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enlarging photos
I have a lot of photos I'd like to get reprints of, some enlarged
and scanned. Is it better to scan them and crop and blowup on the computer or crop then enlarge from negative then scan? Is the quality of the print(size of grain) the same if I crop and enlarge a subject 3x to 4x6 as it is if I just enlarge a 4x6 3x and then scan and crop? I have used ISO100,200,400 but dont remember which negs are which. Some negatives do say 200 or 400 on the strip, some dont. |
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Developwebsites wrote:
I have a lot of photos I'd like to get reprints of, some enlarged and scanned. Is it better to scan them and crop and blowup on the computer or crop then enlarge from negative then scan? Is the quality of the print(size of grain) the same if I crop and enlarge a subject 3x to 4x6 as it is if I just enlarge a 4x6 3x and then scan and crop? I have used ISO100,200,400 but dont remember which negs are which. Some negatives do say 200 or 400 on the strip, some dont. Always work from the most original source to get the best results. In other words, if you have a negative, then print directly from the negative if possible. On the other hand, it may be a lot easier to scan than then print digitally. With a really good scan and good equipment the loss will be minimal. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Developwebsites wrote:
I have a lot of photos I'd like to get reprints of, some enlarged and scanned. Is it better to scan them and crop and blowup on the computer or crop then enlarge from negative then scan? Is the quality of the print(size of grain) the same if I crop and enlarge a subject 3x to 4x6 as it is if I just enlarge a 4x6 3x and then scan and crop? I have used ISO100,200,400 but dont remember which negs are which. Some negatives do say 200 or 400 on the strip, some dont. Always work from the most original source to get the best results. In other words, if you have a negative, then print directly from the negative if possible. On the other hand, it may be a lot easier to scan than then print digitally. With a really good scan and good equipment the loss will be minimal. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Developwebsites wrote: I have a lot of photos I'd like to get reprints of, some enlarged and scanned. Is it better to scan them and crop and blowup on the computer or crop then enlarge from negative then scan? Is the quality of the print(size of grain) the same if I crop and enlarge a subject 3x to 4x6 as it is if I just enlarge a 4x6 3x and then scan and crop? I have used ISO100,200,400 but dont remember which negs are which. Some negatives do say 200 or 400 on the strip, some dont. You have too many variables undetermined in your post for any definitive answers to be given. Do you have negative scanning capability? and if so, what pixel count? What image-handling program do you have - Photoshop, or similar? You mention enlarging 3x to get a 6x4 print, so does that mean you have a larger than 35mm negative, like 6x4.5cm, or did you mean a 4x enlargement? In principle, you should scan the negatives and enlarge and crop in the computer to produce files cropped, sized, tonally adjusted, and sharpened, ready for printing, preferably on a Frontier machine. Printing first and then scanning introduces another stage into the process of producing your final image, with the consequent reduction in quality because of the intermediate print. Scanning a negative will give better quality than scanning a print from the negative. You don't say whether the negs are b/w or colour. If b/w, in my experience with hundreds of archived family photos going back up to 100 years plus, a b/w scan will print on a Frontier with excellent results, practically no coloration at all. Fuji Crystal Archive paper has an anticipated life of about 65 years. Colin |
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Developwebsites wrote: I have a lot of photos I'd like to get reprints of, some enlarged and scanned. Is it better to scan them and crop and blowup on the computer or crop then enlarge from negative then scan? Is the quality of the print(size of grain) the same if I crop and enlarge a subject 3x to 4x6 as it is if I just enlarge a 4x6 3x and then scan and crop? I have used ISO100,200,400 but dont remember which negs are which. Some negatives do say 200 or 400 on the strip, some dont. You have too many variables undetermined in your post for any definitive answers to be given. Do you have negative scanning capability? and if so, what pixel count? What image-handling program do you have - Photoshop, or similar? You mention enlarging 3x to get a 6x4 print, so does that mean you have a larger than 35mm negative, like 6x4.5cm, or did you mean a 4x enlargement? In principle, you should scan the negatives and enlarge and crop in the computer to produce files cropped, sized, tonally adjusted, and sharpened, ready for printing, preferably on a Frontier machine. Printing first and then scanning introduces another stage into the process of producing your final image, with the consequent reduction in quality because of the intermediate print. Scanning a negative will give better quality than scanning a print from the negative. You don't say whether the negs are b/w or colour. If b/w, in my experience with hundreds of archived family photos going back up to 100 years plus, a b/w scan will print on a Frontier with excellent results, practically no coloration at all. Fuji Crystal Archive paper has an anticipated life of about 65 years. Colin |
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