#Epson scan v500 preview windom how to
#Epson scan v500 preview windom movie
#Epson scan v500 preview windom software
#Epson scan v500 preview windom professional

#Epson scan v500 preview windom how to

In one sentence: learn how to use Vuescan (takes months.) and make sure your films are flat. It's all about that cool 'film look', you know And yes, they will all look like cheap 1960's magasines, because that's how those shots were made. I would for instance not expect to have the same 'blue sky' in all frames - particularly since they appear to be shot at different exposures (weren't they?). Relative to your three samples, the color balance as it looks to me is not that far from what people get with negative film scans. However, scans are often far from ideal because of many reasons: scanning hardware (the V700 has an un-verified 2400dpi true resolution, which is is just OK-ish), film flatness (which a very frequent problem), JPEG and other image processing artifacts and finally softness in the original. The grain can be exacerbated by errors in the color balance, which seems to be a problem, so try to get that sorted first.Ĭ) Re sharpness: there is generally no reason why ideal scans should be less sharp than prints. I would suggest looking into Vuescan and some of the scanning workflows described in their documentation (look for 'lock film base')ī) The noise you describe seems to be film grain, which will always be visible in scans.

To do this reliably you may need a film profile.

#Epson scan v500 preview windom software

I don't know the V700 software very well but negative inversion is very tricky, and can give different results depending on film type and exposure of the film and exposure of the scan. Now to your questions:Ī) It obviously does, from what you are saying. Is the V700 a good tool for the job? So-so, depends what quality you expect, especially in terms of resolution. but that depends a lot on hardware, software and most of all skill and experience. you can do home scanning and get professional-looking results. is there a difference between 'home scanning' and 'professional scanning' - well, it depends. Here are some samples of my scans: (although it is the same building shot within the same 10 minutes, the colours are very different, and the last one especially looks like a picture from a cheap 1960s magazine) I would be very grateful for any advices!

#Epson scan v500 preview windom movie

Also, I think of how in movie theatres, 35mm film is projected upon an huge screen, which results in a super sharp image, but if I was to enlarge my scans to the same size, I suspect they would definitely look much much much blurrier (although I scan with 6400 resolution, and when I tried a higher one, it did not improve any more)

All the scans I get look like film from the pre-1970s (somewhat blurry). As I look at various old family prints I have from the 80s and the 90s (mostly made with simple amateur cameras), they seem much sharper (almost like digital photo quality sharpness) than what I get now in the scanned images. Is this defect on the film itself, or a scanning problem? If I print the same image, or give to the shop for them to scan, will the noise still be there, or not?Ĭ) Lastly, it is the general quality and detailedness. That is the areas which are the darkest consist to some extent of brightly coloured grain or noise, in bright green and pink dots (I am sure there is specific name for this noise in optics, sorry I know it not, however).

Is that supposed to happen? How do I know the original colour of the frame?ī) The second specific problem, is the colourful noise in the dark places. So depending on where I move my exposure frame in the preview window (that is, upon which area the exposure is to based), the images goes either redder, yellower, bluer or greener. I am not sure if this is supposed to happen (I though exposure should only affect the brightness and contrast, and not the colour). Depending on which area of the picture the exposure is based (be it the darker place, the lighter place, or the entire shot altogether) the colour changes dramatically.

#Epson scan v500 preview windom professional

The general question is: is there much difference in quality between home scanning, and printing (or, perhaps professional lab scanning)? If I scan an image, and the print from the same film, will there be significant difference in quality between the two?Ī) The first specific problem, is that I know not whether the auto exposure feature on the scanner (without which the images would stay shady), affects the quality and colour. I use the common Fuji film you get anywhere, usually 200 or 400, no more. I am not 100% satisfied with the results, but I am not sure whether the problems come from the film, from the camera, from my poor photography skills, or from scanning. My scanner is Epson Perfection V500 Photo. I have recently resorted to film photography and thus to scanning my 35mm colour negative film.