After scanning 5000+ slides and negatives with the V600, I agree with most of the video's comments. I scan 35mm slides and negatives at 4800pdi and this provides a 10 to 20 meg JPG file. The large file helps during the post editing process for cropping, perspective adjustment and other. adjustments The file size can always be reduced during editing, but the original larger scanner file should be saved for future use.
I had not scanned slides for some time and needed a refresher course. I had the template but didn't remember the steps. Your video tutorial was terrific and brought it back for me. It worked just as you instructed. Thank you!!
Absolutely great beginners' guide to slide scanning. Many thanks, my friend! You turned what would have been a chore into ten minutes of pure pleasure! Cheers and many thanks!
Thanks. That was good. What the author calls the "embossed side" is the emulsion, whereas the "shiny side" is just the acetate carrier sheet. It is a good practice to blow dust off with a tin of compressed air (Staples) or at least a fine brush with a bulb available at a good camera store. Again, very helpful.
Thank you for explaining how to scan slides in this video. I just bought this scanner and the included directions are horrible. Your video helps a lot.
Generally the dull side is always the side with the printed logo ( like Kodak ) also negative always pertains to a film strip where it is B&W are color. A slide is a positive image because you can see a completed image , and tell whatever it is. You can also get slide film processed in a film strip with out having it mounted.
Thanks for the help! Stupid Epson instructions are written for people who can read minds I guess! But, once you explained that the tray was to go on the glass first then it made perfect sense! THANK YOU!!! Epson should pay you!!
24 bit - 600 dpi - Sharp mask(medium default) - Color restoration - Backlit on low or medium if needed to enhance a shaded or dark slide. For the average person just making digital files to use for a slideshow etc.. this is all you need. If you do want to print to photo paper use the 48 bit/1200 dpi.
Thank you so much for your help. I didn't know the white part on the top would come off. Do you have recommendations on scanning software or does it have to be what came with the scanner? Mine keeps telling me that it can't communicate. I only hooked it up yesteday. I have tens of thousands of photos to scan. (grandma's, great aunt's, mom's and mine) It's going to take forever.
Thanks so much for this wonderful video. It was much clearer than the manual. I am trying to scan slides of three different sizes,and having trouble with two sizes. All slides fit perfectly into the Epson provided holder. Some of the slides were taken with an Olympus half frame camera in Vietnam. The size of the fllm on these is 22mm x 15mm. I have some other slides with a film size of 1in x 1in. I would like to adjust the setting s on the scanner software to scan them so they won't need cropping. I have tried in Full Auto Mode and Professional Mode, but am having no luck. The scanner apparently is looking for the conventional film size of 33mm x 22mm, so the scanned image is showing black borders. I have tried playing with the document size and target size but still am having trouble. What are document and target size adjustments that Epson provides. Do you know how I may scan these unusual size slides?
SCAN everything and save it. you should be able to control the SIZE after you do a REVIEW.. then you do the final SCAN but first do the PREVIEW so you can manually control size.. if it doesn't work then SCAN as a TIF so you dont lose any quality. after all is saved then open up a photo editor and crop copy paste to a few file and save
Thank you for this video! My question is basic; how do you file the photos after scanning? I started a file in Documents, and there must be a way to file directly into a Documents folder?
Thank you for this video. After a lot of frustration, I found your video and my slides are coming out great! So relieved ! (Your right the online manual is not helpful)
I have the v600 but can't find the slide holder at the moment. Probably in the box in the attic. The back of the attic. Way back. Behind Christmas stuff and winter clothes etc. Do I need it? Do the slides need to be in that exact spot on the bed or does it provide some necessary space b/w the bed and the slide?
Wow. Over two minutes for each slide? Has any company invented an alternative that completes a process quicker than this since January, 2015. Surely technology has evolved and improved? Hoping!
Very nice video. Anyone have an EPSON v600 setting for scanning 126 format slides which have a 28 mm X 28 mm square film portion instead of standard 35 mm slides which have 24mm X 36 mm? You can do follow this but portions get cropped.
I'm scanning color slides. Under "Original" then "Document Type" my drop down only shows "Reflective". I want the Film selection. I can see "Film" under Reflective, but I am not allowed to click on Film. What change can I make so I can click on "Film"?
