Sherri McGee |
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Scanning photos
I have the Nikon Coolscan V. I would like to learn to use it better. Can someone recommend a book on scanning photos. thanks
December 30, 2005
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Bob Cammarata |
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There's some real great info on scanning at this link:
http://www.scantips.com/Bob
December 30, 2005
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Sherri McGee |
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Bob,
Thank you very much. The site looks very helpful. Have you ordered his book?
December 30, 2005
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John P. Sandstedt |
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I've gone to Scantips for years and have had several e-mail chats with its author. I've found the info helpful, but I haven't felt the need to buy the book. That's probably because there are really few adjustments one can really make on the scanner [at least the one I use.] You might also go to www.photography.about.com. There's a short article on How to Scan, about 200 words, that really says it all. Scantip.com offers a lok of technical info, and that's what makes it a good site. I used it to more fully understand the Moire Effect. There's always the HP site. Of course, you'll have to wade through the "I love HP equipment stuff."
January 06, 2006
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doug Nelson |
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I usually set a film scanner so that it returns a "raw" scan. I have found most scanner mfr software to be confusing and unintuitive, so I do the tonal, color and other edits in Photoshop after the scan. Elements is so good these days that it can do the important Photoshop functions. Minimal scanner settings are as follows:
Set the scanner for the film type, as specifically as the scanning software allows. Set any Digital Ice or dust cleanup functions, as it will save you lots of time later, and the resulting image degredation is negligible. Set the highest bit depth the scanning software allows. The resulting scan will have a huge file size, but you convert to 8-bit AFTER you are satisfied with your tonal and color edits in your image editing software.
January 06, 2006
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