Scanned black and white - no thumbnail image

Hello all,
I've just started to use Aperture and imported some pictures I have recently scanned. They are a mixture of colour slide and 16 bit gray scale B&W scans - all tiff scans. The colour ones all show up but the B&W images have the label, file size details but no actual image. I tried a jpeg version and they do show up.
Had a quick search of the forum but nothing immediately jumped out.
Kind regards,
Ross Tinsley

I believe that you will find the B&W scans are monochrome TIFFS (they are probably a lot smaller) and Aperture does not support them. Convert one to RGB and see if it works.
And drop Apple a note by clicking on Aperture > Provide Aperture Feedback.

Similar Messages

Can't import Scanned Black and white photos to iphoto

Issue : When importing a *Scanned, Black and white, jPG* image to iphoto get an error message
Error message stats " The following file could not be imported. (The file is in an unrecognized format.)
Solution: Im not an expert but I think it's the scanner driver and the color profile it uses. Changing the color setting to RGB or color or changing the file type from JPG to Tiff may help. If you have already scanned the photos or if changing the settings do not help the follow the instructions to fix the photos.
1. Locate the Remove.app Script
Location is : Macintosh HD - Library folder - Colorsync Folder - Scripts folder- Remove script
2. Select all of the photos and drag and drop the photos on top of the Remove script. The photos will immediately be ready to import to iphoto and will still be the same location they where dragged from.
Tip: place the photos in a folder on the desktop then select all ( command-A ) the photos with the issue. This may make it easier to drag and drop onto the Remove script

Gail:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. The reason you're getting that black thumbnail and full sized image is that iPhoto does not support the grayscale profile Dot Gain 20% that grayscale scanning embeds in those photos. You're best bet is to scan them as color. They will still look the same but have the RGB color mode and sRGB color profile that iPhoto can support.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

I have a CanoScan Lide 700F scanner ,how do I scan Black and white neg.and turn them into positives?

I am scaning all old pictures, docts, slides ,but I have alot of b&w negs verious sizes, how can I turn them into b&w positives??

Hi Teddy.
The MP Navigator EX software that was bundled with your CanoScan LiDE 700F can be used to scan your black and white negatives. To use the MP Navigator, please follow these steps:
1. Start MP Navigator EX and open the Navigation Mode screen.
2. Point to Scan/Import and click Film.
3. Place the film on the Platen.
4. Click Specify... to set the document size and scanning resolution as required.
5. When setting is completed, click OK.
Important
Film may not be scanned correctly when Film Type in the Scan Settings dialog box is set to Auto. In that case, select the type of film in Film Type and scan again.
Note
To scan black and white film, it is recommended that you select Black and White Negative Film or Black and White Positive Film for Film Type in the Scan Settings dialog box.
6. Click Scan. Preview scan starts. When preview scan of the film is completed, the preview image appears.
Important
If a message for calibration appears, remove the film, then place the Film Adapter Unit over the first frame of the Film Guide and click OK.
7. When the calibration is completed, follow the on-screen instructions to load the film into the Film Guide, then click OK.
Note
Preview image does not appear when the Preview before scanning checkbox is not selected in the Scan Settings dialog box. The scanned images appear directly in the Thumbnail window.
8. Select the checkbox of the frame and click Scan. When scanning is completed, the Scan Complete dialog box opens.
9. Select Scan or Exit. To scan another frame, place the Film Adapter Unit over the frame you want to scan, then select Scan. Select Exit to end.
The scanned images appear in the Thumbnail window.
10. Edit the scanned images as required. Use Edit Tools to rotate images, select a part of an image, etc.
Note
First select images to edit. (Selected images are outlined in orange.) Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images.
11. Save the scanned images.
Did this answer your question? Please click the Accept as Solution button so that others may find the answer as well.

Scanned Black and White Documet to large to email, how to change file size

I cannot email scanned black and white documents as they are to large 35+
MB for a black and white document. Scanned as a bland and white document.
XP Adobe reader X

You can't change it with Reader.
You'll need to either rescan it at a lower resolution or use something like Photoshop to reduce the current resolution.

Problem in scanning black and white documents using acrobat 9.0 pro.

when i select file from the menu bar -create pdf-scanner-black and white docment, the logos and images from that page appear as black boxes. I have tried it with different scanners of same model and with different pages and on different machines. I have windows xp pro. Can someone please tell what to do to overcome this problem.Its really urgent....Thank you in advance..

The problem lies with the settings in your scanner's settings. I'd suggest trying to scan as greyscale rather than B&W.

