FIGURE 1-5 Some color-correction tools from PhotoSuite 4, a program commonly used after scanning You Can Cut and Crop a Scanned Image There’s a lot to worry about when you take a photo—the subject, the lighting, the background, and so on—and just when you get everyone perfectly positioned against the sunset beach, some unwanted passerby plunks down in the background with a beach umbrella. The ability to crop an image can solve this problem. You might simply be able to crop out that umbrella. CHAPTER 1: What You Can Do with Your Scanner 9 1 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. The ability to crop an image allows you control over your subject matter. You can concentrate on getting the shot, and worry later about what’s in the background. Cropping also allows you to emphasize the important parts of a photo. Figures 1-6 and 1-7 illustrate how getting rid of some extraneous background focuses attention on the subjects. Figures 1-8 and 1-9 illustrate how scanning and cropping allow you to turn a spontaneous photo into a portrait of your intended subject. FIGURE 1-6 Lots of extraneous background detracts from this shot. 10 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 1-7 Cropping cleans up the background and focuses attention on the subjects. FIGURE 1-8 This spontaneous photo captures a smiling subject. CHAPTER 1: What You Can Do with Your Scanner 11 1 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 1-9 Cropping creates a portrait. You Can Combine Multiple Scanned Photos Most image-editing programs that are used with scanners allow you to cut out and combine portions of a photo. You can create interesting collages, composites, and artistic scenes using these features. Figures 1-10 and 1-11 show how the subject from one image can be superimposed on another photo. Chapter 10 tells you how to create cutouts from scanned images and provides ideas for interesting applications of this tool. 12 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. FIGURE 1-10 A subject can be cut from this photo. FIGURE 1-11 The subject superimposed on another photographic background CHAPTER 1: What You Can Do with Your Scanner 13 1 Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. . superimposed on another photo. Chapter 10 tells you how to create cutouts from scanned images and provides ideas for interesting applications of this tool. 12 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please. cropping allow you to turn a spontaneous photo into a portrait of your intended subject. FIGURE 1-6 Lots of extraneous background detracts from this shot. 10 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner Please. plunks down in the background with a beach umbrella. The ability to crop an image can solve this problem. You might simply be able to crop out that umbrella. CHAPTER 1: What You Can Do with Your