A nice scanned imageYou may have something that you want to digitize, possibly a picture or drawing. You may have wondered what you can do it with in Linux. Don't worry, digiKam is there to help you. It's really very easy.
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- 1After opening digiKam, click on Import >> Import from scanner... This is what you will see. It shouldn't be grayed out.
After opening digiKam, click on Import >> Import from scanner. - 2If you have multiple printers and scanners, find the one that you want to import the image from. Here, Flatbed has been chosen.
- 3Choose how you want the image to be when completed. Your options are color, black and white, and line art.
- 4Select the desired DPI. If your image will only be seen on the Internet, there is no reason to go above 72 DPI. If you will be wanting to work with it and manipulate it, you might want to choose a higher DPI. Just remember:
- Lower DPI - smaller image - faster loading pages
- Higher DPI - larger image - slows the browsers down - more post processing options
- 5If you aren't sure of what you are doing, preview your scan. This will give you an idea of what it will look like. Once you see it, try sliding the contrast slider bar to see if you can improve or sharpen your image.
- 6Start scanning. Depending on the equipment (scanner and computer), it could be a fairly speedy process, or take a while.
- 7Save it. Once it is complete, be sure to save it. Unless you tell it otherwise, it will probably be in your Documents folder.
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