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by **doug nels** » Tue, 25 Jan 2000 04:00:00

are there any scanners or scanning utilities that support multiple scans of
the same image to inhance range?

is there a way to do this same thing in photoshop (ie: scan once for
quality in the highlights, change settings and scan again for quality in
shadows, then combine the two into one continuous image)?

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by **LLutt** » Tue, 25 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Quote:>are there any scanners or scanning utilities that support multiple scans of
>the same image to inhance range?
>is there a way to do this same thing in photoshop (ie: scan once for
>quality in the highlights, change settings and scan again for quality in
>shadows, then combine the two into one continuous image)?

Any scanner will do this procedure. I believe the correct procedure or at least
the one I am familiar with is:
1.) make the two scans as you described,
2.) Copy and paste one image onto
the other. This places the two images
on separate layers.
3.) You have to select and delete the
bad highlight or shadow area on the
front layer so the good area below shows thru.
It may be easier to make a mask, or use a plugin like Mask Pro to select the
over/underexposed area. Also, you probably should feather the selection.
Lynn Lutton

by **Tony Spadar** » Thu, 27 Jan 2000 04:00:00

> >are there any scanners or scanning utilities that support multiple
scans of
> >the same image to inhance range?
> >is there a way to do this same thing in photoshop (ie: scan once for
> >quality in the highlights, change settings and scan again for
quality in
> >shadows, then combine the two into one continuous image)?

> Any scanner will do this procedure. I believe the correct procedure
or at least
> the one I am familiar with is:
> 1.) make the two scans as you described,
> 2.) Copy and paste one image onto
> the other. This places the two images
> on separate layers.
> 3.) You have to select and delete the
> bad highlight or shadow area on the
> front layer so the good area below shows thru.
> It may be easier to make a mask, or use a plugin like Mask Pro to
select the
> over/underexposed area. Also, you probably should feather the
selection.
> Lynn Lutton

That's what I do. It is important to do both scans at the same time (I
have also done more than two) so the images are identical in size,
orientation, and every other respect except Levels (or curves) setting.
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