Thanks Neal, I so appreciate everyone's help. John
On May 6, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Neal Hammon wrote: > John: > > One more bit of advice. When doing the scans, if you have the time, > use the maximum dpi. It may take a little longer, but this will enable > you to get larger clear prints if you decide they are needed. For > publication, most editors want at least 400 dpi. > > Neal Hammon > > > On May 46, 1120092007, at 11:14 AM, Profile wrote: > >> Lee, >> >> Many thanks, very informative, just what I needed! I do have a >> grandson that might do well with this. >> >> John >> >> >> On May 6, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Lee Larson wrote: >> >>> On May 5, at 11:08 PM, Profile wrote: >>> >>>> What is the difference between scanning from a photo vs scanning >>>> from >>>> the negative? >>> >>> I am in the process of scanning in a huge number of slides and >>> photos for a family archival project, and have been playing with >>> different scans quite a bit over the last few months. While not >>> exactly your situation, I had a large batch of slides processed by >>> Seattle Filmworks in the 70s and 80s. They sold Kodak 5270 35mm >>> film, which shot negatives, but they re-exposed these negatives to a >>> new negative film in order to make slides. They'd send both the >>> slides and negatives back after processing. Some of them were also >>> made into prints. >>> >>> The slides always looked fine to me, projected on the wall, and I >>> thought my slide scanner would to a good job. Since I was curious if >>> there was a difference, I scanned both the slide and the negative in >>> a few cases, and even compared prints, slides and negatives in a few >>> more. >>> >>> The difference is very noticeable. In high resolution, prints are >>> much more washed out and grainy than the negatives. The slides look >>> sort of "muddy", for lack of a better word and the colors are muted. >>> >>> Since its easier to scan the slides, what I'm doing now is making a >>> first run with the slides and then scanning those few I know are >>> keepers from the negatives. >>> >>> PS/ If you have child with an infinite amount of free time and a >>> weakness for bribes, such a project is a lot >>> easier._______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>> macgroup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
