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Avoid Show-Through in Scans

To avoid having your scanner pick up text from the back side of the paper you’re scanning (this is called ghosting, or show-through), place a sheet of black paper behind the paper you’re scanning. The black paper absorbs the light that would otherwise shine through the paper. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2010%2F08%2F18%2Favoid-show-through-in-scans%2F'; addthis_title = 'Avoid+Show-Through+in+Scans'; addthis_pub = [...]

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An Easy Way to Determine the Size of an Image on a Web Page

Here’s a quick way for Mac users to save an image from a website, and determine its exact dimensions: just drag it directly from the Web page onto the Preview application icon in your Dock. Then, choose Tools> Get Info (Command-I) to see its size, file format, etc. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2010%2F08%2F13%2Fan-easy-way-to-determine-the-size-of-an-image-on-a-web-page%2F'; addthis_title = 'An+Easy+Way+to+Determine+the+Size+of+an+Image+on+a+Web+Page'; addthis_pub [...]

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Full Resolution Preview Tips for QuarkXPress

In QuarkXPress, you can view pictures in full resolution by selecting them one at a time and either choosing Item> Preview Resolution> Full Resolution or right-clicking the picture and selecting Preview Resolution> Full Resolution from the contextual menu that appears. Unfortunately there is no way to create full-resolution previews for all of the pictures in [...]

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Crop Two Images to Same Size

In Photoshop, an easy way to crop an image to exactly the same size and resolution as another image is to open both, select the Crop tool, activate the image that has the size you like, and then click the Front Image button in the Options Bar. When you click on your second image and [...]

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