Re: [APML] rescanned and processed IC1396

[Jeff Allen <jeffstak@yahoo.com>]

Nice job Jeff. One of the best IC1396's I've ever
seen.

Jeff Allen


--- Jeff Ball <jeffball@zoominternet.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am giving the old Nikon 8000 a workout.  I
> rescanned at 14bit and utilized
> the GEM software.  I am very impressed with the GEM
> software.  At least on
> these E200 push processed slides that were very
> thin, the GEM did a great
> job of reducing the grain and preserving resolution.
>  I used a setting of 1
> out of 4.  The GEM is part of the Nikon software
> package and is packaged
> with other scanning software.  After much experience
> with SGBNR, BGSmooth,
> and selective gaussian blurring on my own, I am
> pretty confident that the
> GEM worked much better than any of these others
> would have.  I am thinking
> of rescanning some old PPF stuff to see what GEM can
> do with it.  I also
> went with a natural look and worked with what I had
> and did not force the
> processing.  I still have a lot to learn with the
> software.  I am trying to
> find the right balance between utilizing the Nikon
> software and relying on
> Photoshop.  Oh yeh, I used Photoshop with 16 bit(?)
> mode<g> for curves.  I
> think it does make a difference<g>
> 
> http://www.astro-photography.com/ic1396.htm
> 
> Jeff Ball
> 
> 
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