Thanks, I'll check them out.
In theory I keep the original scan file and probably have them on disk or
CD. However this year has been a long learning experience and I've found
that I can now get better scans so I'll go back to the original negs and
start again for a few pix.
Ian
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Moose
Sent: 21 December 2002 09:51
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Photoshop curves and unsharp
Some good on-line resources are
Computer-Darkroom <http://www.rgbnet.co.uk/ilyons/>
a few scanning tips <http://www.scantips.com/>
Making fine prints in your digital darkroom
<http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints.html>
Mastering Downsampling
<http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/downsampling.html> This
site is great for explaining what you are doing and why you are doing
it, not only for downsampling, but for unsharp mask. I found the very
detailed procedures are not optimal for all kinds of images. Try them as
a tutorial, experiment, and discover what's best for you. In Photoshop 6
or 7, with that lovely, one click, multi-level undo/redo, it's easy to
compare before and after of one or several steps adjustment steps.
I always scan for and save the best straight scan I can. Later, I make
adjustments to curves, balance, sharpening, etc. in photoshop and also
save the final print and/or web versions.
Moose
IanG wrote:
>OM content.... I use one :-)
>
>Last night I started reading a magazine to discover that I don't know how
to
>use curves and unsharp properly. I've discovered how to set black and white
>points with curves and the difference to a few of my pix is startling.
>
>Now I strongly suspect I've been using unsharp mask badly, which could go a
>long way to explain lots of 'grain' in my prints. Does anybody have a
simple
>approach / guide to using unsharp?
>
>I have a horrid susption that I'm going to need to rescan and correct a lot
>of negs now :-(
>
>
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