jarneyd Loc: New England

I recently purchased an Epson 600 scanner and have been putting tons of negatives through it with good results. The two main problems I have are getting the resulting scans at a size larger than a large thumbnail when I use a setting other than the auto mode. 2nd is that when I scan B &W negs that are thin around the edges, it does not know where one ends and the next begins, as in this example from a concert. Unfortunately I am not much of a PP person yet and I am just trying to get some of these old negs uploaded.
Thanks in advance for your help with this.

Top is from a different frame

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right is diffferent frame

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Top is from a different frame

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I can't promise these links are still active, but I used them to develop my own scanning parameters below for a custom profile named "custom T50_35mm"

SCANNING tips

http://www.reidmorrison.com/home-users/digitizing-film (tips on Epson v600)
http://x-equals.com/blog/film-to-digital-scanning-essentials-101-part-1-of-2/ (step by step for Epson on professional, recommends still other settings include an ICE option/)
http://www.kenleegallery.com/html/tech/scanning.php (pretty technical)
http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN/V600/V600.HTM (good write-up)


professional settings

film type - color negative
image type = 48-bit color (1st suggestion above references 24-bit color instead of 48)
expand for fast scanning
resolution - 2400 dpi
doc size - 36 w 24 h mm
target - custom T50_35mm (w 3888 x h 2592 pixels)
unsharp mask = y (1st suggestion above references setting this to N as the pictures will be grainy otherwise - need to test)
grain reduction = y
color restoration = y (low)
backlight correction = n
Dust removal = y / high

average scan processing 1 - minute / negative

when DIGITAL ICE = Y instead of dust removal = scan is 4 mins per negative

for each preview - click exposure correction for each negative to be converted

jarneyd Loc: New England

Thanks, that should get me better scans.
I don't think it will help getting the scanner to separate one neg from the next when its all black in between.