Hello Everyone,
As a recently graduated photography student, I've reverted back to film while saving for a digital camera. I'm experienced with 4x5, medium format, 35mm and in the past have always used Epson Scan to scan my negatives and process them (color, contrast, localized edits) in Photoshop.
I recently purchased Silverfast 8 SE (the entry-level version) however, and have been lost while researching the many options to scan/process negatives, there's are some routes I researched:
-Scanning with a program like Epson Scan or Silverfast, getting color and exposure as close as possible to desired result while scanning
-Scanning the negative as a film negative and converting it to a positive image in Photoshop with a plug-in like ColorPerfect
-Scanning the negative as a film negative and converting it to a positive image with Photoshop (this was the method I saw for using only Photoshop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLc8rzLUbO4&list=UUN3IPP0EsFwzARONYMtfazQ&index=2)
Does anyone have insight, advice, personal experiences, suggestions, ideas to help me out?
I do LOVE using film but color, exposure, contrast difficulties have plagued my experience with scanning film for years and I'd like to develop a solid workflow
Thanks!