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I have this strip of a negative...

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imported_goku

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I have a strip of a negative I obtained by unknown means but I've magically had it for quite some time. It's a very small negative with 3 pictures on it and it's of people I can't recognize so I'm not sure if I know them or not. I've attempted to import them into photoshop but I've had no success in converting the negatives into anything where I can distinguish their faces.. I ask for help in figuring out these mystery people by fixing the negative so that I can see their faces. I know I suck a photoshop which is likely the reason I haven't had much success in converting the negative into a decent picture...
Strip.jpg
The first step has already been completed, invert.. The PSD file can be found here:
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://69.42.6.215/Strip.psd">ftp://69.42.6.215/Strip.psd</a>
Which is on the unoffical ATOT server.

Edit: It also seems a bit strange the the quality is so poor because when I look under a light, it looks like the exposure it fine but when I scan it in, it looks piss poor... I've got an Epson Scanner..
 
The exposure is really bad, but I'll try.

It would probably turn out better if your scanner had a film attachment.
 
StripBlah

I've cleaned it up some...but the negative is in REALLY bad shape. It really needs to be cleaned. There is a lot of dirt and scratches on it and it looks to me like it's been damaged exposure-wise (or..scanner issue). How old is this strip of negative?

The exposure for one is so far gone there are not many details that can be brought out. I don't have all of my standard photo editing filters and tools on here right now or I could do more.

You may be able to recognize the people in the second frame...and MAYBE the first...but that last one I doubt...it's really bad.
 
Looking more closely...I'm almost sure something was spilled on this negative at some point in time.
 
Originally posted by: OdiN
The exposure is really bad, but I'll try.

It would probably turn out better if your scanner had a film attachment.
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I thought people have been successful in scanning in photos with out anything special? But I guess I have to agree with you because when I put the negative up agianst my LCD screen w/white background (to illuminate all), I can see the photo perfectly, especially #2, looks like it's perfectly exposed and all so I'm just wondering if it's my crappy scanner or not.
 
Originally posted by: goku
Originally posted by: OdiN
The exposure is really bad, but I'll try.

It would probably turn out better if your scanner had a film attachment.
Click to expand...

I thought people have been successful in scanning in photos with out anything special? But I guess I have to agree with you because when I put the negative up agianst my LCD screen w/white background (to illuminate all), I can see the photo perfectly, especially #2, looks like it's perfectly exposed and all so I'm just wondering if it's my crappy scanner or not.
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If it looks good on a white screen like that, then it's your scanner and there is nothing I can do.

What a scanner does is shine light onto a surface and then record what is reflected back. Since negatives are transparent, extra light is reflected off of the white top of your scanner lid, back into the scanner head. That is why it looks over exposed.

What a film scanner does or a flatbed that supports film - it has an attachment or device which will shine light from the top of the negative, down into the scanner head. The light in the scanner head is never activated.

I think that's your whole problem. You also won't get the proper scan of the image since you are scanning a "negative image" - in this case inverting doesn't work because of the excess light.


Oh and BTW...photos work great - they are not transparent.
 
check and see if your scanner software has something to click for scanning negatives. my old atra scanner had negatives as a drop down menu item.
 
I found a transparency adapter for my scanner but I'm starting to think that it would make more sense to just buy a better scanner and a transparency adapter instead of upgrading an old dog? It's a Epson Perfection 636U and I believe it's from 1998/1999 era.
 
the exposures look fine when you invert them in PS, makes it look like a negative, the reason the positives look so bad is because the scanner doesnt know its scanning a neg
 
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