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Okay... so this photo was taken waaaay back (in '96 or '97). I'm working on creating digital files for my photos, and I'm also playing some with altering the photos. The goal is to get rid of crappy backgrounds, etc... nothing too wild tho. I want the focus to be on the model. I'm having some trouble with scans too... which you might see on the model's arm (a red streak). Not sure if it's my scanner being wonky (please no - it's still new!) or if it's from the negative itself. Anyway, I'm pleased with the results on this, so...
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~Jonitron Feb 12, 2013   General Artist
I have had similar issues with my scanner, most noticeably here: [link]. Mine seem to occur only when I scanned a print with "too much" feature-less space [i.e. lots of black shadow, gray or white background]. Yours seems barely noticeable in this version. My scanner by the way, can no longer be used with Windows 8 [my scanner's old].
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*dynakor Feb 12, 2013  Professional General Artist
I'm hoping it's just some weird glitch thing and that it won't cause any more problems. I just got this scanner, so... I want it to do what it's meant to do, which is make high resolution scans from negatives so I can have digital files for all my negatives. Since there are fewer and fewer photo labs, this will make reprints easier for me.
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~Jonitron Feb 15, 2013   General Artist
Well, I certainly hope so - the glitch - Like I said, mine did what it did because I asked it to reproduce a featureless expanse. I did find moderate success in a little post-work; adjusting the mid-range and shadows to compensate - sometimes even upscaling the image, making adjustments to tonal balance, adding some noise, saving the new image before ultimately returning it to its original size ... But you know, thats actually a lot of work. And you shouldn't have to go through all that just because your image is pre-digital. You [We] have the right to expect a scanner to adhere to the definition of what it is supposed to be. And Do Its Job. I hope your issue is resolved in short order. Good luck to you.
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*dynakor Feb 15, 2013  Professional General Artist
I played around with the setting some and got some good results. I still saw a bit of the streak when I enlarged the picture up in order to take care of the little dust spots that always seem to pop up! (Thank goodness for that healing tool in photoshop!) I didn't see the streaks when it was at a normal size. Truthfully, when a photo is enlarged up to work on small, small details you see all kinds of awful looking things that you just don't see at normal sized. I got back a couple of enlargements (prints) from a high quality lab/print service yesterday - these were made from scans where I saw the streaks, but I don't see them on the prints. Go figure.``
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~Jonitron Feb 16, 2013   General Artist
..... gotta love the healing brush, 'cause it's a dirty, dirty world. ;)
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*dynakor Feb 16, 2013  Professional General Artist
Oh, I know. And no matter how clean you get that negative before scanning, it always looks dirty as hell!
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~Jonitron Feb 17, 2013   General Artist
Yeah, I've spent many an hour chasing those "little demons" myself.
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*dynakor Feb 17, 2013  Professional General Artist
what i really hate is... you look at the scan, at a reasonable viewing size, and think "okay, not too bad". then you enlarge it to work on it, and see tons of those little things! argh!
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~robertindetroit Feb 11, 2013
nice
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