01-17-2021, 03:01 PM
I have +100 122 film negatives that my Dad took in the 1920s and maybe 1930s. I built my own light table and have a Nikon D7000 mounted such that I am shooting them slightly oven the negative size. They have a washed out appearance and are yellow and somewhat blotchy after I'm done editing. They are blue from the camera as the film is orange/yellow base. I'd like them to be more correct B&W and the file size is larger than the original. I'm running the current Windows version 2.10.22 on a multi-core Xeon workstation with 10 Pro and an uncalibrated Dell 3011 photo editing monitor but it closely matches reference prints and when I print photos on my Epson ET-4750 they match the real world . My process is:
first prompt is the color profile - I've tried both convert and keep - no obvious difference - I stick with keep
image - transform - rotate if needed
image - transform - arbitrary rotation to get it exactly straight
crop tool - just slightly trim the border and then double-click
colors - auto - white balance
colors - invert
export as a JPG
Thoughts on how to fix the color issue? Also the export .jpg file is from a 11 MB when the input is 8 MB - not being a photog I thought it would actually be smaller - as expected?
I'd attached before and after files but I'm getting POST errors. Note that I can dim the LEDs in my light box if that would help.
first prompt is the color profile - I've tried both convert and keep - no obvious difference - I stick with keep
image - transform - rotate if needed
image - transform - arbitrary rotation to get it exactly straight
crop tool - just slightly trim the border and then double-click
colors - auto - white balance
colors - invert
export as a JPG
Thoughts on how to fix the color issue? Also the export .jpg file is from a 11 MB when the input is 8 MB - not being a photog I thought it would actually be smaller - as expected?
I'd attached before and after files but I'm getting POST errors. Note that I can dim the LEDs in my light box if that would help.