Scanning 35mm negs, making larger?

[fluffy_penguins]

August 13, 2007 at 1:06 pm

Help. I’m trying to scan a 35mm to send away for printing. I’ve only ever scanned to display on the web, so I’m a bit lost.

I know I’m missing a basic step here… someone please explain what to do in simple language!

I already scanned the neg at highest, 4000 ppi, and my image size is 1.476 inch x 1 inch.

I want to print an 8 x 10 — do I upsize 10% at a time until I get there using the document size boxes, or do I change the ppi, or both? Or something else? What do I put resample image on? Bicubic? Peak imaging needs 254 ppi

When I just change that one field the image stays at 1 inch size.

Thanks in advance,
Catherine

Sorry, should have said, using Photoshop CS2

[jb7]

August 13, 2007 at 2:01 pm

Hiya Fluffy-

In image- image size-
uncheck the Resample Image box-
this will link dpi to image dimensions-

Enter a value for dpi- 254-
and the dimensions should change accordingly-

Click ok-

Now do it again,
this time check the box-
the interpolation method you choose will depend on whether you’re upsampling or downsampling-

As a final step before saving, apply whatever sherpening you need-

Hope this sorts it out-
I’m sure there are other more direct ways,
but given CS3 this is what I’d do-

But I use Genuine Fractals for that myself anyway-

j

[fluffy_penguins]

August 13, 2007 at 2:56 pm

Thank you! I can’t imagine why I was so confused… but this worked just fine.

:-)

Catherine