RE: [OT]Scanning minis

I'm sorry, I can't provide much information either.
I just placed them on the scanner bed.
I do know that the focal lenght, for lack of a 
better term, on a flatbed scanner is very small.
My miniatures begin to get out of focus at about
15-20mm.
I went high-tech and placed dry, clean, paint bottles
at the 4 corners to hold the lid to my scanner. I 
had tried black felt, but the results were not good.

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Brian Bell
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-----Original Message-----
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de [mailto:KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 01:32
To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [OT]Scanning minis 

> I think my biggest triumph was managing to scan the fighters without
destroying
> them. Good job they were heavy fighters, standard ones would have been
destroyed
> by the weight of the scanner lid :)

I have variously read about people scanning miniatures. When I try to do
this, I get pictures that are woefully out of focus. Even re-sharpening
with
Adobe photoshop doesn't help much. Are there special tricks to it ? Or
do
you need the right type of scanner ?

Greetings