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11/08/2005 09:56:34 AM · #1 |
My father-in-law almost exclusively took slides. I am now in the process of scanning his slides, some dating from the 1940's, and have a problem with some of them. Some have crud, some more than others, on the slide, resulting in dirt, spots, etc. I am using Jasc/Corel Paint Shop Pro (versions 9 & 10)as my editor. In most cases, the crud is not severe and I can clone over the problem(s). In some of the others, I can spend up to an hour or more eliminating these defects. I subscribe to the old adage that if you are going to do something, do it to the best of your ability.
Is there a solution/chemical that can be applied to the slide that will reduce/eliminate without damaging the slide? If I have to keep doing it the hard way, I will. But it would be nice if there is an easier solution.
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11/08/2005 10:03:08 AM · #2 |
found this link a while ago, when I had to clean some slides for my old job which got dirty by a carelss client well anyway I still had it in my favorites
//aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/mckaylet052701.html
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11/08/2005 12:19:27 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Norris:
My father-in-law almost exclusively took slides. I am now in the process of scanning his slides, some dating from the 1940's, and have a problem with some of them. Some have crud, some more than others, on the slide, resulting in dirt, spots, etc. I am using Jasc/Corel Paint Shop Pro (versions 9 & 10)as my editor. In most cases, the crud is not severe and I can clone over the problem(s). In some of the others, I can spend up to an hour or more eliminating these defects. I subscribe to the old adage that if you are going to do something, do it to the best of your ability.
Is there a solution/chemical that can be applied to the slide that will reduce/eliminate without damaging the slide? If I have to keep doing it the hard way, I will. But it would be nice if there is an easier solution.
Thanks for any information you can provide. |
Norris, can you explain what you are doing with the slides? Are you just scanning them in on an ordinary scanner and then working on them in photoshop? What sort of results are you getting? Interested as I have a box of family slides and doing something with them would be great for my mother for Christmas!
regards
Pauline
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11/08/2005 12:35:54 PM · #4 |
I have just seen - yesterday to be exact - on Ebay (where else), a special lens for making digital photos from old slides. That one fits my camera, naturally those were what I was looking at, but there is PROBABLY that type of adaptive lens for most any camera. Was not that expensive (30 seems about right for the one I saw, as I do not have any of that type of slides, I was not that interested), just a thought that may help - or may not, obviously LOL.
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11/08/2005 12:43:52 PM · #5 |
IF you want to do it right and get the slides clean, please be careful and don't work on good images without trying techniques out on lesser shots.
I would start by removing the slides from the cardboard mounts and soak them in clean warm water. If that doesn't loosen the crud, you may have to resort to some kind of emulsion/film cleaner and you would want to rinse in water again. After that, I would suggest a quick dunk in Photo-Flo and then clip the film on the corner and hang in a dust free environment to dry. once dry, I'd remount them in 2 piece plastic mounts.
Whatever you do, don't try to pick dried up, stuck on crud from these as you risk damaging them, especially if the crud is on the emulsion side.
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