The scanned image is WAY TOO bright. The original slide is fine. Is there a way to adjust the brightness of the image so it can be edited?
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There is no control for the brigthness. There are two methods to reduce the brigth, the best I´ve found is to place a piece of White semi transparent plastic. That reduces brigth and color remains original. For more reduction there are some photographic filters for multigrade paper (Paterson Brand). The second method: Use Photoshop like software to automatically balance color and brigthness.
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I've found the best way is to adjust the lighting in your software --- i.e. photo software, after the scan.
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You can't adjust it through the machine. You have to use photoshop or some other editing software. Whatever software you use there should be a auto adjust just click that and it should adjust it automatically. I hope that helps. Good luck.
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It cannot be adjusted but you can cut paper to fit the slides and that will tone it down. The light is too bright. I got rid of it and bought a Wolverine for less money and it has all of adjustment abilities you could want.
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The brightness is not adjustable, but there ways of dimming it down. One person suggested using piece of red transparent plastic because he also wanted to compensate for color. To me that seems a little bit chancy. If you want to adjust colors, as well as brightness, I would suggest color printing filters, if you can still find them. They were used in the days prior to digital photography to do color printing in a home darkroom. They come in different cyan, yellow and magenta in different densities. One thing that should reduce brightness with no color correction is to place a piece or even two of regular copier or other paper cut into a 2" x 2" square under the slide in the slide holder so that the paper is between the light and the slide. This device isn't perfect, but can be made to work reasonably well. You will find that the unit works best on negatives or slides with limited contrast range. Good Luck. Dale
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You can adjust the brightness and the contrast. It also has 300,000 pixels resolution.
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Yes, you are able to see what is on the slide easier than by holding it up to a light & looking at it. I also bought a Cano Scan slide scanner, scanned the slides onto my computer then put them on DVDs for family or had photos printed of them at a local print shop.
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Don't waste your time. The contrast you'll get is horrible and besides pictures & slides r the ONLY thing you own that r irreplaceable. Why would want a half-assed end result? Take them to Costco or ANY slide-to-digital house that uses vastly superior equipment.
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General Answer is NO. COLOR and a couple of BACKGROUNDS can be changed but that's about it. Brightness can not be changed either.
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try zooming in closer when trying fine detail. Make resolution of file you are making at least 300/dpi. Its a work around, but for $500 it would be a steal. I think its overpriced at USD 599. But couldn't ever afford ( justify to self ) Cintique, even the cheapie.
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Are the slides you're scanning all of the same clarity; the scan can only be as good as the initial product? I first had a faulty device (a circle image consistently on every scan) and the supplier sent a new one. Very pleased with the scanning quality by the replacement.
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No, this is not a slide scanner. That takes a special machine with a much higher resolution and brighter light. Search for "slide scanner" on Amazon, and you'll see several choices. They are scanner made specifically for scanning slides. Good luck.
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When I go to the Brightness menu I can drag the "ball" on the line from side to side to adjust the brightness. I hope that helps.
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I just set up my MP800. I have scanned about 20 slides. They look great. These were all 30+ years old covered with dust and fungus. I was very pleasantly surprised by how good they looked. Counting the time it takes to mount the slides and all the clicks it took about 2 mins a slide. Good luckMalcolm
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As the other guy said, yes - you can *modify* the brightness range. Whether you can actually lower it from the default range may depend.
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As I recall, the gadget has a slot at the top. you slip the slide in as far as it will go. Push down. It should catch and the viewing screen will light up and give you your image. otherwise, you will have to hold it down which means that something is wrong with the viewer mechanically. I hope this helps.
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why do the pictures come out so bright. is there a setting that has to done
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Don't know. It doesn't take good images. I bought a scanner. Haven't tried it with slides yet.
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I have heard that the brightness is really only a problem in the show rooms. Once you take it home and start watching it under more "normal" lighting conditions then it looks good. For the most part "cinema" mode and the like just lower the brightness so that it is not overwhelming when you are watching it in a darker room.
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I won't be much help. We didn't like the pics we got on dry land do returned it immediately. Pics were too pixilated to ever print. Hope that helps
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I found that you can do small adjustments before scanning, mainly exposure, but I do more once I've uploaded it to my computer. The exposure adjustments are pretty good though.