Photographic proofs

[jonesy]

Hi guys, I have a question for the photog's out there....I have a number of B&W proofs from an exercise I was involved with in '87, with some guys from Shelly Bay. A camera guy from the local press accompanied us and I asked him for some pics. He sent me the proofs, which measure about 35x25mm from memory, about 20 pics per sheet.
Now I'd like to scan and archive these, as there's some good pics to keep, but I've no idea on how to do so.
I'm looking for ideas on how to scan and save each pic, do I need to take them to a photographer to do it, or is there a magic trick that I can do with my cheap HP scanner? I really dont want to cut them up into individual little pictures.

Any creative ideas would be greatly appreciated!

[Luther Moore]

Try scanning at 600dpi then opening in Windows paint and cutting them out with the crop tool to paste in another paint window.

[jonesy]

Mar 30, 2014 23:18:34 GMT 12 Luther Moore said:

Try scanning at 600dpi then opening in Windows paint and cutting them out with the crop tool to paste in another paint window.

Thanks for that, Luther. I was doing OK up till the word "scanning" then my eyes glazed over with the techno talk . I'll get one of the kids to have a crack at it!

[Luther Moore]

It's probably the easiest way.

I do it instead of scanning one photo at a time. Just make sure you scan the highest you can so you can see the small photos clearly. MSPaint (comes with Windows) will open big enough for you to cut out the photos.

[Dave Homewood]

1200 dpi gives good results for such small photos.

[jonesy]

Yeah, I had a crack at 600 and results were average. Might have a crack at 1200dpi tomorrow. I'd love to get a good result to possibly identify the guys that were on the exercise.

[Luther Moore]

I didn't know how high you could go with the dpi, mine is an oldie and only goes up to 600. I should of said go as high as you can.

[Dave Homewood]

The highest I have gone on a very small photo is 2400dpi, with good results. But it depends on the photo's condition and how well it was processed originally as to how results might turn out.

[Luther Moore]

Geez,just goes to show how old my one is.