Quoting from the Vuescan Help file (I hope Ed doesn't mind):
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If you choose "Image", no film correction is used, and the cropped file
will look as much like the original image as possible. If you choose
"Negative film" or "Slide film", the cropped image will look as much like
the original scene as possible and the Color tab lets you choose the film
manufacturer, the film brand, and the film type.
The difference between "Image" and "Slide film" is subtle. If you take a
picture of the same scene with Kodakchrome and Ektachrome film and scan
them with the "Slide film" setting, VueScan tries to make the resulting
scan look the same (i.e. to resemble the original scene). If you use the
"Image" setting, the resulting scans will look different and will reflect
the slightly different color characteristics of Kodakchrome and Ektachrome
film.
If you then took a picture of this same scene with Kodak Gold color
negative film and scanned it using the "Negative film" setting, the
resulting scan should look close to the scan you get from using the "Slide
film" setting and scanning the Kodakchrome and Ektachrome slides (i.e. all
three should look like the original scene).
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I use Velvia because I like the "more saturated than life" look for
scenics, so I want the scan to look like the slide, not the scene.
Therefore, I use the "Image" setting. I would guess that Ed figures that
most photographers would want the scan to look like their slide, so he
recommends the "Image" setting for slides. If for some reason you want the
scan to look like the original scene rather than the slide, then choose
"Slide" and Vuescan will attempt to correct for the film you are using.
Stan
At 08:59 PM 1/7/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>I haven't the foggiest. Maybe someday Ed will tell us?
>
>Maris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Toliwel@aol.com>
>To: <mlidaka@ameritech.net>
>Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:36 PM
>Subject: [filmscanners] Re: Vuescan clipping
>
>
>In a message dated 1/7/02 6:34:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>mlidaka@ameritech.net writes:
>
><< Ed has long recommended that the "Image" setting be used for slides. >>
>
>Hmm. This, of course begs the question, why have the slide option?
>
>Tom Wells
>toliwel@aol.com
>towells@aol.com
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