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Scanning for Kids of All Ages by Donna A. Ford FAQs Buying Scanner - Digital Camera - Image Editing - OCR Most questions not included on this FAQs page are covered in the book, Scanning for Kids of All Ages, ISBN# 1-4010-7753-6. Or contact the author.   For Kids For Teachers For Genealogists For Librarians For Digital Camera Photographers For Artists and Crafters For Web Users Questions about buying a scanner What should I look for? PDF file, 32K Which Image Editing software is best? Feature comparison chart Questions about digital cameras Is my digital camera really a scanner? Yes. And it has the same problems as a scanner which require image editing software to correct. Some of these features, such as Sharpening, happen onboard the camera. How can I eliminate jaggy lines in my images? Before snapping the picture, check that any prominent lines in the image are horizontal or vertical...not at an angle. How can I improve the color of printed images from my digital camera? Use Image Editing features explained in Scanning for Kids of All Ages, especially the histogram. Make and save changes, such as brightness and contrast, before printing at home or taking to drugstore to be printed. Which format should I use to save digital camera images? Depending on your digital camera, it is possible to save images in three formats: jpg/jpeg compressed; jpg/jpeg uncompressed; and TIF/TIFF. If you plan to print images, you should save as jpg/jpeg uncompressed or TIF/TIFF. These files are large. Images for email distribution, can be saved as either jpg/jpeg compressed or uncompressed. Compressed jpg/jpeg files are the smallest file size. Questions about Image Editing Which feature do I use first? This depends on the source of the digital image: photo, artwork, newspaper article, etc. General guidelines: Flow chart, PDF, 37K Which color corrections should I do first? Flow chart, PDF, 34K Which Image Editing software is best? Feature comparison chart Questions about Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Does my scanner have OCR software? Yes, every scanner comes with a lite version of OCR. Why doesn't my OCR software work? The OCR software must be installed at the beginning of the scanner installation. If you didn't install it or there is a problem, remove the scanner software, and then reinstall the OCR software first. When should I use OCR software? PDF file, 174K   Order Scanning for Kids of All Ages online from www.xlibris.com.