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No help for working with scanned negatives

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No help for working with scanned negatives Daniel Krach 28 Jan 15:17
  No help for working with scanned negatives Chris Mohler 28 Jan 15:30
   No help for working with scanned negatives Daniel Smith 28 Jan 16:02
Daniel Krach
2012-01-28 15:17:10 UTC (almost 13 years ago)

No help for working with scanned negatives

I didn't find *any* advice for handling a negative scan procedure inside the online help section.
Maybe it is my fault.
I just wanted to scan a 35mm negative (Kodak Vericolor II) and print some pictures.
It is *not* comfortable to work with gimp for me as a tradtional analog photographer and newby in digital.
I just tried a (very expensive!!!) version of AcdSee and it is always exactly the same problem.
Should it be like that?
Just another tool for pros and computer nerds? I'm very disappointed...
Daniel

Chris Mohler
2012-01-28 15:30:46 UTC (almost 13 years ago)

No help for working with scanned negatives

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Daniel Krach wrote:

I didn't find *any* advice for handling a negative scan procedure inside the online help section.

http://www.freecolormanagement.com/color/gimp_negative_scanning.html

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp+scan+negatives

Check your scanning software for a "negative" setting - usually found near the "color", "b/w" settings.

Chris

Daniel Smith
2012-01-28 16:02:14 UTC (almost 13 years ago)

No help for working with scanned negatives

Daniel,
a lot of the quality of the scans you produce will be a product of the scanner you use and your setup, before it ever gets to the software.
Do a search for the terms "scanning tutorial" or something similar on this site:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/index.php Also, they have lots of comparisons of different types of scanners, etc. I found Epson are one of the best, most affordable, often producing "art quality" equal to scanners costing thousands of dollars.
Have fun!
Dan

On 1/28/12, Chris Mohler wrote:

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Daniel Krach wrote:

I didn't find *any* advice for handling a negative scan procedure inside the
online help section.

http://www.freecolormanagement.com/color/gimp_negative_scanning.html

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gimp+scan+negatives

Check your scanning software for a "negative" setting - usually found near the "color", "b/w" settings.

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