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Scanning is accomplished with the use of a scanner and scanning software. An image editing program like Photoshop is useful afterward to crop, resize and adjust your image. | Scanning is accomplished with the use of a scanner and scanning software. An image editing program like Photoshop is useful afterward to crop, resize and adjust your image. | ||
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# Drag the boundary box around the portion of the image you want to capture | # Drag the boundary box around the portion of the image you want to capture | ||
Revision as of 10:31, 1 February 2011
Scanning
Scanning is accomplished with the use of a scanner and scanning software. An image editing program like Photoshop is useful afterward to crop, resize and adjust your image.
How to Scan on Macintosh OS X:
- Align the object to be scanned face down in the scanner.
- Launch Image Capture from the Applications folder.
- Drag the boundary box around the portion of the image you want to capture
- Set resolution (see below).
- Set the Format to TIFF (this is an uncompressed image file format)
- Note the Scan to location. This is where your file will be saved. You can change this.
- Click the Scan button.
Note: you may need to save your scanned file to the network space on Orca then move to another computer to continue editing in Photoshop.
At what resolution should I scan?
A good rule of thumb is to set the scan resolution at double what your final image’s resolution will be.
| Image type | final resolution | scan resolution |
|---|---|---|
| web image | 72 | 150 |
| image for print | 300 | 600 |
Small images: If you are going to be enlarging a small image the higher your
resolution the better the enlarged image will look. Experiment to get the best
results!
