Scanning old 35mm slides

I'd like to use iPhoto to create a slide show from old family slides. What size and resolution should I use for the scans so that they will look good when enlarged on a TV screen?
After the slide show is created, how do I burn a DVD so that my mother will be able to view the show and control it with her remote? Thanks.

What I wanted to know was how to incorporate controls into the slide show made by iPhoto so that my Mom can use her remote control to move back and forth, pause, etc.
Use iDVD to create your slideshow. The iDVD settings give you the option to show slide navigation arrows so that your mom can use her remote to go forward or back through the photos using her DVD remote control.
Creating a slideshow in iDVD is fairly straightforward. It's easiest if you begin by collecting your photos in an iPhoto album. (Create an album for each set of 99 photos in your collection, and make a separate slideshow for each set.) Then create a new iDVD project, select "Add Slideshow", choose that album from the Media Pane and drag it into the slideshow area. Your photos will be imported in the album order, which you can rearrange if you like. You can have titles and subtitles displayed onscreen if you choose. Add music if you want. Turn on the navigation arrows. You can set the speed to Manual, or use a slow speed that your mom can either leave running or advance through with the remote.
A limitation of the iDVD slideshow is that there is no Ken Burns effect. On the plus side, iDVD renders the images better than the exported iPhoto or iMovie slideshow. It gives the best visual quality of all the slideshow methods available to you in the iLife applications. Plus, they are simple and easy to create.
Regards.

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Scanning a 35mm slide film and trying to get it a certain image size and resolution

Hi All,
I am using the Nikon Super CoolScan8000 and Vuescan program to scan a slide film. I am scanning at this setting: scan resolution 4000 dpi. I have to make it a certain dimension that someone has been asking me for. They want the image at Width = 60cm (approx. 23 inches) and 300 dpi.
When I scan at 4000 dpi, I'm not sure what size to make the printed width. I have experimented numerous times and I've had no luck with getting exactly what I want. It seems that when I make the width 60 cm (the height adjusts proportionately) and the dpi at 300, the quality is not that great, which it definitely needs to be because it will be printed at a large size.
Someone please help ASAP!
Thank you!
PS I am using Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I also have Adobe Photoshop Elements 9

You can only get 228 ppi out of the end product. That should be good enough.

35mm slide film scanning and editing

I've begun scanning old family slides on a Canon flatbed which seems to be doing a fine job. I can make quite a few adjustments before I scan, and I'm confused about which to choose. Some of the adjustments seem to make the resulting digital image worse rather than better. I've been trying to test things out but there are so many combinations.
Can anyone give me a rule of thumb for when to use features such as:
AutoTone
Unsharp Mask
Remove Dust & Scratches
Fading Correction
Grain Correction
Backlighting Correction
It seems that the more corrections I can make before I scan the better. Is that correct or should I be making them after in a program like PhotoShop Elements (which I have not used yet).
Thank you very much for any advice.

As Barbara mentioned if you're scanning thru Photoshop Elements you can select any number of formats to save as (you don't need to edit at that time, just save). Photoshop's format is lossless and is iPhoto compatible. If you edit a jpg with iPhoto you go thru only one additional jpeg compression as subsequent edits are written to the library's database file and applied when viewed, printed or exported. With PSE, I've only seen one drop in file size take place after multiple edits of a jpg format file.
Scanning a 4x6 photo at 300 dpi will give the following sized in these formats:
jpg - 1.4 MB
psd - 3.8 MB
tiff uncompressed - 4.5 MB
If you save the scan as a .psd, i.e. a Photoshop Elements format, import into iPhoto and edit with PSE you can do advanced editing that requires layers without having to save the file to the desktop and import as a new file. iPhoto will also edit .psd files and keep the format for further editing by PSE but loses the individual layers. So if you want to keep the multiple layers in a psd file, i.e. text layers, duplicated edited layers, don't edit with iPhoto.
If you import into iPhoto first, you can organize them as you desire, i.e. keywords, albums, etc. and edit when you need to use one of the files. As you go along you'll become more proficient with PSE and can do better job.
Here are some tips on using PSE with iPhoto that may be of some help:
Using Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) as Your Editor of Choice in iPhoto.
1 - select Photoshop as your editor of choice in iPhoto's General Preference Section's under the "Edit photo:" menu.
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
NOTE: With Photoshop Elements 6 the Saving File preferences should be configured: "On First Save: Save Over Current File". Also I suggest the Maximize PSD File Compatabilty be set to Always.
If you want to use both iPhoto's editing mode and PS without having to go back and forth to the Preference pane, once you've selected PS as your editor of choice, reset the Preferences back to "Open in main window". That will let you either edit in iPhoto (double click on the thumbnail) or in PS (Control-click on the thumbnail and seledt "Edit in external editor" in the Contextual menu). This way you get the best of both worlds
2 - double click on the thumbnail in iPhoto to open it in Photoshop. When you're finished editing click on the Save button. If you immediately get the JPEG Options window make your selection (Baseline standard seems to be the most compatible jpeg format) and click on the OK button. Your done.
3 - however, if you get the navigation window that indicates that PS wants to save it as a PS formatted file. You'll need to either select JPEG from the menu and save (top image) or click on the desktop in the Navigation window (bottom image) and save it to the desktop for importing as a new photo.
This method will let iPhoto know that the photo has been editied and will update the thumbnail file to reflect the edit..
OT

Convert old photo slides to .jpegs using an iMac?

