avril_burns Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 My 3 year old son has got a hold of a negative of himself and cut it right through the middle. I know nothing about negatives, the photographer at his daycare offered the negatives for $11 and said we could make however many pictures we wanted from them. Can i save this negative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battra92 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Well, what I would suggest is scanning the negative with a negative scanned (I personally use an Epson 4990) and then go into photo shop and paste the two halves together and restore it. The answer is, yes you can save it. There are some labs out there that could do this service as well if you're not comfortable with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 If you have a print of the negative, scanning it might be more effective. Lots of commercial places offer photo restoration, they can do it just as well from a cut negative as they can from a damaged print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 more to the point - what the heck are you doing letting a three year old play with scissors !!! those things can cut ya ! give him some safety matches next time..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_doty Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Yes. A film scannner with a film strip holder can scan both halves separately or possible together. Don't tape the negative halves together. You wlll get better results with a film scanner than with a flatbed scanner. The two halves can be put together in Photoshop and printed digitally. If you aren't set up to do this at home a friend may have the necessary equipment and skill. If not, find a good service bureau. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avril_burns Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 Thank you everyone! Your quick response is greatly appreciated! And to Robert X, I was supervising the cutting. I did not realize that the negative (in a slip of plastic) was stuck to the paper he was using. I am a early childhood educator and would never allow a child to use scissors unsupervised. You shouldn't be so quick to critisize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Quite right. Robert, the next time you think a child may be in danger of injury, say nothing. Remember, you heard it from an early childhood educator. James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherie_moore1 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 even i could tell that was a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david carver Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Wow, how serious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Sorry Miss Avril - I shall flag up my jokes in future with a picture of Benny Hill.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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