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Re: filmscanners: Photoshop 5 LE files darker than they look



I've been looking forward to getting PS E for awhile
now. I think I'll be buying the Epson 2500 dpi scanner
coming out in October, so I'll wait, since it is
bundled. As for using other software, I have Corel
Photopaint 8, which I find is easier for cloning than
PS. Keep in mind, I am an absolute beginner with photo
editing. I just find it easier to use a few differnt
apps for what I find easier in each. Until recently, I
was using the dinky little MS Photo Editor that came
with Office for when I wanted to crop! In short, I
want to use PS E for the same reasons, but have the
same reservations as you outline. I just don't forsee
switching to only one app any time soon.

Pat
--- Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> wrote:
> Alan:  Thank you!  The Adobe forums cleared up the
> mystery.  Indeed, PS 5 
> LE is set to a display gamma of 1.8, which can't be
> changed.  Now Photoshop 
> Elements does have the color management and gamma
> correction stuff.  What 
> PS Elements doesn't have, according to the specs and
> user comments I read, 
> is a curve tool, and the ability to adjust levels in
> 16-bit mode.  These 
> are serious deficiencies, and the addition of lots
> of hand-holding features 
> don't make up for it.
> 
> The curve tool is partially replaced by some
> "user-friendly" things called 
> "backlighting" and "fill flash," among others.  But
> the loss of 16-bit data 
> means you're in serious trouble unless you get it
> exactly right in the 
> initial scan, because you'll be forced to fix things
> in 8-bit mode, with 
> the risk of posterization that entails.  NikonScan
> does have a curve tool, 
> but I much prefer VueScan, which doesn't.
> 
> All this means that basically Adobe has made sure
> that a serious 
> photographer who uses Windows will have to buy the
> full $600 Photoshop, or 
> make the choice between:
> 
> - Editing things that don't look right on the screen
> so they'll look right 
> on the Web (LE)
> - Give up the curve tool and 16-bit functionality
> (Elements).
> 
> Or use a non-Adobe product.  It's tempting.  Anybody
> out there use other 
> programs.  Paint Shop Pro looks good, but doesn't
> handle 16-bit data. What 
> about Ulead PhotoImpact, Corel Photo-Paint,
> Micrographix Picture Publisher, 
> etc. ?
> 
> --Peter Klein
> Seattle, WA
> 
> I wrote:
> ><snip>
> > > I think PS 5 LE is using either a default gamma,
> or a default color
> > > space that you can't change.  Or both.
> Regardless, PS 5 LE is
> > > operating in a different universe than
> everything else on my system, 
> > which is
> >just
> > > sending RGB pixels to the monitor unadulterated.
>  And unlike the full
> > > version, there are no obvious adjustments to
> make everything the same.
> > > There's no Adobe Gamma, and no File, Colors
> menu.
> ><snip>
> 
> At 09:41 PM 08/20/2001 +0100, "Alan Rew"
> <arew@patrol.i-way.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> >I recall a comment on another mailing list that
> Adobe PS5LE has a
> >working space with a gamma of 1.8, which you can't
> change. My limited
> >understanding is then as follows: as PS LE doesn't
> display using monitor
> >compensation (unlike full PS), the resulting gamma
> isn't what you'd
> >expect on a PC (2.2). Hence the need for the
> correction factor of 1.22
> >(=2.2/1.8).
> >
> >Nowadays there is a cheaper alternative than buying
> the full version of
> >PhotoShop - namely the relatively new product Adobe
> PhotoShop Elements.
> >This includes colour management features and so
> should enable you do get
> >a lot further than PS LE (or any of it's price
> competitors) without
> >spending a lot of money. I believe it comes with
> Adobe Gamma tool which
> >enables some manual adjustment of your monitor.
> >
> >For questions about the colour capabilities of
> PhotoShop programs, try
> >the Adobe Colour Management forum,
> >accessible from
> >http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html
> >and look for the heading 'color management'.
> There's a simple
> >registration procedure.
> 
> 


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