> How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives > before you scan them?
Two words: Clone Tool The scan doesn't have to be perfect dust-wise. I use a can of air to get big particles out, and try to do as good as possible with that. Then I use Photoshop's clone tool to digitally remove any specs of dust. Set the view to 1:1 and scroll around the whole image. A Wacom tablet or similar makes the process very easy. I'm using a small Wacom Graphire that costs $90 or so and comes with Photoshop LE. It is a bit of work, but you have to do it only once per negative, as opposed to a real darkroom, where you have to deal with dust once per print (I had a bad experience with a particularly dusty darkroom setup, I realize dust is something that can be controlled without much hassle, but I'm still frustrated about it) Hth, j ===== -- Juan J. Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
