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Scanning for Kids of All Ages by Donna A. Ford Digital Camera Owner's page It looks like a camera but your digital camera really is a scanner. It takes one sample each time you click the shutter. Light enters the camera through the lens and strikes an array of CCDs. An Array is like a Tic-Tac-Toe grid filled with CCDs instead of Xs and Os.   For Kids For Teachers For Genealogists For Librarians For Digital Camera Photographers For Artists and Crafters For Web Users   Hints for Taking Pictures To prevent jagged lines, before taking the picture check that any lines in the shot are horizontal or vertical rather than at an angle. Save images in JPG/JPEG compressed format for web distribution; save in JPG/JPEG uncompressed or TIF/TIFF format for print only, due to larger file sizes created. Hints for Image Editing Digital camera images can be improved using features found in image editing software. Remove color casts due to weather or other lighting problems. Adjust contrast for drama Hints for Printing at Drugstore Make changes such as Brightness and Contrast before taking to be printed. Use the histogram in the image editing program as explained in the book for best results. Order Scanning for Kids of All Ages online from www.xlibris.com.