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PerversPÃ?Â©pÃ?Â¨re · 11-12-2002, 09:35 PM

[quote]Originally posted by John Sabato:
<strong>Absolutely superb photographs PerversPÃ?Â©pÃ?Â¨re.

Thanks so much for telling us how you made them. What type of scanner do you use?

You stated that you scan the developed negatives. How do then do the color correction to make them 'positives' ?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I use a Canon Canoscan FS 4000 US. It comes ready for USB or SCSI connection, diapositive and filmstrip holders and APS adapter. Photoshop LE is bundled with the necessary drivers on the CD-Rom.
When you activate the "Import" command on your image editing software, the scanning utility appears, and ask you what kind of material you want to scan: diapositives, color-negs or B&W negatives. It then gives you access to resolution, curves and various image tweaking commands. You insert the film in the appropriate holder and push it in the scanning port. The machine pre-calibrates itself then lets you ask for thumbnails, preview and scanning commands. It has a very user-friendly interface and a very useful automatic electronic dust and scratches removal.
But when I do not have time for the whole shooting routine, I resort to scanning the pieces right on my flatbed scanner. Yes, it can be very effective if you experiment with the object's orientation (for shadows). Just be careful not to scratch the glass platen, put a white sheet of paper on top of the object and scan 100% at 300dpi. Retouch and color-correct image, size it about 4x5" at 100dpi. and save in Jpeg format for the web. Bingo!
Here's a Walther Manurhin PP I sampled using that method.
As you can see, there are many ways to skin a cat!
Have fun!
PP.

11-12-2002, 09:35 PM	#7
PerversPÃ?Â©pÃ?Â¨re User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by John Sabato: <strong>Absolutely superb photographs PerversPÃ?Â©pÃ?Â¨re. Thanks so much for telling us how you made them. What type of scanner do you use? You stated that you scan the developed negatives. How do then do the color correction to make them 'positives' ?</strong><hr></blockquote> I use a Canon Canoscan FS 4000 US. It comes ready for USB or SCSI connection, diapositive and filmstrip holders and APS adapter. Photoshop LE is bundled with the necessary drivers on the CD-Rom. When you activate the "Import" command on your image editing software, the scanning utility appears, and ask you what kind of material you want to scan: diapositives, color-negs or B&W negatives. It then gives you access to resolution, curves and various image tweaking commands. You insert the film in the appropriate holder and push it in the scanning port. The machine pre-calibrates itself then lets you ask for thumbnails, preview and scanning commands. It has a very user-friendly interface and a very useful automatic electronic dust and scratches removal. But when I do not have time for the whole shooting routine, I resort to scanning the pieces right on my flatbed scanner. Yes, it can be very effective if you experiment with the object's orientation (for shadows). Just be careful not to scratch the glass platen, put a white sheet of paper on top of the object and scan 100% at 300dpi. Retouch and color-correct image, size it about 4x5" at 100dpi. and save in Jpeg format for the web. Bingo! Here's a Walther Manurhin PP I sampled using that method. As you can see, there are many ways to skin a cat! Have fun! PP.