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mneme
Ah je comprend. I've done the same thing with some old family prints in order to send them to my niece in Oz. It is a time consuming job. Congratulations young lady.
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johnmacnab
on September 22, 2007 at 4:29 AM
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johnmacnab
Sure.. firstly, they are beginning to lose their colour. Scanning, at a high resolution, helps preserve them, and I found I can balance the colour. The one or two I have had printed are better than the originals, from thirty years ago. Second; I don't have the negatives any more, they were left behind in the move from the UK, and this is one way of keeping copies for myself (in the event I move). I am quite pleased with the results so far.
posted by
mneme
on September 21, 2007 at 8:25 PM
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mneme
??? Can I ask why you are scanning the old photos into the laptop? I've been trying to master fineyoungsingers instructions and I still can't do it. At one point FYS says 'delete the background' This is tantamount to trying to teach a caveman (me, Ugh the caveman) to drive and saying, 'switch on the ignition.' But, I
will master it.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 21, 2007 at 6:55 PM
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johnmacnab
I haven't the foggiest, but we know that LOL. Good luck with it. I've been busy scanning many years' worth of photos into my laptop; it calls for some quite late nights but I've mastered it now. I thought I saw something like what you are trying to do in windows editing but I couldn't swear to it.
posted by
mneme
on September 21, 2007 at 6:28 AM
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gomedome
Thank you very much, gomedome, for taking so much time and trouble to solve the problem. No need to apologize for the 'rudimentary' instructions - I'm in the 'upload 101' class. I'm going to practice now.
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johnmacnab
on September 19, 2007 at 7:17 PM
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Pat
So far I don't know, Pat. A friend let me borrow a copy of Photoshop 7, and last night I tried to follow fineyoungsinger's instructions - without success.
Today, real life got in the way until a couple of hours ago (it's called being a grandparent). Since then I have been attempting to unravel Photoshop and FYS's instructions - again without success. Tomorrow I should have all day to tear my hair out. I'm also, tomorrow am, going to attempt Gomedome's suggestion.
And they say that retirement is boring?
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 19, 2007 at 7:11 PM
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saul relative
Funnily enough, saul_relative, I was thinking exactly the same thing.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 19, 2007 at 7:00 PM
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johnmacnab - in reading this post I see that you are looking for a way to
upload pictures to be shown in your blogs.
Upgrading you Blogit account is not the solution for the intermittent use of images in your blogs. They can be remotely hosted (served from a different server) for free. There are only minor drawbacks from serving images from a remote host. The only drawback that may possibly affect images shown this way in your blogs is that some computer security programs treat remotely hosted images as third party banners and block them from the web viewer. What this means in real terms is that a very small percentage of your blog visitors will have to allow the pictures to be shown by resetting their security, the vast majority of blog visitors will have no problem viewing them.
To show us the image you speak of go: HERE and click on the "Browse" button. This will bring up a screen that allows you to choose the folder where the image is stored on your computer. Then hit upload. You will then be presented with a screen that will offer a number of different links to the image, scroll down to the very last one "Direct Link to Image" and copy that link. Then return to your Blogit post editor where you will see a little image icon at the top right (it is a little blue square with a red dot and pyramid profile). Click on that icon and paste the link into it. The only other thing you need to know is that really large image widths will distort the Blogit page.
I apologize if these instructions sound a bit rudimentary but your post gives us the impression that you don't do this type of thing very often.
posted by
gomedome
on September 19, 2007 at 12:04 PM
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So, did it work? Fineyoungsinger's tip sounded like the answer...
posted by
Pat_B
on September 19, 2007 at 9:58 AM
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Good thing we got people like FineYoungSinger hanging out with us, huh,
john?
posted by
saul_relative
on September 19, 2007 at 9:52 AM
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Whacky
I had just considered that idea, Whacky, but I can't remember the sequence of events. Can you remind me? I'm old, OK!
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 18, 2007 at 8:50 PM
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Ummm... Low tech solution: tracing paper, bright light and a pencil.
It might work!
Roses
from me and Bo =^..^= the wonder dog!
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Whacky
on September 18, 2007 at 8:18 PM
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Re: If you have photoshop,
Thank you FineYoungSinger. I'm about to try your suggestions. Fingers crossed.
posted by
johnmacnab
on September 18, 2007 at 5:38 PM
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If you have photoshop,
go into view and select channels. Turn off all the channels, then view them one at a time. When you find the channel that gives you the most detail, delete the other three channels, then switch your view back to layers. Erase the background, and then run the filter "colored pencil." adjust the background color to be completely white while the filter is still open. Then change the picture to grayscale.
posted by
FineYoungSinger
on September 18, 2007 at 11:30 AM
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