Scanning B&W in color, sometimes one of the color channels will have better detail in highlights or shadows, and another channel vice versa. Then in Photoshop, Photopaint or whatever, one can pick and choose, and combine, and come out with a better image.
Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:53 PM Subject: Re: OT? Nikon LS 1000 Scanner | >Have you used it for B&W negs? | | Sorry to answer in bits. I scan B&W all the time in 8 bit, er 256 shades | of grey. That gives a file size of about 8 MB at 2700 dpi. Others have | scanned B&W in 'color' but I don't understand why, removing the colour | info in Photoshop does the same thing and removes the chroma info. | Unless, they simply leave the chroma, tweak the saturation and/or hue | down? Hmm, must try this. | | Cotty | | _______________________________________________________ | Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Check out the UK Macintosh ads | http://www.macads.co.uk | - | This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, | go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to | visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . | | - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
