Hi List, As I newly became list administrator, I wanted to double check the "TOPIC" information on the Scanner-Photo" information page. The name of the list kind of suggests that only scanners and photos should be discussed. This is the definition of the "topic" taken from the information page: "Topic: A mailing list dedicated to support of genealogists who use scanners and/or digital cameras for documentation. It suggests hardware and software, digital techniques, and tips". I think this gives us a lot of areas to discuss. A lot more than what I envisioned at first. Like Kraig said, anyone have any suggestions on using digital cameras to copy books, documents, etc? I have an older Sony Mavica (MVC-FD73) that uses the 3 1/2 disk. Maybe I don't really know how to accomplish it, but I have tried to photo copy, book pages & it doesn't come out very well. Maybe tell us what kind of cameras, settings, etc. to use. Donna

I have an HP 5550c and basically love it. It does not get along well with my digital camera software. I have started downloading pictures from the camera by allowing the computer to believe it is a removable disk. Every since I started doing that, I've had no problems in that area. I do have another occasional problem that I have no clue exactly what causes it. For whatever reason, my computer can not find my scanner. I end up having to uninstall it, unplug it, reboot, install it, plug it in and reboot and then all is well until it throws a fit again. I use my scanner for business and I believe the scanner is on its way to replacing a fax machine. I know I would much rather get scanned and emailed paperwork than faxed. They are cleaner and easier to read. I also scan fabric for my quilt software. It is a great way to show a friend or relative exactly what you are doing. Between the digital camera (with macro mode) and scanner, you can take pictures of documents to import into a genealogy program or to send to someone. It is hard choosing between which works best whether to take a digital picture of an old picture or whether to scan it. One project still in my thinking cap, it to take pictures of flowers and create a collage to scan to turn into fabric wallpaper. I think I'll also scan a sea of rose petals that I'll scatter on the glass. I'll drape different fabric on the top in order to get the background I want. The same could be done of family members to make a quilt or place mats or coasters. All you have to remember is that the bottom becomes the top. :) Since quilters can create fabric via the use of an ink jet printer, a scanner is used for layering different things to get one of a kind fabric. You are limited only by your imagination whether for business or hobby for just about any kind of craft. J -- Joyce Ragels There are three things that only God knows: the beginning of things, the cause of things, and the end of things. - Welsh Proverb

Hi, I've used this list a few times in the past. 1. I've shared a few tips on using a digital camera instead of a scanner to copy 35mm slides. I had a box full of old slides that I wanted to copy. After a little research and experimenting, I bought and used a digital camera to take pictures of the slides, and got at least as good results as with a flatbed scanner with a film attachment. And now I have a camera that is a lot more useful than a single-purpose film scanner would be. 2. I've read this list (and others) looking for genealogy-related uses for digital cameras and scanners. I know people use them at libraries, though the historical society that I visit here is very fussy about cameras, computers, or anything that you might want to bring in. Anyone have ideas or experiences? Kraig __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I would strongly reccommend Wayne Fulton's site at: http://www.scantips.com/ Very useful for all scanner owners. Regards John Zillwood [email protected]

Well that got things moving. Here's my two penneth. I use a Visioneer Strobe Pro Scanner which scans my documents into Paperport version 7.0 . This is a through feed scanner and I probably do about 12,000 scans a year mainly of A4 size and in B&W line art. Occasionally the scanner will loose its port on the computer and freeze. I then have to shut everything down and reboot the computer whereupon it finds the port and everything is OK until next time. I'm not sure if this fault is a function of the Scanner or Paperport. Has anyone else had this problem? I notice that Paperport is now upto version 10 and wonder if an upgrade might solve the problem? Incidentally I would Highly recommend Paperport as a filing system for ALL your scanned material. Bob KIRK Dukinfield Cheshire Http://KirkSoft.co.uk www.fhsc.org.uk/fhsc/dukinfield.htm Interests Are: KIRK (Crewe & Manchester) DAWSON (Manchester) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:28 PM Subject: [SP] Livin' up the list > Hi List, > > As the list administrator I've noticed a lot of new subscribers to this > list. We must be having problems with our scanners or wanting some good > advice. How about if we start out with posting some of the problems, & > see if some of the more knowledgeable people can give us some advice. I > know I probably don't use my scanner to its full potential. When I do > use it, it is just a hit & miss thing. I keep trying until I get > something that looks acceptable. > > Donna > > > > ==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] or > [email protected] with the singe word SUBSCRIBE or > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Hi, True, in which case I would send it as an attachment. It depends on what the sender has and what the receiver has. As implied, there is much more involved than just sending something scanned. Jabe Jake wrote: >----- Original Message ----- You can embed it in a > > >>Word document >> >> > >Hi Jabe, > >One problem with sending as embedded, some that are on AOL or small ISPs >can't receive such email. In fact when I send something to this list as >"rich text" I hear all kinds of complaints that they can open it. I will >give you a demonstration if you like. . . . LOL > >Jake > > > >==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] or [email protected] with the single word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > >

Hi List, While looking at the stats for this list I found that there are 257 people listed as subscribers (List & Digest mode). Now that is a lot of people. On Rootsweb mailing lists that is considered a sizeable list. A lot of lists are around 50 to 150 people. With 257 people we ought to be able to have a very good discussion on Scanning & Photos. I don't think we are all experts. I know I'm a long way off. Donna

From: Sybil Chapman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:28 PM To: Donna Subject: How do you e-mail scanned material? Mystery to me.

