Join Taz Tally for an in-depth discussion in this video Taking the Tazmanian Oath!, part of Scanning Techniques for Photography Art and Design.
Our primary goal in scanning is to faithfully reproduce high-quality images,…and then in some cases attempt to improve and/or edit the characteristics of…the original images.…However, before we begin the capturing, editing, and improving imaging…processes, we must address the fundamental issue and take an oath.…Just like the Hippocratic Oath and medicine, our prime directive in scanning is…to first do no harm.…Well we tend to view the scanning and image editing process as an…image enhancing process.…It is also indeed true that many of the tools' processes and procedures, we use…doing the image capture editing and output, can actually degrade the quality of…our images and in many cases significantly so.…
Processes such as changing the dimensional and linear resolution of our images,…repeatedly resaving our images in different file formats and especially…compressed formats like JPEG, applying improper tone compression, too much…sharpening and converting our images through multiple color spaces can…
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Released
10/11/2011- Understanding grayscale values and channels
- Evaluating and correcting images with histograms
- Saving to different file formats
- Managing color
- Cleaning the scanner and images
- Reproducing versus assigning colors
- Recognizing contone versus dot pattern images
- Understanding bit depth
- Scanning logos and line art
- Scanning transparent film, positive or negative
- Capturing high dynamic range (HDR) scans
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 8s
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Using the exercise files1m 43s
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1. Scanning Fundamentals
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Types of scanners5m 2s
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Scanner location3m 19s
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Choosing pixels or vectors2m 27s
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Resolving resolution6m 32s
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Working with interpolation3m 31s
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Color management4m 23s
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2. Preparing to Scan
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Cleaning your scanner7m 31s
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Cleaning your images7m 47s
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Calibrating your scanner9m 13s
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3. Evaluating Your Images
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4. Special Scanning Considerations
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Understanding bit depth8m 49s
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Selecting a scan mode8m 20s
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Sharpening and its effects10m 40s
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5. Specific Scanning Tasks
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Taking the Tazmanian Oath!3m 38s
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Choosing your weapon4m 2s
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Performing a prescan2m 53s
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Assigning a scan frame5m 40s
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Determining scan resolution7m 57s
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Naming images1m 49s
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Scanning complex line art7m 33s
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Scanning grayscale contones13m 21s
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Scanning color contones13m 54s
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Sharpening9m 39s
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Setting up wet scans14m 29s
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6. Scanning Projects: Start to Finish
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Scanning landscapes15m 50s
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Scanning product shots11m 58s
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Adjusting distressed images11m 12s
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Scanning images with no neutrals11m 57s
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Post-scan touch-ups2m 7s
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Automatic scanning10m 40s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye27s
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