[Chris Southard]

Peter Krogh talks about this in Chapter 6 (the video shows how he does this) using the color checker for exposure. Checking that the grey next to lightest One be around 75%. I use the one I mentioned above to set my exposure and color balance. Before each job I always take a photo of both sides to keep along with the files for reference (mainly for color).

[Chris Southard]

Ok..So Adobe Acrobat it is….however, I realized I was just saving it…not necessarily making it PDF/A-1b compliant. When trying to do that it wanted me to run the pre-flight and it failed….said it could not be created…pretty much failed every check.

Again, this doesn’t seem so clear cut…trying to find the most efficient way of doing this…

I am attaching an image of the errors….

Not sure what to do at this point…any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

 

[Chris Southard]

@Adam — I agree and will use tiff files.

I was trying to figure out a more efficient workflow instead of having to go into Parallels…

So I created a ‘Quick Action’ that will convert images to PDF via Quartz PDCreate (built in to Automator)

In comparison for 22 tiff files converted via the Quick Action it yields a pdf file of around 4 GB. Using Adobe Acrobat 9.5.5 I am getting a pdf file of 50 Mb.

Granted I like the smaller file size but is the larger one “better”? What do you think…should I take the extra few minutes and use Adobe Acrobat for a smaller size? or the convenience of doing it via my main OS?

Thanks,

Chris

[Chris Southard]

So I was able to get Mac Mojave installed as a virtual machine in Parallels…which allowed me to install the Adobe Pro 9.5.5 software.

I am happy that it creates the PDFs at the ratio that each image file was scanned at and I don’t have to do anything to resize, etc.

So to double check my workflow….

After I am done with my edits in Lightroom I export to jpegs…

Open up Adobe Acrobat and using the ‘Combine into single PDF’ option…select the appropriate files…select on highest quality option and click on combine.

Now I have my PDF…Does this sound correct? Are there any other settings within Acrobat that I need to consider?

Thanks!

[Chris Southard]

Thanks Adam…if it wasn’t for the 64-bit Catalina thing I could still use my version of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. I may install an older version of my MAC OS in Parallels to be able to run the software. Otherwise, I can download the subscription version.

I thought this would be easier than this….

[Chris Southard]

Hi Joy,

I believe you need to have the Canon EOS Utility software installed. When you connect your camera it will start up but just quit it. Then go into Lightroom and try to see if it is recognizing it.

Chris

[Chris Southard]

I use Michaels Conservation Masterpiece® glass (made by Tru Vue). I have a 11×14 and an 8×10 depending on the items I’m scanning. I am probably going to by a larger piece at some point to be able to cover a 12×12 scrapbook page…

[Chris Southard]

I use a Datacolor SCK200 SpyderCHECKR 24 color checker mainly for setting the white balance. https://amzn.to/3e9WWfq

I mainly use this for odd items that I am scanning. For example, I used it before capturing a large amount of old family letters.

 

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