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INTRODUCTION TO SCANNING. Four key steps Plan Capture Edit Save. Overview of scanning. What is the message? Select images or objects. Does this image tell the story?. How will I use the image? Will the image be displayed on a monitor? Printed?
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Four key steps Plan Capture Edit Save Overview of scanning
What is the message? Select images or objects. Does this image tell the story? How will I use the image? Will the image be displayed on a monitor? Printed? Will I need to reuse the image for something else? Plan to scan
Position the image Launch the scanner software Preview the scan Capture the image
Line Art Halftones Grayscale Color What is scan mode?
The density of dots that represent an image. Think grid. What is resolution?
Monitor displays, either presentation software or web-based Set resolution at Mac platform = 96 PC platform = 72 Printed copy Set resolution at 300 Typical resolutions
Set the scan image size The larger the image size, the bigger the file size. Set the resolution The larger the value for resolution, the larger the file size. Final scan
File types Print Formats • TIFF works for print. • BMP works with image-editing applications. WebFormats • GIF works for text and block color images. • JPEG works for pictures with lots of color variations.
name_of_the_file.tif name_of_the_file.bmp name_of_the_file.gif name_of_the_file.jpg Save and name the file