Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives

Steinhoff, Sascha

ISBN 10: 1933952016 / ISBN 13: 9781933952017

Published by Rocky Nook, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives
• Publisher: Rocky Nook
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933952016
• ISBN 13: 9781933952017
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: UsedLikeNew
• Weight: 16 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

A large number of contemporary photographers have either moved into digital photography exclusively or use both analog and digital media in their work. In either case, there is most likely an archive of slides and negatives which cannot be directly integrated into the new digital workflow, nor can it be archived in a digital format. More and more, photographers are trying to bridge this gap using high-performance film scanners.

How to achieve the best possible digital image from a negative or slide, and how to build a workflow to make this process efficient, repeatable, and reliable, is the subject of this book. The author uses Nikon's filmscanners throughout, but all steps can easily be followed using a different scanner. The most common software tools for scanning (SilverFast, VueScan, NikonScan) are not only covered extensively in the book, but are also provided on a CD along with other useful tools for image editing, as well as numerous sample scans.

About the Author

Sascha Steinhoff is a computer expert by training and a photographer by passion. He used several rainy seasons in Galway, Ireland to learn everything he needed to know about scanners and scanning software. He soon realized that a good scan requires as much work and know-how as a good camera shot, and that a scanning workflow is essential to get the job done efficiently.

Sascha recently gave up his position as an editor of a leading German technical magazine to move to Bangkok, Thailand, where he is currently working as a freelance journalist and project manager.

Complementary information about the scanning techniques described in this book, as well as as a place where Sascha will reply to inquiries, can be found on his website athttp://scanguru.info.