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09/06/2006 09:37:44 PM · #1 |
I have some Kodacolor Negatives from 1949 and I am not getting good results with the scan. The colors are all wonky, everything that is brown has turned bright red and the people's faces appear lost to the sands of time.
Is this something I can correct in the scanner software or are these negatives just degraded?
Give me a few and I will post examples of the negatives and one of the badly yellowed prints...
 
Message edited by author 2006-09-06 21:43:02. |
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09/06/2006 09:45:56 PM · #2 |
What settings are you using on your scanner?
I have some old negatives from the early 70's that did the same thing when we scanned them. Not sure what happend I think they may have been exposed to moisture at some stage because the colors look like they ran together.
Message edited by author 2006-09-06 21:46:57.
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09/06/2006 09:52:48 PM · #3 |
| What size negatives are they? If 35mm, you might take them someplace and have them professionally scanned -- Costco will give you a decent 6MP-equivalent for 29 cents/scan (minimum 10). |
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09/06/2006 09:54:54 PM · #4 |
What scanner are you using? It seems like you've got a problem with the red channel in particular. On your posted image, doing Image>Adjustments>Invert, then opning curves and nearly re-inverting the red channel (curve for red runs from 2/3 way to the top at left to bottom right) yields this:
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09/06/2006 09:57:00 PM · #5 |
These are medium format negatives. 120 (9x6) negatives.
The red color channel on the scanner shouldn't be a problem, as I scanned the print just fine with it and it looks almost perfectly the same as the original. |
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09/06/2006 10:18:03 PM · #6 |
| I believe it has to do with the film stock, and is not a function of the scanner per se. I use a scanning program called Vuescan which I originally purchased because it had the controls to be able to more easly tweak to deal with these kinds of issues. I've continued to use it because it's IMO simply the best scanning software out there. |
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09/06/2006 10:30:10 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
I believe it has to do with the film stock, and is not a function of the scanner per se. I use a scanning program called Vuescan which I originally purchased because it had the controls to be able to more easly tweak to deal with these kinds of issues. I've continued to use it because it's IMO simply the best scanning software out there. |
I'll keep that in mind.
I have scanned other color negatives with my CanonScan 8400F and it did a great job. I have a feeling these old negatives are just faded/damaged with age and improper storing more then anything else. |
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09/06/2006 10:35:10 PM · #8 |
I believe you are correct, I also think it has to do with age and storage. Some of the oldest 35mm positives I scanned a couple years ago had very similar problems. Try tweaking the curves on one as I suggested, but do it on an adjustment layer. When you're satisfied, you can open additional images, and just drag & drop the adjustment layer to apply it to the new images :-)
Message edited by author 2006-09-06 22:36:24. |
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