Getting the colour back best practices..

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telegix
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Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby telegix » Mon Apr 13, 2009 4:44 pm

I have several 30 or 40 year old slides which are suffering from this reddish fate.. I'm wondering what are the best practices to getting this colour back with minimal amount of effort on my part... I'm using SE Plus demo at the moment.. However I think i'd like the IT8 colour calibration and will probably buy the AE software package.. Look at attached file to see what i'm talking about.

John
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test scan of poor reddish slide
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Re: Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby LSI_Morales » Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:51 am

Dear Telegix,

Is the color cast already present in the original pictures? Which scanner are you using for the scanning task?

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Re: Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby telegix » Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:13 pm

I am using the nikon coolscan V scanner.. The colour cast is present in the original picture..

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Re: Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby LSI_Morales » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:46 pm

Dear Telegix,

Since the color cast is already present in the original artwork, it looks more like they are monochromatic images, I suggest you try using the 8 bit greyscale to scan your pictures and get rid of the color cast.

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Re: Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby telegix » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:14 pm

Excellent tip, I shall try that. Thanks!

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Re: Getting the colour back best practices..

Postby LSI_Morales » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:52 pm

Hi telegix,

no problem, I wish you much fun and success with your images

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