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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 26, 2006 8:37:05 GMT 12
No doubt some of you guys are experts at scanning photographic prints.
Do you have an easy way to get the print to lie straight on the glass surface of the scanner?
I always seem to end up having to rotate the scanned image a few degrees to get it right.
I have thought about inking lines on to the glass, or sticking bits of tape down to make it easier to get a straight scan, but can see problems with damage to the surface of the glass if I do that.
Any ideas?
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Post by planeimages on Nov 26, 2006 9:13:31 GMT 12
What about using the squared edges of the scanner's glass plate?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 26, 2006 10:52:20 GMT 12
With my scanner, if the print is hard up against the edge of the glass, then the edge of the print gets cut off the final scan. Hence the problem - to get it straight, in the centre of the scan area.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2006 11:41:16 GMT 12
My Mum's scanner that I use is exactly the same Peter. Why they make them like that I'll never figure out. I have been considering making some sort of square guide too to give a square corner within the scan area. One of these days when I get a round tuit.
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Post by Bruce on Nov 26, 2006 12:12:44 GMT 12
What about getting a strip of something, such as a cut - down ruler or piece of thick card or plastic, that you can square up with the edge of the frame but set the original you are scanning back into the scan-able area?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2006 12:42:45 GMT 12
Yep, that's what I am planning, a little straight edge with square corner to cover both top and side, to place like a template. But as I say, getting a round tuit is the problem.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Nov 27, 2006 16:09:01 GMT 12
That's one option, but the template would need to be no thicker than the document that you are scanning or the document would tend to curl up and go out of focus. So the template would need to be both thin and rigid - plastic?
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