[filmscanners] Re: cleaning up scratched transparencies

["Dieder Bylsma" <scanners@spacemoo.com>]

>Hello
>
>to get the new year going...
>
>I have lots of transparencies that have been scratched at the printers
>in the past, what are the best programs/techniques for cleaning these
>up, post scanning with a Nikon Coolscan LS-2000.
>

All depends upon how many 'lots' are and how fussy you are willing to be and
what the end goal is: digital archiving for catalogue purposes, or keeping
high resolution (up to 2700 dpi for the LS-2000) scans on file for digital
printing afterwards.


If they're Kodachrome or B&W, then you can't really take advantage of the
ICE-descratching functions of the Nikon software and will have to use a
variety of different techniques to descratch them in Photoshop.

If they are Fujichrome/Ektachrome then the Nikon software or VueScan may be
able to make good headway with their de-scratching algorithms at various
settings.

Given a large volume, might be more cost-effective (depending upon how you
value your time) to get a newer Nikon Coolscan and use their descratching
software and the more sensitive scanning equipment to let the software do the
bulk of the fixing.


Dieder

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