One other thing to consider is the format you save your scans in. In the example you posted above the first image is positive and the second is negative. You should be able to select positive or negative output in your scanner software. If you save it as a positive image you can then go ahead and edit in your program of choice. If you save it as a negative you first need to invert the tone curve to produce the positive. So if you invert the tone curve on the second image above you will end up with the first image.
I generally save B&W film as negative TIFF files and save colour film as positive TIFFs. I prefer to let the scanning software convert the colour negative to positive because it is tricky getting rid of the strong colour casts in colour negative film in post processing. Other than that I don't do any adjustments via the scanning software because Lightroom is much better for this and TIFFs give me maximum scope for adjustment.
I generally save B&W film as negative TIFF files and save colour film as positive TIFFs. I prefer to let the scanning software convert the colour negative to positive because it is tricky getting rid of the strong colour casts in colour negative film in post processing. Other than that I don't do any adjustments via the scanning software because Lightroom is much better for this and TIFFs give me maximum scope for adjustment.
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