Thanks Herschel,Tried those too, and yes, still getting wonky images. Ah well, there was me thinking photoshop could do almost anything!CheersJonathan
Jonathan turnerPhotographerT: 07796470573--Sent from my iPhoneYou asked if there was an easy way... not really... but the liquify tool is available and... The "WARP" command... EDIT > TRANSFORM > WARP.... You can choose the tool options.But whatever you do you're going to get distortion on the page.On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:22 PM Jonathan Turner <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Thanks James,
unfortunately, they are too big (and very old) for that, which is why I've been using a copy set up with lights and camera.
Surely PS must have something which will convert a selection into straight lines? Or align a selection with a rectangular marquee?
Cheers
On 09/02/2018 21:15, James David Schenken wrote:
I use a ScanSnap SV600 scanner for that purpose. It is an overhead scanner. Place the open book on the surface, scan, and then the built-in software makes the corrections to compensate for distortion made by the arched pages.
I haven’t checked for sure but I think I get 600 DPI directly in whatever size the image is.
The platform is about 16x20 inches or so.
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From: Jonathan Turner
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 3:19 PM
To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Transform question
Hi folks,
I have a question, and wondered if any of you may have an answer;
I've been photographing some paintings, bound in large leather volumes.
The volumes are thick, so that some of the paintings don't sit flat -
there is curvature along the long and short edges. So, question is, is
there a simple way to correct the page distortion back into the
rectangle that it should be...?
I've tried selecting the paintings, and using all the various transform
tools in Photoshop, but there are still curves and bends which I can't
straighten out. Even had a go with puppet warp, with some limited
success, but still ends up with wavy lines, not straight edges.
With all the amazing tools PS has I find it kind of hard to believe that
there isn't an easy way to select a shape and transform it into a
rectangle...or just turn a bent edge into a straight one?
All suggestions welcome. Thanks
Jonathan
Puppet warp
On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 5:29 PM Jonathan Turner <pictures@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
