File Name: Use the same name as your Profile Name. Profile Name: Reference the film & scanner (if you have multiple scanners) in your name. Test Chart: Select the IT8 film target scan you created. Reference File: Select the reference text (.txt) file that accompanied your IT8 film target. Open Rough Profiler, and change the following setting: We are using Rough Profiler to create our profile.ġ. In this step we will be creating the ICC profile from the specific IT8 film target you have scanned, and placing the profile in your system. Click Scan to create your IT8 film target scan. Write down the RGB Exposure value – you will need to reference this value later in the process. At the bottom of the Input Tab select Lock Exposure. Make a Selection around the IT8 target, leaving a little bit of grey around it. Click Preview to capture an initial view of your IT8 target. Raw File Type: 48 bit (or 24 bit, depending on your scanner). Raw File Name: Reference the film you are scanning followed by a unique identifier (number or letters). Set Source to the scanner you are usingįilter Tab: (if your scanner supports this function). Open Vuescan, and change the following settings: The idea in this step is to capture the best exposure of your IT8 target to ensure accurate reproduction of colours from your scans.Ģ. An IT8 target is the media (film, paper) that the chart is produced on in which a profile is created from. The IT8 colour chart is an international standard designed to communicate and control colours. If you are looking for a tool to edit negative film Negative Lab Pro is probably one of the best tool out there. The process below is specific to profiling slide/postive film. 
This process of profiling and scanning with Vuescan was originally published on my personal blog, . The information on this site has been revised from the original post with additional information from the various contributors and comments. Be patient with the process, it’ll be worth it in the end. There is a very good chance you will have to repeat this process a few times to create the best profile for your film. Rough Profiler (Mac) / Rough Profiler (PC) – to create ICC profiles.IT8 film targets – Wolf Faust creates some of the best.
This process is a collaboration between many people, including Martin Jericho and Wolf Faust. The following is a best-practices of how to achieve the most accurate scans from Vuescan for slide/positive film. Unfortunately Vuescan does not do a very good job of creating or embedding ICC profiles. Vuescan is one of the most powerful scanning software available today. Ed Hamrick does a great job keeping the software up-to-date.Ĭreating accurate ICC profiles for your film is important to achieve correct colour reproduction, especially for slide/postive film. As film shooters, we all want to create accurate scans of our film.
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