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Category Archives: GIMP

Scanning a booklet without an ugly crease

Posted on December 31, 2018 by TonyDecember 31, 2018

When you try to scan a thick booklet or a book you can often get the above ugly crease around the staples when you try to lay the booklet flat. Less than desirable, the question is how to remove the … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP, How to | Tagged Artwork, Book, Booklet, CD, Crease, Rip, Scan, Spine

Cleaning the Epson 3170 scanner’s glass

Posted on August 29, 2018 by TonyAugust 29, 2018

You will notice as time goes by that the inside of the scanner glass gets dirty. The good news is that for this scanner at least, cleaning the glass is really easy. Firstly remove the scanner lid by unplugging the … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP, How to | Tagged 3170, CD, Clean, Disassemble, Epson, Scanner

Archiving CD artwork

Posted on March 23, 2018 by TonyAugust 18, 2022

The goal when I archive CDs is to get the best possible digital quality from my CDs and be protected against the loss of my collection. I don’t have as big a collection as many but I like most of … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP | Tagged Archiving, Backup, CD, Image, Rip, Scanning

Removing interference patterns when scanning a CD

Posted on March 17, 2018 by TonySeptember 1, 2018

Looking at a CD which only has only writing or an image but no background color you will be able to straight through to the reflective back of the CD. Thus if you hold the CD at just the right … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP | Tagged CD, CD archiving, Imaging, interference, Rainbow, Scanning

Color balance in Gimp using an eye dropper

Posted on August 30, 2017 by TonyFebruary 2, 2018

Frequently you want to set the color balance for an image in Gimp but don’t want to do it manually. Fortunately it’s easy with Gimp using the eye dropper. Just select “Color | Levels” from the Gimp menu and you … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP | Tagged Color Balance, Color Level, Edit, Gimp, White Balance

Fixing moiré patterns – text mixed with images

Posted on February 21, 2015 by TonyFebruary 26, 2015

You will may have read the post removing moiré patterns using GIMP which describes how to remove moiré patterns from images using GIMP. This works well but you major headaches when you have an image that has a mixture of … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP, How to | Tagged Artwork, CD, Gimp, Graphics, Moire Patterns

Scanning tips – stop the reverse side shinning through

Posted on February 16, 2015 by TonyFebruary 16, 2015

When scanning booklets, in particular, you can occasionally get images from the back of the thing you are scanning as above. Sometimes this is barely visible sometimes it is incredibly obvious and really annoying. The simple answer is to place … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP, How to | Tagged Background, Ghost Images, Gimp, Graphics, Tips

Removing moiré patterns using GIMP

Posted on September 22, 2013 by TonyMay 8, 2020

A moiré pattern typically occurs when you scan a printed picture and then view or print out that scan. The above picture is a classic example. This discusses how to use GIMP to remove, or mostly remove from your scan, … Continue reading →

Posted in CD Archiving, GIMP
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