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Steve Fels
 

Film Scanning Issue


Hi! Today I got a roll of Velvia 100 slide film developed and scanned. On the light table, the transparency looked great. The colours were so vivid. But when I got the CD home, the digital images were very ordinary. They were scanned at 6.4mb JPEGs. Should I be asking for something different? Thanks!


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September 19, 2007

 

Bob Cammarata
  Steve,
Next time, ask for them to save TIFF files out of the scanner. Then use your software program to make adjustments in contrast, saturation and sharpness to get closer to the quality of the original slide. If scanning slides is something you plan to do often, you may wish to invest in a good scanner and do them yourself.
Bob


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September 19, 2007

 

Steve Fels
 
 
 
Thanks Bob, I thought of that but these guys are proffessionals so I figured I'm happy to pay to get proffessional results but after today's effort I'm not so sure. I'll see if I can upload an image to show you the result.
Thanks again,
Steve


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September 19, 2007

 

Steve Fels
 
 
 
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September 19, 2007

 

Steve Fels
  I'm not sure what that is but its not what I tried to download.....


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September 19, 2007

 

Steve Fels
 
 
  Dodgy scanning
Dodgy scanning

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