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Anybody ever noticed on Ebay that people don't know how to scan?
I look at auctions on Ebay (I mean, good auctions on Ebay like 1970's complete sets and stuff like that) and I am realizing that people really do not know how to scan. Of course that is fine by me, because I think I make my auctions look pretty sharp because of my scanning. All you have to do is to take your time and center the card, make the background black, and use photobucket in instead of Ebay's crappy hosting and you have yourself a pretty nice looking scan. I don't think people realize how much of a difference it makes. For instance, I was looking at nice 1970 Topps complete set (at least according to the description it was nice), but the scans were absolutely horrible.
Has anybody else noticed that? Does anybody else take a little pride in scanning their cards?
Has anybody else noticed that? Does anybody else take a little pride in scanning their cards?
Shane
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Thats the only way you can find a good deal, is if the picture shows is a little bad. I've bought cards with a bad picture for cheap, that nobody else wanted to bid on, probably because of the bad scan, and it turned out to be Mint or even Gem.
Giovanni
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Shane
I bought this Copy/Scan/Photo Print a few years back for like 300 bucks, but never really knew how to use it, lol. I remember a few years back when I ran out of ink and paper, and that was it with printing stuff
Giovanni
and im partial to the purple background lol.
ive got some examples of different DPI here;Various DPI Examples
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I bought this Copy/Scan/Photo Print a few years back for like 300 bucks, but never really knew how to use it, lol. I remember a few years back when I ran out of ink and paper, and that was it with printing stuff
Giovanni >>
DPI means "dots per inch". In other words, the resolution is better at 200 vs 100, making the picture larger.
Shane
<< <i>If you are scanning for a computer and not print you only need to do it at 72 DPI >>
Could you explain?
Shane
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<< <i>I'm lost
I bought this Copy/Scan/Photo Print a few years back for like 300 bucks, but never really knew how to use it, lol. I remember a few years back when I ran out of ink and paper, and that was it with printing stuff
Giovanni >>
DPI means "dots per inch". In other words, the resolution is better at 200 vs 100, making the picture larger. >>
Oh, thanks!
So I guess the picture wouldn't come as better when smaller?
Giovanni
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I meant the scan, Matt!
Shane
<< <i>I see items listed with one scan and the front/back of the card is on the same scan. does anyone know how to combine 2 scans to put them on one? >>
I open a program such as publisher and insert both .jpg files side by side. You can either highlight both images or go a step further and use the "group" icon. By doing so, the two side by side images become one image that you can click/drag. Right click on it and choose save as picture. Make sure it saves as a .jpg and you're set.
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