Which dpi?

G'day Hecate

I'm using Ulead iPhoto Express...it came with the scanner many years
ago. After spending 4 frustrating days trying to get the scanner to
work on XP, some other programs wouldn't recognise the scanner and this
one did......so I stuck with it.

Bronwyn ;-)

Hecate wrote:

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 14:23:08 +1000, HC wrote:



Catfish...good point! I know some of my early photos are colour prints,
so expect some others will come out of the woodwork now I've started
this archiving project, which seems certain to become bigger than I
envisaged.

One more thing, I don't know what app you're using to edit, but it's
sensible to scan the images as RGB. It makes it a lot easier to get
rid of any colour casts through, e.g., channels in Photoshop.

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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:42:17 +1000, HC wrote:

G'day Hecate

I'm using Ulead iPhoto Express...it came with the scanner many years
ago. After spending 4 frustrating days trying to get the scanner to
work on XP, some other programs wouldn't recognise the scanner and this
one did......so I stuck with it.

Bronwyn ;-)

I'm sorry for your loss ;-) (And thereby speaks a Photoshop snob g)

Then you'll just have to use the tried and trusted method of
empiricism (or as I'm sure your local down-to-earth Aussie would call
it - trial and error) ;-)

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you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

ROFLMHO!!.......actually I tried PS7 but an error message said the
scanner wasn't installed and after spending four days getting through
that obstacle I didn't have the patience to start again in PS.

Must admit I had reservations about iPhoto Express too, but it's giving
quite good results. This whole project (while time consuming) is better
than I first anticipated and this is the most work I've done with this
scanner. In hindsight it was a waste of money, although I did have good
intentions at the time but work got in the way, ;-((

I'm sure the owner of these photo albums will be more than happy that he
will be able to watch a DVD of his 50 yr old photos rather than having
the albums stored somewhere out of sight, although that out of sight
place meant they are in good condition and can now stay that way.

Bronwyn ;-)





Hecate wrote:
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:42:17 +1000, HC wrote:


G'day Hecate

I'm using Ulead iPhoto Express...it came with the scanner many years
ago. After spending 4 frustrating days trying to get the scanner to
work on XP, some other programs wouldn't recognise the scanner and this
one did......so I stuck with it.

Bronwyn ;-)


I'm sorry for your loss ;-) (And thereby speaks a Photoshop snob g)

Then you'll just have to use the tried and trusted method of
empiricism (or as I'm sure your local down-to-earth Aussie would call
it - trial and error) ;-)

--

Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Forgot to mention that I've decided to upgrade the RAM in my notebook,
so that should speed things up a little.

B;-)

HC wrote:

ROFLMHO!!.......actually I tried PS7 but an error message said the
scanner wasn't installed and after spending four days getting through
that obstacle I didn't have the patience to start again in PS.

Must admit I had reservations about iPhoto Express too, but it's giving
quite good results. This whole project (while time consuming) is better
than I first anticipated and this is the most work I've done with this
scanner. In hindsight it was a waste of money, although I did have good
intentions at the time but work got in the way, ;-((

I'm sure the owner of these photo albums will be more than happy that he
will be able to watch a DVD of his 50 yr old photos rather than having
the albums stored somewhere out of sight, although that out of sight
place meant they are in good condition and can now stay that way.

Bronwyn ;-)





Hecate wrote:

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:42:17 +1000, HC wrote:


G'day Hecate

I'm using Ulead iPhoto Express...it came with the scanner many years
ago. After spending 4 frustrating days trying to get the scanner to
work on XP, some other programs wouldn't recognise the scanner and
this one did......so I stuck with it.

Bronwyn ;-)


I'm sorry for your loss ;-) (And thereby speaks a Photoshop snob g)

Then you'll just have to use the tried and trusted method of
empiricism (or as I'm sure your local down-to-earth Aussie would call
it - trial and error) ;-)

--
Hecate - The Real One
Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:55:56 +1000, HC wrote:

ROFLMHO!!.......actually I tried PS7 but an error message said the
scanner wasn't installed and after spending four days getting through
that obstacle I didn't have the patience to start again in PS.

Here's a tip - PS eats RAM - processing a scanned image eats RAM.
Never scan into Photoshop. If I had a pound for every person I've
heard with a similar problem I'd have enough money to buy and ticket
and watch the Aussies get walloped again at the Oval ;-)

Must admit I had reservations about iPhoto Express too, but it's giving
quite good results. This whole project (while time consuming) is better
than I first anticipated and this is the most work I've done with this
scanner. In hindsight it was a waste of money, although I did have good
intentions at the time but work got in the way, ;-((

Understand. It's always more of a pain, IMHO, having to scan prints
rather than negs/slides.

I'm sure the owner of these photo albums will be more than happy that he
will be able to watch a DVD of his 50 yr old photos rather than having
the albums stored somewhere out of sight, although that out of sight
place meant they are in good condition and can now stay that way.

Plus, if he looks after the digital files and makes sure they are
always on a modern medium, the family will be able to keep them for a
very long time (I *never* say forever g).

--

Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:02:51 +1000, HC wrote:

Forgot to mention that I've decided to upgrade the RAM in my notebook,
so that should speed things up a little.

More RAM is usually the answer to almost everything

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Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Thanks again Hecate! Some of my embroidery stuff is RAM hungry too, so
I'm used to that and have been threatening to get more RAM for months so
will do it NOW! LOL

The scanning job is moving right along and I've almost completed the
first album, so there is light at the end of the tunnel! The results
are well worth the time spent and I'm noticing detail in the scanned
images that aren't easily visible in the original prints.

Have a great weekend! and again, thanks for all the help!
Bronwyn ;-)

Hecate wrote:

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:55:56 +1000, HC wrote:


ROFLMHO!!.......actually I tried PS7 but an error message said the
scanner wasn't installed and after spending four days getting through
that obstacle I didn't have the patience to start again in PS.


Here's a tip - PS eats RAM - processing a scanned image eats RAM.
Never scan into Photoshop. If I had a pound for every person I've
heard with a similar problem I'd have enough money to buy and ticket
and watch the Aussies get walloped again at the Oval ;-)


Must admit I had reservations about iPhoto Express too, but it's giving
quite good results. This whole project (while time consuming) is better
than I first anticipated and this is the most work I've done with this
scanner. In hindsight it was a waste of money, although I did have good
intentions at the time but work got in the way, ;-((


Understand. It's always more of a pain, IMHO, having to scan prints
rather than negs/slides.


I'm sure the owner of these photo albums will be more than happy that he
will be able to watch a DVD of his 50 yr old photos rather than having
the albums stored somewhere out of sight, although that out of sight
place meant they are in good condition and can now stay that way.


Plus, if he looks after the digital files and makes sure they are
always on a modern medium, the family will be able to keep them for a
very long time (I *never* say forever g).

--

Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...