Re: [APML] Histograms

[Alan Voetsch <critter12952@yahoo.com>]

--- Eddie Guscott <eddie.guscott@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:
> Set scanner to scan at 16 bit depth (which produced
> an image of 60MB!!!)
> After doing an index scan, and before final scan I
> made adjustments to
> levels to bring the
> histogram into a nice "hill/mountain",

Is this adjustment done on the scanner software? And
what is an index scan?

> Opened this 60MB in PS 

You have the advantage here, my scanner is in a
different location. Will that make a difference as to
how the scans are saved?

> The histogram was very nearly at the left hand side
> so i adjusted the gamma
> (this was tricky, cos I couldn't find
> this adjustment in PS - finally found it in Image
> Ready programme which
> accompanies Photoshop).

This just gets more and more confusing, doesn't it?

> What are people doing for half an hour -
> that's what I want to know.

I believe the half hour reference was to total time
spent. I think the procedure is to make many small
adjustments as opposed to one.

> Rather that a net meeting thing, my suggestion would
> be that Matt or Tony or
> someone, produce a video
> (camera pointed pointed over their shoulder at the
> monitor) and capture
> everything that's done to an image.

Maybe this is similiar to what Jerry has in mind...
http://www.astropix.com
I've already signed up, and by now most of you guys
are probably hoping that Jerry gets finished soon so
you won't have to read about basic stuff any more.

Alan 

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