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Dr Hobbitstein

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2. Does your scanner scan negatives? They have to be backlit.

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 05:19 PM

Mar 2019

If so scan, then invert the image using whichever photo editor you choose. If they are black and white negatives, then desaturate before inverting.

I used to do LOTS of film > digital photography in the early 00s.

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I have lots of 4X4 glass negatives [View all] safeinOhio Mar 2019 OP

light table, digital camera, invert in photoshop, adjust curves, done. Blues Heron Mar 2019 #1

Does your scanner scan negatives? They have to be backlit. Dr Hobbitstein Mar 2019 #2

Scan them. shraby Mar 2019 #3

Very nice safeinOhio Mar 2019 #4

Nice work shraby, very nice. Ellipsis Mar 2019 #5

Use a flatbed scanner for best quality Auggie Mar 2019 #6