[78-L] Label scanning

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

  On 9/18/2010 7:01, J. E. Knox wrote:
> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> David Harvey wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend an app that will allow photo cropping in a
>> circular shape for scans of record labels? FYI, I use a Mac, if
>> that matters. Thanks all.
> (It matters.<six-color grin>)
>
> You can do it in Photoshop. Select the label using the circular
> selection tool; copy; then create a new document with a transparent
> background and paste in the label. Save, preserving transparency (I
> think you can save that way only in certain formats like TIFF, but
> don't recall at the moment).
>
> When I scan labels, I include the dead wax where things like matrix
> and take numbers live. YMMV.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> Joe
> —
> Poof read? Why brother?
>
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