Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Manfred]

I would like to digitize some booklets from my CD's (CD's are all in MC). E.g. all Telarc CD booklets (I have not found them in the internet as pdf).

What's best practice for doing this in a professional way without investing a lot?

[Zootsuit]

Simply scanning them in jpeg format works for me. (I'm assuming that you have a flatbed scanner.) If you want them in editable form, I find that ABBY Finereader is an advanced OCR program with remarkably few glitches.

[hoyt]

I did this for some of mine recently when going through the Classical Tagging experience.  I just used my Canon printer/ scanner device.  I set it to 600 DPI and scanned to PDF.  I scanned the CD itself, the booklet (each page) and took the case apart and scanned the insert that shows as the back of the jewel case.  I then took that PDF into PhotoShop and cropped the images.  I then keep a single PDF called "CD Booklet" in the same directory so that it's easy to open in MC.

[Zootsuit]

For very simple cropping/editing tasks, I find Irfanview, a free app, extremely useful. Basically, 3 or 4 click editing, then renaming and saving to the original folder.

[JimH]

For very simple cropping/editing tasks, I find Irfanview, a free app, extremely useful. Basically, 3 or 4 click editing, then renaming and saving to the original folder.

Have you tried editing images with MC?

[David Sydney]

I usually go to Discogs, find the right version of the CD and download them - much quicker. Most of the time they are there in the same version as your CD (different countries releases), 

[Manfred]

Thank you very much for all your responses on a beautiful day in germany with Fearless (Taylor's Version) just about a few min. ago part of my MC library after been published on HighresAudio .-)

[The Big Labinski]

David made a good proposal - Discogs. I do it in the same way to find there the booklets.
https://www.discogs.com/de/lists/Telarc-CD-Collection/533136
Maybe this link will help to find yours.
tc

stefan

[MikeO]

Another option

Scan each page to JPG
add each to a Word doc
Tidy up resize etc

Print to PDF in Words print options

I use this to add Reviews etc

[kr4]

David made a good proposal - Discogs. I do it in the same way to find there the booklets.
https://www.discogs.com/de/lists/Telarc-CD-Collection/533136
Maybe this link will help to find yours.

I have never seen a booklet link on Discogs.  Can you show me a page with such a link?

[The Big Labinski]

Dear kr4 here is the link https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-Sampler-Technics/release/997485
and click on the picture in the left upper corner.
TC

[kr4]

Thank you.  I never thought to click on the cover image.  There really does not seem to be much available for the 7-8 albums I tried but I now know to check it.   FWIW, is there some efficient way to download the pages other than one-by-one?

[The Big Labinski]

Sorry kr4, I would really like to help you. I know this is a huge work. It seems it will be just one by one.
TC
Stefan

[whoareyou]

... is there some efficient way to download the pages other than one-by-one?

You can try a download manager extension from edge / chrome store (or whatever browser you are using).  You may find that more efficient.
I find sometimes it works and other times ..... but might be worth trying. 

[kr4]

You can try a download manager extension from edge / chrome store (or whatever browser you are using).  You may find that more efficient.
I find sometimes it works and other times ..... but might be worth trying.

Thanks.  If/when I find a booklet to download, I will try that.