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Subject: [Leica] Scanning a Collection of Kodachrome Slides
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Thu Jun 29 09:51:01 2006

Tina,

Thanks, you're proving my point.

Added to my growing list of digital tips.

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:06 am
Subject: Re: [Leica] Scanning a Collection of Kodachrome Slides

> At 11:46 AM 6/29/2006, you wrote:
> >Tina,
> >It must be a great reference. Based on you posts about scanning 
> on 
> >the list I suspect that you could do a book on scanning that 
> would 
> >also be a great reference.
> >Greg
> 
> Thanks, Greg, but I'm learning every day!  All of this digital 
> stuff 
> is so new. I think I could study Photoshop for years and never 
> learn 
> everything it can do.  Here is a trick I just learned to remove 
> chroma noise or color aliasing - those annoying fringes of green 
> or 
> red at the edges of images:
> 1.  Go Filter>Blur>Gaussian Bluer, select a large radius (6 pixels 
> or 
> more) and blur the image so that you can no longer see the 
> noise.  The whole image will be completely blurred, but don't 
> worry about that.
> 2.  Now go Edit>Fade Gaussian Blur and select Mode>Color from the 
> drop-down menu and click OK.  This returns you to the unblurred 
> state 
> and should remove all of the unwanted color.
> 
> Everybody may already know that, but, to me, it's a miracle!!  I 
> love 
> all of these hints, whether it's a new way to scan film or a new 
> way 
> to process digital.  It's fun!
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA
> http://www.tinamanley.com 
> 
> 
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