What could be better than to preserve yourflowers at the height of their perfection? You can scan them to use incomputer
applications or to make original prints for notecards,giftwraps and framing. Instructions STEP 1:Get the freshest
flowers. Those collected in the morning are the best. STEP 2:Arrange the flowers or plants on a newly cleaned flatbed scanner platewith the lid off. Do this quickly - within 5 to 10 minutes. STEP 3:Scan at a minimum of 300 dpi for large flowers 3 inches in size; scan at 1,200 dpi for 1/4-inch flowers. STEP 4:Save as the largest file size possible. STEP 5:Save as a *.jpg where "*" is the flower name. STEP 6:Resize the picture to 640
pixels by 480 pixels or 1,024 pixels by 768 pixels to save file space, then resave. Tips & WarningsTofine-tune your scan, retouch the background with a photo program suchas Paintshop Pro or Photoshop. For example, flood fill in thebackground color by setting the tolerance to (+/-) 17 and the opacityto 100 percent (black seems to make the flowers stand out best). Resavethe file.