Bare Bones Scanning and Editing


1. Place object to be scanned on the flatbed scanner. Pay attention to placement indicators; they vary with the scanner being used.

2. Start the image manipulation program. In this case, it is Photoshop. From the "apple" menu, select Image manipulation -> Adobe Photoshop.

3. In the File menu, select Import -> Twain Acquire. This will automatically launch the DeskScan II software program which will probably automatically scan a "preview" image. If not, click on the Preview button on the DeskScan II window.

4. On the preview image, use the mouse to indicate the borders of the final image. Crop it, or simply enclose it by setting the cursor where you want one of the corners of the final image to be, then drag the cursor to the diagonally opposite corner.

Select settings, e.g. Type: Sharp millions of colors
Path: Color 300 DPI

5. Click on the Final button to scan the image.

6. When the scanned image appears, save it to preserve the working image. From the File menu, select Save.

In the dialog box that appears, select where you want to save the image, e.g. Desktop.

Name the image document by typing a name in the box labeled "Save this document as:".

Select the JPEG format (this should be the default displayed). Click on the Save button. Select JPEG options from the next window; when finished, click the OK button.

(If you later make changes that you do not like, you will be able to reverse these changes: in the File menu, select Revert. This will restore the last saved version of the image.)

7. After saving, click on the image to make it active. You are now in the Photoshop program.

Bare Bones Editing Tips Using Photoshop


1. To open an image file: From the File menu, select Open. In the dialog box, navigate to the scanned image file; highlight it; select Open.

2. To crop the picture: From the toolbar select the square outlined box (Rectangular Marquee Tool). Use the cursor to outline the new borders of the image. From the Image menu, select Crop.

3. To manipulate the image: Photoshop allows sophisticated image manipulation. Some possibilities:

From the Image menu, you can adjust properties such as color and contrast; you can rotate the image or change its size.

From the Filter menu, you can impose visual effects on the image such as blur, distort, sharpen, or stylize. Some of these effects can make a photo resemble artwork produced with pencil, charcoal, stained glass, mosaics, etc.

From the tool palette, select the T (Type) tool to add text to the image. (Do this last, or create the text on a separate layer from the image and its other effects.)

After selecting the Type tool, click on the image at the place you want the text to begin. A dialog box will open that will allow you to select font and size and that will provide a space to type the text. Make sure the Anti-aliased option is selected. Click OK and the text should appear on the image. To change font, size or text, the existing text must be highlighted.

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