Capturing Digital Images Using a Scanner
A scanner enables you to create a digital image from a hard-copy image. The uses for a scanner are almost limitless; these include scanning photographs, business cards, slides and film, 3D objects, and so on. Having and using a scanner enables you to bring items from the analog age into the digital lifestyle.
You can scan images in three basic ways: using Image Capture, using the scanner's software, or scanning through an image-editing application.
Scanning Images Using Image Capture
If the scanner you use is compatible with the Image Capture application, you can use that application to scan images. Using Image Capture to download images from a scanner is quite similar to using it to download images from ...
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