I think I am getting the hang of this, but each group of 4 slides that are scanned are being saved as a single image. How do I get them to save as indidual slides?
the software I was using can figure it out. even if it cant that is ok. I was putting lots of slides on and doing a whole SCAN and save at high resolution in TIF... with TIF when you save you don't lose quality. then I used photoshop but you can use any editor.. do a crop then open new blank and PASTE it and then SAVE how you want.. it goes really fast and you only have to do FULL BED scans of as many slides as you can-- or look for the setting or get the software that can figure out multiple photos slides. it should be there
I want to scan 4 slides at a time. When I do that, slide one file size ends up huge (65 MB) and the other slides are around 1.2 MB which is what I would like to have all the slide sizes to be. How do I get multiple slides to come out with the same file size?
I SCAN A TABLE OF SLIDES AND SAVE IT. THEN I GO INTO PHOTOSHOP AND CROP SAVE EACH SLIDE.. IT GOES REALLY FAST AND ONLY NEEDS ONE SCAN AND THE REST IS CROP PASTE SAVE
I was under the impression that a jpeg file only supports 24 bit color, not 48, and that you have to go to a TIFF file to reap the benefits of the 48-bit setting. Am I wrong?
I see the same thing once in a while. I believe it happens when you try to scan 126 format slides which have a 28 mm X 28 mm square film portion instead of standard 35 mm slides which have 24mm X 36 mm. I am working on it.
He says, after the first time you don't need to hit the PREVIEW button and can go right to SCAN. How? The SCAN button is grayed out so it can't be used unlress the PREVIEW process is done first. How would you scan without previewing first?
+vcoaster As I recall, the only "real" way to scan without a preview on this Epson is by using the Full Auto mode (instead of the Home, Office, or Professional modes. However, I think if you don't close out the "Preview" box from your first batch and just hit Scan after putting a new set of slides in, you can bypass the preview.
click on the START or windows button bottom left of screen. look on menu for RECENT items.. find your File. it should be listed with SCAN or Image or something you will notice. right click over that name and click open file location. OR if you know file name just do a search in the search bar after you click start or the windows button in bottom left.. you can also Look in the PICTURES folder.. there might be another folder in there with the scans
My scanner will not scan slides to my computer as a photograph. When I hit Preview OR Scan, the Epson scanner will only scan my 35 mm color slides to my computer as a black and white negative appearing image. These scanners are a piece of garbage and Epson told me I would have to pay to have them work on it. My scanner was brand new out of the box but because it was an older model, it was my financial responsibility to have it repaired.
useful but, man, it's unwatchable... keep that camera still and film the whole monitor next time, please.. I had to take sea sickness medication to watch it through
After an afternoon of frustration with the V600, I was delighted to have the clarity of your explanation. Thank you!
I found the video very instructional for the new Epson V600 scanner user.
After scanning 5000+ slides and negatives with the V600, I agree with most of the video's comments. I scan 35mm slides and negatives at 4800pdi and this provides a 10 to 20 meg JPG file. The large file helps during the post editing process for cropping, perspective adjustment and other. adjustments The file size can always be reduced during editing, but the original larger scanner file should be saved for future use.
Thanks its been a while and I have now got my V600 talking to my computer again - this helped so much.
I had not scanned slides for some time and needed a refresher course. I had the template but didn't remember the steps. Your video tutorial was terrific and brought it back for me. It worked just as you instructed. Thank you!!
Absolutely great beginners' guide to slide scanning. Many thanks, my friend! You turned what would have been a chore into ten minutes of pure pleasure! Cheers and many thanks!
Thank you for this. I could not get this to work and you have saved me!
Great to hear!
Excellent, I bought one today and will follow your directions through my thousand slides!
Thank you so very much! Didn't have a manual and needed to scan slides for work. They came out perfectly!
Five years later I have a V600 and I am ready to start scanning my hundreds of slides.
good for you enjoy
Thanks man, you saved me hours of work. I would have spent the hours you did figuring this out. The documentation that comes with it sucks.
thank u
Thanks. That was good. What the author calls the "embossed side" is the emulsion, whereas the "shiny side" is just the acetate carrier sheet. It is a good practice to blow dust off with a tin of compressed air (Staples) or at least a fine brush with a bulb available at a good camera store. Again, very helpful.
