Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
Layers are great. All in all, I think Photoshop became dramatically easier for me once i grasped the parallels betweeen it and regular darkroom. The trick is to overlap the area in each layer, and put the layer you want to erase from on top of the one beneath it. This you do by moving the little icon of thelayer to a position above the other one. - Original Message - From: Chuck Flagg To: Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question > William, > Thanks for the advice. I will try photoshop. I am not very good with it yet. > Teaching high school takes up alot of my spare time. Layers still throw me some > but I will give it a shot. > I do contact print these but I wanted to be able to put them on the web too. > -Chuck Flagg- > > > > > ___ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???/discussion/ >
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
William, Thanks for the advice. I will try photoshop. I am not very good with it yet. Teaching high school takes up alot of my spare time. Layers still throw me some but I will give it a shot. I do contact print these but I wanted to be able to put them on the web too. -Chuck Flagg-
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
I have had very good luck scanning in sections in one dimension only. Scan the height all at once, but the width in sections. Be very careful to keep the edge orientation the same for each scan, and to overlap the scanned sections. You should also be alert to subtle differences in light and dark between sections scanned. These can be corrected later in Photoshop. The scanned sections can be knit together in photoshop by having each scanned section on a different layer, with the upper layer at about 50% opacity. Zoom up as far as you need to to get precise overlap of the top section with the one beneath, then restore the opacity of the top section. If there are any visible lines at the edge of the top section, just use the eraser tool and they will blend with the overlapped portion of the lower layer. Obviously what is required here is Photoshop. It's a pretty quick process and if you don't use Photoshop you could bring your scan to someone who does. Or you could go to a commercial place with a bigger scanner and scan the whole thing at once. Shouldn't be too costly. Otherwise, if your negatives are that large, why not just do contact prints? - Original Message - From: Chuck Flagg To: Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:01 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question > I have changed ISP's am re-subscribing and thought this a good time to > ask a question too. I have been taking a series of 11"x14" pinhole > photos with my "Caramel Corn Tin Camera". I have not been able to scan > these except in sections and I am not very good a stitching them > together. The results have been disappointing. Since all our scanners a > school do 8.5x11 or 8.5x 14, are there any suggestions? I would really > rather not crop these photos down. I would appreciate any help. > Thanks, > Chuck Flagg > > > ___ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???/discussion/ >
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
Maybe use a copy stand and a digital camera, if you have access to one. John - Original Message - From: "Chuck Flagg" To: Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 11:01 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question > I have changed ISP's am re-subscribing and thought this a good time to > ask a question too. I have been taking a series of 11"x14" pinhole > photos with my "Caramel Corn Tin Camera". I have not been able to scan > these except in sections and I am not very good a stitching them > together. The results have been disappointing. Since all our scanners a > school do 8.5x11 or 8.5x 14, are there any suggestions? I would really > rather not crop these photos down. I would appreciate any help. > Thanks, > Chuck Flagg > > > ___ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???/discussion/ >
Re: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
It will cost a but, but have you tried looking for a printing industry service bureau locally with either a large flatbed scanner or a drum scanner? Mike Vande Bunt Chuck Flagg wrote: > I have changed ISP's am re-subscribing and thought this a good time to > ask a question too. I have been taking a series of 11"x14" pinhole > photos with my "Caramel Corn Tin Camera". I have not been able to scan > these except in sections and I am not very good a stitching them > together. The results have been disappointing. Since all our scanners a > school do 8.5x11 or 8.5x 14, are there any suggestions? I would really > rather not crop these photos down. I would appreciate any help. > Thanks, > Chuck Flagg > > ___ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???/discussion/
[pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question
I have changed ISP's am re-subscribing and thought this a good time to ask a question too. I have been taking a series of 11"x14" pinhole photos with my "Caramel Corn Tin Camera". I have not been able to scan these except in sections and I am not very good a stitching them together. The results have been disappointing. Since all our scanners a school do 8.5x11 or 8.5x 14, are there any suggestions? I would really rather not crop these photos down. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Chuck Flagg
