Scanning old pictues
Apr 3, 2015 12:34:16 #
My wife's family has a lot of old photographs that they would like scanned to JPEG photos. Anyone know of a scanner that will help me get this project done.
I have a HP 8600 Pro deskjet all-in-one printer that will scan pictures but for some reason the JPEGs all look like they have a lot of "lint" on them. I have cleaned the glass on the scanner and made sure the photo prints are clean ... still a lot of specks appear ... any suggestions? I set the scanner to 300 dpi and best scan quality.
I have a HP 8600 Pro deskjet all-in-one printer that will scan pictures but for some reason the JPEGs all look like they have a lot of "lint" on them. I have cleaned the glass on the scanner and made sure the photo prints are clean ... still a lot of specks appear ... any suggestions? I set the scanner to 300 dpi and best scan quality.
Apr 3, 2015 13:07:12 #
I have scanned thousands of old photos. What you have can be fixed by using Photoshop elements or Photoshop, perhaps even Lightroom (I used Photoshop Elements).
Just remember that you are scanning a relatively small photograph and the quality of your scan is strongly impacted by the quality of the photograph. Also, you will not be able to enlarge the jpg much beyond the original.
Just remember that you are scanning a relatively small photograph and the quality of your scan is strongly impacted by the quality of the photograph. Also, you will not be able to enlarge the jpg much beyond the original.
Apr 3, 2015 13:24:13 #
Tommg wrote:
My wife's family has a lot of old photographs that... (show quote)
I had some done by ScanCafe, and they obviously cleaned the slides completely before scanning them. They seem to have a good system. they even did color correction.
Apr 3, 2015 13:26:31 #
Thanks for the reply Larry. I have about 1,000 photos to scan and was hoping I wouldn't have to photoshop all of the scans (guess I am a little on the lazy side). I will not be changing the size on most of the photos, unless some of them need to be reduced in size ... just going to make a DVD to distribute to her relatives. Thanks again
Apr 4, 2015 09:36:15 #
Hi Tommg,
I also have an HP all-in-one printer scanner and just finished a project where I scanned a couple hundred photos. After scanning the photo there is a series of menus of "things" you can do to the picture before you output it to file. On the last menu selection tab I found I needed to select a box call Descale (or something like that, printer not here right now). On the picture(s) I was scanning selecting this box cleaned them up quite a bit. Good luck. Take care & ...
I also have an HP all-in-one printer scanner and just finished a project where I scanned a couple hundred photos. After scanning the photo there is a series of menus of "things" you can do to the picture before you output it to file. On the last menu selection tab I found I needed to select a box call Descale (or something like that, printer not here right now). On the picture(s) I was scanning selecting this box cleaned them up quite a bit. Good luck. Take care & ...
Apr 4, 2015 09:38:24 #
Tommg wrote:
My wife's family has a lot of old photographs that... (show quote)
You may find vuescan very helpul. Pretty sure it supports the 8600 as well as most others. It has an auto repeat feature so that it will do a scan every whatever number of seconds you select. Scanning at 1200 dpi or so and then outputting at lower resolution should give you good results. Keep in mind that scanning old photos can give you decent results but they are still probably not superb quality to start with. This may help you avoid buying a new scanner and still get the job done.
Apr 4, 2015 11:20:22 #
Tommg wrote:
My wife's family has a lot of old photographs that... (show quote)
I've been using the Canon Pixma system for some time with pretty good results with old photos. You might consider a Pixma 3-way for your job.
Apr 4, 2015 11:39:42 #
I want to remind you that scanning Kodachrome slides can be problematic because of their tendency to produce a blue color cast. Kodachrome slides are very high contrast given that the projectors use a strong white light to project them. Also, remember that you are magnifying the slide/negative sometimes upwards of 600 times- dust and all.
Many of today's inexpensive and mid-range scanners use an infrared channel to detect defects the long wave infrared radiation passes through the slide but not through dust particles. Kodachromes interaction with the infrared channel can cause a slight loss of sharpness, and the absorption of the cyan dye extends into the near infrared region, making this layer opaque. Cleaning this up is the nature of the beast.
Many of today's inexpensive and mid-range scanners use an infrared channel to detect defects the long wave infrared radiation passes through the slide but not through dust particles. Kodachromes interaction with the infrared channel can cause a slight loss of sharpness, and the absorption of the cyan dye extends into the near infrared region, making this layer opaque. Cleaning this up is the nature of the beast.
Apr 4, 2015 13:15:09 #
Thanks again everyone, lots of good info that I will use. Probably start with my existing all-in-one printer and see what happens.
I will be scanning photographs, not slides.
I will Google vuescan & scancafe to see what information I can use.
I will be scanning photographs, not slides.
I will Google vuescan & scancafe to see what information I can use.
Apr 4, 2015 18:09:49 #
Apr 4, 2015 18:36:26 #
Tommg wrote:
My wife's family has a lot of old photographs that... (show quote)
I use the Epson V750 and it works great. It has software that removes dust and scratches as well as color corrections. The current model is V850 and I highly recommend it. You can't go wrong. I love the incredible quality.
Apr 4, 2015 19:05:14 #
I scan with an epson xp400. It does a great job, and my 8x10 prints look pretty good. Its wireless, so just plug it into the wall hit set up and your ready to go.
Apr 5, 2015 08:48:02 #
I dabble in genealogy and heritage photos. I use the Flip Pal mobile scanner. I can take it with me when I visit people and scan from the photo albums.
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