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I don’t typically crank the resolution up more than that for a couple of reasons, most notably, disk space and intended use. I do this because I will end up pixel peeping and it is a nice size for a variety of purposes. I typically scan at 1600 PPI, which with the 6x4.5 negative will give me a 50MB file. I leave the drop down for preset as it is - set for Photo Quality 1 - and I then grab the resolution slider. Next, I select the path for the file to take. I navigate back to the top of the left pane and give the file a name. Once the preview looks close enough to how I’d like the image to look I prepare to scan it. Once my path is complete and I’ve clicked back on the dot where the path begins I can correct the color. Now I can draw a path around the object that I want to correct in the image, in this case the path through the bamboo. When I click it I am prompted to add a name, and I do. To tackle the blue cast on the path I click the expert dialog indicated by the graduation cap in the bottom of the dialog box and am given a pen icon. The first area I am concerned with is the sky, so I click the area in between the trees with the magenta cast and I can see on the color wheel in the Selective CC dialog box that I’ve selected the appropriate color, and I begin to pull the saturation down by grabbing the slider on the “S” column. To correct these I click first on Selective CC in the top menu, and then directly in the preview on the area I’d like to change. In this scan the sky has taken on a tint that I’m not too fond of and the sidewalk is slightly bluer than I’d like. In my opinion the SilverFast Selective Color Correction tools are excellent and I opt to use them when a negative is going to need a little more work. First you could move forward with the scan, or you could perform some further color corrections. Once you’ve applied your NegaFix profile you have a couple of options. This week we'll finish it up and complete the scan.
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In it we loaded up our negatives, discussed some prescan options, and applied NegaFix to our prescan to get a baseline for color. Last week we featured part 1 of our SilverFast 8.8 review and workflow.