Re: [photo-3d] My new scanner & photoshop Question

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:22 PM 09/23/2000, you wrote:
>I just got a new flat bed scanner.  It's a HP 5370Cse.
>It has 1200 dpi optical resolution and 42-bit color.
>USB or parallel interface.  It comes with a transparency
>adapter with a 5x5 inch area.
>
>I just tested it and I am happy with it.  I scanned
>several stereo slides and even a VM reel with good
>results.  I plan to use it to scan slides for the
>web or publication in a newsletter, etc.
>
>I have a question regarding scanning stereo slides.
>I would like to scan both images at once, and of
>course I am stuck with the blank area in between.
>
>What is the fastest way to remove this blank
>area in photoshop.  Ideally it would nice to just
>outline this area and then cut if off and have
>the other two parts (left and right images) stitch
>together.  Is this possible in a few simple steps?
>What I have been doing now is to cut the center
>section out, then cut the right image and paste
>it next to the left and then crop the two images
>together.  But this creates two layers so if I want
>to sharpen or change colors, etc., it is only done
>at one layer at a time.  I need a faster way to
>do this!

Do just what you're doing, but then go to the "Layer" menu and pick 
"Flatten"  This will combine the two layers into one.

-pd

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