Re: scanning color negs
Re: scanning color negs
- Subject: Re: scanning color negs
- From: "john c." <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:44:51 -0500
One reason that service bureaus don't like to scan negatives is that there
is too much left up to the good judgement of the operator. The time spent
seriously cuts into profits. In the case of a chrome or print, the operator
has something to match, aesthetics don't enter into it, and the service
bureau makes money.
Custom photo labs have always had to deal with this problem. The "real"
color of a negative is always an open question. It's as different with each
printer, paper, enlarger or lens as it is with each scanner or PhotoShop
operator. What the customer wants, to make matters worse, can be what was
seen on a cheap proof.
For this reason, we always do a raw scan of negs and save multiple
correction layers in PhotoShop to make the conversion. This is so that we
make it easy to make any changes after the customer sees the final result.
Working this way has an overhead, but it's the only way I know of to get the
job done.
john castronovo
tech photo & imaging
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From: "LensArtGallery" <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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Cc: <email@hidden>
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Subject: Quality Scans from Color Negs.
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Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:33:42 -0800
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Scanner operators for the most part never have liked working with
negatives,
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it's too bad since there are things you can do with negs that are
impossible
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with chromes, however I'm sure there are some around that are skilled in
the
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neg area (one would hope).
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