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Automating my 35mm film scanning pipeline
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Hacker News | Oct 3, 2026 | shannadige
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It requires delicacy in handling film especially to avoid dust or scratches on the final image. I’d have Claude drive the scanner over SANE (open-source scanner driver stack) and handle scanning, colour conversion and edits end to end. On the first scan, Claude used SANE with inversed X/Y scanbed directions and nearly broke the gear mechanism inside the scanner. Chat: Conversion test Sep 21, 2026 Shan 10:35 am start the conversion test on film/valentines2026 Claude 10:40 am The conversion test passed on 28 of 29 frames.
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