Washed out detail in Water color highlights
David Barajas
of 30 to 45% . The
pale subtle colors are getting lost. The water colors are on white
paper and I tried entering a
"heavy white" even to the point of adding several % points in white
areas. Despite this I still get
some choppy and even dropped out areas of some pale blues. I think my
scanner just doesn't
have the "eyes". I am holding down the original so it is flat on the
glass.
Does any one feel that there is a under $1500 scanner that can hold this
kind of highlight subtlty. I am thinking Powerlook II or Saphir or
Jade2.
I like the Lino's because of their CMYK software.
Is this an issue helped by bit depth? Or ??
By the way I am likely to be selling this Astra 1200S. For some uses
it is quite fine.
Thanks,
David B.
Frank DeCarlo
Either will work with the 1200S.
Second, are you scanning in 24 or 30 bit mode? Try a 30 bit scan
with VistaScan's "auto" option and see if it makes any difference.
As far as your other scanner choices, the Powerlook II is the best
choice. I believe both the Saphir and Jade 2 are Umax OEMs.
Lino's drivers are very good, though.
Frank
David Barajas <press...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:363B933F...@earthlink.net...
Mike Russell
The problem could be with your darker colors, and not the highlights.
Try setting the scanner controls so that the dark areas of the painting are
darker. This will give more gradation to the entire image, including the
highlights.
After you do this, the scan may then be too dark, but this is OK . The
goal is that no area of your initial scan be totally white or black.
Once you have a good scan, you may use your image editing software (e.g.
PhotoShop) to lighten it up the final image without "breaking up" the
highlights.
Re getting a better scanner - you do get what you pay for, however even the
cheaper scanners should be able to do a perfectly good job scanning water
color paintings, and a more expensive scanner may well be overkill for the
relatively low resolution work is sounds like you are doing.
David Barajas wrote in message <363B933F...@earthlink.net>...
>That's my problem. I am using a UMax Asta 1200s, and doing reductions
>of 30 to 45% . The
>pale subtle colors are getting lost. The water colors are on white
>paper and I tried entering a
>"heavy white" even to the point of adding several % points in white
>areas. Despite this I still get
>some choppy and even dropped out areas of some pale blues. I think my
>scanner just doesn't
>have the "eyes". I am holding down the original so it is flat on the
>glass.
>Does any one feel that there is a under $1500 scanner that can hold this
>kind of highlight subtlty. I am thinking Powerlook II or Saphir or
>Jade2.
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