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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | Hey guys, Hmm, a Saturday with nothing to do but cleaning the house (which I'd happily put off  ) - I'm thinking of doing something I've needed to do for years: buying a new scanner. Now my question is, what scanner do you use to scan DVD covers? I'm looking for a seperate scanner (not a printer/copier/scanner combination) and one that's not too expensive. Suggestions are welcome.  | | | | . · You are my center when I spin away. Out of control on videotape. On videotape · . |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 1,774 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm very happy with my old "CanoScan 3200F". |
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  | Berak | | Bibamus morieundum est! |
| Registered: May 10, 2007 |  Posts: 1,059 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use an Epson Stylus Photo RX620 - smashing results...
It's a printer/copier/scanner, but you should be able to get it at a reasonable price. | | | Berak
It's better to burn out than to fade away!
True love conquers all! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting SpaceFreakMicha: Quote:
I'm very happy with my old "CanoScan 3200F". Coincidentally I have that one too... I don't get as good scans as some of the contributors with very expensive models and/or better skills with PhotoShop et al but it does a fine job. | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,911 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quite happy with my CanoScan 4400F. | | | | Signature banned: Reason out of date... |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,741 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use a Canon CanoScan LiDE 20.
I's ok for my needs but I use it only secondarily for cover scans | | | Karsten
DVD Collectors Online
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| Registered: April 3, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,998 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,774 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Voltaire53: Quote:
Quoting SpaceFreakMicha:
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I'm very happy with my old "CanoScan 3200F".
Coincidentally I have that one too... I don't get as good scans as some of the contributors with very expensive models and/or better skills with PhotoShop et al but it does a fine job. Hmm, I use "GIMP" for sharpening and color correction. It's quite easy and it's open source.  |
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 | mlr | | HearAnyGoodStoriesLately? |
| Registered: March 14, 2007 |  Posts: 173 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have a hp psc 2410 photosmart & CanoScan 4400F |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 41 |
| | Posted: | | | | After a good round of shopping, it turned out that both stores I visited did not have the scanners I was interested in in stock (amongst others, the CanoScan 4400F). Time for some online shopping, then.  | | | | . · You are my center when I spin away. Out of control on videotape. On videotape · . |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 4,030 |
| | Posted: | | | | Canon CanoScan Lide 25 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 88 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have Epson 3170. Previous scanner was some Canon LiDE model, don't remember which one. Lide was much slower than Epson. If I had to buy a new scanner, that could be select Canon CanoScan 4400F (cheap and fast enough). |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 793 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use a CanoScan 4200F, and I'm very happy with the results. I usually have almost nothing to do in Photoshop afterwards. A little sharpening and straightening, and that's about it. |
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| Registered: September 11, 2007 | | Posts: 17 |
| | Posted: | | | | what i would want to know is what scanner and what settings do you use to scan. And what do you resize to |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 810 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Berak: Quote:
I use an Epson Stylus Photo RX620 - smashing results...
It's a printer/copier/scanner, but you should be able to get it at a reasonable price. I have the RX700, the next model up. I got it on sale from Epson for $240. Great scanner and great six-color printer. pdf | | | Paul Francis
San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use a Microtek ScanMaker 4100 to scan.
I scan at 800 or 600dpi. Most editing I do at the scanned resolution, saving the jpg at 100%. I then resize to a width if 800px, which results in a height of 1000 to 1200, depending on the cover I scanned and save with 90% quality setting, at which the visible quality is virtually the same but the file size a lot smaller. | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
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