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Re: [OM] Transparancy adapter- a waste of time?

Subject: Re: [OM] Transparancy adapter- a waste of time?
From: "Philip Pemberton" <philpem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 07:54:15 +0100
> I thought it might be fun on the cheap.  I bought a flat bed scanner with
a
> transparency adapter and man, it does some freaky things with slides.
>
> First off, everything is at least 30 points blue.  Then the shadows have a
> red cast while the midtones have a cyan cast.  I don't think this thing
can
> be tweaked into a usable tool.  It's a HP 4470c w/ XPA.  Maybe I'll return
> it and spend the money at the pro lab?  A proper film scanner is too rich
> for my blood.  This digital stuff is way expensive.
Ick... Time to ask JASC to add "Highlight/Midtone/Shadow" separation to
Paint Shop Pro...Or it's time for me to write my own image editor (free
"Lite" version, low-cost bells-and-whistles add-on)...

Later.
--
Phil.
philpem@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.philpem.btinternet.co.uk/


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