negatives into positives

[john firth]

How can I convert my dad's old photographic B & W negatives into
positives using my scanner and some digital software program with my
Mac?

[Circlip]

IN Photoshop
Scan> Invert>Adjust Levels> Adjust resolution> Sharpen> Save.

"john firth" <johnfirth@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How can I convert my dad's old photographic B & W negatives into
> positives using my scanner and some digital software program with my
> Mac?

[Mike O'Sullivan]

Which scanner are you using? My Epson 450 Photo does it automatically at the
scanning stage.

"john firth" <johnfirth@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> How can I convert my dad's old photographic B & W negatives into
> positives using my scanner and some digital software program with my
> Mac?

[F90]

If you don't have a slide and Negative Scanner, you have to take your negatives
to a good photoshop that does scan Slide & Negs.

They will put your scanned negs or slides on a CD or Zip Disk for a price.

Usually about $5.00 a scan. The Higher the Resolution the more money they
want. The Leeches that they are.

Scanning negs and slides on a bed scanner doesn't produce quality images that
are
good enough to work with or print. God knows I have tried. Because bed
scanners
use a reflected light system to scan, you don't have a light source on the
opposite side
of the scanning sensor to transmit light through the Slide or Neg to the Scan
Sensor.

Even if you do find away to put a light source on the opposite side of the Scan
Sensor,
the light on the same side of the sensor must be turned off or you will get
light bouncing
off of the surface of the slide or negative back into the same side of the Scan
Sensor.
That would be counter productive.

The Scanner Co's. should offer a scanner system where you have two light
sources; one on
the under-side for Standard reflected scanning and one on the top side for
Slide/Negs for
transmitted Scans that is controlled with a switch or software control system.

One Scanner to do both.

F90


"john firth" <johnfirth@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| How can I convert my dad's old photographic B & W negatives into
| positives using my scanner and some digital software program with my
| Mac?

[Larry Caldwell]

[email]News@news.com[/email] (F90) writes:

> The Scanner Co's. should offer a scanner system where you have two light
> sources; one on
> the under-side for Standard reflected scanning and one on the top side for
> Slide/Negs for
> transmitted Scans that is controlled with a switch or software control system.
>
> One Scanner to do both.

Like the HP Scanjet 3570c?

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