Select a good-quality photograph. A poor-quality photograph results in a poor scan.
Step2
Insert the photograph into your scanner (for sheet-fed scanners) or place it onto the scanning surface (for flat-bed scanners).
Step3
Run a preview scan of the photograph to determine the scanning area (don't waste disk space scanning an entire page for a 3 by 5-inch photograph).
Step4
Resize the scanning area to fit the size of the photograph.
Step5
Set the scanning mode to color (or comparable setting) to include all of the colors in your photograph.
Step6
Set the resolution to 200 dpi or better for good quality in your scanned photographs.
Step7
Use the scanner features to increase brightness for underexposed photographs, decrease for overexposed photographs, or adjust colors.
Step8
Insert or place the photograph in the same position that you used for the preview scan, then scan it.
Step9
Save the image in a format (TIFF, PSD) that is understood by your graphic editor or other software program that will use your image.
Tips & Warnings
To use the image on a Web site, use a graphic application (Photoshop, PaintShop) to convert the image to the JPEG or GIF format. (Web browsers only understand a few formats: GIF, JPEG, and sometimes BMP or PNG.)
Scanned images take up a tremendous amount of disk space. Use compression programs (PKware, WinZip, StuffIt) to store images.
on 3/17/2006
If you don't have a scanner and need to have a document in you computer, take a picture of it with your digital camera and then just upload it to your computer!
You can do it with old pictures, too. The resolution is excellent!
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Anonymous said
on 3/17/2006 If you don't have a scanner and need to have a document in you computer, take a picture of it with your digital camera and then just upload it to your computer!
You can do it with old pictures, too. The resolution is excellent!