[Dixielandjazz] Scanning record jackets [was Alan Frederickson"Here 'Tis" LP]

[Jack Mitchell]

>>How did you scan the 12x12 jacket??"
>
> It ain't easy.  A professional scanner that can handle artwork that size 
> costs thousands . . . but you can, for a cuppla hundred or so, buy 
> consumer/small business grade scanners that handle business-size paper, 
> i.e., 8 1/2" x 14".  I have a Microtek ScanMaker X12USL scanner, which may 
> still be available...not sure.  But I know that Epson makes a scanner that 
> size, the Perfection V300 Photo.  I've had good luck with Epson scanners 
> in the past, and I'd go for that if the MicroTek should die.  Also, the 
> top of the line Brother and HP all-in-ones come with business-letter sized 
> scan tables.  I've tried them both, but I really prefer the MicroTek.
>
> You then scan the cover in two parts and laboriously* stitch them together 
> using a photo editing program -- in my case, I use a very old version of 
> Adobe PhotoShop.  *I say laboriously, but modern versions of photo editors 
> (such as the relatively inexpensive Adobe PhotoShop Elements) have 
> utilities that are supposed to do that for you.  They're designed for 
> people who want to take multiple digital landscape photos and then combine 
> them into a composite panorama view.
>
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>      Dick Baker

Why not just photograph the jacket with a digital camera and transfer it to 
the computer?

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell