Message-Id: <199810061914.MAA32084@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:03:21 -0400 From: Murray Rachel <mailto:murrayr@stjohns.edu> To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Hello,We have had success doing this at St. John's. Our scanner is the same size. When we scan oversize images, using Adobe Photoshop, we scan two (or however many) portions of the image. Then we open one image and adjust the Canvas Size (under "Image" and then "Canvas Size"). Once the size is increased, you will see a blank space. We cut the needed portion from the other image and paste it into the blank space within the increased canvas size image. From there, we fiddle until it's as exact as possible.
It's not the neatest method, and coming from an archival perspective it's a bit worrisome because shading can differ (you'll see what I mean if you try this), but it's the best method I have found.
Hope this helps!
Rachel Murray University Archives St. John's University
-----Original Message----- From: David M. Jellema [SMTP:mailto:djellema@FRANK.MTSU.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 2:51 PM To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject:
We are trying to figure out a way to post a large collection of (old) sheet music on the web. We have a scanner, but like most standard scanners it has an image window of 8.5" X 14" and invariably sheet music is a half inch or so wider.
Has anyone had success with scanning two portions of the image into separate files and then, with software like Adobe Photoshop, 'splicing' them together? Is this approach unreasonable considering the time it might take to do a large number of oversize images with respectable results?
Our other option might be to copy the image by camera onto 35 mm film and then run the film through a digital image processor/creator. While this might cut down some of the time lost in pasting images together, the image might lose clarity in the photo process.
Is there anyone who has posted digital images larger than 8.5" X 14" to their web, and if so, how did you get the whole image?
Any comments are welcome. Thank you.
David Jellema Center for Popular Music Box 41 Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 (615) 898-2449 mailto:djellema@frank.mtsu.edu http://www.mtsu.edu/~ctrpopmu/
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
--Albert A. Einstein