Mac/Film discovery

[John Camp]

Did you know that if you have an IMac you can call up a blank Word document, enlarge it to full screen (so that you have a blank white surface), crank the brightness, and then, because the IMac has a small ledge at the bottom of the screen, you can tilt it back a bit and use it as an excellent light table for slides? I just put a whole roll of Kodachrome on mine. 😀

 

[JoeFriday]

that's basically what I do with my Powerbook.. except I just open a new blank web browser window

 

[smileyguy]

Or you could just make your desktop all white. Work away in whatever software you're working in and then press F11 and instant lightbox! I usually use a new browser window as well simply because I don't use slide film all that often.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

ledge? what ledge? I tape my negatives directly to the monitor 🙂

Todd

 

[Pherdinand]

🙂 I tried once to photograph the slides this way,with a digital camera. To digitize them.
Did not work out.