Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-31 Thread Kenneth Waller
problem may also be with the scanner. Ken Waller - Original Message - From: Frits J. Wüthrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: RE: More on cleaning slides/negatives Christian Skofteland asked: > Ok, I know we've

Re: Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-31 Thread c_skofteland
Thanks everyone. I will have to re-think my office at home. I bet most of the dust comes from the carpet. Maybe an ionizer and a humidifier will help to keep it down. I'll also be looking for the various fluids and potions that were mentioned. As for the clone tool. I do it for the huge ob

RE: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-31 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
You are not alone. Frits Wüthrich Cotty wrote: > Another reason why I'm waiting for the MZ-D! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-31 Thread Cotty
>> How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives >> before you scan them? > >Two words: Clone Tool I final rinse my negs in Daz...;-) Seriously, I use a rubber dust blower to get as much crapola off the neg as possible, then scan, then the Rubber Stamp (Clone) Tool to

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-31 Thread Cotty
>I would bet it is pretty dry in your house. That causes a lot of static on >the slide that holds the dust in place like a magnet. My experience is that >when the humidity is 60% or so the dust pretty much blows off with >compressed air. Short of humidifying the house you might try one of those >a

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
-static gizmos, there used to be several on the market. Ciao, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 4:15 PM Subject: More on cleaning slides/negatives > O

RE: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Frits J. Wüthrich
What I do is this: I took a blower brush, removed the brush (it simply slides off, easy to put back on again) and I blow the strip of negatives or mounted slides (whatever I am scanning at that moment) after I have put them in the scanning holder. Sometimes the scan result is so that I redo this c

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Juan J. Buhler
> How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives > before you scan them? Two words: Clone Tool The scan doesn't have to be perfect dust-wise. I use a can of air to get big particles out, and try to do as good as possible with that. Then I use Photoshop's clone tool to d

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 Dec 2001 at 16:15, Christian Skofteland wrote: > Ok, I know we've covered this in the past but I'm going to ask again (and > pay attention to the answers this time!): > > How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives > before you scan them? Hi Christian, There

Re: More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
PEC-12 cleaning fluid applied sparingly with PEC Pads. Maris - Original Message - From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 3:15 PM Subject: More on cleaning slides/negatives | Ok, I know we'

More on cleaning slides/negatives

2001-12-30 Thread Christian Skofteland
Ok, I know we've covered this in the past but I'm going to ask again (and pay attention to the answers this time!): How the #$!%&*(^*%$ do you get all the dust off your slides or negatives before you scan them? I've been trying to catch up on scanning slides with my new/used HP PhotoSmart scanne