Black and white film to digital print

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Lew
Jan 30, 2004
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I’m interested in moving my black and white negative printing from my darkroom to my scanner, PS, and digital printer, but I don’t feel that I have a good grasp of the issues involved. For instance, I’ve heard that some scanner software doesn’t work well with black and white film; that amazing things can be done in PS vis a vis grain, enlarging, sharpness and tonality; that a 35mm negative can be blown up to any size with the right software. Are there any books, sites, software, PS filters, and/or add-ins that address the specific issues involved?

-Lew
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Robert Feinman
Jan 30, 2004
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I’m interested in moving my black and white negative printing from my darkroom to my scanner, PS, and digital printer, but I don’t feel that I have a good grasp of the issues involved. For instance, I’ve heard that some scanner software doesn’t work well with black and white film; that amazing things can be done in PS vis a vis grain, enlarging, sharpness and tonality; that a 35mm negative can be blown up to any size with the right software. Are there any books, sites, software, PS filters, and/or add-ins that address the specific issues involved?

-Lew
You can look at some of the tips on my web site to get you started. Follow the tips link on the home page..
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-xiray-
Jan 30, 2004
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:05:01 -0500, "Lew" wrote:

that a 35mm negative can be blown up to any size with the right software.

Sure, you can get "any size." But what that means and how it relates to the image’s resolution I’ll leave up to you.

And I’d add that if you are going to scan a lot of negs and slides then a good dedicated slide scanner would be the way to go.
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Belle Long
Jan 31, 2004
And lets not forget a good printer, I have the Epson 2200 and love it I just tested it on some slides I scanned and it does a great job

Belle

-xiray- wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:05:01 -0500, "Lew" wrote:

that a 35mm negative can be blown up to any size with the right software.

Sure, you can get "any size." But what that means and how it relates to the image’s resolution I’ll leave up to you.

And I’d add that if you are going to scan a lot of negs and slides then a good dedicated slide scanner would be the way to go.

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http://www.bellescreations.com/

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