I am not sure if posting this request in iPhoto is thebest place, but here goes:
I havecome across "slide converter" hardware for use with PC's. I am wondering if anyone knows of a MAC-compatible product that scans and creates digital files from old picture-slides ???
Thanks !

drobi:
I suggest you get a scanner like Beverly mentioned to scan your slides. The stand alone units like you mentioned are limited and when you're finished you have a nice paperweight.
I have a Canon 8600F scanner that will scan 4 35mm slides at a time and save them into separate files. It also scans film strips and other transparency sizes. It will also scan multiple photos and automatically save each photo to its own file. Are real time saver.
If you scan any B/W slides or photos be sure to scan as color since iPhoto doesn't support Grayscale files.
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. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. 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's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

I HAVE MANY OLD SLIDES FROM MY FAMILY,WHAT IS A GOOD 35MM SLIDE SCANNER THAT CAN BE USE WITH MY MACBOOK PRO?

Hi,
Can anyone recommend a scanner or other device for old family slides that must converted in a digital format and saved in a DVD and external hard drive?
Thanks
Wandafromqc

Don't even think about scanning thousands of slides yourself. If you have 5000 family slides, it's overwhelmingly likely that just 500 of them will give a highly effective representation of the whole collection, and will include not only all of the best ones but many of the second-best ones too. Scanning them all, or even half of them, will consume your entire summer and would probably give you and your sibs a lot more pictures than any of you really wants to keep.
It used to be true that scanning slides halfway decently required an expensive dedicated film scanner -- consumer flatbed scanners just weren't up to the task. That's no longer true. I have an under-$200 Epson Perfection V500 Photo flatbed scanner that outperforms the $2000+ Nikon film scanner I've had for 9 years in slide and negative scanning, and the software that came with it enables me to scan several (6 if I remember right) slides at once and automatically saves them as separate image files. That makes it much faster to use than the film scanner, and of course I can also use it for scanning flat reflective material, such as the more than 1000 old photographic prints and post cards I've digitized for my local historical society. The film scanner couldn't have done any of that.

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures and it quit unexpectedly and i lost a bunch of pictures what do i do can they be recovered ? Please can someone help it took me 12 hours between scanning & transferring & dating old family slides

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures and it quit unexpectedly and i lost a bunch of pictures what do i do can they be recovered some where on my computer?? Please can someone help it took me 12 hours just today not counting yesterday between scanning & transferring with a flash drive then dating old family slides in my iphoto. I lost alot

I was working with iPhoto downloading pictures
Do you mean importing photos? If so what were you importing from? If it is a flash drive why not just re-import from it? Where did you scan them?
As to backups - you really need to always have your backup running - without good backups you will lose all photos sooner or later
LN

Scanning 35mm slide to convert to digital.

I am about to begin scanning 35 mm slides I have taken over the last 30 years hoping to preserve in a digital format. Are there any tips I should be aware of in preforming this task. I am particularly interested if here are any settings for size... so that when they are projected on screen I have something filling the screen without large amounts of black boarders.
Also is there any special way they should be stored in iPhoto. (other than events, etc.)
Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
Bilco

Lauraly.....
I haven't actually done what you intend but here's some things to consider.
Your 35mm slides have an aspect ratio of 3:2 ( 36mm x 24mm). Normal TVs and many Monitors have and aspect ratio of 4:3. Some widescreens TVs are 16:9. This means you wont get a 35mm slide to fit exactly. Either it will be 'letterbox' sshape on your screen or if you size to fit then something will be cropped off.
As for scanning you should consider what resolution you need for the end display. If your display has for example a width of 1280 pixels then you should aim to scan the slide to achieve the same number of pixels - which works out to be approx 355 pixels/cm or 900 pixels/inch. For a TV you could probably get away with less.
If your scanning the slides you may want to go flat out so that the images could also be printed out sometime in the future in which case you may want to scan at something like 3200 or 6400 pixels/inch.
Once you've scanned the images you'll need a program to make the slide show. Photoshop Elements 5 can do this but in my opinion Proshow Gold is a better program. Don't make a Video CD (VCD) - the quality of the playback is poor. Go for high quality DVD
Elements can't actually burn the DVD - you need another program for that. Proshow will do everything and more.
You can download a free program from Microsoft called Photostory 3. It will allow you to make the slide show for playback on your PC - including music - but to make a DVD you need another program. If you have a DVD burner the s/w for that may be suitable.
Hope this helps.
Colin

Looking for Pixma plus 35mm slide scanning!

