Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 118
Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 118
- Subject: Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 118
- From: Mike Strickler <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:14:32 -0700
If you have color-managed scanning, then it's mostly the inaccuracy
from the film alone, which is usually greater than a from a scan
back, but you can do nicely either way, especially if the film is
EPY. Scan backs also have their colorimetric quirks, and after all,
no matter what anyone says, photography of artwork is not
colorimetric proofing--it's a far more complicated affair involving
correct rendering of textures, for example, which can have a huge
effect on what appears to be "correct" color. As far as resolution
and huge scanners are concerned, its often not practical to scan a
painting this way due to lighting and surface reflection issues, so
you're back to setting up lights and applying traditional skills. In
the latter case, if high resolution is critical, use something like
Better Light or a big piece of film (8x10 or larger for big
paintings) and a good scan.
Mike Strickler
MSP Graphic Services
423 Aaron St. Suite E
Cotati, CA 94931
707.664.1628
email@hidden
www.mspgraphics.com
Color correction is another question, and has little to do with the
resolution of the scan; rather, it is controlled by the accuracy
and gamut
of the scanner-film profiling. That said, for fine-art reproductions,
scanning film is almost always inferior to a high-rez digital file
from a
scan-back or Cruse scanner, because you have to deal with color
inaccuracies
from two stages.
My opinions, YMMV.
Good luck with your project.
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Frederick Park
<email@hidden>
wrote:
Dear Friends of Colorsync,
I should like to inquire if any of you have knowledge of the highest
resolution scan capabilities of 4x5" chrome in terms of ease of color
correction and "best" or optimal final output size at 300 dpi.
(Example:
500%, 5,000%, etc.) This project is two and three dimensional fine-
art
reproduction.
Also I wish to ask if any of you know of service bureaus that provide
archival output on paper 60+ inches wide with either pigment based
inks or
solvent based oil colors (wide gamut). Thanks for any help you may
be.
With highest regards,
Frederick Park
Asheville, NC
www.apalache.com
828.505.2833
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