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Friday, October 28, 2011

Taming the Paper Monster: The NeatWorks Scanner Reviewed

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 08:00 AM

Manufacturer: The Neat Company
Where to Buy: Amazon.com for Windows or Mac
Price: $399 MSRP
Specifications: NeatWorks Web site

Pros:

  • Incredibly fast scanning speeds;
  • One-button speedy PDF creation nirvana;
  • Attractive industrial design.

Cons:

  • Expensive;
  • Crash-prone software;
  • Colour scanning went screwy and required re-calibration after only two weeks.

Summary: The Neat Company specializes in products and solutions for digitizing and organizing documents, receipts, and all manner of information printed on dead trees. As an avid Evernote user, I was interested in finding a tool to bridge the gap between my paperwork and the organizational awesomeness of Evernote. The NeatWorks scanner delivers in a big way, though it's rough-around-the-edges software makes for some frustrations. Read more...


Friday, May 7, 2010

Canon Unleashes New Scanning Power!

Posted by Hooch Tan in "Digital Home News" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.gizmag.com/canon-canosca...-scanner/15013/

"With the aid of Canon's new flatbed scanner, these treasured memories can now be transferred to high resolution digital storage. The CanoScan 9000F scans at 9600 x 9600 dots per inch in Film mode, benefits from instant power up thanks to white LED and can even automatically remove imperfections from scanned images to improve on the originals."

Is there really a market for high-resolution scanners anymore? Of course! Maybe you favour the warmth of traditional cameras. Maybe you still have a few shoe boxes of photos you want to archive. Fortunately, new scanners are still being made at ever higher scanning resolutions. Soon, you will be able to scan your pictures, and just say "enhance" in Photoshop CS5 and it will reveal everything around the photo! While all of my photos have been from a digital source for years, I have to wonder, for those of you who are photogs, do you rescan all your pictures the moment a higher resolution scanner comes out on the market?


Saturday, April 12, 2008

Green-Screen Scanning Makes For Easier Object Extraction

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Zune Talk" @ 09:57 AM



I'm working on my first book project - one where I'm creating a vacation scrapbook on 13" x 11" pages inside FotoFusion and will export the JPEGs then get them printed up as full-bleed pages in a Blurb hardcover book. This is my first attempt at this type of a project, but I have high hopes it will turn out really nicely.

One challenge I had was trying to scan the little pieces of paper we brought back that weren't perfectly rectangular, or things I wanted to layer over each other - plane tickets, train tickets, etc. When I scanned them, it was typically off-white on off-white (the background of my scanner). Even using Photoshop Elements' Magic Extractor, I was unable to properly extract the objects - I tried tweaking the settings, tried masking it myself with the magic wand, etc. Nothing worked because the background colour of my scanner lid was just too close to the colour of my objects. I was beginning to think I wasn't going to be able to accomplish the visual design I wanted. Read more...


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