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[deckardcanine]

I took chirpasee's advice and bought a scanner today, specifically a CanoScan LiDE 60. I didn't feel like waiting for shipping or getting something clunky, so I settled for an $80 purchase. It took no time to get in working order.

I had trouble understanding one feature of the accompanying program: what did the Final Scan do that the Preview didn't? My folks thought it clear, but they got impatient trying to explain. Their metaphors kept involving intermedia transmissions, like looking thru a camera lens before taking a picture ("More like taking a picture before taking a picture," I objected). Now I guess it converts the image file to a more workable format, which takes longer to make and thus calls for a plainer file until you're sure you see what you want to edit.

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[zaimoni.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

Think about it this way: do you really want to take 15 minutes on a high-res scan before knowing the paper is aligned properly?

That's why Preview is much faster than Final.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

On my machine, there's actually not that big a time difference.

[zaimoni.livejournal.com]

At what resolution? 600cpi is pretty much the minimum if you want to read pages from a book you've scanned.

[zaimoni.livejournal.com]

600 dots per inch (dpi), of course.