Reveresing black and white still Photoshop image in FCP?

is it possible to reverse the black and white of a still photoshop image within FCP? then remove the background apart from the letters?
need to get a black and white company logo into FCP for use in the credits of this programme - due to a graphic designer being away i've had to scan the image off letterhead! very backwards and not ideal I know - but its a bit of a emergency so any pointer very much appreciated...

Drag and drop your image from the viewer to the timeline, lets say in V2.
Right click the logo clip>go to composite mode>select screen.
That's it. You now have the white text with no black background and whatever is in V1 replaces the black.
G.

Aperture black and white filters making images blotchy

Hello All!
I'm having some odd issues with Aperture and using the black and white filters: mainly red and orange filters. I have tested this with different cameras (all raw) including Nikon D700, Olympus E-M5, Canon 5D mk3, Nikon D800; all exibit the same issue. I have also had a friend test this on Lightroom and the problem did not appear.
Picture a landscape with a blue sky. Upon adding a red filter, and sometimes orange, the dramatic dark sky one would expect with such filters becomes blotchy. It looks somewhat like bad JPEG compression or noise from high ISO images but these pictures are all generally ISO 100 or 200. Sadly, this prevents me from printing these images so I've had to find other ways of processing them. Even when exported as a 16-bit TIFF, the problem persists.
Anyone have any thoughts? Experienced this themselves? Thanks for any thoughts!

Thanks Kirby... I have checked the channels but perhaps there is something I'm missing. Here is a screenshot of a random image I have but it shows the issue well. These are at 100%, ISO 200, red, orange, no filter (respectively). The histogram is from the original. No other post processing done. The red is the worst offender... the orange isn't as bad but it can be worse on certain images.

Giving a black and white line work image a transparent background

I am working in Photoshop CS4 (mac). Currently, the image is comprised of black line on a white background. How do I go about giving the image a transparent background?

A day later, I have still not figured out how to accomplish what it is I am trying to do.
I have not yet tried what you have suggested in the last post and am about to go at it once again. I should mention two things. 1. My goal is to drop this image into InDesign (cs4) when completed. 2. The image has interior space betwen the line work/image itself that I would like to contain transparency. Not sure if I am being clear here. The issue lies in when I actually drop the image into InDesign. While the image appears to already have a transparent background, once it is dropped into InDesign, the image then assumes an opaque/white background.

Scaling 1-bit bitonal black and white images

I have an image of a document that was scanned
black-and-white (1-bit color depth) that I need to display and
scale. When I use Flex's built in Image.Scale it scales very
"choppy" and unreadable. When I scale the same image in Photoshop,
it seems to use much more antialiasing, and the form is clearly
recognizable, even at just 125 pixels wide.
Is there a way to get Flex to use a better scaling algorithm
for 1-bit images? It seems to do a smashing-good job with
full-color image scaling.

thx for answering
You understood right, I have enough memory for saving 1-bit images, but
Graphics.drawImage(Image img, int x, int y, int anchor) can draw only RGB images so each time I want to draw some image, I have to remake 1-bit images into RGB images, it takes a lot time, so I need to make some optimization
My application draws symbols, but symbols are presented by Glyphs, so I draw some black&white Glyphs

PSE8 Black and White scanned pics need editing

Any suggestions how to retouch an older black & white photo? I scanned it into PSE8 and it needs some major adjustments. My last photo editing program had tools for just black and white edits. Help!

Thanks Bob for your timely response. I found my problem was due to choosing
the "black and white" option for scanning. Apparently, that is for text.
The correct option was "grey tones" for scanning black and white photos.

Black and White With Color Not Working

I am trying to have the background of my image black and white with the person in color. I turned black and white on then tried brushing black and white away from the person. Instead of the full, vibrant color coming back it was a dull color. Instead, I tried turning black and white off then brushing black and white into the background. This time, instead of being pure black and white it was black and white with an obvious hint of color. I have watched plenty of tutorials and know that it is possible to have it be pure black and white in the background with the person in front appearing in full vibrant color. I just don't know what I am doing wrong that either my vibrant color is looking washed out in one method or my black and white isn't pure black and white in the other method. When I first turn black and white on the image does go to pure black and white. Any suggestions?

See what happens after re-booting.
Is "Brush Range" set to "All"?
Try the same adjustments on another Image.
Try the "Color Monochrome" adjustment and see if it works as expected when brushed in/brushed away.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger -- added a line.

