Scanning a photograph with PhotoScan
Credit: Cnet
Google has just released a phone app (iOS & Android) for scanning your printed photographs.
To scan a photograph, press the scan button. Four white dots dots will appear above the image, as shown above. Prompts appear to position the white circle over each of the white dots in turn.
Captured images are then combined, with the multiple perspectives allowing surface glare to be eliminated in the composite image.
Simple adjustments can be made before saving to Google Photos.
Results aren't as good as a flatbed scanner, but it requires no hardware apart from your phone, no set-up, & it's faster.
Google's short how-to:
Wired – Google just made it way easier to scan your old photos
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/google-photoscan-app-scan-your-old-photos/
Cnet – Google PhotoScan saves irreplaceable photos in four snaps
https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-photoscan-saves-irreplaceable-photos-in-four-snaps/
Google shows you where to get the app
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