I just set up a new scanner (Epson V600 Photo). It scans and saves multiple negatives (about 2-1/2 strips) into one TIF file. Can I open multiple images from one TIF with Photoshop somehow?

[tnast]

I just set up a new scanner (Epson V600 Photo). It scans and saves multiple negatives (about 2-1/2 strips) into one TIF file. I can see the separate scans in Preview and in the Epson Scan software. I'm on a Mac OS10.12x (Sierra). Can I open the TIF file and extract the individual scans with Photoshop somehow?  Or Bridge, or Premiere or Camera Raw? How do I import the tif file so that the Adobe SW recognizes the multiple images from one file? Appreciate any help.

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi

As far as I know, Photoshop does not support Muliti-Tiff (multi page tiff). Epson does give you the option to output to standard TIFF.

Dave

[Stephen Marsh]

I would imagine that Epson also provide software that can open the multi-page TIFF files.

[Semaphoric]

Find the dimensions of a single frame with the Ruler tool (in the same slot on the toolbar as the Eyedropper), and use these in the Rectangular Marquee [Fixed Size]. Click on the image, and drag the selection around to enclose a frame, and copy to the clipboard.

File > New, with Document Type set to Clipboard, and Paste. In the original TIFF, drag the selection to another frame, and repeat.

[tnast]

Thanks everyone for your answers and suggestions.

davescm tipped me off. I should have figured that out, but I thought a tiff was a tiff.

The Epson V600 Photo Scan software provides 2 TIFF choices, TIFF and Multi-TIFF. Not sure what Multi-TIFF is, but apparently it saved all the files into one, and although I could see the separate files in Mac Sierra OS Preview, I could not open them individually with Photoshop. When I use the other (single) TIFF option, Epson automatically saves out each film negative image from the negative strips into a separate image file. I wanted TIFF so that I could save out with 48-bit color, as opposed to JPEG which only uses 24-bit, for future-proofing my photo archive.

FYI the scan software also provides other options like PICT, PDF and Print Image Matching II for TIFF and JPEG.

Scanning 35mm negatives will be faster than selecting and manually sizing individual photos (although I don't know yet if the quality is better).

Thought this would be easy! A lot to learn about. Not impressed with the scanner documentation. Found what I thought is a good general scanning photos resource that I started with: How To Scan Slides Negatives Photos Into Digital -- Free Scanning Tips