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slides into FCP
Greetings,
Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for transferring slides to DVD and working with in FCP? Best way to transfer? Some say to scan (I don’t have a scanner capable of handling slides), some say to set up a slide projector and just shoot with my 3chip miniDV (don’t have a slide projector). Rent a projector? Buy a scanner? Money’s tight so I’d like to do what’s most economical but also will get me good quality.
I’ve never worked with slides before so if you know of any resources for tips and tricks, I’d most appreciate a point in the right direction!
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If you live in or near a decent sized city, you should be able to go to any Professional (Not Walmart) film Devoloping & Printing service, and they can convert the slides to jpegs onto a CD. Cost should be about 2-3 dollars each image.
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Take them to Costco and they will transfer them to a CD for you. Sams may do the same thing. I have done hundreds this way. Check on their website for info.
Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, FlOS-10.3.7, FCP4.5, SP 2.05, Dual 2.5 G5, 2 gigs RAM; Sys HD 200G : WD 200G 7200rpm with 8 Meg buffer; 2 WD 250G 7200 rpm with 8 Meg buffer FW enclosure; Lacie FW800 card; Maxtor 120G FW for storage, 1 WD,
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Just called Costco and their charge is 29 cents each!
Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, FlOS-10.3.7, FCP4.5, SP 2.05, Dual 2.5 G5, 2 gigs RAM; Sys HD 200G : WD 200G 7200rpm with 8 Meg buffer; 2 WD 250G 7200 rpm with 8 Meg buffer FW enclosure; Lacie FW800 card; Maxtor 120G FW for storage, 1 WD,
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hmmm, thats sounds great, do they scan at full rez? 300dpi or better?
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Thanks guys, so helpful, and so quick! Costco sounds like the way to go, what a price.
What rez do you recommend? I’m completely in the dark when it comes to slides. Also, if I want to do any editing of the slides, for instance if there’s a scratch or the like, what software would I use? Photoshop? Can FCP fix those types of problems?
Again my thanks, I really appreciate your help.
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I scan at 399dpi or better, allows you to zoom and edit on image.To edit my image i spent 99$ to buy Elements2 its awesome. I dont know muchabout PhotoShop other than its like 600$
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The slides they scanned for me were going to be used in FCP. I just pulled out the CD and loaded it into PS7 and it is a jpg 72 dpi. I then loaded it into FCP and dropped it on the timeline. I went to the Viewer and it says the scale of the image at full screen is 29.7%. I just went to 100% on the scaler and the image is over 3 times its original size and no pixelation. I went to 200 on the scaler and I can see the image quite clearly but the image is softening but no pixelization. The old can of Spam and pack of Marlboros still looks good in my Vietnam transfers. This is zoomed in at over 6 times of the original image. The paper fuzz on the edge of the slide is quite clear as are hairs on the slide.
If my camera would have been better it would have made a difference. But hey it was 1967.
I suggest that you take a slide to Costco and have them scan one and try it. I don’t think you will be a bit disappointed because the slide should be pretty high resolution in the first place.
I don’t think it would be any clearer at 100dpi because the original image or slide is so small to begin with.
Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, FlOS-10.3.7, FCP4.5, SP 2.05, Dual 2.5 G5, 2 gigs RAM; Sys HD 200G : WD 200G 7200rpm with 8 Meg buffer; 2 WD 250G 7200 rpm with 8 Meg buffer FW enclosure; Lacie FW800 card; Maxtor 120G FW for storage, 1 WD,
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Andy I beg to differ, I own a HP PhotoSmart scanner, which i use for negatives, prints and slides.
I can do much more with an image when scanned 300 dpi or better.
Sure if you will use the image as is, scanning at 72 dpi may be fine, but play it safe and scan at as high a rez as you can afford. -
Pete later I will upload the image to my website with a link for you and you can play with it. Just don’t wear it out.
Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, FlOS-10.3.7, FCP4.5, SP 2.05, Dual 2.5 G5, 2 gigs RAM; Sys HD 200G : WD 200G 7200rpm with 8 Meg buffer; 2 WD 250G 7200 rpm with 8 Meg buffer FW enclosure; Lacie FW800 card; Maxtor 120G FW for storage, 1 WD,
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Pete here is one of the scanned slides. PS7 says this about the image:
Pixel dimensions 1818W x 1228H, Document size 25.5 Inches wide x 17.056 Inches high and resolution 72 pixels/inch.
Scanned at Costco and 29 cents worth.
Let me know.
https://www.videomagiconline.com/FH000067.jpg
Andy Hutchinson
Video Magic
Winter Park, FlOS-10.3.7, FCP4.5, SP 2.05, Dual 2.5 G5, 2 gigs RAM; Sys HD 200G : WD 200G 7200rpm with 8 Meg buffer; 2 WD 250G 7200 rpm with 8 Meg buffer FW enclosure; Lacie FW800 card; Maxtor 120G FW for storage, 1 WD,
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