Scanning Guidelines

In general, I suggest scanning your film at 16bit at the highest resolution possible to get the biggest possible file. It'll take up more room on your hard drive, but in the future, if you want to print it big, you won't need to re-scan.

Guidelines for Scanning on the Flextight: (in room D366, near elevators, 3rd floor)
The Flextight is the best scanner FIT has- it's not a drum scanner, but pretty close. Launch the software "Flex Color". Place your film in the holder. Make sure the film doesn't stick out the sides!! It's OK if it sticks out of the bottom only. Don't put too long a strip in there- stick to a strip of 4 or 5 frames.

In the scanning window, choose:
SETUP: choose negative or positive.  "standard" = positive film.
FRAME: scanner should automatically detect which part of the carrier your film is in, so you shouldn't need to adjust this.
MODE: RGB 16bit

 If you don't type in output size and just leave it to whatever it's set to, you can choose the highest possible resolution (dpi/ppi), which will probably be about 4000. This will give you the biggest possible file size (approx 150MB) and you can resize it later to 300 dpi in Photoshop before you start editing it.

OR: you can type in the output size if you know what size you plan to print is (i.e. 11x14") and then choose 300dpi.  It will be approx 50MB. This will not give you the biggest scan possible, and you would need to re-scan later if you wanted to print it larger. (It would not take up as much room on your hard drive, however)

*Do not sharpen during scanning- that can be done later in Photoshop.
* When scanning chromes, make sure you peel off mounting.
* make all necessary color correction in the FlexColor program before saving.
Best to do as much as possible color correction here and then just fine tune in Photoshop later.

OTHER Scanning OPTIONS at FIT:

Nikon Scanner (D366, Graphics Lab)

Epson Flatbed (Graphics Lab)

Nikon Supercool scan 4000. 35mm only. Can be checked out from cage and you can bring it home.