Check out the Polaroid Dust and Scratch filter. Also, Katrin Eismann has some great techniques in her book on photo retouching for photographers (http://www.digitalretouch.org) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Tina Manly <images@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; PAW Project Discussions <paw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <seephoto@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2/7/2005 2:37:42 PM > Subject: PAW 6, Vuescan? > > PAWs: > > O. K. all of you Vuescan users - > > I'm trying to learn how to scan black and white with Vuescan. Since I > can't use Digital ICE with B&W, I'm looking for some way to cut down on the > spotting when I scan all of these old black and white negatives and that's > why I downloaded Vuescan. So far, I'm not too impressed, but maybe I'm > overlooking something obvious. When I crank the infrared cleaning up to > high, the image gets too soft. When it's on medium or light, I still have > to spend a long time spotting out dust and scratches. These first two were > on medium, but I did a lot of spotting. Am I overlooking something obvious > or expecting too much? These are old negatives and I've cleaned them as > much as I can without scratching them more. > > Other than that, these are all photos I'm scanning for stock. What do you > think? The second alternate is another old Kodachrome. > > Week 6: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/39515879 > Alternate 1: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/39515884 > Alternate 2: http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/39515900 > > Thanks for looking. > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > ========================================================= > To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe. ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.