Martha - I've found the best way to digitize images from tin-types is to use a copy stand and take a photograph of the tin-type. I had the same problem of basic black shapes when I tried using a scanner. My husband Bill has info on how he enhanced the image from a tintype on his website - the Virtual Vintage Image. It's at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/index.htm Info on the copystand is at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/darkroom.htm Info on enhancing the digital image of the tintype is at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence/dig1_1.htm Hope this helps Patty Spikes2nephews@aol.com wrote: > I have several tin-type photographs and would like to scan them so I can make > copies. When I try to do so, even when adjusting brightness, covering them > with a sheet of paper...all I get is a black shape. Could you give me some > hints or directions on how to accompish this? > > With greatest thanks, > > Martha Lusch Andriekus > Lansing, Michigan > > ==== VINTAGE-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the Vintage-Photos -List Mom kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!