Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I?d give it a try on a couple scans to see if it works. It?s not magic, but it has helped. On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 5:09 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I have avoided using that on Kodachrome but it does work wonders on E-6 > films. Kodachrome has not faded so I thought restore might do more harm > than good. I don't use the clean feature on Kodachrome because of the > silver content like B&W film. I thought it might be the same. > > Tina > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > Do you use that color restore app built into vuescan while you scan? > I?ve > > never used it with Kodachrome, but it does pretty good on prints. > > > > I?m away from the film scanner for the week or else I?d run some to check > > it out for you. > > > > SonC > > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM Tina Manley via LUG <lug at > > leica-users.org > > > > wrote: > > > > > PESO: > > > > > > I'm scanning 7000 slides from Switzerland, most of them Kodachromes, > most > > > from 1989. One category is 56773 - Switzerland Countryside. If you > have > > > been to Switzerland, you know that the Swiss countryside is > beautiful. I > > > want to get it right. Here is the original scan, scanned on the Nikon > > > LS5000 with Vuescan set for Kodachrome: > > > > > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112330 > > > > > > It's too dark and the trees are blue. > > > > > > I lightened it and balanced the color based on the white house in the > > > foreground: > > > > > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112332 > > > > > > Everything looks fine except the trees in the distance are blue. I > > > remember them being blue but maybe I'm wrong. I subtracted the blue. > > > > > > https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/170112333 > > > > > > Now everything looks too green. I have many, many of these slides to > > > adjust and want to get it right but believable. > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > C&C greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Tina > > > > > > -- > > > Tina Manley > > > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > > > < > > > > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > > > > *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > > > <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://sonc.com/look/ > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > 1714 > > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley > < > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html > <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>* > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA