Re: Scanning Question

I have had very good luck scanning in sections in one dimension only. Scan
the height all at once, but the width in sections. Be very careful to keep
the edge orientation the same for each scan, and to overlap the scanned
sections. You should also be alert to subtle differences in light and dark
between sections scanned. These can be corrected later in Photoshop. The
scanned sections can be knit together in photoshop by having each scanned
section on a different layer, with the upper layer at about 50% opacity.
Zoom up as far as you need to to get precise overlap of the top section with
the one beneath, then restore the opacity of the top section. If there are
any visible lines at the edge of the top section, just use the eraser tool
and they will blend with the overlapped portion of the lower layer.
Obviously what is required here is Photoshop. It's a pretty quick process
and if you don't use Photoshop you could bring your scan to someone who
does. Or you could go to a commercial place with a bigger scanner and scan
the whole thing at once. Shouldn't be too costly. Otherwise, if your
negatives are that large, why not just do contact prints?

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Flagg <cflagg@ispchannel.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 1:01 AM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Scanning Question

> I have changed ISP's am re-subscribing and thought this a good time to
> ask a question too. I have been taking a series of 11"x14" pinhole
> photos with my "Caramel Corn Tin Camera". I have not been able to scan
> these except in sections and I am not very good a stitching them
> together. The results have been disappointing. Since all our scanners a
> school do 8.5x11 or 8.5x 14, are there any suggestions? I would really
> rather not crop these photos down. I would appreciate any help.
> Thanks,
> Chuck Flagg
>
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Received on Tue Nov 7 09:52:27 2000