[digiKam-users] Fwd: Hope this is not OT

[Errol Sapir]

Hi Stuart

I am using a Wolverine F2D slide and film converter. It copies the slide to a film card which I then copy to a folder on my computer. There is no program intervention, simply a form of copy/paste. My plan is then to repair the photos in the computer and for this I am looking for a program that will start the correction because as I said many of the slides are faded or discoloured as is the one in the link.

https://mega.nz/file/QxlEAIbI#gwt5Omb5cSa1-WPeDxVlTdtyoNkwZYdeUC9xVp9L6b4

  Thanks

Errol

On 12/05/2021 12:16, Stuart T Rogers wrote:

Digikam and Imagemagick are great but do not do what you want automatically. I don't know how you intend to copy your slides but Vuescan supports hundreds of scanners and does restore colours as part of each scan for both slides and photos or negatives. It does have a trial version so it may be worth a look.

I have no connection with Vuescan other than a satisfied user.

Stuart

On 12/05/2021 09:39, Errol Sapir wrote:

Hi All

I am now trying Manjaro KDE after many years of Kununtu. Of course I am also planning to transfer (or redo) my Digikam from Kubuntu to Manjaro. I have however a photo question that doesn't specifically apply specifically to either of these programs. As I said in the subject I hope it isn't OT but as it is photo connected and I hope Digikam can help as well I would appreciate the help of anyone who can. If it is OT the moderators can remove my post and I will understand.

I am transferring all my slides (and eventually negatives) to digital format. I am looking for a one-click solution (program) that will restore colours back to normal. Many of the slides have faded and I would like to get them back to show signs of life. After that I will be able to choose the more important ones and tweak them. As there are thousands of slides I really need a simple (even if not accurate) solution. As I have access to windows as well as to Linux the program can be a Windows one or a Linux one.

TIA

Errol

[Adolfo Fiore]

I have gone through thousands of slides and negatives digitally to eliminate the problem of quality decay especially of the slides. I have 2 scanners, an old Epson 4870 and a new Epson V600 (older is always better, but slower). I use the software provided by Epson and Vuescan. The Epson one is less professional,

it has less faithful results to the original but very good results are obtained. Vuescan is more faithful to the original but to get good results you need to do some practice.

On the negative, the thing is more complicated but I prefer the Epson software because it is much more immediate and much better than the colors in the case of faded and dominant originals.

Il giorno mer 12 mag 2021 alle ore 19:49 Errol Sapir <[hidden email]> ha scritto:

Hi Stuart

I am using a Wolverine F2D slide and film converter. It copies the slide to a film card which I then copy to a folder on my computer. There is no program intervention, simply a form of copy/paste. My plan is then to repair the photos in the computer and for this I am looking for a program that will start the correction because as I said many of the slides are faded or discoloured as is the one in the link.

https://mega.nz/file/QxlEAIbI#gwt5Omb5cSa1-WPeDxVlTdtyoNkwZYdeUC9xVp9L6b4

  Thanks

Errol

On 12/05/2021 12:16, Stuart T Rogers wrote:

Digikam and Imagemagick are great but do not do what you want automatically. I don't know how you intend to copy your slides but Vuescan supports hundreds of scanners and does restore colours as part of each scan for both slides and photos or negatives. It does have a trial version so it may be worth a look.

I have no connection with Vuescan other than a satisfied user.

Stuart

On 12/05/2021 09:39, Errol Sapir wrote:

Hi All

I am now trying Manjaro KDE after many years of Kununtu. Of course I am also planning to transfer (or redo) my Digikam from Kubuntu to Manjaro. I have however a photo question that doesn't specifically apply specifically to either of these programs. As I said in the subject I hope it isn't OT but as it is photo connected and I hope Digikam can help as well I would appreciate the help of anyone who can. If it is OT the moderators can remove my post and I will understand.

I am transferring all my slides (and eventually negatives) to digital format. I am looking for a one-click solution (program) that will restore colours back to normal. Many of the slides have faded and I would like to get them back to show signs of life. After that I will be able to choose the more important ones and tweak them. As there are thousands of slides I really need a simple (even if not accurate) solution. As I have access to windows as well as to Linux the program can be a Windows one or a Linux one.

TIA

Errol

[Errol Sapir]

I tried Imagemagick but found the command line needs too problematic for me to use for my needs. If there was a GUI way of using the program, maybe it would be useful to  me. Thank all who tried to help but I still don't have a solution. As I wrote I have thousands of slides and I really need a simple  (one click?) solution.

Errol

On 12/05/2021 23:13, Adolfo Fiore wrote:

I have gone through thousands of slides and negatives digitally to eliminate the problem of quality decay especially of the slides. I have 2 scanners, an old Epson 4870 and a new Epson V600 (older is always better, but slower). I use the software provided by Epson and Vuescan. The Epson one is less professional,

it has less faithful results to the original but very good results are obtained. Vuescan is more faithful to the original but to get good results you need to do some practice.

On the negative, the thing is more complicated but I prefer the Epson software because it is much more immediate and much better than the colors in the case of faded and dominant originals.

Il giorno mer 12 mag 2021 alle ore 19:49 Errol Sapir <[hidden email]> ha scritto:

Hi Stuart

I am using a Wolverine F2D slide and film converter. It copies the slide to a film card which I then copy to a folder on my computer. There is no program intervention, simply a form of copy/paste. My plan is then to repair the photos in the computer and for this I am looking for a program that will start the correction because as I said many of the slides are faded or discoloured as is the one in the link.

https://mega.nz/file/QxlEAIbI#gwt5Omb5cSa1-WPeDxVlTdtyoNkwZYdeUC9xVp9L6b4

  Thanks

Errol

On 12/05/2021 12:16, Stuart T Rogers wrote:

Digikam and Imagemagick are great but do not do what you want automatically. I don't know how you intend to copy your slides but Vuescan supports hundreds of scanners and does restore colours as part of each scan for both slides and photos or negatives. It does have a trial version so it may be worth a look.

I have no connection with Vuescan other than a satisfied user.

Stuart

On 12/05/2021 09:39, Errol Sapir wrote:

Hi All

I am now trying Manjaro KDE after many years of Kununtu. Of course I am also planning to transfer (or redo) my Digikam from Kubuntu to Manjaro. I have however a photo question that doesn't specifically apply specifically to either of these programs. As I said in the subject I hope it isn't OT but as it is photo connected and I hope Digikam can help as well I would appreciate the help of anyone who can. If it is OT the moderators can remove my post and I will understand.

I am transferring all my slides (and eventually negatives) to digital format. I am looking for a one-click solution (program) that will restore colours back to normal. Many of the slides have faded and I would like to get them back to show signs of life. After that I will be able to choose the more important ones and tweak them. As there are thousands of slides I really need a simple (even if not accurate) solution. As I have access to windows as well as to Linux the program can be a Windows one or a Linux one.

TIA

Errol