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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1143117, member: 12789"]With scanning notes, the new notes have to be scanned on an old scanner. I have an old HP and a Canon in strategic reserve for scanning. I have been playing around with scanning banknotes for about 13-14 years now, there are all sorts of little tweaks you can do - adjusting resolution is the absolute biggest and most important one. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/canada/canada1917.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I typically scan older notes with 300dpi, but some newer notes with microprinting etc I scan at 600dpi. The next step is lighting/brightness, then background colours - some notes need to be scanned with the lid of the scanner open - giving a back background. For some older and worn notes I prefer to use a grey coloured sheet of paper taped to the cover of the scanner - then I can blend it in with my background image.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is an older note with some wear on the edges - I scanned this with the lid open, and then worked with it in my ancient software that I had to convert to 64bit to use and did cut outs with the background to produce the effect here:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/nationals/nationalcarrolltonmo4079.10.1909.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which is best when imaging items with uneven edges - early Nationals were often cut with slicers or even scissors so edges are often not straight so you have to accomodate that in your image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 1143117, member: 12789"]With scanning notes, the new notes have to be scanned on an old scanner. I have an old HP and a Canon in strategic reserve for scanning. I have been playing around with scanning banknotes for about 13-14 years now, there are all sorts of little tweaks you can do - adjusting resolution is the absolute biggest and most important one. [IMG]http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/canada/canada1917.jpg[/IMG] I typically scan older notes with 300dpi, but some newer notes with microprinting etc I scan at 600dpi. The next step is lighting/brightness, then background colours - some notes need to be scanned with the lid of the scanner open - giving a back background. For some older and worn notes I prefer to use a grey coloured sheet of paper taped to the cover of the scanner - then I can blend it in with my background image. This one is an older note with some wear on the edges - I scanned this with the lid open, and then worked with it in my ancient software that I had to convert to 64bit to use and did cut outs with the background to produce the effect here: [IMG]http://scottishmoney.net/banknotes/usa/nationals/nationalcarrolltonmo4079.10.1909.jpg[/IMG] Which is best when imaging items with uneven edges - early Nationals were often cut with slicers or even scissors so edges are often not straight so you have to accomodate that in your image.[/QUOTE]
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