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Subject: [Leica] Vuescan
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri Nov 16 19:03:20 2007
References: <7.0.1.0.2.20071116210314.026ed3d0@comporium.net> <86BDCC4B-1118-4389-B7FF-0C6BB2701758@gilplant.com>

Tina and Gilbert,

Yes, the instruction to use "Image" is still there, though without any 
explanation of why this is done.  That is the way I used it for slides.  The 
other points made are well taken.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Gilbert Plantinga" <lists@gilplant.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Vuescan


> Tina,
>
> I haven't used VueScan since I got the Imacon, but IIRC (and I'm not  in 
> front of the computer that has the current VueScan now) one  important 
> thing was to set it to scan "Image," not "Slide." That  unintuitive 
> setting may no longer be in the interface, but it used to  be that way. 
> Also don't leave the ICE-like setting for dust and  scratches (infrared 
> channel) turned on -- Kodachrome is just like  silver B&W film and 
> infrared cleaning/ICE won't work.
>
> Set your black and white points at the very ends of the preview  histogram 
> to avoid all clipping, not at the ends of the scale, just  at the ends of 
> the image data.
>
> Hope this helps, I'll review what I've written when I get back into  the 
> studio tomorrow morning.
>
>
> Gilbert
> http://www.upstatelight.com
>
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> LUG:
>>
>> For those of you using Vuescan to scan your Leica film ;-) - are  there 
>> any secrets to getting a good scan?  I've been experimenting  with trying 
>> to get good scans from Kodachromes and they are turning  out very, very 
>> contrasty - almost impossible to color correct.   What settings are you 
>> using that work?  I've downloaded the manual  and read it but I'm 
>> obviously doing something drastically wrong.  I  would love for this to 
>> work.
>
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In reply to: Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Vuescan)
Message from lists at gilplant.com (J. Gilbert Plantinga) ([Leica] Vuescan)