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Secker875
Posts: 28
Joined: Jan 2014
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:39 PM | |
So as of today i'm off for 2 weeks due to this little coughing issue going around. I went and purchased a scanner today so i can start adding images to some of the missing cards on the site. I'm only 3 cards in already and have noticed that my scanner or possibly the software i'm using to edit the pics is having a hard time picking up the edge of the white on the card and the scanner background. Would it help to use a sheet of colored paper on top of the card so i can easily pick up where its edges are or is there a simpler way? The scanner i purchased was the epson v39. I can't place the cards at the edges of the bed as it doesn't scan all the way to the edge so i'm left to free place the cards onto it.
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DaClyde
Posts: 1,318
Joined: Sep 2008
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 2:45 PM | |
You can just leave the lid open, but I have used colored paper or basically any solid, dark, non-white thing to lay over the cards to provide contrast.
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vrooomed
Posts: 14,954
Joined: Dec 2012
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 3:02 PM | |
Don't auto crop! Never miss another border.
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T206
Posts: 776
Joined: Feb 2018
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 3:08 PM | |
Put a blue paper yellow green orange any other color you like. Or like someone else said leave the lid open. I know some people don't like that as a solution but it works too
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ranfordfan
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Joined: Jun 2014
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 3:18 PM | |
I love me my orange construction paper!! =D
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Lea DeFoote
Posts: 1,534
Joined: Jul 2012
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 5:30 PM | |
I'll echo previous comments. Scan a larger area, straighten and crop the picture manually.
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Billy Kingsley
Posts: 7,512
Joined: Aug 2011
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Arkansas Traveler
Posts: 531
Joined: Apr 2019
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| Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:41 PM | |
Believe you me, cropping the backs of Topps Chrome cards can be an adventure to find the bottom corners sometimes.
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avsbruins65
Posts: 2,147
Joined: Sep 2008
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| Thursday, April 2, 2020 8:43 AM | |
I use a black piece of felt
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Dmbramer
Posts: 601
Joined: Dec 2019
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| Sunday, April 5, 2020 2:24 PM | |
I have light green taped to top lid.
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