fast. Cheers, Michiel Fokkema Daniel Ridings wrote: > Hi Michiel, > > Yes, sharpening is probably needed. But that means: > > 1) Dumping Lightroom > 2) Just using Photoshop > > Lightroom, like Lightzone, only sharpens fullsized images. It doesn't > make any sense to even try to sharpen an image the size of 5600 x 3600 > pixels and then, after sharpening, resize it to 600 x 400 or something > similar. > > When I work against RAW files I export the files as tiffs (you get a > chance to resize them when you export them), and then I take them into > Gimp or Photoshop and add sharpening. > > With scans, you'd almost want to stick with Photoshop or Gimp the whole > way. Cloning and healing in Lightroom is designed for the odd spot, not > for a Nikon LS-5000 scan that catches all of the blemishes. > > There is no way to scroll around on the full-sized image. In Photoshop > you can click on the slider part of a window and scroll one window at > time and work your way through the image. > > With Lightroom you have to drag the little square around, making sure > you overlap a little since you aren't getting exact scrolls from one > section to another ... it is ... a ... drag. > > My conclusion is pretty much that if you scan film, then Lightroom is in > the way more than it is of help. > > Daniel > > > Michiel Fokkema wrote: >> Hi Daniel, >> >> The whites look a bit washed out. I'm also watching on a laptop but >> mine is calibrated. I think the pictures are also a bit too small. Try >> the sharpening. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Michiel Fokkema >> >> dlr@dlridings.se wrote: >>> Well, Nathan said it could be done ... >>> >>> So I've tried Lightroom with RAW files, but how would it work to use it >>> for my scans. >>> >>> I took a roll yesterday (IIIf, 50 Elmar, Fortepan 400, Calbe 49 >>> (Atomal)). >>> >>> I scanned it this morning and moved the raw scans (around 40 mb each) >>> over >>> to a little disk that I then connected to my laptop. >>> >>> Instead of "exporting" I chose "upload" and Lightroom uploaded (by >>> ftp) to >>> my server instead of exporting the whole set to a local drive >>> (whereupon I >>> would need to upload with FTP). >>> >>> http://www.dlridings.se/lightroom/2007v12/ >>> >>> Quick, unjustified crticisms : spotting (cloning and healing) is there, >>> but you'd rather do it in Photoshop. >>> >>> I haven't sharpened them (do they look ok?) >>> >>> I am using a laptop whose screen I am not used to (not calibrated). I've >>> just done things by working against the histogram. >>> >>> Daniel >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >