 Nicole Boenig-McGrade |
Let the Scanner Adjust Colours? Or not? Do you best scan your film/prints/slides by letting the scanner adjust the colour or leave it as original and then use PS if necessary? Any help is most welcome.
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Terry L. Long |
Hello Nicole. I always do as much adjustments in the scanner as possible - except using the "Unsharp Masking"! I'm not a professional, so take that into consideration. However, after the scan and once into PS, I save the image first, then I make a duplicate and work on the dupe. That way I've always got an original to work with without having to re-scan. Also, I never let the scanner "automatically" adjust the color. I manually adjust to MY liking. Have fun and good luck.
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Nicole Boenig-McGrade |
Hi Terry, Thank you very much, food for thought!
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Bob Cammarata |
A lot will depend upon the quality of the original slide or negative. (You should avoid scanning prints whenever possible.) I will generally use the scanner's factory pre-sets for color, but will sometimes adjust brightness and contrast if it needs it. I learned a great tip here at BP (one of Jim Miotke's tips): Crop out the black borders on the image, and the scanner will do a better job duplicating the original colors. On BP's home page under SAMPLE LESSONS, click on "Scanning and the Unsharp Mask Filter" for other great tips.
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