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Brad Kimball
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1171
From: Highland Mills, NY USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted February 11, 2007 12:18 PM

I can't seem to figure out how to successfully scan frames into my EPSON RX500 All-In-One. The scan comes out teeny and I can't seem to get it to enlarge. Any suggestions?

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

posted February 11, 2007 12:39 PM

Hi Brad

I'm not an expert and I think others might have better suggestions, but for what it's worth;

Make sure before you actually scan that the settings are for the maximum dpi available to your scanner, do a preview first and set the scanner to the exact area of the frame you want as shown on the preview. Then scan the image, open the scanned image up in your photo programme and view "actual pixels", hopefully you'll have an image large enough to be worth while.

My experience of scanning super 8 though has always resulted in a dark image as it really needs to be back lit, is your scanner capable of that?

Good luck

Mike

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Andreas Eggeling
Master Film Handler

Posts: 467
From: R.I.P.
Registered: Aug 2003

posted February 11, 2007 02:30 PM

[ August 07, 2008, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Andreas Eggeling ]

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Pablo Alvarez Roth
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 129
From: Chile
Registered: Aug 2006

posted February 11, 2007 09:35 PM

if you wish to scan super 8 or 8mm film you can use 8mm2avi program that can use your scanner to join the frames and make an avi clip,

I used once this program to scan an entire 50ft reel and what I did was to scan at least over 2000dpi with a small flourescent tube over a white plastic to backlight the film.

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Maurizio Di Cintio
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 977
From: Ortona, Italy
Registered: Jan 2004

posted February 12, 2007 07:05 PM

Sorry. Wrong operation.

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