Phred wrote on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:04:10 GMT:

> In article >, "James
> Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not> wrote:
>> Phred wrote on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:55:54 GMT:
>>
>>> In article >, "James
>>> Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not> wrote:
>>>> It's perhaps OT Phred but let me encourage you to try
>>>> restoring some of the colors with Photoshop, either one of
>>>> the full versions or Elements. So long as the red (most
>>>> often), blue or green is not completely bleached out, I've
>>>> had a good deal of luck with pictures from the late 50s.
>>
>>> Thanks for that tip, James. I'll have to give it a go once
>>> I get a new PC that can run a decent version of
>>> Elements. However, to continue the OT -- what sort of gear
>>> did you use to scan the slides so you could play with them?
>>> I suspect you need something like a 3000x2000 scan to get a
>>> good reproduction from a slide?
>>
>> I haven't scanned too many slides or negatives but I use an
>> attachment that came with my Canon flat-bed scanner. It's a
>> bit slow but there are dedicated scanners that can be bought
>> for about $100; Brookestone has one. I don't have any
>> experience with trying to make new slides and my final result
>> is usually a 3x5 or 4x6 print.

> Thanks for the reply, James. And, no, I wasn't suggesting
> making a new slide -- just wondering how good the scan of a
> slide needed to be to get an acceptable digital image that
> would be worth playing with in Photoshop Elements or whatever
> for subsequent printing or just viewing in a PowerPoint
> presentation or similar. (You can breathe out now. :-)

My Canon scanner can go up to 2400 dpi on slides but I have used 1200
dpi successfully. I don't remember how long it took at 2400 dpi but it
wasn't fast!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not