I'm getting green with envy over you guys that have slide scanners
I only have a umax 1220p which is just fine for my prints but i have
zillions of slides stashed away and about 10,000 BW negs, too - The darkroom
is increasingly taxing on my back and id love to be able to work more with
the scanner for some stuff. Anyway...
What's a good one, how much do they cost? I've been told they are VERY
expensive.
Is there anyway I can gerryrig the flat bed to scan a slide? Alternatively, any
of you
guys that have one live in NYC that might let me do a bit on yours in exchange
for
work that I can do for you or stuff I'm selling on ebay?
Obviously, private email responses puleeze
annsan
Bucky wrote:
> I feel I may have got myself into a battle over the meaning of "trivial".
>
> Although I have never HAD to do so, since VueScan compensates
> automatically, I've had good results like this:
>
> Scan the neg as if it were a slide; output in 16-bit color depth to
> Photoshop (although if you can't, 8-bit might be OK too; I've never really
> tried it). Include some of the unexposed film around the frame in the scan.
> In photoshop, set this unexposed color to be white, using the Curves control
> and the white eyedropper. Then invert (Ctrl + I) the image, making a
> positive out of a negative. Tweak
> the color and exposure as usual. You can also invert first, then set the
> border to be black.
>
> If there are other approaches that may be more technically correct, I am
> interested.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Tokarczuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 5:39 PM
> Subject: RE: Questions about film scanners (off-topic)
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bucky
> > >
> > > Most programs compensate for the mask automatically, but it is
> nontheless
> > > trivial to do in Photoshop, should you wish to.
> > >
> >
> > I have found it rather non-trivial. I use a light box and a digital camera
> > to catalog my negatives, and have to go through quite a set of
> machinations
> > to remove the negative mask.
> >
> > Do you have an easy way to do it?
> >
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