[filmscanners] Couple of basic questions

2002-12-24 Thread Ken Durling
Sorry for the boring questions here, but I just installed a new version of Photoshop (6), and I have a couple of really dumb questions: 1) This may be actually a Windows question, I'm running ME, but is there a way to change the default view of a folder when you go to Open? PS is defaulting to

[filmscanners] RE: Couple of basic questions

2002-12-24 Thread Paul D. DeRocco
If that's also the default when you open a folder in Windows Explorer, then you can fix that. In an Explorer window, set the window to look the way you want it, then go to Tools-Folder Options-View and click Like Current Folder. If that's only the default for PS's File-Open dialog, then I haven't

[filmscanners] Cleaning slides and negs prior to scanning

2002-12-24 Thread Thomas Maugham
Can anyone suggest a good way to clean slides and negs prior to scanning? I clean the best I can with a soft brush and light puffs of air but still wind up with dust on my scans. I verified that the dust is not in my scanner. I'd like to get as much off the originals as possible as I don't like

[filmscanners] Re: Cleaning slides and negs prior to scanning

2002-12-24 Thread Paulo Baptista
Hi Tom, the best way I know of is to use Pec12, a cleaning fluid available from Photographic Solutions, Inc http://www.photographicsolutions.com/. They also sell special tissue sheets and swabs to clean film and digital sensors. Regards, Paulo At 21:04 24/12/2002, you wrote: Can anyone suggest