Re: Assigning scanner profiles
Re: Assigning scanner profiles
- Subject: Re: Assigning scanner profiles
- From: Roger Schutte <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 13:59:46 -0500
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On 12/22/01 1:01 AM, "email@hidden"
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<email@hidden> wrote:
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At 7:43 PM -0600 21-12-01, Peter Calvin wrote:
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> I scan my 35mm slides with a Nikon scanner whose software can be used as a
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> stand alone or as a Photoshop plugin. In either case, I scan the film with
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> no exposure or color adjustment (as I made the profile) and then assign the
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> scanner profile to the image, then convert it to my working space, Adobe
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> RGB.
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> If I scan as a Photoshop plugin, the image is tagged as Adobe RGB (my
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> working space), to which I assign the scanner profile and then convert back
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> to Adobe RGB. If I use the scanner as a stand alone, I get an untagged RGB
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> file...
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Peter--
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I also scan with color management off for my Nikon LS4000ED, and when
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scanning into Photoshop it tags the scan as AdobeRGB which is very
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annoying. But don't fret, it's not converting the data, just tagging
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it with the wrong profile. You're doing the right thing by retagging
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it with it your custom profile (which is what I do).
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By the way, after assigning the correct profile (my custom one) I
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save it as is. That way I always have the original data on file. I
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can still work in the AdobeRGB space (or any other I choose in the
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future) should I wish to.
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--Bill
Peter + Bill,
I am not sure about previous versions of NikonScan, but the latest version
3.1 allows you to still have the color management switch 'on' (which lets
you use their LCH editor and Unsharp masking filter if you care to) and
quote "ignore color space profiles and work with the original, untreated
image" unquote. This setup is described in section 2.2 of the install notes
of the 3.1 installer. The 3.1 installer is downloadable from Nikon's
website.
Roger
Graphex Solutions, Inc.