yep.... I figured that out. $300 new on Amazon or a used one for $65. On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > What he was talking about is a special type of scanner or an accessory > that you have to get with your scanner. > They are usually sold as transparency scanners if they can light the whole > scanning area, or they are sold as transparency or negative scanners if > they only back light a subset of the scanning area. > > When you scan something in transparency mode the scanner has to turn off > it's regular light that lights from under the document and turn on a light, > that shines through the document/slide/transparenty...etc.etc.. > > I've tended to spend the extra money to get the transparency feature, and > it's proved to be handy more than what I had originally thought, especially > now with all the photos going digital. I've even used my scanner's slide > feature to pull details out of some old negatives that came from a mystery > roll of film that had been sitting around for years. Once the negatives > were developed they appeared to be completely blank, so I wasn't even > charged anything for them. But when I ran them though my scanner and did > some gimp magic I could see that there really was something there... turns > out it wasn't anything I was interesting in keeping, but at least I know > that for a fact now :) > > Brian Cluff > > > On 01/31/2016 03:43 PM, Michael wrote: > > Xsane has a slide setting though..... hmmmmm..... well, we'll see when I > get a slide/negative to test it with. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 5:35 PM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> Your scanner needs to have the ability to shine light through the slide. >> Usually the top of the scanner (the part that opens) has a screen you >> remove and there is a light source that shines the light through the slide >> (sitting on the glass) into the sensors. I don't think a reflective scan >> will work. A reflective scan is how you normally use a scanner - light is >> shined onto the image and the scanner receives the reflection off the >> photo, piece of paper, etc. >> >> Mark >> >> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Stephen Partington < >> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Technically correct. But make sure you have a slide setting. >>> On Jan 31, 2016 3:10 PM, "Michael" < bmike1@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> my father has a BUNCH of slides. I just told him I could modify them so >>>> he could take the pictures to Walgreens/Walmart/CVS and print them. I think >>>> I just need to scan them and then send the pictures to him. Gee... I don't >>>> even need to apply a negative filter. Am I thinking correctly? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: