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>I have a video camera, if I purchase the Video Blaster (?) board,
>which can capture the video image, is it as good an image as a scanner?

In some ways it is as good as a scanner or better, in others it falls
far short. A scanner is much higher resolution normally. A typical
grab of a video frame is 640x480 pixels. Unles the original is an object
2 inches wide or less, the scanner (typically 300 dots per inch) is
higher resolution. As well, there is considerably more noise in a video signal
than there is in a scanned image. The dynamic range of a scanner is usually
better. I think video is normally about equivalent to 16 bit colour where
the scanner can usually do 24 bit colour. And last but not least (at least
of the points that leap to my mind!), because of the way colour is handled
in NTSC video I think there are many colours that NTSC cannot handle
properly that can be done in printed matter, as well, there are certain
colours that can be adjacent to eachother in print that NTSC will bleed
together badly in video.

That said, there are certain times for screen use of images that the 
frame grabber approach is certainly the most economical, quickest and
most practical solution.

tj