How Do You Fix A Negative Scan In Adobe Photoshop?
Never has there been a better way to fix photographs than in Adobe’s Photoshop. It uses all of the old darkroom techniques like dodging, burning and airbrushing while providing a wide range of new, but previously nearly impossible, tools such as cloning and healing. It’s time to fix all those old negatives. Step 1 Scan the negatives at the highest resolution possible. The higher the resolution, the longer the scan takes to complete. Higher resolutions—from 600 dots per inch to 2,400 dpi or more—provides a lot more detail to work with in electronic format. That means it will be easier to fix even the tiniest flaws. Step 2 Convert the image to positive. Go to “Image,” “Adjustments” and “Invert.” It is often easier to see the flaws, such as scratches, blotches and lint, in a positive image. If it is easier for you, keep it in the negative until you’re done. Save the inverted image as a new file because you don’t want to have to go through the scanning process a second time. Keeping a
