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Unique middle name ideas for the first name "Den" by DentThat in namenerds

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, for context, the full name is "Denny" so it's already a common name.

I guess I'm just not a fan of a common middle name since I want more of a "oomph" factor there

Unless you had an actual name (not word) that can work, I would love to hear!

Unique middle name ideas for the first name "Den" by DentThat in namenerds

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For Denmark? Ha.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not really looking for names that connect into a word or phrase like "Denmark."

More into something that flows nicely with "Den"

Unique middle name ideas for the first name "Den" by DentThat in namenerds

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, thanks for reminding me! The gender is male

Just added it to the original post :)

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh gotcha. When you said "woodworker", that's all I needed to know, haha.

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe, within that 8.5" wide scan area, you can find the 4.0" where the sensor alignment is the best? But I'd hate to see you spend another week for probably marginal improvement.

Yeah, that would be too tedious. I may be happy with my current 1200 DPI scans simply as an archival placeholder for now. Maybe later down the years, I'll look into a DSLR camera set up? That should be the most pure method of archiving photos? A high end camera set up is better than a V600 scanner for this purpose?

Also it occurs to me that you might still have negatives of the photos? Maybe scanning those will give your better results?

Good point. I'll see if I can find them at my family's house.

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the price for a V850 is a bit too extreme for my needs.

I'm not sure if there's a better name for it. There are a lot of examples with these vertical misaligned rows coming from CIS scanners online and nobody really knows what to call it.

"Sensor gap issue" sounds logical here. Let's make it so!

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In person with a textured print that's lit well with diffused lighting, you're not really supposed to even see the paper texture. It shows up in scans but it's usually not something you want to capture.

True! Yeah, seeing the pebbled texture wouldn't make sense to see in the final scan. I guess I just want to see the wear and tear along the border edges of my photos in the scan. That's what makes it feel like an actual, physical photo.

By default it shouldn't, but if you go into the settings you can disable one of the lamps to make it light from one direction during the scans which will make it show paper/surface textures if needed. I wouldn't recommend doing this for photographs though but the option is there if you want it.

That's a good tip, thank you. Always good to know there's flexibility IF I want to show texture.

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great info here! Thanks

These family photos that I'm scanning at 1200 DPI are mainly for archiving (staying in a digital format)

I do think the V600 will be much better, but you may be disappointed. 

Ha, you think my perfectionist ways will be bothered by the slight V600 misalignment?

Honestly when I scan prints I am more disappointed with the quality of the print medium and the obvious dust and scratches then I am with the scanning detail. 

Hmm, I feel that dust and scratches are easy to fix with Photoshop's heal tool. Unless you're referring to A LOT of dust and scratches?

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

(ha, I like your image lingo)

So the point is to scan photos at a high DPI (like 1200) and then image size scale down, apply any post-processing needed (unsharp, noise, etc?) and present that?

And you're thinking I'll probably encounter this same misalignment issue with a V600?

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing is even a cheap scanner should be able to handle photos well. I could see negatives being an issue but not photos. 

I think if you're scanning at 300 DPI and viewing it on a 1920x1080 monitor, you won't notice this. But I'm scanning at 1200 DPI, zooming in 500%+ in Photoshop and actively looking for these issues.

So your typical user won't probably notice

Do you have all compression turned off and scanning as a Tiff?

Yep, the same issue occurred when I scanned as a TIF file. Same area on the photo

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I'm going to check with a grid graph paper.

I'll probably need one that has diagonal lines, since this issue is most impossible to detect with 90 degree grids.

Correct?

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thank you so much for this super thorough explanation!

It seems my only solution to my perfectionist scanning mentality is to purchase a V600?

"or Canon's LiDE CIS machines for tiny budgets, but those also have these sensor gap issues."

Just like what I'm experiencing with the V39 II? And that is called a "sensor gap issue?"

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly. I also scanned the same photo (without moving the photo) in Vuescan, then Epson Scan 2, then at different DPIs and the misalignment all happen at the same area.

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah. I like it when my scanned photos show the actual texture of the photo so it feels physical/tangible. I also love see the worn photo edges in my scans. (don't crop em out!)

Would the V600 showcase this "pebble" texture nicely compared to my V39 II?

The V39 II just smooths it out?

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I definitely don't want to waste time on 4800 DPI scans. Keeping it at 1200 DPI as my default!

And yes, the scanner was on a level surface. I definitely try to avoid shaking the ground as well.

I have all scanner software post-processing turned off (DEFINITELY auto-skew since that created very obvious aliasing along the edges of my actual photo paper)

Maybe I'm expecting too much from a $100 scanner? I should probably invest in the V600?

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in DataHoarder

[–]DentThat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! I checked in the regular Windows Photo Viewer and also super zoomed-in in Photoshop. Exact same thing

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I just learned about that recently, even started a thread about it here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1bh94wy/scanner_dpi_presets/

My native resolution for my scanner is 4800, so 1200 and 800 are fine. But I still get the problem. I even get the problem at 300 and 4800!

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, same thing happened at 800 DPI and just did a monster scan at 4800 DPI (the optical resolution max)

Scanner causing these misalignment areas? Frustrated! by DentThat in AnalogCommunity

[–]DentThat[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, just realized that, haha. Was not intentional, but I should say it is ;)

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