On 08/02/06, Tom Fine wrote:
The way I splice LP covers is scan directly into Photoshop and then
color correct each half so white is white (using the level controls)
and then tweak the color balance from there. Use the crop tool to
straighten if necessary (but it was much faster to just learn how to
scan it straight from the get-go -- takes some practice at first).
Then make the canvas size for the left half 14x14 and move the image
over to the left center. Then copy the right half scan and paste into
the left half canvas and move into position. Then merge visible
layers, crop to 12x12 and save. Sounds longer than it takes once you
have some practice. Have never messed with 4 pieces spliced together.
As I said, the vast majority of my record albums do not take the
content all the way out to the edges and I'm not picky enough to mind
if the top of a photo is slightly cut off as long as it's not cutting
off someone's eyes or something.
I guess it depends on whether you just want the sleeve as a bit of extra
information, or you want archival preservation of the sleeve as well as
the LP.
Regards
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Don Cox
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