Hi.

When I scan slides on the scanner, I have sometimes ugly banding. At the beginning I thought these were my slides who were too old (20-25 years of age) but somebody told me recently it was the scanner.

I see it only in dark parts or after adjusting the gamma on too dark photos. I don't always know how to remove it. Sometimes, it can be easy: using a depth of field and the clone tool like in this one where there is a main subject that can be easily focussed, using a directional blur like in this one where I applied it on the background terreplein where it could look natural.

Now I have a photo I would like to post but the banding has a huge surface, there is no main subject I can focus on as this is an overview with a lot of small details. I cannot post the image today, I have already reached my daily quota.

I can do the job in Photoshop 5, PSP 9 or Painter 8. If there is also something to do with the scanner (HP Scanjet with a slide module), I would like to hear it.

Any hints?

Miche

Message edited on: 02/16/2005 06:12