Will Silver Fast work for me? A real newbie
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:24 pm
I have a problem... 6-8K slides that I want to convert to digital format. I just purchased a Minolta Scan Elite 5400 II (could I have asked for better timing?) and I don't seem to be able to reproduce what I see when I use a projector, digitally. I also own a copy of Photoshop 7 (full version) but I've never been able to use the color tools to fix it those sorts of problems. Anything beyond the very basic lightening or darking is a mystery to me.
All my scanned slides are scanning much darker than what I see using a slide projector. I'm amazed at the detail of the scanned file (and the 200Mb file size.) Still, it would seem that there ought to be a simple way to change the "starting point." The film negatives seem fine.
I've never used a darkroom or taken a course in photography. What can Silverfast software do to help me. Which version should I consider if I'm going to be converting 6-8K slide to digital format.
I also want to use the 16bit color option of the scanner and I would like to store the images in three formats (uncompressed Tiff, JPEG-minimum compression maximum size, and JPEG size that will display on current DVD players.) I'm converting these slides so they can be enjoyed by my grandkids someday thus I want to save as much detail as possible. At the same time, I want my children to be able to watch them on their current DVD players.
Last but not least, I'm a system's analyst and not afraid of complicated software. I think a general correction setting would work for most slides and scanning time is a factor. My computer is fast with 2Gb of fast RAM. Post scan corrections would save me time if that?s possible, and time is a factor in my purchase decision.
All my scanned slides are scanning much darker than what I see using a slide projector. I'm amazed at the detail of the scanned file (and the 200Mb file size.) Still, it would seem that there ought to be a simple way to change the "starting point." The film negatives seem fine.
I've never used a darkroom or taken a course in photography. What can Silverfast software do to help me. Which version should I consider if I'm going to be converting 6-8K slide to digital format.
I also want to use the 16bit color option of the scanner and I would like to store the images in three formats (uncompressed Tiff, JPEG-minimum compression maximum size, and JPEG size that will display on current DVD players.) I'm converting these slides so they can be enjoyed by my grandkids someday thus I want to save as much detail as possible. At the same time, I want my children to be able to watch them on their current DVD players.
Last but not least, I'm a system's analyst and not afraid of complicated software. I think a general correction setting would work for most slides and scanning time is a factor. My computer is fast with 2Gb of fast RAM. Post scan corrections would save me time if that?s possible, and time is a factor in my purchase decision.