Ever felt frustrated when scanning important images or documents only to find the results are cropped? This often occurs because the size of the image or document exceeds your scanner’s capacity. For example, when scanning legal or F4 size documents on a scanner that only supports up to A4 size.
Wondering how to fix this issue and get a complete scan? Don’t worry, this article will guide you through easily merging cropped scan results using Photoshop. Photoshop is excellent image editing software with features that are very useful for performing editing tasks quickly and easily.
1. Example of Cropped Scan Results
To combine these two cropped documents, you’ll need to have Photoshop installed on your computer or laptop. Follow these steps to easily merge your scans!
2. Open Photoshop on Your Computer
The first step to merging cropped scan results is to open the Photoshop program on your computer or laptop. Once Photoshop is open, click on the File menu > Automate > Photomerge. Select the “File” menu at the top of the screen, then choose “Automate”, and finally select “Photomerge”.
3. Select the Cropped Scan Results
After selecting the “Photomerge” option, a dialog box will appear. In the Photomerge dialog box, click the “Browse” button to find and select the cropped scan results you want to merge. Then, choose the scan results to combine them into a complete image or document.
4. Choose Layout
In the Photomerge dialog box, you’ll find options to choose a Layout. Select the “Auto” option in the Layout section, then click the “OK” button and let Photoshop work. By choosing the Auto option, Photoshop will automatically determine the most appropriate layout for the images or documents you are merging.
5. Merge the Cropped Scan Results
After clicking “OK” in the Layout, wait a moment and let Photoshop automatically merge the cropped scan results. Once the process is complete, you will have a complete image or document without any cropping. You can now see the result of merging previously cropped scanned documents into a complete document.
See how easy it is? After following these steps, you no longer need to worry when your scanned documents or images are cropped. This is a simple and easy method! Have you tried this method before?
