"Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> asks:
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See how the shadow side of my face is all speckled? Instead of fading to
black, the scan fades to grit. I used to think that this problem was just
grain aliasing with my 2700 dpi Nikon LS-2000 scanner. But this shot was
scanned with my friend's 4000 dpi Poloroid (the one that takes both 35mm
and 120 film).
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Have you tried scanning in high-bit mode, i.e. to a 16-bit grayscale, or
even to a 48-bit color and then desaturate. That usually minimizes this. Do
as much of your levels/curves adjustments in 16/48-bit mode as possible.
(Sorry about the noise if you're already doing this.)
David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan
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