Cropping Using TWAIN Or PSE2?

[Gerry Moravec]

Good Afternoon,

Using Mac OS 10.2.6 and an Epson 2400 Perfection scanner and when using PSE2 to import a image, under the TWAIN driver, I can crop any image after the image is scanned in, then select Rescan and the crop is reflected. I realize that I can also crop using PSE2 and what I would like to know if there is any advantage to crop using TWAIN first, or PSE2 after the image is scanned?

Gerry

[Beth Haney]

I'll be interested in hearing what the experts say, but when I know I'll only be using a portion of a scanned image, that's all I scan. If, however, you think you might want the whole thing, scan it and crop later. Just remember to make sure you scan at a resolution high enough to support unresampled resizing if at all possible. For example, scanning (or later cropping out) half of a 4X6 image that you want to print later at 300ppi and 4 X 6 means you should be scanning at 600ppi.

[Gerry Moravec]

Chuck - Thank you kindly for that info and it certainly does make sense to me to do the scanning without cropping, then use PSE2 for cropping. I never thought about what you said and I really thank you for your help.

Beth - I am a newbie and I am still getting my feet "wet" with PSE2 and my new scanner. What you said makes sense also, if I follow you correctly. I have plenty of hard drive space to scan at 600ppi.

Thank you Chuck and Beth for your feedback.

Gerry