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scanning negs & slides...
I have a Minolta Dimage 35mm film scanner and I end up having to do a
lot of work in Photoshop to remove the dust specs. Without building a clean room of sorts, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce the amount of dust on my shots? Thanks, Jim |
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scanning negs & slides...
A soft brush, a can of dust off and digital ICE.
Your welcome, Jim |
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scanning negs & slides...
"Kernix" wrote in message
oups.com... I have a Minolta Dimage 35mm film scanner and I end up having to do a lot of work in Photoshop to remove the dust specs. Without building a clean room of sorts, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce the amount of dust on my shots? Thanks, Jim http://www.polaroid.com/service/soft...r/poladsr.html Polaroid's free dust and scratch removal. I used to use this before I picked up a scanner with D-ICE. Scanning film, most of my dust shows up white. Applying the above tool would clean up the dust, but also muck up any highlights. So then I'd take my undo tool and bring the highlights back. Really worked pretty well in most cases, and could shave 15 minutes off of a 20 min. healing brush jaunt. -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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scanning negs & slides...
First off, D-ICE only comes as part of the harware you buy? If so I'll
have to assume I don't have it and can't add it. Second, the undo function you mention - wouldn't that undo the dust removal as well? I don't understand. If I could at least halve the time spent, then I would obviously double my output. Or am I not understanding the total functionality of Photoshop? Is there an undo fuction you can apply to certain areas only? How would you know which areas? Jim |
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scanning negs & slides...
"Kernix" wrote in message
oups.com... First off, D-ICE only comes as part of the harware you buy? If so I'll have to assume I don't have it and can't add it. Second, the undo function you mention - wouldn't that undo the dust removal as well? I don't understand. If I could at least halve the time spent, then I would obviously double my output. Or am I not understanding the total functionality of Photoshop? Is there an undo fuction you can apply to certain areas only? How would you know which areas? Jim Yup, Digital ICE is hardware base, essentially using infrared to detect dust and other areas such as scratches that won't let the infrared light pass through. Unless you're doing mostly black and white, you'll definitely want D-ICE when it comes time to upgrade your scanner. Second, I should have said "History Brush" instead of Undo tool. You choose the history layer you'll "undo" to, and then with the history brush you can use it like any other brush, except you're painting from the history layer into the current one. Check the helpfiles for more coherent notes ;-) -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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scanning negs & slides...
Kernix wrote:
I have a Minolta Dimage 35mm film scanner and I end up having to do a lot of work in Photoshop to remove the dust specs. Without building a clean room of sorts, does anyone have any tips on how to reduce the amount of dust on my shots? Get an "Ilford Antistaticum" cloth (about $6). In a clean area lay the cloth flat and lay several neagtives or mounted slides on it and fold the cloth over the film. Press gently everywhere. That will remove most of the static. Then blow away the dust with compressed air. Hold the can vertically and clear the tube with a few short blasts (remove any propellent). Then hold the film up and give it short blasts on each side. DO NOT TILT THE CAN. You can also use (after the antistaticum) a soft "camel" hair brush to remove the dust. Won't scratch the film. Newer scanners have "Digital ICE" which uses an infrared channel to detect dust and then remove it in s/w. Scratches too. Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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