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From: Osama on 27 Feb 2010 17:37 Yeh I know it's all negative. But I just found a box of 35m colour negatives in the old house. I was hoping I could scan and then flick to positive on Photoshop. Not that easy. I can get them Black & white so I can see what they are pics of but was hoping to invert and select the best to print at home or get blowups done. Probably about 800 - 1000 pics so I would prefer not get them all printed off to make selections. Any tips or products/programs to help situation. Cheers, Osama.
From: idgat on 27 Feb 2010 17:43 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:37:08 +1100, Osama <Osama(a)obama> wrote: >I can get them Black & white > >Cheers, >Osama. How are you doing this? -- idgat Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc.
From: John Tserkezis on 27 Feb 2010 18:03 On 28/02/2010 9:37 AM, Osama wrote: > Yeh I know it's all negative. > But I just found a box of 35m colour negatives in the old house. > I was hoping I could scan and then flick to positive on Photoshop. > Not that easy. I can get them Black & white so I can see what they are > pics of but was hoping to invert and select the best to print at home or > get blowups done. > Probably about 800 - 1000 pics so I would prefer not get them all > printed off to make selections. > Any tips or products/programs to help situation. The fact that you're scanning them, means you should be able to reverse all in one step within the scanner software. Photoshop will only see a finished image. Unless you're using something like a flatbed scanner and negative or translucency adaptor, in which case, you deserve what you get. Anyway, if you really want to torture yourself that way, there's a tutorial to help you. <http://www.computer-darkroom.com/tutorials/tutorial_6_1.htm> Good luck, you're going to need it.
From: Osama on 27 Feb 2010 18:32 > How are you doing this? Scan open in Photoshop > Image > Adjustment > Invert then Image > Adjustment > Desaturate and finally Adjust Brightness and Contrast to suit. Hope helps, O
From: The Old Bloke on 27 Feb 2010 19:19
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:37:08 +1100, Osama <Osama(a)obama> wrote: >Yeh I know it's all negative. >But I just found a box of 35m colour negatives in the old house. >I was hoping I could scan and then flick to positive on Photoshop. >Not that easy. I can get them Black & white so I can see what they are >pics of but was hoping to invert and select the best to print at home or >get blowups done. >Probably about 800 - 1000 pics so I would prefer not get them all >printed off to make selections. >Any tips or products/programs to help situation. >Cheers, >Osama. I have scanned thousands of slides and negatives. You need a scanner that has a light source in the lid. There are many on the market, but I'm not up-to-date with the latest offerings. They are not expensive. With these scanners all the inverting, etc is done automatically. Given the small size of negatives and slides, you need at least 4800dpi. Depending on the scanner, scanning at 4800 dpi can be slow. Personally, I have always used Epson scanners. |