Hello.
I used to have a Canon Pixma printer with a 35mm scanning facility built in to the lid. Broke down some time ago, unfortunately.
And now Canon don't do Pixma printers with 35mm scanning.
Been scouring the internet for an MG8250 or equivalent, with no luck. I don't WANT to change from Pixma. I think it's possibly the best colour print system you can buy, but I do need that 35mm slide scanning facility, so any suggestions as to an alternative product, i.e. a good quality colour printer (plus copier plus flatbed scanner plus 35mm slide scanner), offering similar print quality as the Pixma?
I suppose one alternative is to buy a stand-alone 35mm neg scanner, but I also have a number of ancient (1890s) large b&w negatives so a 35mm-only carrier wouldn't do - I need something where I can use bits of tape etc. to hold odd-sized films.
Thanks for reading, and I hope someone has a suggestion or two.
Allen.

Aside from looking at the pretty transitions, did you read
the rest of the
page? See the part where it says "Step 1 - copy and
paste....."
Then do Step 2. It just can't get any easier than that.
Read the bit underneath step 2 and it tells you how the
script can be used
multiple times on a page - Again - step 1: you give it a new
name in the
javascript file, and add the names and paths of the images
for the
consecutive slides you wish to display. Then, again, Step 2 -
you call the
slideshow somewhere on your page.
Without sounding condescending, sit back, read the
instructions again, and
have a go at implementing them into your page.
Upload your efforts, post a link to the page, and we'll be
able to help you
further if you need it.
You can describe what you have, how you want it to work, but
until we see a
page live, its a bit hard to help further.
Last resort, spring for a paid solution to do it all for you
(which I highly
recommend) -
http://www.projectseven.com/products/galleries/ssm/index.htm
Brendon
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> Brendon-
>
> >I've used this one many times before with good
success:
>
> I don't know how to use this, its a bunch of code.
>
> 1. Do I C&P this and paste it into my page? Where on
the page?
> 2. I actually want to have four separate slide shows
happening at once on
> the
> same page. Will this code allow me to do that?
> 3. Right now I have four photos in-line horizontally in
non-css table. I
> want
> those four to interchange as a slow dissolve slide show.
How do I specify
> that
> I want the slide show to appear in the table cells?
>
> Thanks
>

Scanning 35mm slides to create slide show

My objective is to scan 35mm slides and create a presentable slide show for viewing on a computer monitor and TV. (regular TV)
I am using an Epson 4490 Perfection scanner and Photoshop Elements 2 software.
This should be relatively easy, but I'm running into difficulty and can find nothing in the "help" section of the software that answers my question.
How would you set the scanning options to obtain a good quality scan, without the software automatically cropping the slide, and being of good quality when viewed on the monitor/TV?
After completing the scans, I'll need to create the slide shows and save them to disc. Any suggestions or information you could offer in these areas would also be helpful:
- Tutorials for creating slide shows, included in the Elements 2 program or elsewhere.
- What would be the best quality disc to save these to?
Thanks so much for the help

Lauraly.....
I haven't actually done what you intend but here's some things to consider.
Your 35mm slides have an aspect ratio of 3:2 ( 36mm x 24mm). Normal TVs and many Monitors have and aspect ratio of 4:3. Some widescreens TVs are 16:9. This means you wont get a 35mm slide to fit exactly. Either it will be 'letterbox' sshape on your screen or if you size to fit then something will be cropped off.
As for scanning you should consider what resolution you need for the end display. If your display has for example a width of 1280 pixels then you should aim to scan the slide to achieve the same number of pixels - which works out to be approx 355 pixels/cm or 900 pixels/inch. For a TV you could probably get away with less.
If your scanning the slides you may want to go flat out so that the images could also be printed out sometime in the future in which case you may want to scan at something like 3200 or 6400 pixels/inch.
Once you've scanned the images you'll need a program to make the slide show. Photoshop Elements 5 can do this but in my opinion Proshow Gold is a better program. Don't make a Video CD (VCD) - the quality of the playback is poor. Go for high quality DVD
Elements can't actually burn the DVD - you need another program for that. Proshow will do everything and more.
You can download a free program from Microsoft called Photostory 3. It will allow you to make the slide show for playback on your PC - including music - but to make a DVD you need another program. If you have a DVD burner the s/w for that may be suitable.
Hope this helps.
Colin

Scanning 35mm slides into iPhoto

Can I, and if so, how do I scan 35mm slides into an IMac? I have a Nikon Super Coolscan5000. I have plugged it into the USB port on the back of the IMac but the computer does not recognize the scanner.

