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Scanning/Saving Photos to HD
Name: rwiz Date: August 18, 2006 at 03:54:25 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon 64 2.4GhZ/512 MB Product: HP Pavilion
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Question: When I scan a single photo from my flatbed scanner to my hard drive, is there any way to save ONLY the picture itself, WITHOUT all the wasted space surrounding the desired photograph? -Please Advise.
Name: Bryco Date: August 18, 2006 at 04:53:29 Pacific
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How about adjusting the frame size in the scanner Preview to match the size of the image you are scanning? It does require scanning the image an additional time for preview vs just scanning the image to the HD.
That's how I do it. If I am scanning many images then I sort them by size so I only have to scan each different size the one extra time to adjust the frame for that image size.
Bryan
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: August 18, 2006 at 04:55:10 Pacific
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Ditto to above post. If you tell us what scanning software you are using, we may be able to help you further.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: rwiz Date: August 18, 2006 at 13:47:22 Pacific
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Bryco and XpUser, I just use Windows Scanner & Camera Wizard. -However, I also have Irfan- View, VicMan, HP ImageZone Plus, Microsoft Photo Editor, MS Picture It, MS Photo Premium 10, and MS Plus Photo Story LE... Any add'l insight you can provide will be much ap- preciated.
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: August 18, 2006 at 14:19:20 Pacific
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It's just as Bryan has described - preview, then adjust, then scan. Fairly intuitive
Saying that XP is the most stable MS OS is like saying that asparagus is the most articulate vegetable
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Response Number 5
Name: ham30 Date: August 18, 2006 at 18:51:41 Pacific
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Maybe one of theose programs that you have is capable of cropping pictures. Using the cropping feature can eliminate the wasted space.
Do yourself a favor BACKUP!
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Response Number 6
Name: rwiz Date: August 18, 2006 at 22:08:15 Pacific
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I managed to "corral" the surrounding space using Preview in Windows Scanning & Camera Wizard...It's not perfect, but good enough for E-mail. -My Thanks to everyone who re- sponded.
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Response Number 7
Name: THE TROLL Date: October 11, 2006 at 14:31:24 Pacific
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If you set your scanner to scan your picture slightly smaller than the original then you will cut out any of the unwanted area that are not required. This will be of benifit if your pic is slightly out of square on the scanner bed and also gives a clear definition to the finished edges. Hope this tip helps
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