deepak Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 I'd like to create a database of the rear album "art" of my Blue Note LPs, often containing many historical facts about the music or musicians. So the scanner needs to be at least 12x12. Attached an image below for what an average rear cover would look like. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Epson tends to make pretty good scanners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujamerstand Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 ah, I need a scanner too. I'm currently using a canoscan LiDE 500F. but it's not large enough to scan oversized books that my mom has. It doesn't work with mac either, so mom can't use it with her laptop. So I've been looking for a new one as well. Let me know what you found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 (edited) ah, I need a scanner too. I'm currently using a canoscan LiDE 500F. but it's not large enough to scan oversized books that my mom has. It doesn't work with mac either, so mom can't use it with her laptop. So I've been looking for a new one as well. Let me know what you found. Not that it matters since scanner size is the issue here, but it does work with Mac, as I've been using mine for few years now. Edited December 12, 2011 by Salt Peanuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujamerstand Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Mac Lion? I couldn't find drivers for it, only older versions of Mac OSX. I did try to install the older drivers, but nothing happens when I plug in the scanner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yep, it works on Lion. Open "Print & Scan" under System Preferences and the scanner *should* be listed there, assuming drivers are still installed. Double-click on the scanner and it'll open up the scanning window. Make sure the scanner's connected, though just plugging it in doesn't give any indication that it's going to work. Also, none of the physical buttons ever worked for me, at least on Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 honestly. for that use, I'd just use your dslr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujamerstand Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Yep, it works on Lion. Open "Print & Scan" under System Preferences and the scanner *should* be listed there, assuming drivers are still installed. Double-click on the scanner and it'll open up the scanning window. Make sure the scanner's connected, though just plugging it in doesn't give any indication that it's going to work. Also, none of the physical buttons ever worked for me, at least on Mac. Hey! That Work! Thank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 honestly. for that use, I'd just use your dslr I think I will do this, though I have an older P&S. But with some lighting trickery I can get some decent readable shots...and it's just for personal use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 It's so much more fun to hold the album when you're reading it, so why bother with a digital image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted December 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 It's so much more fun to hold the album when you're reading it, so why bother with a digital image? I prefer to listen to them without doing anything else. Turn off computer, lights, etc. And it's easier to find an image if I want to look something up later on, as the Wikipedia articles for these albums suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujamerstand Posted December 12, 2011 Report Share Posted December 12, 2011 Sounds like you'll want some sort of OCR software as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhjazz Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 For the old P&S, mount it on a tripod so you can get the lens parallel to what you're shooting. (Set the timer, too, to avoid jiggling the camera.) Once it's on the tripod, you can just slide the album covers through and not have to do anything to the camera. Then process the shots through ps as a batch. Badaboom. ...or try an Epson. I've heard good things about them as well, and the software that comes with it might have some OCR abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spychedelic Whale Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) I came across some vinyl scanning techniques and remembered this thread. Some guys seem to use a normal A4 scanner and then use a stitch software http://research.micr...groups/ivm/ice/ It looks good. This with an A3 Edited February 3, 2012 by Spychedelic Whale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crappyjones123 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) wrong thread. Edited February 4, 2012 by crappyjones123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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