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Special Effects / Scanning Projects

Try these creative scanning projects and tips on scanning 3D objects, books, and other articles. Learn how to scan stamps and coins. Find tips and tutorials specifically for document and image scanning in connection with genealogy or scrapbooking or for use in email. Get ideas for scanning photos and using them creatively.

Scanning 12x12 Layouts

Scrapbooking Guide Rebecca Ludens and her forum members share their favorite ways to scan oversized scrapbook pages.

Scanning & Restoring

Genealogy Guide Kimberly Powell helps you breathe new life into old faded or torn family photos.

Scanning DPI for Email & Web

There's no need to overdo the pixels if the images are for use on the Web or meant to be sent by email. Graphics Software Guide Sue Chastain explains.

Backgrounds from Scans

Laura McCanna shares tips on creating backgrounds from scans of 3D objects on a flatbed scanner.

Creative Scanning Projects

From Hewlett Packard -- ideas for Web pages, email, family albums and more.

Experiments in Scanning 3D Objects

See the results of scanning 3D objects on flatbed scanners. Pick up tips and ideas.

How to Scan a Book

Special considerations and methods needed to scan a book; from Proportional Reading 1996.

Scanning oversized and odd size materials

At Graphics Unleashed, Peter McCormick shows how to use your standard size flatbed scanner to scan oversized artwork and 3D objects successfully.

Slide Scanning

How to scan 35mm slides on a flatbed scanner.

Stereo Scans

Create stereoscopic images with your flatbed scanner. Here's how.

Using your scanner as a copy machine

OCR and lineart scanning tips from Wayne Fulton.

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