Jimmsp
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- Jan 9, 2011
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- Green Valley, Arizona, USA
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I have just begun to "scan" many of my old slides and negatives into digital format.
Instead of a commercial scanner, I have made my own lightbox, and am using my Canon 60D with extension tubes to shoot the slides and negatives.
The resultant raw shot now has plenty of resolution and the whole setup is pretty straightforward to use.
So far, it has been straightforward, if not easy, to process my slides using LR4 rc2.
I have just started on negatives (1 so far). I discovered that you can flip the tone curve around, so that the negative looks like a positive. It is now a saved preset.
It seems to be the Photoshop equivalent to invert.
All of the tone sliders are now reversed, but if I simply look at the screen as I move the sliders, all seems well.
I don't understand why my white balance temps are so different between the slides and negatives, though I have only shot one negative so far.
The purpose of this post is to look for advice from anyone who has processed negatives before with Lightroom (or even PS or PSE).
Do you have any advice on the initial capture?
What should I be careful of during the process?
Any tricks that would help me?
Thanks in advance.
Jim
Instead of a commercial scanner, I have made my own lightbox, and am using my Canon 60D with extension tubes to shoot the slides and negatives.
The resultant raw shot now has plenty of resolution and the whole setup is pretty straightforward to use.
So far, it has been straightforward, if not easy, to process my slides using LR4 rc2.
I have just started on negatives (1 so far). I discovered that you can flip the tone curve around, so that the negative looks like a positive. It is now a saved preset.
It seems to be the Photoshop equivalent to invert.
All of the tone sliders are now reversed, but if I simply look at the screen as I move the sliders, all seems well.
I don't understand why my white balance temps are so different between the slides and negatives, though I have only shot one negative so far.
The purpose of this post is to look for advice from anyone who has processed negatives before with Lightroom (or even PS or PSE).
Do you have any advice on the initial capture?
What should I be careful of during the process?
Any tricks that would help me?
Thanks in advance.
Jim