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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: failsafe on Monday 12 January 15 12:10 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I have an a4 scanner, but as you know marriage certificates are larger.
Can anyone help in telling me how to scan or best way to scan it to just less that a4?
Thanks
failsafe
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If you're using a flat-bed scanner, then you could try positioning the certificate so that the unimportant bits (e.g. the side margins) aren't on the glass.
STG
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If you have a photo editing programme, you can scan the certificate in two sections, making sure you have the Middle section in both scans, you can then use the photo editing to stitch the two halves together. I have done this many times for long certificates. This is useful for scanning any large document.
Jebber
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If you have a photo editing programme, you can scan the certificate in two sections, making sure you have the Middle section in both scans, you can then use the photo editing to stitch the two halves together. I have done this many times for long certificates. This is useful for scanning any large document.
Jebber
Thanks Jebber
will give it a go
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An alternative: take a high res digital photo of it and crop off the part you don't need with the photo editing programme.
When printing, tell the programme to scale to A4 size.
Nell
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An alternative: take a high res digital photo of it and crop off the part you don't need with the photo editing programme.
When printing, tell the programme to scale to A4 size.
Nell
Thank you Nell I will have a go
failsafe
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Or take it to the library and get a couple of copies done for a few pence and you will get the whole cert. copied.
Carol
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And at the library you can probably reduce the size to A4 on the copier