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On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Neil Winchurst wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Neil Winchurst wrote:Have had a bit of a clear up at home recently and came across some boxes of slides from the days before digital cameras. This got me wondering, is it possible/easy to scan colour slides into my computer? If so can anyone suggest the best way to go about it please? I have never used a scanner with Linux, so I don't know what is available out there.Yes, it's easy - with the right hardware, but see comments I posted recently ... Basically it'll take you most time that you've got (depending on how many slides, of-course), unless you get a posh multi-feed slide scanner and software capable of automatically scanning, colour correcting, dust removing, and saving ... VueScan and e.g. A Nikon unit is recomended - but make sure you get one with a IR scanner as that can help with automatic dust removal. I have an older Canon Canoscan FS2700 unit - good, but no IR and takes about 30 seconds to scan a slide - and that's without manual touch up... I gave up trying to scan slides & negs shortly after that and bought a digital camera...I have a digital camera now, but a lot of my slides are quite old now and can never be repeated. I am looking to choose some and transfer them to the computer, possibly to print them.I will have a look at vuescan. An IR scanner? Will check that out.
Well - it's a scanner with a separate IR pass. (or does a scan in IR at the same time - that's Infra Red) It can be used to remove dust and enhance scratch detection and removal - if you've got the right software for it. VueScan isn't free - but at $40 (I think that's what I paid for it), I found it very good value.
http://www.hamrick.com/You can get a free trial too - to make sure it works for you first before you buy.
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