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How to Shoot Photos of Books for Layout We are shooting photos of books for a newsprint catalog. The resolution is a problem. The pictures are not as clear as management would like. So far, all directions don't make sense. They all have to be taken at the same distance for relative size and least adjustment at layout time. I think we should set the camera close, experiment with best results and then figure the adjustment. The pix are all b&w so we will have some comtrast problems, i.e. green and red on some book jackets, which can create problems as you know. Any screen suggestions? I think by this time you might have an idea of what we need. Our camera is a Kodak DC4800. It's a nice camera, works well for color. Is this the right camera for our needs?
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doug Nelson |
See http://www.scantips.com/basics03.html for an authoritative answer. If the print company's lines-per-inch is 150, give him 1.5 to 2 times that. 300 pixels-per-inch is safe. The camera is fine for your needs. Shoot in the TIF mode. JPEG compressing could be hurting your image quality. Try shooting in color, but don't go straight to Grayscale for B/W conversion. Go to Image/Image Mode and choose Lab Color. To to Window/Channels and pick the Lightness channel. To to image /Image Mode and pick Grayscale. When photoshop asks you if you want to throw out the other channels, tell it yes. You will get a better grayscale this way. Alternatively, stay in RGB and look at Channels. Pick either the red or green channel, and throw out the other two before you switch to Grayscale. For red/green problems, one of these will work.
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