How To SCAN your POLAROIDS

[@adrukhobo]

My friend and I just designed and 3D printed a scan adapter for sx70/600 format! Like yesterday! its crazy you just posted this

[@lolkolf7789]

Loving the regular uploads! The channel is growing fantastically! 20K is around the corner Marco

[@AnalogThings]

ahh lets see, stil a bit to go ;) did you see the 4k first one

[@lolkolf7789]

@@AnalogThings oh didn't see it cause I watched on my phone will have to check it out on the PC. Nothing quite like waking up to an Analog Things episode though :D

[@GalvanMonica]

I'd love to see a more detailed video showing how you scan your Polaroids including how you create the tool to scan photos! I've seen those spots on most of the photos I've scanned. Usually I just use the clone or spot healing tool to remove in Photoshop. I usually scan at 600 dpi, do you think this is enough as is?

[@kauchhur]

Really love your channel. I have a question. I am more interested in understanding the DPI to keep if I want to create prints like maybe for a Zine, coffee table book or just create reproduction prints to put in photo frames. Any information would be helpful.

[@kennyd3163]

The angle of reflectance is = to the angle of incidence. PS I'd recommended a "macro" lens due to their typical flat field construction.

[@boukebeer]

Nice unexpected video! Will really help a lot of people!

[@hzubovi1]

Nice work with lighting yourself and the background

[@garrettcrosby2412]

Great content. I really appreciate the details. Your videos are always so interesting and informative. Just want to share that I found nice storage boxes at IKEA that will fit one row of Polaroid and Instax wide film, for those who have a local store.

[@AnalogThings]

oh nice whats their product name?

[@livioeditara]

Hello and thanks for your videos, could you please tell me how would you scan the negatives obtained from the polaroids SX70 and 600? I'm struggling a bit since they're not transparencies and colours don't match. thank you for your patience

[@jvoto7707]

Ich möchte die Polaroids digital so präsentieren, wie sie analog vorliegen. Daher habe ich an meinem Scan-Rahmen noch ein Stückchen Grau-Karte, Weiß und Schwarz. Nach dem Scannen nehme ich in Photoshop (Tonwertkorrektur) die Pipetten "Weißpunkt setzen" , "Schwarzpunkt setzen" und "Mitteltöne setzen" bei den drei Flächen mit den definierten Farben/Helligkeiten. Weitere Bildbearbeitung ist dann nicht mehr nötig - das digitalisierte Foto entspricht dem Polaroid.

[@AnalogThings]

super idee, kann man so nur empfehlen. oder eben einmal ein richtiges profil mit colorchecker anlegen

[@bennoblanz2173]

Very helpful Video, Thx 🙏

[@stuartbaines2843]

Neat tips and tricks Marco👍

[@AnalogThings]

thanks

[@mateuszzzdrew]

I just use a printer that has a scanner option built-in. :)

[@AnalogThings]

absolutly fine, as i said you dont need a fancy scanner

[@sherenchinthialaurentchia]

will it damage the film? please answer because i have a scanner (for paper, photos, etc.) but scared that the film will be damaged!

[@AnalogThings]

no, a scanner is not doing any damage to your images

[@insightfulkittens0930]

is there anything that works with fujifilm instax 2x7M? The FASTFOTO is too expensive

[@KeigoMoriyama]

Marco I have made an adapter with 3d print but I didn’t know about the explanation you made. Thank you! Do you think can be useful to share the 3d file with the community ?

[@AnalogThings]

i always thought it's a bit overkill to print it but do you have it on thingiverse, than i could link it

[@KeigoMoriyama]

Analog Things to be honest because I didn’t know that was useful I didn’t put on Thingiverse yet. Let me do tomorrow and will link here it

[@tristandeniet]

With my scanner, I'm getting lines all the way across the image and it also seems to have less detail than just snapping a quick picture with my iPhone. I think I may need to attempt your picture-taking method.

[@AnalogThings]

this can come from scanning with too much details, the lines come from the pvc

[@tristandeniet]

Analog Things I'm scanning at 600 DPI. Is that too much? I set it to that because it originally came out with very low resolution.

[@geriscorner]

Hello Marco ! I had the luxury of helping an incredible artist who knows you. Man this world is small , his name is Alan Marcheselli ! I mentioned your video of the biggest Polaroid in the world because of some pictures he had in his studio and he told me the two of you worked together on those ! A giant portrait of a model with Boba Fett’s helmet

[@AnalogThings]

haha yeah, i know alan pretty good and i was the camera operator for him on that shooting :)

[@geriscorner]

Analog Things It is surreal , I love both your works , I really hope to see you in person someday ! I admire your work

[@doyoudevelop]

Marco with the top tips!

[@lisabakke9280]

How Many DPI for Polaroids?

[@argosauge2872]

As he stated in the video it should not exceed 1600 DPI in order to avoid problems with the structure of the polaroid film material itself showing up in the scan rather than the image itself only. Hope this is of help.

[@hrb41801]

Yes thank you!!

[@victornolasco465]

Google app 'Photoscan' Looks pretty good.

[@AnalogThings]

possible but doesn't change the way you should light it

[@victornolasco465]

@@AnalogThings The app uses the light on your phone to illuminate the image and then interpolates the reflection out of the final image.

[@AnalogThings]

yeah, i dont like these options cause they never give you that good of a result

[@wekker090]

one step + app ??

[@AnalogThings]

you can use whatever camera app you desire, doesn't change the importants of the right light setup

[@TomaTereschenko]

thank youuuuu

[@clasijuls1]

great