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I’m in the process of scanning 100s of slides of family pictures taken between 1964 and 1979. Most were taken on a Konica 35mm rangefinder camera. I’m using a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite (dedicated slide/film scanner).
Most of the images either scan in with decent color or can be tweaked with Curves to have decent color. "Decent" because some of the slides have faded, some of the pictures were not taken in the best of lighting, and the Konica didn’t have any setting to change other than f/stop and/or speed. Most were taken with ASA (not ISO in those days) 200 Daylight film if I remember correctly.
When there are problems, they are in two areas:
1. A blue cast in the entire picture. The blue you get when the white balance in a modern camera is set for sunlight and you shoot under incandescent. The "cold" blue. I’ve been fixing this – somewhat – by adjusting Curves in the Blue channel, but that’s hit-or-miss.
Is there a better sequence to follow?
2. Washed out sky. A lot of pictures with sky so pale it has no color. Many of the images were taken in Illinois, Ireland, and the UK, but I distinctly remember the sun shining occasionally in these areas. It wasn’t always gray and cloudless.
No fix discovered for this.
These are family pix…our wedding, vacations, first day of school for the kids, etc. I’m not looking for art here. Just a decent recording of the family history during those years.
There are 100s of slides, so I can’t go through a complex process on each. Tips on approach would be appreciated.
(Using PS 7.0)
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Tony Cooper – Orlando, Florida
Most of the images either scan in with decent color or can be tweaked with Curves to have decent color. "Decent" because some of the slides have faded, some of the pictures were not taken in the best of lighting, and the Konica didn’t have any setting to change other than f/stop and/or speed. Most were taken with ASA (not ISO in those days) 200 Daylight film if I remember correctly.
When there are problems, they are in two areas:
1. A blue cast in the entire picture. The blue you get when the white balance in a modern camera is set for sunlight and you shoot under incandescent. The "cold" blue. I’ve been fixing this – somewhat – by adjusting Curves in the Blue channel, but that’s hit-or-miss.
Is there a better sequence to follow?
2. Washed out sky. A lot of pictures with sky so pale it has no color. Many of the images were taken in Illinois, Ireland, and the UK, but I distinctly remember the sun shining occasionally in these areas. It wasn’t always gray and cloudless.
No fix discovered for this.
These are family pix…our wedding, vacations, first day of school for the kids, etc. I’m not looking for art here. Just a decent recording of the family history during those years.
There are 100s of slides, so I can’t go through a complex process on each. Tips on approach would be appreciated.
(Using PS 7.0)
—
Tony Cooper – Orlando, Florida
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