Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, I agree totally with Sonny. Try the restore color in Vuescan. It usually works great. If not, convert to B&W. Tina On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 9:33 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > In Vuescan, under filter tab there are boxes to tick, restore color, > restore fading. Those often help. > > If fading is the issue, or a slide is underexposed, I've found it valuable > to scan to a negative and adjust the density and then invert the image in > Photoshop. > > If it is real bad, I just convert to black and white. > > > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/> > Natchitoches, Louisiana > 1714 > Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase > > USA > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:52 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > I'm in the process of digitizing more selected slides from my late > > mother's collection. Mostly I'm using a digital camera and a macro lens > > and slide copy attachment, because it's fast. That's working well for > > Kodachrome. Unfortunately, several years in the collection are taken on > > Ektachrome, and the slides are quite faded--overall orange with decent > > remnants of the actual colors. How well does Vuescan work in restoring > > the slide's colors to some reasonable facsimile of normal? Should I > > spend some time figuring this out, or is there a better/faster solution? > > > > There are lots of slides, and the digital output is for family viewing > > on computer screens, not prints for Great Art. > > > > I'll be posting some of the Kodachrome scans from early-mid 1950s > > shortly. Stay tuned. > > > > --Peter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html>