 Sameen A |
scanning slides I have two questions. 1)which is the best way to get a print from my slide film.? scanning the slide and printing the JPEG/TIFF or making a negative out of my slide? 2)I tried scanning my slides but none gave me the sharpness and colour of the original. which could be the best scanner for the purpose? Thanks.
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doug Nelson |
From my own experience, scanning the slide and printing it myself works best. Prints made from a negative of the slide never look very good to me. What scanner are you using? The slide scanning attachment on most flatbeds does a poor job. A film scanner should bring brilliant color to your computer monitor, and should print nicely on a good printer, using the printer maker's best paper. Many scans need adjustment in an imaging program like Photoshop. Fortunately, Adobe Elements does all the important things Photoshop can do for 1/10 the price.
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Sameen A |
Thanks, Nelson. But does that mean Photoshop "adjustments" are a requirement? I always had the feeling that photoshop will tamper the ingenuity of the picture.
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doug Nelson |
Your image on a negative or slide printed on the best equipment by a master custom printer at a very large size MAY be better than a digitized version from a scan. This depends on how good your scanner is. You and I probably cannot afford custom printing. At normal viewing distances and at the resolution the human eye finds acceptable, a digitized image, on screen or printed, appears fine enough. Yes, tweaking an image in an imaging program may degrade it somewhat, but surprisingly little. Most of us won't see it. Read the instructions with your scanner carefully and see if you can fix the contrast and brightness to your liking BEFORE you scan. OR, you can do this in Elements or Photoshop after the scan. Professionals and artists are using Photoshop to fix or enhance their images. Admittedly, I have ruined some images by "overworking" them, but as we become more competent with the imaging program, we learn to do things in fewer steps. Consider buying Elements.
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