"Jason Keats" wrote:

> Mark wrote:
> > About two weeks ago I asked if anyone knew of a application that would
> > activate a scanner. I was directed to a site that had one written in C#.
> >
> > This application works just fine for images up to 9" x 12". I have some Star
> > Trek blueprints that I would like to scan into my PC. My problem is the
> > blueprints are 9" x 30", so I have to make two or more scans of one page.
> >
> > Is there some code somewhere that will allow me to choose up to five images 
> > and merge then into one bitmap? The idea is to take the partial images and
> > make one image, then delete the partials to save storage space.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> I guess Photoshop or GIMP is too much work? <g>
>
> http://www.ptgui.com/
>

"Mark" <M***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Jason:
> I guess I'm just too lazy :-)
>
> Seriously I'm trying to learn VB.NET and the .NET platform by working on
> some fun projects. What I want to do is make one application to allow a
> user
> to scan in any type of image, and another to manipulate images.
> --
> Mark
>
>
> "Jason Keats" wrote:
>
>> Mark wrote:
>> > About two weeks ago I asked if anyone knew of a application that would
>> > activate a scanner. I was directed to a site that had one written in
>> > C#.
>> >
>> > This application works just fine for images up to 9" x 12". I have some
>> > Star
>> > Trek blueprints that I would like to scan into my PC. My problem is the
>> > blueprints are 9" x 30", so I have to make two or more scans of one
>> > page.
>> >
>> > Is there some code somewhere that will allow me to choose up to five
>> > images
>> > and merge then into one bitmap? The idea is to take the partial images
>> > and
>> > make one image, then delete the partials to save storage space.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>>
>> I guess Photoshop or GIMP is too much work? <g>
>>
>> http://www.ptgui.com/
>>

"Mark" <M***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> About two weeks ago I asked if anyone knew of a application that would
> activate a scanner. I was directed to a site that had one written in C#.
>
> This application works just fine for images up to 9" x 12". I have some
> Star
> Trek blueprints that I would like to scan into my PC. My problem is the
> blueprints are 9" x 30", so I have to make two or more scans of one page.
>
> Is there some code somewhere that will allow me to choose up to five
> images
> and merge then into one bitmap? The idea is to take the partial images and
> make one image, then delete the partials to save storage space.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> --
> Mark

"James Hahn" wrote:

> While I'm sure it would be possible to create some code to do the job, it is
> a very large task.  You will need a mechanism to identify matching points on
> each pair of images, then extensive calculation to get the transforms
> required for alignment and resizing, and that's before you've even
> considered color and intensity blending.
>
> Try this instead (you can always study the code!):
> http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
>
> It's designed for photographs, so you will need the tutorial for scans:
> http://hugin.sourceforge.net/tutorials/scans/en.shtml
>
> "Mark" <M***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:14E78126-98EB-4CA5-857B-969815D6D5C4@microsoft.com...
> > About two weeks ago I asked if anyone knew of a application that would
> > activate a scanner. I was directed to a site that had one written in C#.
> >
> > This application works just fine for images up to 9" x 12". I have some
> > Star
> > Trek blueprints that I would like to scan into my PC. My problem is the
> > blueprints are 9" x 30", so I have to make two or more scans of one page.
> >
> > Is there some code somewhere that will allow me to choose up to five
> > images
> > and merge then into one bitmap? The idea is to take the partial images and
> > make one image, then delete the partials to save storage space.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > --
> > Mark
>
>