Okay what is the best way to take pictures of my work. I was looking threw some of the groups work, and it looks like you possible scanned it in or something, because the pictures are like perfect. I have a digital camera, so I am planning on playing around with it a bit, but I am curious to know how everyone else does it, or what techniques they use to get the whole page in good color and clarity.
Hi Marie, I scan on my A4 Epson RX500 and stitch using Arcsoft Photo Suite
2.0 Doesn't always turn out perfect but I feel it produces better results for me than digital photography and I have a good quality camera Fuji Finepix S602Zoom...unfortunately, not as steady a hand...LOL MarilynWell, I'm not sure if I should be responding since I don't qualify for "good color and clarity." BUT my pictures do get the point across. What I've found works best for me is to use my digital camera and photograph them during the day when it's really sunny. Use natural light. It seems to help with the glare of lights and flash doing it this way.
Then I open the picture in a photo program and crop it close so the picture can be a big as possible for viewing.
Lynne
well i have a scanner, but my pages are 12 x 12 and I dont think they will fit, i havnt tried, but I still dont think they will fit.
Hi Marie, You have to scan each half of the page and then stitch them together. Your scanner program should have a stitch option, if not there is the program that Marilyn mentioned in her post.
Marie,
You have to scan in two sections and stitch them together. Although I use ArcSoft Photo Studio to do this you can do it in most reasonable quality graphics packages and I have just done it for the first time using Paint Shop Pro 8 {inexpensive and easily available} and Windows Paint {so basic it is child's play}. If I can do it anyone can!!!
Place you LO in the scanner and scan whatever you can see in your preview window...save this as section1. Turn your LO through 180 degrees and hit preview button....now only select the section not already scanned and a little beyond so you have an overlap...also try to make sure you have a focal point to work with in both sections, i.e. the edge of a picture or embellishment. Now sacn and then rotate this second section 180 degrees so it is correct way up then save as section2. In your graphics package create a new blank image big enough to accept both sections you have scanned, i.e.section 1 = 1000 x 1200 & section 2 = 220 x 1200 {to take account of the overlap}make your blank image dimensions 1300 x 1300, you crop the excess when you are finished!
Now go back to your section1 and copy the whole image and click back to your blank image and paste it as a new layer if your package uses layers...do the same thing with section 2. You should now have your blank image and 2 separate layers which you can move around until you get the two parts to match up, using your focal point as a guide to lining things up correctly. If your package doesn't use layers you need to do the first section and line it up with one edge while it is still selected and then paste the second section in and move it around until you have positioned it and are happy with the match. Then save your layout with you chosen filename. In Windows Paint I couldn't find a crop facility so I took it into Infranview {free} and cropped it there.
HTH and doesn't confuse...LOL Marilyn
Marie, I prefer scanning, but the 12x12 LO's I have to "stitch" afterwards to get the whole picture.
Judy, SA
I d/l "Panostitcher" free of the web a few weeks ago. It's much easier to do than it sounds :)
Judy, SA
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