wonwinglo

At long last,I have managed to get hold of a really nice scanner that will scan all of my old slides that have not seen the light of day for years,it is one of those that has a light slot at the top of the device as well as from underneath,it will happily scan slides at 600 dpi with excellent results,likewise prints as well,but when it comes to scanning black & white negatives I am having a problem,despite trying different settings all that I get is a red image of the scan,can anyone please pinpoint the problem for me ? could this be something to do with the colour settings and if so is there anything that I can do about it ? there is a facility for negative/colour,but not black & white,so could this be the problem ?
I need to get this sorted as it is an expensive business getting prints done these days from b & w negs.
Has anyone else experienced similar problems ?
Thank you.

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Nigel.D

Barry what make of scanner is it and what programme are you using ???

wonwinglo

***Nigel it is the Micrografik Plustek Optic Pro 9636T,I am using the bundled software Unilead Photo Express 2.0 SE
Quite impressed with that as it does not mess about keep asking me for TWAIN industry standard but automatically follows it through.

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Nigel.D

has this programme got the capability of scanning b/w slides you may find that paint shop pro or adobe photo shop would be better

wonwinglo

***I think that this could be the problem Nigel,just took another look and B & W is not mentioned ? so what would I need to do to get it to work in PSP ? just open the programme and select the TWAIN or do I need to do something else to get it compatible ?

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Nigel.D

open the programme select import then twain

rjwood_uk

import > TWAIN > select source - check your scanner is selected not a digital camera or anything else....

then go

import > TWAIN > aquire

wonwinglo

***Tried it Nigel,it does not appear to support either negs or slides ?

squiffythewombat

Barry PSP is a pain for twain aquires, thats why we all use photoshop :-)

You might find that you exporting the files in RGB colour when really you only need monocromatic or CMYK. Check you have the latest drivers for the scanner as always and bin bundled software, its always pretty naff without exception.

As for "supporting negs or slides" im assuming your looking for an option as such. What you need to do is on the aquire menu or in the driver setup select the source a bit like selecting either envelopes or A4 on your printer.

If the "Red Image" your getting has correct contrast levels, gammut and tones etc all you need to do is adjust it to "grayscale". Richard will have to give you psp directions as i only really use photoshop.

John

If you can understand what squiff has just said then I hope it helps if not there's quite a bit of info on the net about scanning negatives like this one http://www.cam.org/~qfhs/srch_scanning1.html or try this link for more google results http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...G=Search&meta=

I've never used a negative scanner so can't be much more help, hope you sort your problem

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