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<p>[QUOTE="Jerry Coker, post: 9833344, member: 18802"]I'm still thinking of sending these to Legacybox. But last night I made a 2nd effort to improve the clarity. Below are a few. If anyone cares to know, the best results I had was:</p><p>-making a negative holder to keep the negatives flat (these negatives were all cut from a 1961 70mm film roll, before I got them)</p><p>-used my laptop display for a backlight</p><p>-used my iPhone camera</p><p>-held the negative about 2" from backlight and 2" from iPhone, a bit of zoom</p><p>-opened photos in an old version of Photoshop, and inverted, cropped</p><p><br /></p><p>If there is a way to enhance B/W photos in Photoshop, I'd like to know specifically what I can do.</p><p><br /></p><p>This process worked better than Filmory's AI inverter, for me. I really think a good DSLR camera and a proper backlight, or a good scanner would work best. Or send to a professional, Legacybox, etc! Happy Holiday!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490963[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jerry Coker, post: 9833344, member: 18802"]I'm still thinking of sending these to Legacybox. But last night I made a 2nd effort to improve the clarity. Below are a few. If anyone cares to know, the best results I had was: -making a negative holder to keep the negatives flat (these negatives were all cut from a 1961 70mm film roll, before I got them) -used my laptop display for a backlight -used my iPhone camera -held the negative about 2" from backlight and 2" from iPhone, a bit of zoom -opened photos in an old version of Photoshop, and inverted, cropped If there is a way to enhance B/W photos in Photoshop, I'd like to know specifically what I can do. This process worked better than Filmory's AI inverter, for me. I really think a good DSLR camera and a proper backlight, or a good scanner would work best. Or send to a professional, Legacybox, etc! Happy Holiday! [ATTACH=full]490958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490963[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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