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Slide & Negative Scanning

We will be glad to scan slide or negatives for you to produce digital images for web pages, multimedia application development, images for use within word processing documents and prints. The best quality results are with 35mm film, although we are able to scan larger formats.

We can also train you to do it yourself either in A-V or in ITS's development lab which has a similar setup. We use a Windows based system, but images can be saved in Macintosh readable forms.

Here is a closer view of a negative being scanned. Adjustments such as cropping, color balance, exposure and rotation are possible during scanning. Post scanning manipulations are also available with a myriad of image software available in A-V and other places throughout the campus.

Flatbed Scanning

We also have flatbed scanners, such as pictured here, which are able to do essentially the same types of things as the film scanner, only with flat materials such as photos, book pages, large format film etc. Flatbed scanners are located in the MRC (attached to a Macintosh system) and A-V (PC System). Images can be saved in Mac/PC compatible formats at either site. As above, we can do it for you or train you to do it yourself both here and in ITS's Development Lab. The Scanners also have OCR (Optical Character Reading) software on them that is able to convert the scanned image into text, both English and several foreign languages.

N.B. Image files, depending upon format and quality, can be quite large (too big for a diskette). If you have a ZIP® drive on your system, we do have ZIP® drives on our systems which are perfect for transporting those large files. We are also able to "burn" CD-ROMs.

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