![]() ![]() ( have been looking for a uniform workflow to obtain a standardized way to scan negatives for quite some time, and I have invested into various software checking it all out. I'm going to check out the tips you've shared, and ColorPerfect sounds quite promising. I will also use the right click white balance option you mentioned when the color cast is pretty severe. This generally gets me acceptable colors that can be tweaked with Adobe Camera Raw. The workflow that I have since adopted is selecting the film profile, and picking the "neutral" color balance option, and save to DNG Raw with color adjustments applied. The only thing affecting the color seems to be the film profile and the color balance settings. The one thing I've noticed with the lock base color feature on my scanner is that it doesn't produce any noticeable differences when enabled, and I get same colors with it on or off. Thank you for your kind comments and insights. Additional benefit, is that you can very carefully set black- and whitepoint. I also use the SRGB-colour settings, because I cannot completely disable color management in Vuescan.Īfter that I open the negative in Photoshop, and convert with ColorPerfect. ![]() I scan the negative without any converting or processing at all, so I see a real negative on the screen. If this does NOT produce good colors (happens), I turn to alternative nr. ![]() In my situation, only adjusting the sliders of the film base colours (in colour tab), turns the clicked box off. For that reason I usually include a grey card as a first "photo". Sometimes additional WB-clicking is needed. ![]() I then do the mentioned procedure,this has to be done in the exact specified order, fist exposure, and then the base colour, and after that I select the desired frame to scan. My first approach is to start with the locking process, after specifying the film type in the color-tab, making sure the color options are set on manual. #How to use vuescan to scan film how to#I suspect that clicking the " Lock film base color" option is the last step before clicking on scan, but this leaves me unsure if the settings are only being applied to that particular frame or the entire batch scan.Ĭan anyone comment on how to use this feature on the 9000ED with batch scans, and share your workflow suggestions?Īllthough I have another scanner, I thought I'd share anyway.įantastic photostream you've got, with great and caring colour usage.Įktar is imho not easy to process, I couldn't get rid of a reddish cast. Now, the issue is that whenever I go my blank calibration frame (shot with the cap on) and enable " Lock film base color," if I switch to any other frame the option gets disabled. I've been trying to scan some Kodak Ektar 100 (color negative) using Vuescan, and I've been reading up on the "Lock film base color" feature as a way of removing the color cast from the orange film base (which inverts into a blueish teal color on the scans).Īccording to the documentation, and from what I've found on various forums, the process is something like: Preview>select a clear area of the film or the leader> click "lock exposure"> preview again> click "Lock film base color"> scan. ![]()
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