Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Tina I have a better understanding now. I have Vuescan Pro rather than Silverfast but they have some comparable options in saving the raw scan. A raw TIFF is where they initially started too but now also offer DNG option. Not the same as a DNG from you M9 of course but understood by LR and PS still. A DNG is really only a TIFF with a few more tags anyway. I don't think that you're gaining any quality specifically from that conversion step. Expanding on that Vuescan will also allow you to make concurrent output from same scan (raw TIFF, TIFF DNG, JPEG etc) For scanning BW film you can optionally have a scan as a positive (to let you invert later in PS) if wanted. I guess with your raw scans saved you can go back and redevelop in Silverfast without penalty too then? All of that is me getting off the initial point into related stuff I suppose (quelle surprise!) but I think the central thing coming up from our comments is that the versions shown do have that HDR processed look for some of us at least and for me the textures appear overly smoothed as well. Your content is invariably strong and most interesting, I only aim to comment on the technical application aspects. Now Doctor Ted will hunt me down and stamp KISS into my forehead again! Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 25 April 2012 08:11, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > After it is saved as a raw tiff (Silverfast's term), I import it into LR4, > convert it to a DNG and work on it just like any other raw file. I usually > start with Auto Tone and sometimes don't need to do anything more. Lately, > I've been playing with Superstition - the trial name for PSCS6. I was one > of the beta testers and really like what you can do with Highlight/Shadows > to pull details out of the shadows. I like the look but I'm gathering from > some comments that others don't. I think Adobe will have made some changes > in PSCS6 by the time it is released, so I may have to learn all of the new > features again. Nothing that I've done is destructive. I'm working on > copies so the original DNG file hasn't been touched. The Silverfast > software that runs the scanner refers to the program I use as 48 bit HDR > Color and I do believe it squeezes every bit of information out of the > film. What you do with all of that information is what makes it look HDR > or not. > > Tina > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Tina possibly that may be a clue relating to the impressions of HDR > effects > > in the versions you are showing us? > > "The scanner makes two scans, one for highlights and one for shadows and > > combines the information in one raw scan." > > You might have said before but please refresh me. Which software > processes > > are you using then? > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > On 25 April 2012 06:01, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > > > None of those. I'm doing just what you suggest. The scanner makes two > > > scans, one for highlights and one for shadows and combines the > > information > > > in one raw scan. All of the information is there in the scan. I'm > just > > > experimenting with the new Highlight/Shadow sliders in PSCS6. I'm also > > > doing it in LR4 so none of the changes are destructive. The original > > scans > > > are still there for me to interpret any way I decide later. The only > > > problem is that I have hundreds of thousands of scans and not that many > > > years left! > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at > > > rabinergroup.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > So what's going on are you using a double exposure sandwich blend > > > > technique? > > > > HDR? Third party software? > > > > > > > > Because its this added stuff which can make up loose our normal > > > perspective > > > > on our "prints". Makes us get way off balance. So its hard to judge > the > > > > prints we turn out. > > > > I say if that's the case then just make a go of turning out straight > > > prints > > > > from the scanner. Just let it multiscan at least 4 times maybe six! > > That > > > > will get the shadows in there. > > > > > > > > - - from my iRabs. > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > > > > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > > > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:41:50 -0400 > > > > > To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>, Leica Users Group < > lug at leica-users.org > > >, > > > > paw > > > > > <paw at micapeak.com>, seephoto <seephoto at micapeak.com> > > > > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Work Break > > > > > > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > > > > > And another one: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/142858666 > > > > > > > > > > M6, 35/1.4, Kodachrome 64 > > > > > > > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >