Showing posts with label Scanning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scanning. Show all posts

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Darkroom Day 35 and 36 and Scanning


Yesterday Ron decided he was going to paint the moulding/crown moulding in the new hallway white, to keep in sync with the artroom. We also went into town and bought the back splash material for the 'wet' side of the darkroom. We stopped by the carpet place and if all goes well and it comes in on Monday, they will be out to install on Wednesday. Today I think he may put the second coat of paint on the trim. I'm posting a photo of the new garage hallway and the actual color is that of the far wall with the door on it (putty). The digital with the flash tends to make it look green. And it's NOT green. This is quite an improvement for this area.

Yesterday while he was painting, I hunkered down and attacked the scanning of the film. I used to have a lab do it for me, but now I think I've finally (and I won't say mastered, because it's still a mystery to me and I wouldn't be able to give anyone else advice!) gotten quite good at scanning the 35mm film. The scans were so much better (scanned at 3200 pixels) and I was then able to print out some much improved 11x14 prints for the April show. Now today, I'll clean up some old stock of 'good' frames, mat them, and hopefully get them all put together so I can relax or something like that!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Epson Scanner 4490

The fun thing about scanners is that you can restore your old photos which I love to do every now and then. I worked on a couple of photos for Valentine's Day for family and they came out pretty well. If you're starting with an older 'fuzzy' photo, you can only do so much. These photos had been thru it all: tears, old scotch tape in the corners, creases, you name it! So that was my morning project and those are always fun.

We're still waiting for the drywall to be delivered. My husband just called and it is on its' way. We didn't want it delivered tomorrow as it's going to be raining - again starting tonite! At least it's rain and not snow.

My next adventure is to re-watch a YouTube video on how to scan film properly. The electronic manual for the Epson Scanner 4490 does not go into detail at all! I need pictures - I'm a visual person. I still don't have scanning down pat yet, but I keep trying!