bohngy
27-Mar-2009, 03:10
Hi all, well I've just become the proud owner of a Screen Cezanne Elite (FT-S5500). I bought it from a bankrupt printing firm, here in the UK.
It's taken me some time, but I've finally got it working on a mac dual G5 running osX 10.3. I've done a bit of scanning in the past (I used to use a Scanmate F8 plus and Heidelberg 2650) and past experience has shown that most scanner software is passable for trannies and hopeless for negs.
So, I'm using color genius to give RAW scans and importing into CS3. Then color correcting using levels (per channel) and curves. But there are a few things I'm unsure about;
1) Does the scanner need any type of focus calibration (there's nothing in ColorGenius)?
2) I've been selecting the scan area and adding it to the batch list, without any adjustment whatsoever, and it seems to be okay.
3) I didn't get any tranny masks with the scanner, so have made some from PVC sheeting. At the moment I'm laying this onto the glass bed and laying the CHEAPO plastic plate (with handles) on top. There's a big note on the scanner that reads "Emulsion up" and so I'm following orders. So far no newton rings but I did get strange color fringing when I made a mistake and put frame in with trannie emulsion down.
4) How does the max optical resolution change with frame size - e.g. 35mm, 645, 6x7, 4x5?
I was wondering if fellow Cezanne users could share some of their workflow, for the best possible scans for negatives and transparencies?
Meanwhile I'm happy to share stories of my battle with getting this thing to work with SCSI on a G5! (grrrrr!)
many thanks for your time
It's taken me some time, but I've finally got it working on a mac dual G5 running osX 10.3. I've done a bit of scanning in the past (I used to use a Scanmate F8 plus and Heidelberg 2650) and past experience has shown that most scanner software is passable for trannies and hopeless for negs.
So, I'm using color genius to give RAW scans and importing into CS3. Then color correcting using levels (per channel) and curves. But there are a few things I'm unsure about;
1) Does the scanner need any type of focus calibration (there's nothing in ColorGenius)?
2) I've been selecting the scan area and adding it to the batch list, without any adjustment whatsoever, and it seems to be okay.
3) I didn't get any tranny masks with the scanner, so have made some from PVC sheeting. At the moment I'm laying this onto the glass bed and laying the CHEAPO plastic plate (with handles) on top. There's a big note on the scanner that reads "Emulsion up" and so I'm following orders. So far no newton rings but I did get strange color fringing when I made a mistake and put frame in with trannie emulsion down.
4) How does the max optical resolution change with frame size - e.g. 35mm, 645, 6x7, 4x5?
I was wondering if fellow Cezanne users could share some of their workflow, for the best possible scans for negatives and transparencies?
Meanwhile I'm happy to share stories of my battle with getting this thing to work with SCSI on a G5! (grrrrr!)
many thanks for your time