Hello, I am not the moderator for this list and I'm not trying to take his/her job but if we could be just a bit more specific in our questions we may get more "answers." One thing for sure to do is keep the scanner glass clean from fingerprints, smudges, etc. HTH Jabe Donna wrote: >Hi List, > >While looking at the stats for this list I found that there are 257 >people listed as subscribers (List & Digest mode). Now that is a lot of >people. On Rootsweb mailing lists that is considered a sizeable list. A >lot of lists are around 50 to 150 people. With 257 people we ought to be >able to have a very good discussion on Scanning & Photos. I don't think >we are all experts. I know I'm a long way off. > >Donna > > > >==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] or [email protected] with the singe word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

Hello, I usually save the scanned material to my hard drive (if only temporarily) and then send it via email as embedded in the email or as an attachment. It depends on what you are sending? You can embed it in a Word document or send it as an attachment (usually as a .jpg file). There are many ways to send something scanned.-- I'm open for further discussion of this or anything else!! HTH Jabe Donna wrote: >From: Sybil Chapman [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:28 PM >To: Donna >Subject: How do you e-mail scanned material? > > > >Mystery to me. > > > > > >==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] or [email protected] with the singe word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

Sounds good to me. Barbara D.

Hi list, It's a sad thing when we start criticizing each other harshly for no apparent reason. You know the old saying--""If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all"". If anyone else receives a message like Sally did, would you please forward the message to my address? [email protected] . Acts like this will not be tolerated on this list. I also received a message from this person, Andrew or Walter, which ever he wants to go by. If anyone on this list doesn't want to see the problems and possible constructive advice from others, then please just unsubscribe yourself, before I do it for you. Lets just try to help each other. Donna

I have a HP 5470 scanner, and I love the buttons on it, scanning to E-Mail is very easy, also the scan to printer, which are the two I have used most. >From within Photo Elements I "acquire" a picture from the scanner. Also from within the program Legacy, I acquire pictures from the scanner. If very much work is needed on the picture, I go through Elements. Its true you can really learn only by doing, but a few tips are helpful. I haven't quite mastered storing my pictures in the best places, but I have worked on it, and making some progress, but the accumulation needs more attention. Helen Allen

-----Original Message----- From: Evelyn Hendricks [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:18 AM To: Donna Subject: Re: [SP] Livin' up the list I think that is an excellent idea. I use mine very little. I want to use it a lot more than I do, but I seldom get around to scanning things. I have hundreds of slides that I would like to scan. Now I know that a flat bed scanner is not supposed to be the best for this, but the few I have scanned seem acceptable after using Paint Shop Pro on them. I still don't understand, after all this time and all the studying I have done, the settings to use to get a certain size picture, etc. Evelyn

Hi Everyone, Please send your posts to the list & not to me. I've received a few. Donna

----- Original Message ----- You can embed it in a > Word document Hi Jabe, One problem with sending as embedded, some that are on AOL or small ISPs can't receive such email. In fact when I send something to this list as "rich text" I hear all kinds of complaints that they can open it. I will give you a demonstration if you like. . . . LOL Jake

Okay What do you think you do with your scanner that others do not? Everybody, Give us YOUR tips and techniques. I have 2 scanners. One is a Acer that has been packed away and the other is a combination scanner/copier/fax, etc. by Dell A940. Jabe Donna wrote: >Hi List, > >As the list administrator I've noticed a lot of new subscribers to this >list. We must be having problems with our scanners or wanting some good >advice. How about if we start out with posting some of the problems, & >see if some of the more knowledgeable people can give us some advice. I >know I probably don't use my scanner to its full potential. When I do >use it, it is just a hit & miss thing. I keep trying until I get >something that looks acceptable. > >Donna > > > >==== SCANNERS-PHOTOS Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] or [email protected] with the singe word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- . Also > from within the program Legacy, I acquire pictures from the scanner. If > very much work is needed on the picture, I go through Elements. Its true > you can really learn only by doing, but a few tips are helpful. I haven't > quite mastered storing my pictures in the best places, but I have worked on > it, and making some progress, but the accumulation needs more attention. > Helen Allen Hi Helen, I use legacy family tree also. But having done much since my hard drive died and I need to rebuild everything and save it to a CD . . . I need to take my own advise, huh? What version are you using? I save photos all over the place . . . My Pictures, Image expert, etc. But I have to remember to change the title from the date to a catch phrase in order to find what I'm looking for instead of looking for a "needle in a hay stack" Jake

----- Original Message ----- > Subject: How do you e-mail scanned material? it is easy, just remember to keep it simple. My scanner is an HP 5370C and it does everything that I want it to do. 1. scan the material into your computer and save it as a JPG file unless I'm going to print the material, then I save it in the largest file that I can print. I then print it and usually delete it or save it to a CD. but not on my hard drive. big photos can fill up a hard drive in a hurry. a CD burner is a must if you want to save everything and then you can move it to other computers for work. 2. I then bring it into Photoshop, but you can use PSP or some other program that lets you resize your sannned material. I also adjust my material, i.e. crop it, lighten or darken, "burn" the edges, etc. 3. resize it to 72 megapixels and save it. The reason that you save it as 72 mps is so that the email will not be so large that it will take forever to send and receive. 72 mps is the smallest file that you can save and make it look just great on the computer. If you are sending a photo that you want the receiving party to be able to print it, then you should save it in the largest file that party can print it in. . . . such as . . . 300 mps and as a TIFF in lieu of JPG. 4. the program that I use lets me send it as an attachment. Is that as clear as mud? LOL If you have specific questions that you don't want to discuss in the group, just send me email direct and I will try to help you. Jake

Hi List, As the list administrator I've noticed a lot of new subscribers to this list. We must be having problems with our scanners or wanting some good advice. How about if we start out with posting some of the problems, & see if some of the more knowledgeable people can give us some advice. I know I probably don't use my scanner to its full potential. When I do use it, it is just a hit & miss thing. I keep trying until I get something that looks acceptable. Donna