Hello all, I�ve trying for a while now to find a reproducible way to get decent scans from negatives without a lot of effort. It wasn�t working. The Minolta software that came with my scanner produces a mess, same for Vuescan, although it has more controls � which gets you closer at the expense of a LOT of time. Silverfast comes close, but it�s way overpriced and gives no information whatsoever about what is happening under the hood. My last resort was to scan a linear file and try to invert it in Photoshop, which always led to colour casts in some part of the tonal scale.
But then I stumbled upon this web page : http://www.c-f-systems.com/PhotoMathDocs.html . On it, the author not only explains quite clearly why a straightforward inversion in Photoshop doesn�t produce the expected result, but he also explains how it *can* be done properly. And even better, he has also written a Photoshop plug-in, negpos, to do it (trial download on the same page)! I�ve tested the beta of negpos in early december but I haven�t gotten around to actually using it (version 1.0 now) a lot, until now. All I can say is wow! I�m now getting decent colour out of my negatives with minimal effort. The interface is still a bit quirky and you have to understand conversion process to get the most out of the setting, but to me that�s definitely worth it! If you�re looking for a way to scan negatives without a lot of hassle, you owe it to yourself to check out the negpos plug-in. I�ll send a follow-up message as well with my scanning workflow, for those interested. Regards, Simon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
