how to scan correctly

[gtz_carla]

hi, i need some help. i have a lot of articles from newspapers and from magazines, and i scan it with photoshop cs2, but i have some problems when i save it because i dont know about the resolution. i will like to save them as .pdf but the document is too heavy. and i will like to know how to make color correction because the paper is not too bright.

thanks,


carla

[Diana]

Hi Carla,

What purpose are you scanning the newspaper and magazine articles for? It may make a difference at what resolution you need. Are you going to be printing them, emailing them, or just storing them on your computer for viewing?

Does your scanner have a setting for descreening. If it does, use that setting for scanning newspapers & magazines, it gives a better quality scan.

Here are links to some reading material that may help:

http://photoshop911.typepad.com/help/2005/05/how_to_get_bett.html

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=180699

http://www.descreen.net/eng/help/descreen/home/main.htm

http://www.ehow.com/how_2119437_scan-newsprint-using-adobe-photoshop.html

http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/ftopic219537.html

http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/photoshop/ht/apsremovemoire.htm

http://road.uww.edu/road/LTC/PowerPoint/Handling%20Graphics%20for%20On-line%20Use/handouts/Hands-On%20Graphics.pdf

http://forensicphotoshop.blogspot.com/2008/01/scanning-newsprint.html

http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/gelardin/guides/scanningphotos/

http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=7745

Diana

[gtz_carla]

thank you diana por replying

[Wendy]

Hi Carla ..

... and welcome to the Village :)

A method I have used for brightening the paper is to use Select>Colour Range to select the paper (but not the text) then with the selection still active do Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels.

... and lighten the background of the paper that way :)

Wendy

[gtz_carla]

thanks Wendy!