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Hi guys.

Came across a big old box of slides in the shed (40 odd years old) and they are of my mum & dad and various other family members. Some of the slides are write offs as they have just perished.

Luckily, quite a lot of them are fixable, and I have borrowed my friends Epson scanner (with the mount, so it can also scan the little slides)

I am scanning them @ 600dpi and the pics are coming out @ about 5mb each (it does 1200dpi max, but is there any point given how small the slides are?) I am saving the files as JPEGS directly from the scanner, with minimal compression. Also, is "progressive" format any better than standard for jpegs?

The main problems are smearyness\ lack of sharpness, and faded colours.

I have quite a few that I dont want to post publically, but here is an example shot, if anyone could have a go, and show off their skills

http://marty121.googlepages.com/img006.jpg

http://marty121.googlepages.com/img010.jpg


If anyone has any tips, it would be great:

1) What format \ DPI should I scan them in as?

2) Are there any things I can do, to help the pics look better?

3) What programs \ filters etc are good to apply?