Converting your 35mm slides into a digital format can be done with a digital scanner.
Shooting with a film camera was the norm several years ago. But in the digital age, film cameras are virtually obsolete. The images that you captured with a 35mm camera, however, may not be obsolete to you. It is possible, using a scanner connected to your computer, to scan 35mm slides to your hard drive and convert them to a digital format. This process will allow you to save your old images and share them with friends and family quickly and easily through email or portable discs.
Instructions
1. Clean the glass on your scanner. This will prevent dust or smudges from appearing on your 35mm slides. Once the glass is clean, set up the scanner to scan transparent materials. This is typically done by removing the opaque cover that is on the lid of your scanner.
2. Put the slides you wish to scan face-down on the glass of your scanner. Arrange them to fit the most slides on the glass as possible. When you are finished, close the lid of your scanner.
3. Push the "Scan" button to scan the 35mm slides. Save the images as one big image file in a format that you are able to open with your image editor, such as a .jpg.
4. Open the image file with your image editing program. If you need a program, you can download Photo Pos Pro, VicMan's Photo Editor or PC Image Editor for free from their respective websites. Once you have downloaded and installed one of these programs, open the image using "File" and "Open." You will see all of your slides on this image. Highlight the first image you want to save and go to "Edit." Click "Cut" to remove it from the original image.
5. Open a new image by clicking "File" and "New," and paste the image you just cut into it by clicking "Edit" and "Paste." You should just see the image without the slide or other images on the original. Save the image as whatever file name you see fit in whatever file type you want.
6. Go back to the original image and cut out the next picture you want to save. Open a new file, past the photo and save it just like you did in Step 5. Repeat this process until all of your photos are converted to a digital format.
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