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glossy or matte for scanning?

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Wm Watt

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Nov 5, 2009, 4:55:56 PM11/5/09
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I'm going to take my film for developing and printing. They are going
to ask me if I want glossy or matte finish. I will scan some prints on
a flatbed scanner (IBM colour scanner, 600dpi) for transfer to the
Internet. Would one or the other finish be better for scanning?
Thanks.

Frank ess

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:15:59 PM11/5/09
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My experience says glossy is likely to yield best detail.

My experience also says that many places who offer film processing
these days also offer scans from the negatives written to a CD, for
relatively little cost. From-the-negative scans are usually much
better than from-the-prints scans.

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John McWilliams

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:22:05 PM11/5/09
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And a 600 dpi scan at home of a small print is likely to have rotten
detail.

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john mcwilliams

Ofnuts

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:35:04 PM11/5/09
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Not a problem since it seems to be for a web site.
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Bertrand

Le...@nospam.com

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Nov 5, 2009, 10:16:07 PM11/5/09
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I've had problems with scanning glossy prints, they can shine into the scanner
and make sun spots! The print has to be perfectly flat, and no 'pebble' finish.

I'd go with flat, never had a problem with those.

David Nebenzahl

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Nov 6, 2009, 12:06:04 AM11/6/09
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On 11/5/2009 7:16 PM Le...@nospam.com spake thus:

> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:55:56 -0800 (PST), Wm Watt <ag3...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to take my film for developing and printing. They are
>> going to ask me if I want glossy or matte finish. I will scan some
>> prints on a flatbed scanner (IBM colour scanner, 600dpi) for
>> transfer to the Internet. Would one or the other finish be better
>> for scanning?
>

> I've had problems with scanning glossy prints, they can shine into
> the scanner and make sun spots! The print has to be perfectly flat,
> and no 'pebble' finish.
>
> I'd go with flat, never had a problem with those.

I've never had a problem scanning glossy prints, which are about as flat
as can be.


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Alan Browne

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Nov 6, 2009, 10:20:13 AM11/6/09
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If the photos is sharp and clean, glossy looks better.

Matte is just a way to smooth over noise and blur.

Alan Browne

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Nov 6, 2009, 10:20:55 AM11/6/09
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Le...@nospam.com wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:55:56 -0800 (PST), Wm Watt <ag3...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to take my film for developing and printing. They are going
>> to ask me if I want glossy or matte finish. I will scan some prints on
>> a flatbed scanner (IBM colour scanner, 600dpi) for transfer to the
>> Internet. Would one or the other finish be better for scanning?
>> Thanks.
>
> I've had problems with scanning glossy prints, they can shine into the scanner

Crappy scanner. I've never had such issues.

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