mfogiel
Veteran
Woolen Mammoth
The obvious cure for blown highlights is to scan as positive. If they are still blown, it means that you plainly overdevelop your negatives.
AndrewNYC
The Vuescan settings need some experimenting, but you have a lot of control-
So the basic tips:
- set the output to tiff or raw, I use tiff
- set the input to b&w negative and select Tmax 0.4 CI settings in the colour tab
- set the bits to 16 ( scanning as 48bit rgb only makes sense if you use a staining developer),
- display the histogram in the preview - if the histogram does not go to zero on the right side, scan as positive
- make sure after the preview,to set the scanning area so that it does not include transparent film, if your histogram does not adjust after you have taken the transparent areas out, redo the preview before scanning
- untag ICE and sharpening
You should be set. Remember to keep the negatives as flat and dust free as possible.
The obvious cure for blown highlights is to scan as positive. If they are still blown, it means that you plainly overdevelop your negatives.
AndrewNYC
The Vuescan settings need some experimenting, but you have a lot of control-
So the basic tips:
- set the output to tiff or raw, I use tiff
- set the input to b&w negative and select Tmax 0.4 CI settings in the colour tab
- set the bits to 16 ( scanning as 48bit rgb only makes sense if you use a staining developer),
- display the histogram in the preview - if the histogram does not go to zero on the right side, scan as positive
- make sure after the preview,to set the scanning area so that it does not include transparent film, if your histogram does not adjust after you have taken the transparent areas out, redo the preview before scanning
- untag ICE and sharpening
You should be set. Remember to keep the negatives as flat and dust free as possible.