Repairing old slides

[WillT]

I couldn't think of a proper forum to put this in, so the beginners section seems appropriate.

I snuck a bunch of slides out of my father's storage area so I could scan them and get them printed and booked. There are some, though, where the original exposure was wrong. Or some that look like there may be sun damage? Not sure what causes the orange "glow" in some of them.

I suspect the under-exposed (if that's what it is) are going to be lost to all time. But I'm not sure where to start. Are there any good blogs, or tutorials, or books, or anything that can guide me in how to fix these up? Would love to restore them.

A brief selection of the slides I'm working with: " + title + "

Thanks!

 

[tirediron]

Bring the scanned files into Photoshop and treat them like any other digital image; your ability to 'repair' them however is going to be limited as there is only so much information to work with in them. The yellow colour looks to me either like a light leak in the camera. As for tutorials, search YouTube; there's a wealth of information there, but I'm sorry, I can't suggest any specific ones.

 

[480sparky]

Scan them at the highest resolution possible for the scanner, and at the highest bit-rate possible (usually, this is a .TIF). This will give you the best chance to correct things on the computer. It's not perfect, since the errors have been 'baked in' the transparency. But it's the best I can think of.