Try making 2 scans - one optimized for the highlights and one for the dark area, and then layer them.
Maris On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 00:01:17 -0800 "Ken Durling" wrote: > HI folks - > > I'm still working away here, improving my understanding and > techniques. Since the addition of histograms to Vuescan, I've been > trying to utilize them some, but remain somewhat confused, as I'm just > starting to get a grasp of the ones in PS Elements, which have 3 > sldiers, and input and output controls. > > I have a slide that I've been spending hours trying to yield what I > can see through the loupe on the light table, but it's evading me. > It's a very high contrast sunset shot taken on Velvia, with one side > very dark under dense clouds, and the opposite side has brilliant - > one might say "blown out" - area of sunlight. Along the bottom of the > photo is a lot of city detail, seen from above - I was shooting from > up in the hills overlooking SF Bay. It was taken with a sharp lens, > so the detail is there, and I'd like to retrieve it. > > My main problem has been trying to bring out all the detail in the > city - which is in the relatively dark area of the photo. > Secondarily, the finding a contrast range that doesn't blow out the > sunlit areas too severely, while not darkeneing the shadows too much. > > But what I'd like help with is how to utilize the Vuescan histograms > to achieve this. Needless to say, upon initial scan at the default > white and black points of 1, the histograms go off the scale at either > end. What general guidelines should I use for trying setting that > will bring the contrast range within the scale? And what effect do > the color balance settings have on the effectiveness of the black and > white point settings? > > Thanks for any lights, and if seeing an example of this particular > scan would be helpful, I can supply. > > > Ken Durling > > > > Photo.net portfolio: > > http://www.photo.net/shared/community-member?user_id=402251 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe > filmscanners' > or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message > title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
