Scanning
Scanning is accomplished with the use of a scanner and scanning software. An image editing program like Photoshop or Preview is useful afterward to crop, resize and adjust your image.
Using Adobe Acrobat X Pro
- Place your document in the scanner, aligning it with the arrow in the bottom right-hand corner.
- Select the Start Menu and search for “Adobe Acrobat X Pro.”
- In the upper left-hand corner, select the Create menu, highlight PDF from Scanner and select your color mode from the dropdown menu.
- A dialogue box will open up prompting you to select a device. From the Scanner dropdown menu select Epson Perfection V33/V330.
- If you are scanning multiple pages, check the box next to “Prompt for scanning more pages.”
- When finished, select “Scan is complete” and save your file.
How to Scan on Macintosh OS X:
- Align the object in the scanner bed 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 or Preview.
Please ask the students at the front desk of the Computer Center for assistance if you have any questions.
At what resolution should I scan?
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!
Scanning text for PDFs
See the Accessible PDF article.
