On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:49:22 +0100, "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk>
wrote:

>Had to solve the old "how do you scan a can-label on a flat-bed scanner when the
>label won't come off" for this one.... (roll it).

It's possible to purchase special equipment to perform this operation.
For a look at how the pros do this, look at the following links to
"roll-out" camera technology, also known as peripheral photography:

http://www.digital-photography.org/NMHtml_digital/rollout_gateway_Maya_vases.html
http://www.digital-photography.org/html/Better_Light_Dicomed_Pano.html
http://www.maya-art-books.org/html/rollout.html

...and a few unusual photos of people taken with similar technology:

http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photofile-b/the-hat-1big.jpg
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/bruce.jpg


I'm just surprised that no one makes an attachment for a flat-bed
scanner which enables scanning cylindrical objects. It would be fairly
simple for a scanner manufacturer to do this.


Later,
Glen

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