Randy, Although "stitching" sounds really simple, it is hardly so. Many scanners are not completely linear, because the area near each end of the scan is distorted a little. When you attempt to "cut and paste" two segments of a larger original together, you find that you can never get all of the fine details to line up at the junction. A perfect example of this optical aberration is shown on pages 90-91 of the July 2009 issue of National Geographic. A panoramic photo was made up of three images from the same camera, taken only seconds apart, but there is obvious misalignment between the edges of each image.
My hat is off to you for intending to scan large pages in one shot. I think you'll find that it's a heckuva lot cheaper to pay a graphics shop to scan large images, than it is to buy (and then learn to use) Adobe Photoshop. I do own Photoshop, but I have neither the patience nor the inclination to spend a lot of time and energy manipulating segments of schematics when I can get a large page scanned in one pass for less than a dollar. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.K. Brumback Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Repeater-Builder] stitching schematics together Thanks Eric! I will probably do that with my very large pages as you say. In another group someone mentioned that Adobe Photoshop will stitch together pdfs so I may try that with some of the 11 x 17s. I wasnt aware Photoshop would do graphics like that. Thanks again for your reply. Randy B. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Lemmon Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Randy, Rather than scan large schematics piecemeal, simply take the sheets to a commercial graphics shop (some Kinko's may have the 11 by 17 equipment) and have them scan the document in one piece. My local graphics shop can handle huge schematics, so I take all Motorola and GE fold-out sheets (which are up to 34 inches wide) and have them scanned directly to PDF and put on a CD or thumb drive. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of R.K. Brumback Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 3:24 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> ; [email protected] <mailto:Manual_Exchange%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Does anyone know or use a program where I can scan large schematics a little at a time and then connect them back in a file like a pdf file? I cant afford a large bed scanner but I have several 11x17s I would like to scan on my 8 ½ x 11 scanner. Randy
