{"id":166,"date":"2012-11-13T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=166"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:35:14","slug":"vuescan-lightroom-and-dng-plus-the-lomography-digitaliza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"Vuescan, Lightroom and DNG Plus The Lomography DigitaLIZA"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgrFmp3jPJ_Igmvx8drHf1GnN78M7m7OhIxCm_Q94xY2Jn0c8mqavPm9sVRjmnDtg2eOXwu9bP64aFyDCSOu47S1ooHTp9W_djQ2SVNdAhNVgjvIAsIIdAWTKm4R7Gv4wgXM_pp\/s640\/Nov%252520rz67%252520005.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"640\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Fall Path<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/2011\/12\/my-first-look-plustek-7400-scanner.html\" target=\"_blank\">My blog on Plustek scanner<\/a> mentioned my purchasing of the scanner software Vuescan to replace the software that came with the scanner. Up to now I have avoided using it for my epson v500 as I find the epson scanner software very easy to use. For a change I decided to try the Vuescan <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_Negative\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DNG<\/a> output. DNG is equivalent to a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raw_image_format\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RAW file <\/a>only in a Adobe format. This turns out to have several advantages if you happen to own <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adobe_Photoshop_Lightroom\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Adobe Photoshop Lightroom\">Lightroom<\/a> or <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adobe_Photoshop\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Adobe Photoshop\">Photoshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You don&#8217;t have to fuss with scanner settings for each individual image (Just set gain and base colour on an unexposed part of the negative once per roll)<\/li>\n<li>You can extract and save all the information that the scanner can provide in a standardized archival form<\/li>\n<li>Fits into Lightroom&#8217;s non destructive workflow so reprocessing does not degrade the scan.<\/li>\n<li>Merges your film and digital workflow<\/li>\n<li>You can make and apply your own colour profiles, curves, fx and other post processes as many times as you want<\/li>\n<li>You start out with a RAW file that has more information and less noise then a conventional tiff scan with some curves applied during the scanning phase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Warning the Vuescan DNG has a linear gamma of 1 the same as a scanner so opening up a file out side of a gamma aware program will result in an image seeming to have a very strange contrast curve.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/metrix-x.rraz.ca\/2014\/07\/note-on-scanning-black-and-white.html\"><b>New note on Vuescan\/Epson V500 here.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>For Pixel Peekers <\/h4>\n<p>Have a look at this example of 35mm Nikon FMn2 105mm hand held street portrait on HP5 film developed in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.metrix-x.com\/2010\/12\/silver-alchemy-xtol-plus-rodinal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Xtol + Rodinal<\/a> and scanned on my Plustek 7400<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhXPKZ3QFc9UEYH7quQ_kb_LDPHiVh7NvgeJXDWp_Uo6IEKf0x7-g_rgYAXfxyloRoYQ5Soj0H-DqmqsEB-5v-EzK0bFy5QhLdxAKCmwE_PHvnSo1z03P59ipRkyhpei8wgyqrC\/s640\/Sept+30+Kensington+Pedestrian+Sundays++-++027.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhXPKZ3QFc9UEYH7quQ_kb_LDPHiVh7NvgeJXDWp_Uo6IEKf0x7-g_rgYAXfxyloRoYQ5Soj0H-DqmqsEB-5v-EzK0bFy5QhLdxAKCmwE_PHvnSo1z03P59ipRkyhpei8wgyqrC\/s640\/Sept+30+Kensington+Pedestrian+Sundays++-++027.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">Original scan from the Plustek B&amp;W scanned as a 48 bit tiff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left;margin-right: 1em;text-align: left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg0vqA1qNPPHejD9ty98iiEyQzkEBFtPlNpgBaNJK8WKK5T89l6pNmzWW7v1YQF_AqjhWvfmGx2tjluRm4CaDwq2SK_w9YPI8rasmwH8kd8bCjVhSLRs2zdqgFVfkYoZBWOu1G2\/s1600\/Sept+30+Kensington+Pedestrian+Sundays++-++026-sharpen.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg0vqA1qNPPHejD9ty98iiEyQzkEBFtPlNpgBaNJK8WKK5T89l6pNmzWW7v1YQF_AqjhWvfmGx2tjluRm4CaDwq2SK_w9YPI8rasmwH8kd8bCjVhSLRs2zdqgFVfkYoZBWOu1G2\/s1600\/Sept+30+Kensington+Pedestrian+Sundays++-++026-sharpen.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\">1:1 with some slight sharpening in post<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhXPKZ3QFc9UEYH7quQ_kb_LDPHiVh7NvgeJXDWp_Uo6IEKf0x7-g_rgYAXfxyloRoYQ5Soj0H-DqmqsEB-5v-EzK0bFy5QhLdxAKCmwE_PHvnSo1z03P59ipRkyhpei8wgyqrC\/s1600\/Sept+30+Kensington+Pedestrian+Sundays++-++027.jpg\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Lomography DigitaLIZA <\/h3>\n<p>I have to give the <a href=\"http:\/\/microsites.lomography.com\/digitaliza\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lomography DigitaLIZA<\/a>&nbsp; 120 Format film holder a 4 out of five rating compared to the epson holder 2.4\/5 rating. It&#8217;s so much better for keeping curly film flat. It&#8217;s also easy to load the film.<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Tips:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For the digitiliza make up a template that you can place on your scanner bed to make it easy to align the Digitaliza with the scanner bed (I made mine out of a stiff cardboard looks like a thick L) be careful not to cover the calibration area of the scanner <\/li>\n<li>I use a rocket blower rather then canned air to blow any dust off the negative.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>A pair of silk inner liner gloves (from a sports or outdoor shop) are much better then cotton gloves for handling negatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp; <br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVIW0H1uJ8o9kROQSQ9z5j1awEDCTt8-YttmvODEBbQdgU82h06iV-GqmYaT8lnNLkp_0WB6PDDikxHnMBF5x_zol0PQFX_imCl9YwSHEbOl617SLLVJA6IbYB0h9PgRyBjjvz\/s640\/V500+Lomo+120+holder+template.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVIW0H1uJ8o9kROQSQ9z5j1awEDCTt8-YttmvODEBbQdgU82h06iV-GqmYaT8lnNLkp_0WB6PDDikxHnMBF5x_zol0PQFX_imCl9YwSHEbOl617SLLVJA6IbYB0h9PgRyBjjvz\/s640\/V500+Lomo+120+holder+template.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h3>\n<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall Path My blog on Plustek scanner mentioned my purchasing of the scanner software Vuescan to replace the software that came with the scanner. 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