I am your latest fan. Perfect explanation without any useless info.
Thank you for this. Saved me a lot of time and frustration
Thanks so much for that. You solved my little issue.
Didn't even look in the manual, just used your video, thanks!
Thank you for explaining how to scan slides in this video. I just bought this scanner and the included directions are horrible. Your video helps a lot.
Thank you, thank you. Exactly the info I was looking for.
Glad it was helpful!
Generally the dull side is always the side with the printed logo ( like Kodak ) also negative always pertains to a film strip where it is B&W are color. A slide is a positive image because you can see a completed image , and tell whatever it is. You can also get slide film processed in a film strip with out having it mounted.
I have been working for hours trying to figure this software out. Finally I have the answer, or at least one of them. Thanks for this video
Thank you!! You saved me from hours of frustration.
Say if you were wanting to have a 26x35 inch poster made, would 4800 dpi be the preferred setting?
Thank you! You're right. Not much documentation on this process. You saved the day!
Thanks for the help! Stupid Epson instructions are written for people who can read minds I guess! But, once you explained that the tray was to go on the glass first then it made perfect sense! THANK YOU!!! Epson should pay you!!
24 bit - 600 dpi - Sharp mask(medium default) - Color restoration - Backlit on low or medium if needed to enhance a shaded or dark slide. For the average person just making digital files to use for a slideshow etc.. this is all you need. If you do want to print to photo paper use the 48 bit/1200 dpi.
Thank you! Quick and effective.
You're welcome!
Very helpful. Question: Do I need to flip every slide from left to right?
Thank you so much for your help. I didn't know the white part on the top would come off. Do you have recommendations on scanning software or does it have to be what came with the scanner? Mine keeps telling me that it can't communicate. I only hooked it up yesteday. I have tens of thousands of photos to scan. (grandma's, great aunt's, mom's and mine) It's going to take forever.
Very useful, thank you. I have the V330 but it looks much the same procedure.
Very Helpful!
thanks janet
Thanks so much for this wonderful video. It was much clearer than the manual. I am trying to scan slides of three different
sizes,and having trouble with two sizes. All slides fit perfectly into the Epson provided holder. Some of the slides were taken with an Olympus half frame camera in Vietnam. The size of the fllm on these is 22mm x 15mm. I have some other slides with a film size of 1in x 1in. I would like to adjust the setting s on the scanner software to scan them so they won't need cropping. I have tried in Full Auto Mode and Professional Mode, but am having no luck. The scanner apparently is looking for the conventional film size of 33mm x 22mm, so the scanned image is showing black borders. I have tried playing with the document size and target size but still am having trouble. What are document and target size adjustments that Epson provides. Do you know how I may scan these unusual size slides?
SCAN everything and save it. you should be able to control the SIZE after you do a REVIEW.. then you do the final SCAN but first do the PREVIEW so you can manually control size.. if it doesn't work then SCAN as a TIF so you dont lose any quality. after all is saved then open up a photo editor and crop copy paste to a few file and save
Thank you for this video! My question is basic; how do you file the photos after scanning? I started a file in Documents, and there must be a way to file directly into a Documents folder?
Found the answer in the help section.
Thanks for the great video! Very helpful.
Thank you for this video. After a lot of frustration, I found your video and my slides are coming out great! So relieved ! (Your right the online manual is not helpful)
I have the v600 but can't find the slide holder at the moment. Probably in the box in the attic. The back of the attic. Way back. Behind Christmas stuff and winter clothes etc.
Do I need it? Do the slides need to be in that exact spot on the bed or does it provide some necessary space b/w the bed and the slide?
Just the facts. Thank you so much.
Wow. Over two minutes for each slide? Has any company invented an alternative that completes a process quicker than this since January, 2015. Surely technology has evolved and improved? Hoping!
Thanks a lot for this. The instructions that came with it really weren't much of a help. This was great.
Very nice video.
Anyone have an EPSON v600 setting for scanning 126 format slides which have a 28 mm X 28 mm square film portion instead of standard 35 mm slides which have 24mm X 36 mm?
You can do follow this but portions get cropped.
Thanks this was amazing and super helpful
thank you so helpful
I'm scanning color slides. Under "Original" then "Document Type" my drop down only shows "Reflective". I want the Film selection. I can see "Film" under Reflective, but I am not allowed to click on Film. What change can I make so I can click on "Film"?
