35mm Negatives to CD

Copying photographs to cd, especially 35mm slides, sustains the photos in digital form and operate as backup to the copies on personal computer. These slides can also be converted into slide show with a sequence of events before storing them on cd, further improving their value. A photo editing program or software has the capability to make cd version directly, but the instructions given below will cover basic rationale incorporated in doing it manually. These steps are applicable to ‘Windows Vista’; however the procedure is quite similar to old OS.

Steps involved in converting 35mm negatives to CD

In order to convert negatives to cd, one just needs a scanner, cd recordable drive and a quality photo editing software.

• Make use of a scanner with 35mm sliding adaptor or film scanner and photo editing program to move slides to digital copy stored on the system (computer), saving slides as jpg files.
• Edit the photographs to set orientation and rectify image problems like scratches and darkening occurred due to long timer slide storage.
• Now, put on black cd into the cd drive and when asked whether you want to format the drive or not, click on ‘mastered’ that is readable by any system and OS older than XP.
• Make use of windows explorer to come across the desired file, or choose Organize or File/select all in case of multiple files.
• Next, choose Burn option from the menu on the top of screen. When next dialogue box appears presenting list of all files, click on Burn to Disc option in menu bar.
• Lastly, select Next when second window showing a message ‘Prepare this disc’ appears. Here is the end of copy process.

Before moving digital photographs to cd, one must review them cautiously for quality and correct orientation. It can really be very annoying while preparing slide show over cd to learn that some photos are turned sideways or are up side down.

Tips

It is better to place cd in some slipcase to avert any damage. Also, the slides can burn out if left for too long in scanner, so remember to remove these once scanning is ended up.

In addition, always attempt to scan only one assortment of slide either negative or positive at a time and be careful while dealing with shiny surface of CD’s as these can get scratched very easily.