filmscanners: OT (a bit) - Software for the colour-challenged

["Mark T." <markthomasz@ozemail.com.au>]

As a person who battles with moderate red-green colour-blindness, I am 
seeking software that can help out..

(Yes, I know I should have picked a more sensible hobby..)

The 2 methods I currently use - 'doing it by the numbers' or getting my 
work checked by someone else! - can be quite frustrating at times.  And 
before you tell me to use transparencies, I wish to continue using 
negatives for low-contrast portraiture.

I have been having a quick look at a product mentioned briefly on the list 
before, namely ICorrect (www.picto.com), which basically gives a 'quick and 
dirty' fix by making assumptions about skin-tones, neutral areas, foliage 
and sky.  At first glance, the free demo seems to give a very good starting 
point - much quicker and better than I can do by 
eye-dropping/curve-fiddling.  Some shots I had almost given up on 
(tungsten, no filtration, underexposed - yeuch!) looked as though they 
would be usable after the ICorrect treatment.

I have read positive reviews on the web (inc. from Ian Lyons & Michael 
Reichmann) and I think I'm convinced anyway, but would be very interested 
to hear from any others on the list who are using it, both from a normal or 
colorblind perspective.  My feeling is I probably don't need the features 
of the Pro version, which makes it a *very* cheap (US$40) solution to most 
of my c-b problems.


Thanks, mark t