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images with a glossy or reflective surface might need to be propped up on one side, so they're not
lying perfectly flat. this will angle the surface of an image, to eliminate any glare that might show up in the
captured copy.
Tip
Scanning Photos in Sections
An alternative to using a camera and tripod setup is to scan larger photos in sections. This method is better
suited for photos that can be scanned in two sections, such as a 10" × 13" or an 11" × 14" print. It also works
well for panoramas that have been rolled up for many years and are too curled to lay flat for using the
camera-tripod capture method.
The following sample 11" × 14" image is included ( ch2_babygirl.jpg , parts 1 and 2) in the Practice
Images available for download from the Apress companion web page (mentioned in the Introduction). If
you don't have a photograph that large to scan, at least you can follow along the reassembly portion of this
tutorial, using the practice images.
Following are the steps to capture an 11" x 14" image by scanning it in two sections:
1.
Lay one end of the photograph horizontally across the scanning bed.
2.
Scan the image at 300 DPI into GIMP (Image Menu File Create Scanner/
Camera ). Select your scanner when prompted. Expand the canvas
(Image Menu Image Canvas Size ) to about 4500 pixels (15") wide. This will
give you some extra wiggle room to negotiate the second part of the image into place
(Figure 2-5 ).
Figure 2-5. The background expanded on the first part of the scanned image
 
 
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