Thank you. It was very helpful to understand the exact settings to use for scanning slides.
I think I am getting the hang of this, but each group of 4 slides that are scanned are being saved as a single image. How do I get them to save as indidual slides?
the software I was using can figure it out. even if it cant that is ok. I was putting lots of slides on and doing a whole SCAN and save at high resolution in TIF... with TIF when you save you don't lose quality. then I used photoshop but you can use any editor.. do a crop then open new blank and PASTE it and then SAVE how you want.. it goes really fast and you only have to do FULL BED scans of as many slides as you can-- or look for the setting or get the software that can figure out multiple photos slides. it should be there
is there a way to scan more than 4 slides at a time?
I want to scan 4 slides at a time. When I do that, slide one file size ends up huge (65 MB) and the other slides are around 1.2 MB which is what I would like to have all the slide sizes to be. How do I get multiple slides to come out with the same file size?
I SCAN A TABLE OF SLIDES AND SAVE IT. THEN I GO INTO PHOTOSHOP AND CROP SAVE EACH SLIDE.. IT GOES REALLY FAST AND ONLY NEEDS ONE SCAN AND THE REST IS CROP PASTE SAVE
Thank you so much! you made this so easy!!
Solid video that covers some ideal settings and gives the reasoning behind those choices. Thanks!
Thank you
Unless the processor made a mistake, the dull side will be the side with the printing.
Very helpful
I was under the impression that a jpeg file only supports 24 bit color, not 48, and that you have to go to a TIFF file to reap the benefits of the 48-bit setting. Am I wrong?
Great Video, any pointers on what to do when thumbnail appears cropped ? Every once and a while it cuts someone's head off.
I have the same question. And since I just realized you wrote this two years ago, I'm guessing I should look elsewhere for the answer!
I see the same thing once in a while. I believe it happens when you try to scan 126 format slides which have a 28 mm X 28 mm square film portion instead of standard 35 mm slides which have 24mm X 36 mm. I am working on it.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the tips!
thank you!
He says, after the first time you don't need to hit the PREVIEW button and can go right to SCAN. How? The SCAN button is grayed out so it can't be used unlress the PREVIEW process is done first. How would you scan without previewing first?
+vcoaster As I recall, the only "real" way to scan without a preview on this Epson is by using the Full Auto mode (instead of the Home, Office, or Professional modes. However, I think if you don't close out the "Preview" box from your first batch and just hit Scan after putting a new set of slides in, you can bypass the preview.
Where are the scanned images of the slides stored? I cannot find them on my laptop
click on the START or windows button bottom left of screen. look on menu for RECENT items.. find your File. it should be listed with SCAN or Image or something you will notice. right click over that name and click open file location. OR if you know file name just do a search in the search bar after you click start or the windows button in bottom left.. you can also Look in the PICTURES folder.. there might be another folder in there with the scans
Thanks for this! The Epson documentation is painfully inadequate.
The white side goes down, the side with Kodak goes up
When I do this, I get one jpg file instead of four. Why isn't it breaking my slides into 4 different jpg files? I am using V500
@@LEARNINGCHORDS Do you mean after I scan them that I have to break them up?
Ta lad !
DOESNT THE PRINTING ON THE PAPER BORDER INDICATE HOW THE PICTURE ISTOBE VIEWED ALSO
Positive and negative - a positive (as a slide pr print) have the same colors as the original. A negative is reversed.
"Bumpy" side = emulsion side.
My scanner will not scan slides to my computer as a photograph. When I hit Preview OR Scan, the Epson scanner will only scan my 35 mm color slides to my computer as a black and white negative appearing image. These scanners are a piece of garbage and Epson told me I would have to pay to have them work on it. My scanner was brand new out of the box but because it was an older model, it was my financial responsibility to have it repaired.
One thing he doesn't understand is the bigger you want to print something, the higher the dpi is that you want to scan.
EMULSION SIDE !!!!!!
useful but, man, it's unwatchable... keep that camera still and film the whole monitor next time, please.. I had to take sea sickness medication to watch it through
fabio come on be a man
This genius doesn't know the difference between negative film and a positive slide. jeez gimme a break....
And yet the video was still helpful.
Very helpful.
thank you very helpful