Adjust Exposure Levels Like A Pro Using GIMP: Slide Scanning Advice And Tips
After reading these free slide scanning tips, you're going to learn how to...
- Use one simple trick to fix slide scans that are too bright or too dark
- Exactly know what to do even when every scans exposure is different
- Become a pro at GIMP so the rest of your scan project goes faster and easier
Here's A Before And After Slide Scan Exposure Fix...
Before exposure fix...
After exposure fix...
Ready? Here's how...
Step One: Fix Exposure From A Slide Scan
It's very simple, go...
Colors > Levels
I know I'm telling you to use "Color Levels" to fix exposure. But in my experience, this does a far better job than the actual Exposure Levels tool.
Anyway, here's exactly what to do...
Tips On How To Use The Levels Tool
Here's a few techniques to remember when using the Levels tool...
- Do you see the "Input Levels"?
- Take the middle arrow (the gray one), and move it to the right
- In my scan I moved it to about 0.57-- toward the white arrow
- Say your slide is too dark, then move the gray arrow left,toward the black arrow
That's all it takes!
How To Fix Your Slide Scans Using GIMP -- Table Of Contents
Here's those full tutorials again...
Step 1: Fix Dull, Flat, Unnatural Colours Using GIMP
Free Ebook: Tells You Secrets To Getting High Quality Slide, Negative, Photos Scans In Half The Time
Which of these scanning troubles do you want to overcome?
- What's the best resolution / DPI to scan your slides, negatives, and photos -- so you don't lose details
- Best method to digitize slides, negatives, photos using your regular flatbed or film scanner
- How to clean your negatives, slides, and photos before you scan them -- so you don't scratch them
- What side should you scan a slide or negative -- so they're not backwards or facing the wrong way
- How to setup your scanner to get higher quality digital images -- 24bit JPEG? 48bit TIFF?
- How to fix your digital images using Digital ICE, GIMP, or Photoshop and make them look new
- How to improve your scan workflow so you can double your productivity and finish your project twice as fast
- Understand the technical stuff of a digital image so you can make sideshow videos, reprints, and more!
Hey, my name is Konrad. I've been scanning professionally since 2005. I've helped multi-billion dollar companies, pro sports teams, pro photographers, artists, museums, book publishers, etc. I've scanned over 930,000 slides, negatives, photos.
The reason I'm telling you this is because no matter what challenge or frustration you're having, I know exactly what you're going through. So, to help you RIGHT NOW, I've put together a super simple scanning guide to get you started.
