Post by Peterj on Feb 2, 2020 22:52:23 GMT
I'm really pleased with the results of my film scanner. Since I have somewhere between 1500 and 2000 color negatives I decided to try digitizing them myself. The majority are 35mm in roll format, but there are quite a few individual 2.25 x 2.25 negatives from my dad's collection. The concept is rather simple ... take a picture of the negative and it's digitized. Application however is a bit more involved; white balance, focus, fill the frame, constant controlled back lighting, keep the negative flat are the most important on the capture side. Here's a pic of my set up.
The post processing side of the equation has a few steps for one to view a recognizable subject. The first hurdle is how to deal / remove with the orange mask and the second is how to obtain somewhat realistic colors. I used manual white balance and set the orange mask to be white which made the somewhat realistic colors a breeze by inverting the entire image in PS or PSE. This rendered all the images recognizable but far for perfect. Since the majority of my negatives are family memories it's easy to select a few worthy of further processing and keeping. Screen shot of my keepers.
left SOOC ....................... mid simple inversion .....................final
