Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative - solved.
Thanks for the help and possible solutions. I do not intend to buy _any_ proprietary software. Sorry, that dinosaur is dead. Unfortunately, the info is not quite what i need: i blame this on my own missing information. The scanner is attached to a WinNT4 box (the last Win i have bought a license for - and the last Win i will ever install) with a bare-bone scanning program, not able to do anything but import raw TIFF's. The reason is, under Linux/SANE, the scanner's backend (a rather rare Microtek Scanmaker 4) do not support transparent scans - i have discussed it with the earlier maintainer, but he's quit, and nobody supports the scanner anymore. I have tried to find the bug in the code, but so far, no luck. So, i can import a raw, negative TIFF to my linux box... I found out that i can compensate for the filter with the colour settings (these vary with film brand), and i can 'stretch' the B/W greyscale range, both functions using GIMP. Now i just need to write a shell script to automate the task, as i'm per definition rather lazy... Thanks for your attention and help - Kim 'The_Pirate' ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative
Kim B.Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and strongly reduced contrast. Most scanner software have a setting for negatives. SANE does. -- Johan ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative
Hi - Sorry, but i have a really newbie question. I run a GIMP 2.2.8 on a Mandriva 2006 box. And i just aquired a old flatbed scanner, able to scan 24x36 negatives - of wich i have several thousands When i scan a negative, it of course comes out, well, negative. I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and strongly reduced contrast. Can i somehow give the image a 'preset' filter or colour mask, to counterbalance the orange filter? Or is there any other 'fix' to this problem? Any help to a quivering n00b will be deeply appreciated... Have fun - Kim 'The_Pirate' Denmark ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative
Sorry, but i have a really newbie question. I run a GIMP 2.2.8 on a Mandriva 2006 box. And i just aquired a old flatbed scanner, able to scan 24x36 negatives - of wich i have several thousands When i scan a negative, it of course comes out, well, negative. I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and strongly reduced contrast. Can i somehow give the image a 'preset' filter or colour mask, to counterbalance the orange filter? Or is there any other 'fix' to this problem? Any help to a quivering n00b will be deeply appreciated... I expect an individual who is far more knowledgeable than me will reply with some very clever way of correcting your images but the curves tool is an excellent device for dealing with colour casts. Norman ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative
Hi - Sorry, but i have a really newbie question. I run a GIMP 2.2.8 on a Mandriva 2006 box. And i just aquired a old flatbed scanner, able to scan 24x36 negatives - of wich i have several thousands When i scan a negative, it of course comes out, well, negative. I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and strongly reduced contrast. Can i somehow give the image a 'preset' filter or colour mask, to counterbalance the orange filter? Or is there any other 'fix' to this problem? Any help to a quivering n00b will be deeply appreciated... Convert it in the scanner program - way best Have fun - Kim 'The_Pirate' Denmark mvh Mogens Jæger ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Problem with photo negative
Kim B.Christensen wrote: Hi - Sorry, but i have a really newbie question. I run a GIMP 2.2.8 on a Mandriva 2006 box. And i just aquired a old flatbed scanner, able to scan 24x36 negatives - of wich i have several thousands When i scan a negative, it of course comes out, well, negative. I can invert the pic with Layer/Colour/invert, but due to the colour mask in the negative, the result has a severe blue taint, and strongly reduced contrast. Can i somehow give the image a 'preset' filter or colour mask, to counterbalance the orange filter? Or is there any other 'fix' to this problem? Any help to a quivering n00b will be deeply appreciated... Have fun - At the risk of suggesting a non FOSS solution, check out vuescan. It's on par with, if not better than the s/w bundled with most non-professional scanners. It runs on linux, you can download a trial copy to see if you like it and if it's compatible with your scanner. I scanned many hundreds of bw/color photos/negs and slides as part of a family history project and it worked great. A hint or two if I might. Be a tough editor. Only after you drop all but the ones you really, really want, should you go back and fix (and trust me you'll be doing lots of fixing). There are lots of tricks to neg and slide restoration. The one killer is fungus. It attacks the emulsion layers. If these are family photos, don't go cross-eyed dust spotting uncle Bob's lodge jacket or fixing somebodies smile. People are looking for faces and places. Try to group the color slides and negs from the same time period and film stock type when you do the scans. Chances are that the dyes degraded at roughly the same rates, and you'll be able to use the same correction settings on many images which will speed things up quite a bit. Do your best to calibrate your monitor. Go to http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html and read his info. If you're using a LCD style monitor, set up so that you look directly at the screen with no tilt in either axis. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
