On September 17, 2009 09:13:05 am Dick Angus wrote: > On September 17, 2009 08:43:35 am Dan Mueller wrote: > > Do any of you know of a slide/negative converter that will take a slide > > and convert it to digital that works in Linux?? > > > > > > > > Or might any of you have one that works in Linux that you would like to > > part with?? > > > > > > > > dan > > I have a Konica Minolta DiMage Dual Scan IV that I have used with a > software product called VueScan. I have done several thousand slides with > it and it worked well. I couldn't get it to work with any sane related > products as it does group scanning and some correction on the fly. > > It scans a sleeve of four slides in a single load. Vuescan worked very > well. Just be careful of dirty slides. They are difficult to clean without > damaging them. > > It is a bit costly at about $430 and the software costs a bit as well > (around $40) - shareware type, not freeware. I bought the hardware at > Black's back in 05 and the software on-line. I'm still using it so it's not > available, sorry. > > The rest of my workflow was GIMP, to crop, clean, and brighten, then into > Digikam to store in albums.
PS: I did all this on Kubuntu 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10. -- An old mainframer getting current!
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