Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearerthan the scan
Hi,
Does anybody understand why when one scans photos off an Epson 1200 Perfection (not accurate I think) scanner the results are slightly less sharp than looking at the photo itself. I wonder if it's something to do with older scanner technology (it's a 5 year old scanner at least) or just a reality of scanning photos with consumer scanners. I assume that $1000 scanners used by ad agencies don't have this problem. If this is the wrong group to posts this to, does anybody know of a newsgroup that would be able to help? Thanks in advance. Regards, Patrick |
Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearer than the scan
"Patrick Briggs" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anybody understand why when one scans photos off an Epson 1200 Perfection (not accurate I think) scanner the results are slightly less sharp than looking at the photo itself. I wonder if it's something to do with older scanner technology (it's a 5 year old scanner at least) or just a reality of scanning photos with consumer scanners. I assume that $1000 scanners used by ad agencies don't have this problem. If this is the wrong group to posts this to, does anybody know of a newsgroup that would be able to help? Thanks in advance. Regards, Patrick What resolution setting are you using? |
Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearer than the scan
Patrick Briggs wrote:
[] If this is the wrong group to posts this to, does anybody know of a newsgroup that would be able to help? It is not the correct group - you could try: rec.photo.digital David |
Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearerthan the scan
David J Taylor wrote:
Patrick Briggs wrote: [] If this is the wrong group to posts this to, does anybody know of a newsgroup that would be able to help? It is not the correct group - you could try: rec.photo.digital David There are some specific scanner groups such as alt.comp.periphs.scanner and comp.periphs.scanners (not the same group!) -- Paul (This is really happening, happening) ------------------------------------------------------- Stop and Look http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/ |
Scanning photos onto one's hard drive - why are the photos clearerthan the scan
Patrick Briggs wrote:
Hi Rudy, I'm using 600 DPI and knocking the image size down to 1100 x 700 pixels. It produces images ranging from 450 to 700 kilobytes in size. Is there more information I can provide that would help deduce either if I'm doing the scan wrong or if I need a more up-to-date scanner? Thank you! Regards, Patrick Rudy Benner wrote: "Patrick Briggs" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anybody understand why when one scans photos off an Epson 1200 Perfection (not accurate I think) scanner the results are slightly less sharp than looking at the photo itself. I wonder if it's something to do with older scanner technology (it's a 5 year old scanner at least) or just a reality of scanning photos with consumer scanners. I assume that $1000 scanners used by ad agencies don't have this problem. If this is the wrong group to posts this to, does anybody know of a newsgroup that would be able to help? Thanks in advance. Regards, Patrick What resolution setting are you using? What size photo are you scanning? Unless you are scanning a very small photo like 2" x 1" you aren't doing something right. If you expect you scanned photo to look like the printed photo, you need to scan at 600, which you said you are doing, and then print it without changing the resolution. I don't understand the "knocking it down to 1100 x 700 pixels." And why would the size be 450-700 kilobytes, if should be much larger? If you are scanning a 4x6 print then your pixel numbers are the equivalent of scanning at less than 200 which will give you a lousy print. If you want a scanned picture to have about the same quality as the photo being scanned, then scan it at 300-600 and print it at the same size as the original. Like others said ask in Comp.periphs.scanners |
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