But for example the Auto setting (for automatic film base detection) seems to get affected by the framing and earlier film strips etc. It's possible to get rid of the blue off by fiddling the settings in NegaFix section. The blue tint is visible in the preview and in the final scans. I have set the 48->24bit as color mode, I'm not using HDRi setting. I get similar results when scanning color negatives as negative transparents. Can anyone walk me through their workflow for scanning negs? I've gotten slightly better results using Epson Scan, but still not perfect. I tried to correct in PS, but it is so far off I can't get a reasonable color balance.
The only option is to scan, which I did and got the following image (inverted, which I de-inverted in PS): Using the 48 bit option, the color and tone correction tools disappear. What am I doing wrong? It looks like the scanner is tagging the image with the correct icc profile - I've even tried assigning various Epson profiles but they look no better. The image has a severe green/cyan cast and is terribly blue in the shadows. I convert to ProPhoto and have been trying to correct, but the initial scan is so far off in terms of color balance that I simply can't get a decent image. When I open the files in PS, they have SFprofT (PerfectionV700).icc as the profile, and look terrible. I scanned at 1200ppi, 48 bit, and used the correct negafix settings.
Just got my first batch of ektar 100 back from the lab, set up my epson v700 and fired up silverfast. Been working digitally for a few years, so I feel like I have a pretty good grasp of workflow, color management and so forth. Haven't shot film in about two decades, but just ran out and got a toyo field and have started shooting 4x5.