Removing muddy color wash

Against the advice here, I shot some old slides with my digicam and it wasn't too bad (contrast increased, focus blurred) but the main thing that bugs me is this brownish tobacco stain type of haze I got on a lot of the skys:
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan/035-tojiin.jpg
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan

Here's a worse example:
http://www.edgehill.net/1997-europe/39_-prague-bridges.jpg

What looks like a sunset is actually the glare from the slide projector in the middle of the screen which normally isn't too bad. I think the color was caused by a dim incandecent light in the next room while I shot the pics.

Is there some way I could eye-dropper the color and erase it with a custom paintbrush or something? Adjusting the color balance helps some but not the worst cases.

I used a soft pale cyan paintbrush with the mode set to hue. It worked pretty well.

Paul Furman wrote:

Against the advice here, I shot some old slides with my digicam and it wasn't too bad (contrast increased, focus blurred) but the main thing that bugs me is this brownish tobacco stain type of haze I got on a lot of the skys:
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan/035-tojiin.jpg
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan

Here's a worse example:
http://www.edgehill.net/1997-europe/39_-prague-bridges.jpg
What looks like a sunset is actually the glare from the slide projector in the middle of the screen which normally isn't too bad. I think the color was caused by a dim incandecent light in the next room while I shot the pics.

Is there some way I could eye-dropper the color and erase it with a custom paintbrush or something? Adjusting the color balance helps some but not the worst cases.

"Paul Furman" wrote in message

Against the advice here, I shot some old slides with my digicam and it wasn't too bad (contrast increased, focus blurred) but the main thing that bugs me is this brownish tobacco stain type of haze I got on a lot of the skys:
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan/035-tojiin.jpg
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan

Here's a worse example:
http://www.edgehill.net/1997-europe/39_-prague-bridges.jpg
What looks like a sunset is actually the glare from the slide projector in the middle of the screen which normally isn't too bad. I think the color was caused by a dim incandecent light in the next room while I shot the pics.

Is there some way I could eye-dropper the color and erase it with a custom paintbrush or something? Adjusting the color balance helps some but not the worst cases.

What a strange way to copy slides!
You could have done a better job with paper and color pencils. Buy a proper film scanner.
http://tinylink.com/?in3u81Cipx ,something like this for $200 is a steal. I have the same one, (paid $1100 for it!) It's loud and slow but very good.

Stephan

Stephan wrote:

Against the advice here, I shot some old slides with my digicam

What a strange way to copy slides!
You could have done a better job with paper and color pencils. Buy a proper film scanner.

Hey but a few hundred slides only cost $30 for projector rental & I now can at least refer to my old slides. I'll never take slides again & if I really want a couple at better quality, I can send them out.

Usable, I'd say:
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan
(for web)

"Paul Furman" wrote in message

Stephan wrote:

Against the advice here, I shot some old slides with my digicam

What a strange way to copy slides!
You could have done a better job with paper and color pencils. Buy a proper film scanner.

Hey but a few hundred slides only cost $30 for projector rental & I now can at least refer to my old slides. I'll never take slides again & if I really want a couple at better quality, I can send them out.
Usable, I'd say:
http://www.edgehill.net/1989-japan
(for web)

For $35 you could have done a better job with this:
http://www.nextphoto.net/images/5700/ure8toese28.jpg

Stephan

Stephan wrote:

For $35 you could have done a better job with this:
http://www.nextphoto.net/images/5700/ure8toese28.jpg

Aw c'mon, have mercy, I don't have a Nikon. I saw something similar that would cost $100 with adapters & such. Are the Japan pics that bad? I was showing you the worst case scenario to illustrate the problem...

<running off in corner moping & feeling sorry for myself>

;-)

"Paul Furman" wrote in message

Stephan wrote:

For $35 you could have done a better job with this:
http://www.nextphoto.net/images/5700/ure8toese28.jpg

Aw c'mon, have mercy, I don't have a Nikon. I saw something similar that would cost $100 with adapters & such. Are the Japan pics that bad? I was showing you the worst case scenario to illustrate the problem...

<running off in corner moping & feeling sorry for myself>

a) You don't need a Nikon
b) You can mage and adapter with a toilet paper roll core, if you are really cheap ;-)
c) You copies are not "that" bad.
d) Hope you kept your slides in a safe place, because one day you'll be scanning them.

Stephan