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Subject:Converting print mag. to electronic From:Daniel Hall <misterhall -at- prodigy -dot- net> To:Ann Waterhouse <Ann -at- Crescendo -dot- ca>, List Tech <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 23 May 2000 13:57:04 -0400 (EDT)
Ann:
There are a number of possibilities.
How about scanning the magazine pages as TIFFs, then putting them together
into a multi-page document using a graphics program (Corel, Adobe
Photoshop), and then distilling to pdf?
This will result in a rather large pdf, so you might convert the TIFFs to a
different file format before distilling. Also, if you do scan the magazine,
you'll want to be sure that your scanner and monitor are color calibrated,
so the actual image and scanned version match.
It might be worth your while to hire a professional to do this for you, as
it can be challenging to match colors, remove dithering lines/patterns, and
correct for any alignment errors. A professional graphic artist/design shop
has the tools needed to do this quickly and professionally, with a minimun
of fuss.
If you only need the text of the articles, a good OCR program can extract
the text from the pages. Then someone can edit it for mistakes, formatting,
etc.
