Re: Making scans of color negatives [was: Is there a profile with
Re: Making scans of color negatives [was: Is there a profile with
- Subject: Re: Making scans of color negatives [was: Is there a profile with
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:02:56 -0400 (EDT)
Chris Protopapas wrote:
>Marco Ugolini wrote:
>
>>I agree that starting off by scanning a color negative as positive (and
>always in 16 bits!) is a good way to do it. I have done it that way
>myself, with more-than-decent results.
>
>>But one thing is left untouched in Lyons' otherwise good tutorial: which
>RGB color space (ICC profile) should one assign to the scan?
>[...]
>
>The answer is simple. Assign your positive (transparency) profile and
>convert to Adobe1998 (or whatever your taste is).
>After all, you're just as concerned about reproducing accurate color in this
>workflow as in the positive workflow, it's just that you will take it one
>step further and invert it.
OK. It makes sense. I'll try that. Thank you for the suggestion.
Marco Ugolini
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