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choppert

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larger neg scanning
« on: March 30, 2009, 08:23:27 PM »
Hello,

I have a very basic Canon flatbed scanner which has a 35mm film scanning bit, which works ok for me.
I'd like to scan some 6x9 negs.
Is there a cheap and cheerful way using the flatbed bit?
Feels like a Blue Peter tracing paper and anglepoise lamp moment coming up?

Any ideas?


Chops
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Francois

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Re: larger neg scanning
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2009, 10:46:59 PM »
Simple:

Note where the illuminating strip is, and scan one half of the negative. Move the negative a bit and scan another part with an overlapping joint. In Photoshop, go to file-automate-photomerge and stitch the images together.

Convenient: no.
Francois

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