RE: scanning prints larger than ISO A4 size

If you try this route, make sure you have plenty of memory. I tried this
approach on some quick photos cans and my laptop. Poor little laptop has
plenty of process, but choked on the file size.

Eric Neilsen Photography
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: FDanB@aol.com [mailto:FDanB@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:55 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: scanning prints larger than ISO A4 size
>
> I think Jack is right about doing 4x5 digital back captures of your
> prints for best quality. If that's not in the cards, you might try doing
> it on a shoestring. Scan the print in sections with your flatbed
> (allowing 25-30 percent overlap between scans) and let Photohsop CS do
> the stitching via File>Automate>Photomerge. Currently, you're limited to
> stitching 8-bit images in CS but if you have all the tones where you want
> them in the prints, you probably won't be doing that much post-processing
> anyway so 8 bits should be fine. Retouching for dust isn't bit depth
> sensitive.
>
> Good luck with your prints!
>
> Dan
>
> >> As a former signal processor (I think I still am, I just don't use it
> >> on daily basis any more) I think someone must've automated this
> >> procedure... no?
> >As I sit here and think, perhaps the two halves might be knitted
> >together through QuickTime VR
> >which is a program to join consecutively photographed pieces to form a
> >panorama.
>
>
> www.danburkholder.com
>
> www.TinyTutorials.com
>
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Received on Tue Mar 8 08:59:29 2005