Re: Monaco EZ Color

["Rafe B." <rafeb@channel1.com>]

At 11:26 PM 6/24/99 -0400, samkatz@ibm.net wrote:

>I posed some of these questions to EZCOLOR.... they responded quickly and in
>detail. here's their response to the scanner issue.( I too only have a
>negative scanner.


I find that negatives are notoriously difficult to
color-correct, even on a good scanner, even when that
scanner has oodles of built-in "profiles" for different 
types of color negative films (as does my SprintScan, for
example.)

However, the technique of saving/loading user-generated
corrections is supported by all of the film/slide
scanners I've worked with.

The technique of "correction by the numbers" works
just as well in the scanner driver as it does in
Photoshop.  Set your black point and white points
carefully; look for neutrals, and "make them so."

I tend to be a little conservative when correcting
scans.  In other words, I don't mind terribly if
I'm wasting a bit of tonal range (say, 10-15 points)
at either end of the range.  This is far superior to
having the shadows/highlights blown out.  There's
always Photoshop for making the final corrections.

Part of the dilemma for Monaco would be to provide
their "calibration slide" (or calibration negative)
on umpteen different brands and sub-categories of
slide and negative films.  A daunting task!


rafe b.

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