Processing old faded slides

m Ransley wrote:

> I have old slides up to 60 yrs old. After scanning I now just increase
>Saturation to add color to those that faded, but see there are programs
>for restoring faded films.

The best is probably Applied Science Fiction's "ROC" (reconstruction
of Color).
http://www.asf.com/products/plugins/roc/pluginROC.asp
http://www.asf.com/products/roc/flatROC.shtml

>Do these programs do a better job of restoring faded films than just
>adding saturation.

In general, yes.

>Can a nearly completely faded to clear slide be made good.

Probably not. But you can download a free trial version of ROC to find
out before you buy.

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Mark Roberts wrote:
> m Ransley wrote:
>
>
>>I have old slides up to 60 yrs old. After scanning I now just increase
>>Saturation to add color to those that faded, but see there are programs
>>for restoring faded films.
>
>
> The best is probably Applied Science Fiction's "ROC" (reconstruction
> of Color).
> http://www.asf.com/products/plugins/roc/pluginROC.asp
> http://www.asf.com/products/roc/flatROC.shtml
>
>
>>Do these programs do a better job of restoring faded films than just
>>adding saturation.
>
>
> In general, yes.
>
>
>>Can a nearly completely faded to clear slide be made good.
>
>
> Probably not. But you can download a free trial version of ROC to find
> out before you buy.
>
Is this the program that is now owned and distributed (USA) by Kodak?

Morton
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m Ransley wrote:
> I have old slides up to 60 yrs old. After scanning I now just increase
> Saturation to add color to those that faded, but see there are programs
> for restoring faded films. Do these programs do a better job of
> restoring faded films than just adding saturation. Can a nearly
> completely faded to clear slide be made good.

If they're important enough, I'd suggest experimenting with all that
you have and see what works best. I recently scanned in some slides
taken from 1940-48 and color was greatly improved using AutoLevels,
Levels (playing with the controls) and some other controls. A few
turned out better using GraphicConverter, sometimes using its white
balance correction. I was fortunate though in that the original scans,
before correction, were reasonable -- not at all like the "red only"
comment earlier. (These were Kodachromes.) While I would have been
happy to have these ancient pictures even in the original scan, the
vividness of the corrected pictures blew me away. Some looked like they
were taken yesterday!
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"m Ransley" <ransley.TakeThisOut@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> I have old slides up to 60 yrs old. After scanning I now just increase
> Saturation to add color to those that faded, but see there are programs
> for restoring faded films. Do these programs do a better job of
> restoring faded films than just adding saturation. Can a nearly
> completely faded to clear slide be made good.
>

As I understand it, the color dyes fade, but they do not all fade at the
same rate.

I've had very good results with Digital ROC, which is available both on the
slide scanner itself or as a plug-in for PhotoShop.

Adding saturation is not the answer, as it does not restore the original
color balance.
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