https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/ISO-software-for-cleaning-up-scans-from-my-printer-scanner/m-p/92418#M25803 <P>I'm looking for a cheap or free Windows 7 compatible application for cleaming up scans of printed material, splicing together sections of large pages, etc. Can anyone make a recommendation?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm looking for something that</P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI>Loads fast</LI><LI>Is easy to learn</LI><LI>Can scan images and perform all of the basic image processing operations: adjust brightness, contrast, and color balance, crop, change resolution and color depth, etc.</LI><LI>Can erase the contents of a selected area.</LI><LI>Can change canvas size.</LI><LI>Can paste one image into another and move it around to achieve a precise "splice."</LI><LI>Can do flood fills (to change the background of a gray scale scan from light gray to white).</LI></UL><P>I used to use Paintshop Pro for this, but my trusty old copy won't run under Windows 7. I purchased a current copy and found that it's no longer remotely suited to my needs. It's huge and complex -- essentially an imitation of Photoshop. It's as if I had to replace my old pickup truck and found that the current product of the same make and model had been transformed into a tractor-trailer rig. I need to find something more appropriate.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 11 May 2014 04:21:45 GMT Orthoducks 2014-05-11T04:21:45Z https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/ISO-software-for-cleaning-up-scans-from-my-printer-scanner/m-p/92418#M25803 <P>I'm looking for a cheap or free Windows 7 compatible application for cleaming up scans of printed material, splicing together sections of large pages, etc. Can anyone make a recommendation?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'm looking for something that</P><P>&nbsp;</P><UL><LI>Loads fast</LI><LI>Is easy to learn</LI><LI>Can scan images and perform all of the basic image processing operations: adjust brightness, contrast, and color balance, crop, change resolution and color depth, etc.</LI><LI>Can erase the contents of a selected area.</LI><LI>Can change canvas size.</LI><LI>Can paste one image into another and move it around to achieve a precise "splice."</LI><LI>Can do flood fills (to change the background of a gray scale scan from light gray to white).</LI></UL><P>I used to use Paintshop Pro for this, but my trusty old copy won't run under Windows 7. I purchased a current copy and found that it's no longer remotely suited to my needs. It's huge and complex -- essentially an imitation of Photoshop. It's as if I had to replace my old pickup truck and found that the current product of the same make and model had been transformed into a tractor-trailer rig. I need to find something more appropriate.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 11 May 2014 04:21:45 GMT https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/General-Discussion/ISO-software-for-cleaning-up-scans-from-my-printer-scanner/m-p/92418#M25803 Orthoducks 2014-05-11T04:21:45Z