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wokka59
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:32 am Post subject: Scanning 35mm slides - dpi v scale percentage |
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Hi folks, I'm new to photoshop and hope someone can help me. I am batch scanning 35mm slides 15 at a time using an Epson 1680. I have been playing with the various dpi's and scale to find the best settings so I can cut the slides and paste them into Powerpoint for a lecture. What I have been finding is that when I cut the slide from the scanned image (of 15 in the holder) and place it in my powerpoint slide and then enlarge it, it is too blurry.
I have tried enlarging the dpi to 2400 but the computer won't scan it. I seem to get OK images in powerpoint at 90dpi and 800% scale but I really want them sharper.
How can I do this? Is it best to scan the slides individually and not use the holder?
More importantly, although the slides look OK on my laptop how will they look when they are projected onto the big screen. I do't want them to be too blurry.
Any other tips or hints for me?
Regards
Wokka |
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cbadland
Joined: 19 Jan 2005
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Flat bed scanners are not the best for scanning slides/negs. Much better to have a dedicated slide scanner.
Try scanning just one row of negs at the highest optical resolution of the 1680.
Might also help to run the pics through a Shrpening Filter in Photoshop.
Powerpoint will only display at the resolution of the monitor/projector. You’re kind of stuck with that limitation. |
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