Eight years ago, I made a B&W Negative Scanning Tutorial. The software has changed quite a bit in the intervening years, so in August, 2023 I made this new, updated version using the latest versions of Vuescan and Photoshop.
Christopher Crawford demonstrates his film scanning technique from start to finish, using a Nikon LS-50 (Coolscan V) scanner with Vuescan software. He then shows the scan process itself, and demonstrates the post-processing needed to make the scan, which will look flat and gray, come to life as a beautiful black and white image with a full tonal range.
For a more detailed explanation of why he chooses the scan settings he chooses, Chris's written B&W scanning tutorial is available:
http://crawfordphotoschool.com/digital/bw-scanning.php
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