PAUL GRAHAM wrote:
> when I switched off Nikons colour management system I got a fantastic colour
> preview - (with some sort of grid over it) it looked like just what I had
> been striving for in colour
>
> but...
>
> when I had got the scan a few minutes later, it opened way off in colour
> (far far too dark, nothing at all like the preview
Hi, Paul,
what about opening in *another* image editing application - same effect?
I have had the same problem with PS 5.5LE, the other way round - my
files would open too bright which is why I don't use PS 5.5LE that much.
> no matter what I do in Photoshop - assign profile, dont assign profile,
> assign and convert ... it stays that way - completely out of wack.
> what am I doing wrong?
Just in case there's still something important to be set in your copy of
Nikon Scan - I'll append the settings I use in text form. I use NS 2.5
which may be slightly different from 3.1, however.
> also I don't understand, if cms is off, then what is in sRGB - your photo
> editor?
Sorry for misleading you - it's actually RGB, not sRGB. I misread.
> (there is no 'preview mode' in ns 3.1 for windows, so it can't be set to
> "lo-cont neutral")
I have heard there's no such menu item with the newer Coolscans (LS-40
and 4000). If you are using one of those, you most likely won't find it.
Maybe the newer Nikon models can go without it - however, the LS-30
can't.
<my settings>
Preferences:
Gamma:
Preview Gamma: 2.2
Use Preview Gamma: Checked
Everything else: Unchecked
Color Management:
Use Nikon Color Management: Unchecked
Use Factory Default Monitor Profile: Checked
Everything else: Unchecked
Device:
Nothing to check or choose from
Misc:
General:
Perform Autoexposure Before Prewiev: Checked
Perform Autoexposure Before Scan: Checked
Perform Autofocus Before Scan: Checked
Enable Live Preview Updates: Checked
Everything else: Unchecked
Color:
White Point Calculations:
All numeric values to "255"
All percentage values to "0"
Black Point Calculations:
All numeric values to "0"
All percentage values to "100"
Auto Contrast Calculations:
0 percent excluded
Scanner Extras:
Clean Image: On (Normal)
Manual Focus Adjustment: 0 (not used by me)
Analog Gain: Usually between .25 and 1 ("Master" Channel)
Scanner Extras:
Interpolation Method: Bilinear
Prescan Mode: Lo-cont neutral
Pixel Data Size
Scan Bit Depth: 8 (cannot be changed)
</my settings>
Best regards -
Ralf
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