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[OM] Re: Hajstorp, southwestern Sweden, last summer

Subject: [OM] Re: Hajstorp, southwestern Sweden, last summer
From: Manuel Viet <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 02:38:05 +0100
Le vendredi 03 Mars 2006 01:51, Moose a écrit :

> I can't help with the GIMP, as I don't use it.

Names may be different, but it works the same.

> I do my image editing in PS, 
> CS/8 for the moment, but it doesn't matter which version for this. I've
> made a little step by step example of what I did to your image
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Tut01bw.htm>.

I understand you begin by scanning without telling us anymore details ; to add 
my own grain of salt, I'd advise to scan b&w pictures in color mode, then use 
the in-software b&w converter. Rationale being that I have a scanner which 
scan only in the red channel while in b&w mode ; maybe yours don't, but it 
can be frustrating to see a dark image from an otherwise correct print. 
Scanning in color then turning to b&w made this problem vanish (to the 
expense of your RAM - better have a lot of it anyway).

The added benefit is split-adjustment of every rgb layer before collapsing the 
picture into b&w. This has the same effect as putting a colored filter on the 
lens, but you can choose your exact filter as an afterthought "in lab", very 
convenient.

The more I use scanners, the neater I find them ; they have an incredible 
"view", sometimes getting details out of a photopaper print you couldn't 
possibly imagine to have - invisible to the naked eye (and I have a very very 
good eyesight, far above what's considered "normal good"). 

-- 
Manuel Viet

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