In this step-by-step class, you’ll learn to successfully digitize your color or black and white negatives, transparencies, prints, or flat objects. Digital pro Pete Gomena will introduce you to the scanning software SilverFast, a program preferred by many for its adaptability and flexibility.

You’ll learn all about how to size your files correctly for making prints and how to get optimal colors and tones out of your scans as you work with your own materials. You’ll also learn to use Photoshop to adjust and perfect your scans. You’ll leave class with a couple of well-scanned images on disk and ready to print.

Students should bring negatives, prints, slides, and/or flat objects to scan. Required prerequisite:

Required prerequisite: Basic Photoshop or instructor’s consent. Limited to eight people.

Photography has fascinated Peter Gomena since childhood. Following his fascination through high school and college, he eventually became a newspaper photographer. He later attended Brooks Institute of Photography and subsequently worked as a commercial photographer and studio manager. He most recently digitized photographs for the Oregon Historical Society. Pete continues to photograph things that capture his imagination.

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