Re: prevent comb in historgram?

"Andrew Morton" <akm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It would have been better to adjust the gamma or curve at the scanning
stage, if the software allows for that.

Good point. However, it seems faster to do it afterwards because I'm
scanning 3 to 5 photos per page (scanning an album) and each photo requires
different gamma. So I would have to scan each photo individually to adjust
gamma at scan time. Plus, sometimes I don't like the gamma/curve I first
decided on, which means I would have have to re-scan or suffer the comb
histogram anyway.

Blur the images.

But if the images look good, why worry about the histogram?

So it is not immediately obvious that I retouched the image :) This may not
be essential for family photos, but would be a good skill/habit to have if
someday I have to retouch a photo stealthily.


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