Re: Scanning Color Negative Film -- Nikon Coolscan, Mac

In article <-YSdnQT9KZx4gwzVnZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, David J.
Littleboy <davidjl@xxxxxxx> wrote:

"Richard Karash" <Richard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

- Then, open same file in Camera Raw (Bridge... select photo... Open
in Camera Raw).

Bridge may or may not be the right thing, ...

Bridge is the only way I know to open a jpg/tiff file in Camera Raw.

... but Camera Raw is definately the
wrong tool to use for film scans. Camera Raw is for converting digital
camera raw files, and only handles 3 colors per pixel RGB matrix images
(tiff/jpeg) as a convenience.

I like that convenience... I like the sliders for Temp, Tint, Blacks,
Recovery, Vibrance, Clarity, etc. I don't think these are available
except in Camera Raw.

I appreciate your comment David, but is there a reason not to want to
use these in the workflow, taking the scanner output and getting it
into Photoshop in good form?

Use Photoshop iteself for scanned files; it has the tools you need. (I seem
to remember that Vuescan can store a "raw" file that includes the IR
information also. I'd think that only Vuescan would be able to deal with
such files.)

This is interesting... What would you do with the IR channel within
Photoshop? I found the automatic cleaning in the scanner software
(Digital ICE) just fabulous.

I find scanning negative materials a pain, and sympathize.

www.scantips.com tends to be really basic, but might have some helpfull
stuff on scanning negatives.

Thanks.

-=- Rick

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Richard Karash <Richard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Richard "at" Karash "dot" com
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