Try making 2 scans - one optimized for the highlights and one for the
dark area, and then layer them.
Maris
On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 00:01:17 -0800 "Ken Durling" wrote:
> HI folks -
>
> I'm still working away here, improving my understanding and
> techniques. Since the addition of histograms to Vuescan, I've been
> trying to utilize them some, but remain somewhat confused, as I'm just
> starting to get a grasp of the ones in PS Elements, which have 3
> sldiers, and input and output controls.
>
> I have a slide that I've been spending hours trying to yield what I
> can see through the loupe on the light table, but it's evading me.
> It's a very high contrast sunset shot taken on Velvia, with one side
> very dark under dense clouds, and the opposite side has brilliant -
> one might say "blown out" - area of sunlight. Along the bottom of the
> photo is a lot of city detail, seen from above - I was shooting from
> up in the hills overlooking SF Bay. It was taken with a sharp lens,
> so the detail is there, and I'd like to retrieve it.
>
> My main problem has been trying to bring out all the detail in the
> city - which is in the relatively dark area of the photo.
> Secondarily, the finding a contrast range that doesn't blow out the
> sunlit areas too severely, while not darkeneing the shadows too much.
>
> But what I'd like help with is how to utilize the Vuescan histograms
> to achieve this. Needless to say, upon initial scan at the default
> white and black points of 1, the histograms go off the scale at either
> end. What general guidelines should I use for trying setting that
> will bring the contrast range within the scale? And what effect do
> the color balance settings have on the effectiveness of the black and
> white point settings?
>
> Thanks for any lights, and if seeing an example of this particular
> scan would be helpful, I can supply.
>
>
> Ken Durling
>
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