Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I was just telling Wendy I remember your very good quality scanns with Silverfast HD, but I was saying too that I've tried tryals versions of Silverfast and Vuescan and I've always finally used the Photoshop ... Saludos Lluis El 12/03/2010, a las 3:31, Tina Manley escribi?: > Wendy - > > Silverfast is the best software I've found for scanning, but it does > have a > high learning curve and is not very intuitive. There is a manual > that helps > some but experimenting is even better. > > Good luck! > > Tina > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Wendy Thurman > <thurmanphoto at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Lluis- >> >> I'll take all the advice I can get! Thanks for taking the time to >> write >> it. >> >> More on the scanner- some of my problems with the film have not >> been film >> problems, but scanner use (or misuse!) My frustration level was >> getting >> the >> better of me so I shot a roll in careful conditions- test work only >> using a >> tripod and a gray scale taped to the wall, handheld shots in my >> room of >> detailed items- text, patterns, etc. The Hewes reel was a breeze >> to use. >> Processed the film carefully, at 68F, 1:1, 10 minutes, 5 sec initial >> agitiation and 5 sec every 30 sec afterwards. The negatives looked >> great. >> Then I scanned them and was horrified at the results. >> >> Silverfast software asks what sort of film one is using, and from the >> beginning I had indicated Tri-X. However, there is more! >> Silverfast is >> deceptively simple to use but there's more going on than I realized. >> Knowing that the negatives were good, I concentrated on the software >> settings. Here's a result on the test roll I shot yesterday evening- >> pedestrian photo but it's got all the tonal range and the look I >> expect >> from >> Tri-X: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Wendy+Thurman/Untitled-1.jpg.html >> >> Onward! >> >> Wendy >> >> > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information