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My HP 6200 scanner came with some software called PrecisionPro (by HP) that
can scan slides in their mountings. On the first pass one sees the whole
scanner surface (about 11x14 inches). One then marks the area of interest,
in this case one slide (about 1.3x1.3 inches). The software then shows that
smaller area on the whole PC screen. One fine-tunes the boundaries to match
the slide, then presses the save file as button. This is not the sort of
software one would use for mass conversion of slides to files, but it does
work.
However, I feel that the software is less important than the hardware, since
the 1200x1200 dpi limit of my scanner makes only fair images from slides.
The scanner uses a couple of small mirrors at right angles to each other and
at 45 degrees to the surface of the scanner to get an image form the slides.
The light bounces up thorugh the scanner glss, off both mirrors, then down
thorugh the slide onto the scanner active element. There are better
scanners intended only for slides, or, there are flat-bed scanners with
slide insert holders. In any event, try for at least 2400x2400 dpi, or more
if you can afford it.
As for software in general, PaintShopPro can take images from a scanner, and
Adobe Photoshop probably can as well. One might have to "play" at bit to
get only the slide, not the whole scanner surface, but I am sure that it is
possible. Microssoft Photo Editor (free with XP) can also take an image
drirectly form a scanner.
"André Luiz Tietböhl Ramos" <andreltramos@terra.com.br> wrote in message
news:uszlwUpJFHA.1176@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> Could anyone let me know the name of a software that allows me to scan
> slides which are in their original mounting instead of the film only
> please? Thank you very much indeed.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Prof. André Luiz Tietböhl Ramos, M.Sc.
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Industrial and Systems Engineering Department
> Virginia Tech
> Professor, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Mecatrônica -
> PUC/RS
>
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