Can I, and if so, how do I scan 35mm slides into an IMac? I have a Nikon Super Coolscan5000. I have plugged it into the USB port on the back of the IMac but the computer does not recognize the scanner.
Sure - all you need is a Mac compatible 35mm scanner with Mac software
From the Nikon page (found using Google)
For Macintosh
CPU: Power PC G3 or later (G4 or later recommended).
OS: Mac®OS 9 (9.1 or later), Mac®OS X (10.1.5 or later).
* RAM: Mac®OS 9: 64MB or more (256MB or more is recommended), Mac®OS X: 128MB or more (512MB or more is recommended).
** Hard disk: 70MB required for installation (200MB is recommended) with an additional 200MB >(Mac®OS 9) or 550MB (Mac®OS X) of free disk space while Nikon Scan is running.
Display: 800 x 600 with 16-bit color (full color recommended).
Interface: * USB: Built-in USB 1.1 ports, USB 2.0. Others: CD-ROM drive required for installation.
my first suggestion would be to read the Nikon manual - it probably tells everything you need to use it on your Mac
Or take a look at Preview - it has the capability to import from scanners
LN

Scanning old slides into iPhoto

I have some video clients asking me if I can take their old slides and put them onto DVD. Since I don't normally do much with photos, I'm rather ignorant on the issue. Can I get some help on this?
1. Do I need special equipment to scan in slides?
2. Do I need special software?
1. Is there a way to scan in multiple slides at one time without losing quality?
I welcome any recommendations!

You will need a flat bed scanner that has the transparency capability or a stand along slide scanner. The flatbed would allow you to scan multiple slides at the same time but you'll have to be careful if they vary a lot in their general darkness.
Any scanner you get will come with software for scanning. There are 3rd party applications like VueScan and Silverfast that are available.
Verify from your clients if they will want printable files or not. if they only want them for iDVD slideshows scanning will be considerable faster. Then you will only have to scan so the individual slide will end up at about 640 pixels 480 pixels x 100 dpi. That means that if you scan multiple slides at the same time you use a dpi setting that will give the 640 x 480 when you cut that slide out of the overall file with the multiple slides. Scanning individual slides you set the dpi accordingly. It will take a little math to figure out what to use and as a precaution scan on the high side, i.e. a final dpi of 200, greater if printing is desired. You can always scale down but not up and you may want to do some cropping before sending to iDVD.
If your clients also want to be able to print those files the resolution will be dependent on what size they want to print. The scan dpi will be up there, somewhere around 1600 or greater depending on the print size desired. So it's best to clarify the intended use of the scans with the client. The time for scanning, and thus your effort, will change considerably.
Here is a page discussing scan resolution for iMovie which would apply for iDVD and TV presentation: Dan Slagel's iMovie FAQ: What size should I scan my images?.
Also, you can Google "scan slides" or similar and get a lot of information on the subject. A lot will be for producing files for printing but the general information will be worthwhile.
Hope this has been of some help. Good luck.
OT

Transfering scanned 35mm slides

What is the suggested file size for scanned 35mm slides to transfer to iDVD? My file sizes I believe are too small at about 260Kb per image, and I think the processor is working so hard to bring them up to the iDVD format, that more often then not, during the burn process my computer will freeze up entirely. And the ones that do complete the burn process, the images are poor quality when watched on a regular television. I am currently using an Epson Perfection to perform the scanning process. thanks for any help.

oliviagrace,
See iDVD 6.0 Help - Preparing images for DVD slideshows at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/17.html
It will answer your qurstion.

Scanning 127 format slides

Only choice on film size 35mm (optioned is grayed out). I have old 127 format slides that I want to scan, and not have cropped to 35mm. Any solutions?

Hello.
The 9000F is only able to scan 35mm negatives, 35mm slides and 120 format film. Your 127 format film may not be detected properly.
To try and scan the film, please open the IJ Scan Utility on your computer. Next, click the Scangear option in this program. When the Scangear window appears, select the Advanced Mode tab and try to preview the film. The program will attempt to detect the film and provide you with additional options if the film is detected properly.
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Editing old projector slides

Is there a Photoshop product that I could use to scan slides used in a projector and have them be viewable online? These slides are 30-40 years old? Can this be done, or am I barking up the wrong tree?

Are they 35mm slides?
If so, you don't really need any software [Adobe's or anyone's], you need a scanner, which will have software with it. Ideally, you should get a slide scanner, but many flatbeds come with an adapter.

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