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Moving 35mm photos to computer.

  • 01-05-2008 4:42pm
    #1
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,706 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    I take 35mm photos. Is it possible to have a flick'r or even put photos up on tinterweb and have them looking smart? I've only scanned some up onto computer and they look rubbish. Is it simply a bad scanner? Or all scanners are bad? Or is there an alternative to using scanners?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    are you using a film scanner to scan the negatives? - that will get much better results than trying to scan the prints themselves. if you don't have one you can get one pretty cheap on ebay or pay a photo shop or online service to do it for you.


  • #3
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,706 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Just using a scanner. One you'd find in an internet cafe per se. Didn't know there was a different type one for photos. Putting picture on scanner then...eh..scannering.


  • #4
    Thirdfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Thirdfox


    Many scanners have different resolution sizes - mine goes from 200 dpi to 2100 dpi. Text is fine at 200 and most scanners has that at default.

    I onced scanned a (roughly) 5x6" picture into the computer at 2100dpi - it came to 58mb! Picture viewer would crash if I tried to open it and photoshop suddenly consumes 500mb of ram if I tried - so high quality scanning is possible with old technology (mine's 5 years old now). Just make sure the resolution is around the 800-100 dpi mark (each image will be around 20mb large).


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