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04/22/2005 11:19:46 AM · #1 |
Recently I had the incredible priveledge of going through a box of really old photos with my grandmother and hear (and digitally record) the stories that went with the pictures. I found some negatives with no prints so I brought them home to have them printed only to discover that my local lab charges $12 per print because they scan them and then print from the scan. The negatives are 2 1/2x4 1/4 inches (B&W, of course.) Does anyone know if it would be possible to scan them on my flatbed scanner and then somehow turn them from negative to positive in Photoshop?
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04/22/2005 11:27:25 AM · #2 |
What scanner do you have? I have an Epson 3170 flatbed scanner and get terrific results from scanning B&W or color negatives, as well as slides.
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04/22/2005 11:31:26 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by tjandjwsmith:
Recently I had the incredible priveledge of going through a box of really old photos with my grandmother and hear (and digitally record) the stories that went with the pictures. I found some negatives with no prints so I brought them home to have them printed only to discover that my local lab charges $12 per print because they scan them and then print from the scan. The negatives are 2 1/2x4 1/4 inches (B&W, of course.) Does anyone know if it would be possible to scan them on my flatbed scanner and then somehow turn them from negative to positive in Photoshop?
Thanks for your help! |
IF you can find a photo club at a local school they may have a dark room they may let you use to print them, thay would even help you I would think. If not try //www.fire-house.net/
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04/22/2005 11:33:18 AM · #4 |
| I have an Epson Perfection (not sure the model number) flatbed scanner. What format do you scan them in? |
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04/22/2005 11:35:54 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by tjandjwsmith:
I have an Epson Perfection (not sure the model number) flatbed scanner. What format do you scan them in? |
TIF or JPG but scan tham as color negs and that will give you more tonal range to work with. Then you can change them to grayscale.
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04/22/2005 11:48:36 AM · #6 |
| And then do you convert to positive in Photoshop and if so, how? |
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04/22/2005 11:53:07 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by tjandjwsmith:
And then do you convert to positive in Photoshop and if so, how? |
In Photoshop Image - Adjustments - Invert
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04/22/2005 11:55:13 AM · #8 |
| You're awsome! Thank you! |
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04/22/2005 12:14:28 PM · #9 |
I had the very same thing occur. I found some awesome family negatives from the 1920's! They were about 2" x 3" in size. I took them to a commercial photo lab and the pricing was outrageous. However, the nice young lady at the counter told me she could do "cut sheets". They scanned four of the negatives to each 8.5” x 11” sheet. Then, I just took the cut sheets home myself and scanned the individual images for prints. This way, you get a better look at the photos before you go to the trouble of printing. I was very pleased how they turned out.
Paul
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04/22/2005 12:25:08 PM · #10 |
| Paul, was each image on a 8 1/2x11 sheet or did they put all 4 on one sheet? You mentioned you were able to see the quality before you printed. Most of the negs I have are in really good shape but a couple have some scratches. Would that show up on the "cut sheet"? |
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04/22/2005 12:34:38 PM · #11 |
Yes, they put 4 images on one sheet. The images looked liked actual photographs but only smaller. The reasons that I opted for the "Cut Sheets" was because I was unsure of the negative quality and it was a fraction of the cost to have them printed. Yes, bad spots in the negatives will show up in the priliminary scans. I tried taking my "old" negatives to several typical photo developing places, but was told at each place that they could not handle such large negatives. So, I went commercial.
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04/22/2005 12:36:34 PM · #12 |
My mom went through a phase of editing old family photos where some were from the original negatives, about the size you described. There were scratches, and it was a time consuming process for her, but after all the cloning and airbrushing, they look great. The living room in her house is a photographic family tree, going back to my great great grandparents, and definitely worth the effort.
The photos from the negatives were scanned, and like mentioned above, inverted in photoshop and cleaned up from there. She also scanned in color and then gave them all a matching sepia tone, so they are clean and new images that retained that "old" look. Good luck with your project.
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