Scanning Film Strips

[Richard DeYoung]

I have a Cannon 8500F that I use for scanning prints and archiving them on my PC. I found some plastic templates in the box that appear to provide a capability to scan 35 and 120 mm film. I have no idea how to use these.
Do you scan developed film and archive it as a what?
Anyone that can give me guidance in this area please respond. I am kinda stupid when it comes to these things

[venchka]

1. Does the scanner lid have glass & a light source in it?
2. If 1. is yes, the Canon software should have a menu selection to switch from reflective scanning (documents) to transmissive scanning (film).
3. Just a hunch: the F in 8500F stands for film.
4. I could stop in Trinity some Friday afternoon on my way to Tyler.

[Brains]

If its anything similar to mine, you slide the film into the adapter, slide that into the scanner, shut the lid, and pick "scan slide/film" in the software. Then you pick negative or slide film, and away it goes.

[venchka]

Now why didn't I say it like that. These machines really are very simple.

[Richard DeYoung]

I understand that I can scan the film strips. But when I am done scanning what do I have? Can I print what was on the film since it has been dveloped? If so how?

[crackhead]

Your film scanning software should have a preview of how it "sees" the negatives. If you have an autoexposure function in your software, it should subtract the orange mask of the film base from the image as well as reverse the negative image, leaving you a positive, base image. This base image is what you can make levels adjustments, color corrections, sharpening on in Photoshop.

[venchka]

In a nushell: Yes. The scanning software will save each negative as a file on your hardrive. Those files can be printed with various programs. Paint comes with Windows. That will work.

Roadblock: The scanner needs to know what to scan. Use the mouse to draw a window around each image. It's so easy once you've done it 8 or 11 times. Trying to type the process is hard.

Allan? Somebody close to Trinity? Can you help a brother photographer out? All of this coule be explained and taught in an hour.

[Almazan]

What you can also if you have Photoshop is select import from photoshop, select your scanner and it will prompt you to your scanner once it is done it will open in photoshop, then you can edit your image and output it using photoshop, or save it into whichever file format you prefer.

[laanba]

In the lid you should have a white cover. Make sure to take that off before you scan the negatives so it can read the film properly.

[ronocnikral]

Originally Posted by Almazan

What you can also if you have Photoshop is select import from photoshop, select your scanner and it will prompt you to your scanner once it is done it will open in photoshop, then you can edit your image and output it using photoshop, or save it into whichever file format you prefer.

we scan with an 8500f. pop off the cover, put film in holder, open photoshop, file->import->canoscan 8500f. bam. 2400 dpi, .tif file, save.

just try it, you'll be surprised. i shy away from the canon software because it makes our computer crash.