Re: Re-Scanning Slides - see http://www.scantips.com

Earl Wrote:
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> For the next adventure, for reasons I don’t re-
> call, I changed to Black & White film.  Scan-
> ning B&W negatives is a different world from
> doing color slides. I’m not really satisfied with
> the results I have here, and might go back
> and re-scan these later.  Lots of these look
> like pencil sketches instead of photographs.


Earl et al -

See [www.scantips.com] for some excellent information on scanning.  This site was suggested by Jim Gunning, a frequent poster here on the NGDF, in the root post of a long thread beginning at [ngdiscussion.net].   WARNING - yore's trooly butted in on this thread with a LOT of questions (with which Jim was very patient and to which he provided many excellent answers and suggestions for improved images.)

I have been using the VueScan software recommended on the ScanTips site with both my Epson V600 flatbed and Nikon Coolscan 9000 slide and negative scanners, and have found it very straightforward and easy to understand.  I've gotten really good results - even with original slides & negatives that were in many cases a long way from optimum* - and highly recommend VueScan if you're looking for nearly complete control of the scanning process.  Another plus is that its very reasonable price includes regular minor tweaks & improvements, and the frequent updates are easy to download and install.

- Russ

* See [ngdiscussion.net] and [ngdiscussion.net] for the results of working with both a slide and a negative that were exposed very badly but later rescued by the combination of VueScan and Photoshop Elements.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2017 05:13PM by Russo Loco.