When I open CR2 RAW files from Powershot G10 they are in black and white. How do I get colour

I'm using Elements 13 on a PC running Windows 8.1. Each time I open a CR2 RAW file from a Canon Powershot G10 it displays in black and white. The image transferred to Elements is still in black and white. Why can I not see the image in colour?

Try holding down your Alt or Option key. The Cancel button in the Raw dialog will change to Reset.
Click on that Reset, and hopefully it goes back to defaults.
Gene

Inverted black and white images in iPhoto 6

After I recently upgraded to OS X 10.4.8, a number of black and white images in my iPhoto 6 library started showing up inverted (like negatives) when I open them. The thumbnails, however, are in regular black and white. This didn't happen using OS X 10.4.3. I can't seem to find a tool in iPhoto 6 to convert these images to the correct display. Do you have any explanations or suggestions?
Macintosh PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

iPhoto 6 does not work well with Grayscale. You'll need to convert them to sRGB. They'll still be black & white, but they'll have a color profile that iPhoto 6 will accept. Old Toad created an Automator application to embed the sRGB profile into your photos. Go to his Toad's Cellar and download the "Embed wRGB Color Profile 2" App. In Finder go in your Originals folder, then drop a roll folder containing these photos onto the app.
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=toad.hall&tem platefn=FileSharing7.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.7.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consume r&cty=US&lang=en#

How do you invert a black and white photo image on a Mac?

I have some glass plate black and white negatives that I would like to scan into my Mac and then invert the images to generate the photo. I have Aperture installed already but I can't seem to just have it invert the scanned image. Is there another way to do this with just the photos? I can't seem to do it with iPhoto or Preview either.

William answered this already, but since I made a screenshot, I don't want to waste it:
Set the "Range" to "Normal" before you drag the control points on the RGB curve up and down. That is easier,when inverting the curve. It tends to wiggle, and "Normal" will constrain it to the range you want.
After you defined this adjustment for one of your scans, lift and stamp it to the other scans or save it as an effect from the "Effects" panel.
Then you only have to adjust the curves once.

How to identify black and white images for dynamic collection ?

Hello
I would like to make a dynamic collection to quickly find my black & white pictures. It is very easy to do with your original files which have undergone a black and white (Grey) conversion under the developpement module : you have to specify "treatment - is - Grey level" in the dynamic collection description.
But what about original Grey levels images ? I have some scans of black and white negatives, and I would like to see them in the same collection.
I have tried to use EXIF metada, but none of them is related to this information (neither does IPTC). But such images are well detected as Grey levels images in the development module...
I don't know how to do (unless manually tagging images of course).
Does anybody have a clue for an automated solution ?
Thanks
Erwann

yes Eclipse 2.0 provides runtime chartting.
Please refer to this thread
[chartting|Re: Charts won't appear in CR Viewer?]
void AddChart(ReportClientDocument clientDoc, String chartTitle)
ChartDefinition chartDefinition = new ChartDefinition();
chartDefinition.setChartType(ChartType.group);
IDataDefinition dataDefinition = clientDoc.getDataDefController().getDataDefinition();
Fields conditionFields = new Fields();
IField field = dataDefinition.getGroups().getGroup(0).getConditionField();
conditionFields.addElement(field);
chartDefinition.setConditionFields(conditionFields);
Fields dataFields = new Fields();
for (int i = 0; i < dataDefinition.getSummaryFields().size(); i++)
IField summaryField = dataDefinition.getSummaryFields().getField(i);
dataFields.addElement(summaryField);
chartDefinition.setDataFields(dataFields);
ChartObject chartObject = new ChartObject();
chartObject.setChartDefinition(chartDefinition);
ChartStyleType chartStyleType = ChartStyleType.pie;
AreaSectionKind chartPlacement = AreaSectionKind.pageHeader;
chartObject.getChartStyle().setType(chartStyleType);
chartObject.setChartReportArea(chartPlacement);
chartObject.getChartStyle().getTextOptions().setTitle(chartTitle);
chartObject.setHeight(5000);
chartObject.setWidth(5000);
chartObject.setTop(1000);
IArea reportHeaderArea = reportDefController.getReportDefinition().getReportHeaderArea();
Section chartSection =(Section)reportHeaderArea.getSections().getSection(0);
clientDoc.getReportDefController().getReportObjectController().add(chartObject, chartSection, 1);
Further you can format the fields as per your requirement.
Hope this helps
Regards,
Tej

Scanned black and white - no thumbnail image

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for