Re: Using Color Negs in Adobe PhotoShop

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 21 Mar 00 at 13:25, David Hibbeln wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> I sat down one night, looked a my old HP11C scanner, a old 5x7 Aristo cold
> light head, and a Widelux Color Negative and wondered. 
> 
> I was able to scan the negative into PhotoShop ver 5.5 with minor issues.
> Had to built a mask and raise up the cold light head to get avoid scanning
> the neon lights grid.
> 
> The issue  I have now is how to get rid of the color mask (orange color) on
> the negative.
> I know some where I read how to do this.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue or a URL they can point me too?

For perfection you need a reference shot on the same emulsion, 
showing neutral grey....store the correction needed for that, and 
apply it for every other neg on that emulsion.
Otherwise some neg's will become okay if you reverse and 
auto-adjust....but with dominant colors you might loose the punch of 
the shot.
I also think I have such a link on my homepage (do a text-search on 
'scan'):

http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm 

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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