AndrewInJensenBeach
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Hello everyone,
....brand new to this forum and this is my first post.
My wife sews and she asked if I could make digital copies of some of her sewing patterns. At first I thought this would be pretty simple, but after some trial and error, I've found that, for me, it's more of a challenge than I thought it would be. Before I post my methods so far, I'll just say that for what she wants to do, this has to be a very exact match of the original pattern.
I started with a flat bed scanner (regular size, not large format).... the problem is that some of the pattern pieces are quite large (say 22" x 42") and this requires many scans for one pattern piece, which must then be tiled together in Photoshop. The results were pretty good, especially with the Automate>>Photomerge function. The problem is it is very time consuming. So I thought I could try to do it with a camera,,, shoot it at a high rez and bring that into photoshop. My first tests were a bit off (probably 5 or 8%) .....so I guessed that it may be that the lens I am using is too wide for what I'm trying to do (Nikkor 16-35mm) and maybe that is why it is off. I reshot with a Nikkor 24-85mm and set the zoom to 50mm .....thinking this may have the least distortion in the range. I've not yet done my testing with these new shots ....I wanted to post to a forum first and ask what the best method to proceed would be.
I had the idea that to get this to work right, the trick may lie in setting the canvas size correctly.... but I want to ask if there is a better way, or if I am overlooking anything. My idea is to set the canvas size to 1" (on all sides) larger than the widest points of the pattern and set the dpi to 300 ....then, I guess, to bring the image in over that canvas and scale it up or down until it fits. Am I in the right neighborhood with that thinking, or is there a better way? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Best, Andrew
PS If there is information that I can provide to help the troubleshooting process, just let me know and I'll do my best to answer that.
P.S.S. I think the best solution would be a large format roll scanner... but they are $2K and up,, so I want to see if I can make it work with my cameras and photoshop
....brand new to this forum and this is my first post.
My wife sews and she asked if I could make digital copies of some of her sewing patterns. At first I thought this would be pretty simple, but after some trial and error, I've found that, for me, it's more of a challenge than I thought it would be. Before I post my methods so far, I'll just say that for what she wants to do, this has to be a very exact match of the original pattern.
I started with a flat bed scanner (regular size, not large format).... the problem is that some of the pattern pieces are quite large (say 22" x 42") and this requires many scans for one pattern piece, which must then be tiled together in Photoshop. The results were pretty good, especially with the Automate>>Photomerge function. The problem is it is very time consuming. So I thought I could try to do it with a camera,,, shoot it at a high rez and bring that into photoshop. My first tests were a bit off (probably 5 or 8%) .....so I guessed that it may be that the lens I am using is too wide for what I'm trying to do (Nikkor 16-35mm) and maybe that is why it is off. I reshot with a Nikkor 24-85mm and set the zoom to 50mm .....thinking this may have the least distortion in the range. I've not yet done my testing with these new shots ....I wanted to post to a forum first and ask what the best method to proceed would be.
I had the idea that to get this to work right, the trick may lie in setting the canvas size correctly.... but I want to ask if there is a better way, or if I am overlooking anything. My idea is to set the canvas size to 1" (on all sides) larger than the widest points of the pattern and set the dpi to 300 ....then, I guess, to bring the image in over that canvas and scale it up or down until it fits. Am I in the right neighborhood with that thinking, or is there a better way? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Best, Andrew
PS If there is information that I can provide to help the troubleshooting process, just let me know and I'll do my best to answer that.
P.S.S. I think the best solution would be a large format roll scanner... but they are $2K and up,, so I want to see if I can make it work with my cameras and photoshop