Using Photoshop Color Balance and Levels
to correct the reversed
negative.
These images show the exact settings for the color correction in the shadows and also the very slight increase in contrast for the final. The correction for the color cast of the film base often has the characteristic symmetrical spread that we see above in the settings for the shadows.
Scanning the negative for the portion with the reflected image in the door glass at 2400 dpi and carrying out the reversal in Photopaint, boosting saturation by 10% and pushing the contrast gives a degree of punch and detail that cannot be obtained by scanning a print. In spite of the difficulty, the scanned negative gives superior options.
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and photo imaging by Craig Welch, 2002.
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Doorway to Sunset.
The film was Kodak Portra 160NC, shortly before the
sun went down.
f/16 at 1/10 sec taken on May 26 at 7:15 p.m.
with sunset about three quarters of an hour later.
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Using Photoshop Color Balance and Levels to adjust the color correction for midtones, then shadows, then hightlights seems to give more billiance to the final result than I was able to achieve with Photopaint. I applied Levels again after the Color Balance to fine tune the contrast in the RGB.
Trying this approach to negative reversal in addition to scanning
is useful since often scanning software gives us the ability to
color correct and adjust contrast along with a histogram. Developing
the skill of reversal in a graphics program will carry over to the
scanning software when scanning negatives and improve performance.
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