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Hello,

We have had success doing this at St. John's.  Our scanner is the same
size.  When we scan oversize images, using Adobe Photoshop, we scan two (or
however many) portions of the image.  Then we open one image and adjust the
Canvas Size (under "Image" and then "Canvas Size").  Once the size is
increased, you will see a blank space.  We cut the needed portion from the
other image and paste it into the blank space within the increased canvas
size image.  From there, we fiddle until it's as exact as possible.

It's not the neatest method, and coming from an archival perspective it's a
bit worrisome because shading can differ (you'll see what I mean if you try
this), but it's the best method I have found.

Hope this helps!

Rachel Murray
University Archives
St. John's University

-----Original Message-----
From:   David M. Jellema [SMTP:djellema@FRANK.MTSU.EDU]
Sent:   Tuesday, October 06, 1998 2:51 PM
To:     IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject:

We are trying to figure out a way to post a large collection of (old)
sheet music on the web.  We have a scanner, but like most standard
scanners it has an image window of 8.5" X 14" and invariably sheet music
is a half inch or so wider.

Has anyone had success with scanning two portions of the image into
separate files and then, with software like Adobe Photoshop, 'splicing'
them together?  Is this approach unreasonable considering the time it
might take to do a large number of oversize images with respectable
results?

Our other option might be to copy the image by camera onto 35 mm film and
then run the film through a digital image processor/creator.  While this
might cut down some of the time lost in pasting images together, the image
might lose clarity in the photo process.

Is there anyone who has posted digital images larger than 8.5" X 14" to
their web, and if so, how did you get the whole image?

Any comments are welcome.  Thank you.


David Jellema
Center for Popular Music
Box 41
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
(615) 898-2449
djellema@frank.mtsu.edu
http://www.mtsu.edu/~ctrpopmu/


                Imagination is more important than knowledge.

                                                --Albert A. Einstein