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2008-08-31, 1:24pm
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Irish Eyes A Smiling
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Scanned Images
This is a non-bead photo question - is there a way to increase the size of a scanned image and not get distortion? I scanned some old photos of our daughter and wanted to do a side by side image with her new baby - but I can't get the photo scanned to a descent size. I've got Photoshop Elements 6.
Hopefully someone has a suggestion or two!
Thanks!
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2008-08-31, 1:54pm
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What kind of distortion are you talking about, Lynn? Also what kind of scanner do you have? I usually scan at 300 dpi and @200% of the final size since most flat-bed home scanners do not have the highest quality (unlike professional drum scanners) - then I clean up the images and reduce the size in Photoshop.
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2008-08-31, 4:01pm
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The image is very small....and when I zoom or resize, it is so grainy you can't believe it! My scanner is part of my printer - a Brother 1000. I'm thinking I need to enlarge it on the scanner - is that a possibility?
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2008-08-31, 4:28pm
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That's what I meant by scanning it at 200% . . . perhaps even 300-400%. I think most scanner software allows you to do that. Make sure it's at 300 dpi so you will get the best scanning resolution.
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2008-08-31, 6:12pm
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Irish Eyes A Smiling
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Sounds like I need to find the printer/scanner guide......thanks, Hayley!
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2008-09-12, 7:25am
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Can you scan at a higher resolution? If I plan on enlarging the photo from the original, I'll scan at 600or 1200dpi. The downside is that larger scans take longer, are large files, and can bog down photoshop.
If you can't get it to work, I'd be happy to scan it for you. Just pm me.
Good Luck!
Mary
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