Elizabeth wrote: "Some of the most interesting slides from the early 1950s may have been poorly exposed or taken on film that faded." I have some related problems. Hope someone has a solution: I have some color slides, negs and prints from the 1950s and 1960s that are faded. Someone once told me the film was not properly processed when it was developed. I doubt if there is any hope for the prints, but is there any way to revive the color in the negs or slides? I have a vague recollection of reading or hearing that there is some chemical process for improving the color quality of faded negs.

Paint Shop Pro 7.04 has one button options that I use frequently -- fade correction, clarify, automatic contrast enhancement. Most of the online Canadian 1901 census images or scans from photocopies benefit from increased contrast and many color images benefit from fade correction. Manual settings and fussing with a single slide or negative for an hour might not show results as good as a few automatic settings. Windows XP send-to-email is my favorite method for making a good looking 70 kb image at 480-600 pixels from a scan or digital camera image of 700 kb or larger. Non-brand name films and "fast" films did not have very good color compared to brand name 25 ASA film used mostly outdoors with good lighting conditions and still subjects. If the color is too far "off," a picture might look better saved in greyscale. A good film scanner will "read" the film and set itself or at least have menu options for the brand of film that the operator can read on the film edge. Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phyllis Cloyd" > I have some color slides, negs and prints from the 1950s and 1960s that are faded. > Someone once told me the film was not properly processed when it was developed. > > I doubt if there is any hope for the prints, but is there any way to revive the color in the negs or slides? I have a vague recollection of reading or hearing that there is some chemical process for improving the color quality of faded negs.