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[My~Rumbly~Tumbly]

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=835156&uid=9562

 

[My~Rumbly~Tumbly]

Okay, I was finally able to get the scanner to work and have provided the link to my first ever mini album. There are also a few page layouts there, and some invitations I made for my children summer birthday party this year. The layouts were some of my first, and I don't like them as well as what I am doing now. In fact, the page with the black and white photos of my daughter was my 3rd page ever. I've now got 2 books about 3 inches thick (and have never worked with embellishments), so you know that that 3rd page was a LONG time ago.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

Well, it looks like you passed the test to me! The pages are great by the way. Thank you for sharing them with us.

 

[Janice]

Hi Tammy

I love the mini album - it looks perfect! Well done

Did you find it easy to make - would you make more?


Lovely layouts too - really like them all.

Thanks for sharing

 

[My~Rumbly~Tumbly]

Hi Janice

Yes, I enjoyed making the album and it really didn't take long at all. Again, my biggest gripe was that the edges didn't meet up perfectly, but I think next time I will just make the outside bigger and the inside smaller (so there is a border of sorts inside). I *think* I could get it to lay flatter that way and if not, it should at least seem less obvious. I'm actually going to try my hand at another soon. I would love to get it perfected before the holidays.

Thanks for your compliments on my layouts. They really are not the greatest. I love the black and white pictures of my daughter, but still feel like I wasted them on a lousy layout. I bet that eventually I will re-do those pictures. I am hoping to have some more layouts posted by next week. My problem is that I don't have a digital camera and my scanner bed isn't big enough to scan my 12x12's. So I have to take the pictures, have them developed, scan them, upload them.... you get the idea.

 

[Janice]

Hi Tammy

~I know what you mean about all the aggravation - before I got comfortable with my Digital Camera I had the same problems - then, I discovered Arcsoft!~

Have you tried scanning your layouts in two halves and then using Arcsoft Photo Studio to stitch them together? I have some typed up instructions that I have pasted below in case you find them useful ~ it may save you trips to the developers and film. Once they are on my PC - I then copy them to a CD.
<font color=blue>
~~Instructions for Scanning and Stitching~~
Scan layout in two halves and save each half to your Desktop.

I use Arscoft Photo Studio – which I downloaded free fromhere:

Once that is installed – and you have your two halves of your layout sitting on your desktop then this is what you do to “stitch” the two halves together and resize.

Excuse my terminology – not a techie so it is basic.

Open Photo Studio / File / Open

Locate your saved 'halves' and click open – do this again for the other half and you should have two smaller Windows open with the scanned image in it.

To stitch together.

Click on one half / Edit / Stitch

This brings up another smaller screen split in half, with both halves of your layout displayed.
You will see a small Circle with a cross in it – this is your guide. Run your mouse over the
Circle and click and hold and you will see the circle moves. You move this to a point on the scan and then on the other half move the circle to the same point on that half. This is where the seamless join will be. Click ok and a new screen will open with your Stitched Scan. If this doesn’t
Work first time, just close without saving and start again from Edit / Stitch. I find that once I have placed the circles in the same areas, I zoom in using the + button and then get a more accurate location for both circles.

It is easy – just takes a little bit of practice.

Once you are happy with the stitched layout – click / Transform / Resample.

This brings up another screen and I just highlight the width box – and insert 500 here.

Click ok – and then you have a final screen come up with your Stitched, Resized Layout.

Save this with a new name and as a JPEG file. I have a folder on my desktop where I keep all my layouts and this is where I save my layouts to.

Close all other screens in Arcsoft without saving.</font>

Hope this helps and that I haven't offended you by pasting the instructions.

 

[My~Rumbly~Tumbly]

OMG, the things I'm learning from you people! I had no idea you could do this and will certainly look into it! And I consider myself to be VERY computer illiterate or not very computer saavy, so I APPRECIATE your 'basic' instructions.

 

[Janice]

Oh I am so glad that you might find them useful - it does make life a lot easier to just scan everything

Hope it all works out ok - and at the end of the day, if it doesn't ~ you havent wasted any money on an expensive computer programme

Have fun!

 

[etwinchester]

I found free trials. Is that what you got? After awhile, you will have to purchase it though.

 

[Janice]

Oh - I see what you mean, yes I downloaded the free trial too - I have had it since March, I expect I might have to buy it sometime, at which point I'll make a decision whether to or not. Funnily enough - I have the later version of ArcSoft that came free with the scanner, but I find the free version so easy to use, I havent even looked at the later one!

I wonder how long it is free for, would you have any idea?

 

[etwinchester]

I honestly don't know. I just noticed it when I clicked on your link. At the moment, I don't even have a scanner. I would love to get one and that's why I checked out the site so I could mark it for when I purchased one.

Normally it tells you how long before you download. Oh well, use it while it lasts.