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I took a boatload of pictures using one of the old Canon AE-1 cameras when I lived in Ireland between 1982-1984. I had pulled out my favorites to show to Newt because I knew there were some of trees, water and of a pretty sunset over the Atlantic. To us Americans, a sunset over the Atlantic is a very strange concept.

 

Anyway, the pictures have faded drastically over the past decades but I do have the negatives. Would the negatives still be good? I've never checked it out, but can I have the negatives copied to a CD? Even more preferable, specific pictures on a negative. I hate the idea of losing all those pictures.

 

I realize this isn't a U.S. forum but hopefully someone has some ideas to preserve my memories.

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you can get scanners with built in neg carriers that make them positive and just like any other pic ,old faded pictures can be revitalised to an extent (psp has a problem with skintones) by using "unfade" ,looking through a box of old pics we have some 70's pics have faded almost beyond redoing maybe the film processing wasent up to scratch :(

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you can get scanners with built in neg carriers that make them positive and just like any other pic ,old faded pictures can be revitalised to an extent (psp has a problem with skintones) by using "unfade" ,looking through a box of old pics we have some 70's pics have faded almost beyond redoing maybe the film processing wasent up to scratch :(

 

Thanks Chesters. Getting a scanner that can do that might be cheaper then going to a photo processing type place.

 

Steve Randles - Do you know if there is something in CS2 that can "unfade" a picture or of an action that might be worth trying. I'm afraid even more of the picture quality will be lost scanning it in. :headhurt:

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There most certainly will be something for it Jan, although what it is I'm not sure. I'm not to up-to-date with restoring older images, I can do a certain ammount and for the most part it follows the image optimisation guidelines I've already posted here, and Filter/Noise/Despeckle will also help here too. I do know it also involves some quite complex techniques involing masking, cloning and a bit of dodge and burn stuff too. Needless to say, its quite specialised.

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Fishing seems to be my favorite form of loafing.

 

"Even a bad day of fishing is better than a good day of work."

 

I know the joy of fishes in the river through my own joy, as I go walking along the same river.

 

What do you think if the float does not dip, try again I think.

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I took a boatload of pictures using one of the old Canon AE-1 cameras when I lived in Ireland between 1982-1984. I had pulled out my favorites to show to Newt because I knew there were some of trees, water and of a pretty sunset over the Atlantic.

 

Where in Ireland were you Jan??

 

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There most certainly will be something for it Jan, although what it is I'm not sure. I'm not to up-to-date with restoring older images, I can do a certain ammount and for the most part it follows the image optimisation guidelines I've already posted here, and Filter/Noise/Despeckle will also help here too. I do know it also involves some quite complex techniques involing masking, cloning and a bit of dodge and burn stuff too. Needless to say, its quite specialised.

 

Needless to say - way over my short head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :g: I am leaning toward a scanner like Chesters had suggested.

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its a slow process Jan ,one at a time ,it may be easier just to get prints of your negatives and scan them 6 at a time in an ordinary scanner

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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its a slow process Jan ,one at a time ,it may be easier just to get prints of your negatives and scan them 6 at a time in an ordinary scanner

 

You have no idea how many negatives I have Chesters. Not all the pictures are keepers so it would be simpler, and definitely less expensive, to scan a group of negatives in (it looks like there are "carriers" that hold a group of them) and delete what I don't want.

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