Week 4:

Welcome back!

Meetings and work on the Children's book project

Remember, it's due on Monday, so use your class time well!

• Check the glass before you scan. Cleaning the glass never hurt anyone!
• Make sure the image is as straight as possible when you scan.
• Avoid vibrations and motion.
• 300 ppi is the best resolution to scan with. You can always shrink your files down later, but not make them larger.
• Part of the fun in scanning from newspapers and magazines is getting the texture of the page, but if your software has the option, you can choose to have it "descreen" your image/text. That should remove the appearance of the printed dots (halftone patterns) in the material.
• Scan color images in RGB mode. If you want, convert to CMYK later, before printing.
• Scan b+w images/text in grayscale mode.

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