Wednesday, 6 January 2010

We're off finally!

Got round to installing an Epson Perfection 3940 scanner, finally. Embarrassing that I have done so little over the last year.

Downloaded the driver from the Epson web site and it seemed to automatically installed itself as a plug-in for PS, so the basic task of scanning and loading into PS is quite straightforward. The preview on the screen looked ok but was not too pleased with final result; once it opened in PS it looked too saturated, particularly in the reds. Tried the following:
  • Looked on the Epson website for ICC profiles that might help. Found a download that installed itself, but did not seem to make much of a difference.
  • Ended up manually adjusting the result with a Levels adjustment layer to set the black and white points, and then an HSL adjustment layer to desaturate the reds. Also seemed that the image needed sharpening. Might be able to do this last part in the scanner software I notice. The result was quite satisfactory at this point.
Before and after shown below.

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