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Step 79Run Page Builder.
Run Page Builder by clicking on "PgBldr.exe".
Watch this tutorial video to understand the interface conventions. Page Builder is highly effective software, but the efficiency is largely due to the special user interface. Watch this video before coming to us with problems about the software.
Just one more quick note: We're currently deciding how best to handle covers and stuff. If you run into a page order issue, just put your front cover image in the right folder.
Credit where credit is due: Though this is "my" project, it could not have been completed without Aaron (software), Noah (editing, camerawork, and more), and Lyle (electronics). It also saw benefit from advice from people like Nate H. Developing not only the book scanner, but the instructable really pushed the level of documentation I'm used to producing. At this point in time, I have as many hours into making this instructable clean and complete than I have in making the second book scanner. Seeing the 79th step come together, I can say it was worth it. And the book scanners are some of the most complex and enjoyable things I've built in a while.
That's it. I hope you build yourself a book scanner, and I hope that you enjoy more books because of it. If you appreciate the effort that went into this, please give us your vote. All four of us have some great ideas for the laser cutter, and you can bet if we win, they'll show up here. Thanks.
Watch this tutorial video to understand the interface conventions. Page Builder is highly effective software, but the efficiency is largely due to the special user interface. Watch this video before coming to us with problems about the software.
Just one more quick note: We're currently deciding how best to handle covers and stuff. If you run into a page order issue, just put your front cover image in the right folder.
Credit where credit is due: Though this is "my" project, it could not have been completed without Aaron (software), Noah (editing, camerawork, and more), and Lyle (electronics). It also saw benefit from advice from people like Nate H. Developing not only the book scanner, but the instructable really pushed the level of documentation I'm used to producing. At this point in time, I have as many hours into making this instructable clean and complete than I have in making the second book scanner. Seeing the 79th step come together, I can say it was worth it. And the book scanners are some of the most complex and enjoyable things I've built in a while.
That's it. I hope you build yourself a book scanner, and I hope that you enjoy more books because of it. If you appreciate the effort that went into this, please give us your vote. All four of us have some great ideas for the laser cutter, and you can bet if we win, they'll show up here. Thanks.
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http://www.roboticbookscan.com/index/rbs_pro/pic_10
Of course, if you just transfer pictures through usb...any camera can do that.
And yes...odd and even pages combined together is the trick for me as well.
Anybody knows of a camera that supports ON LINE connection and remote operation from a computer? Thank you.
Here is a random link for remote operation on linux http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/137104
Canon and Nikon have computer remote operation cameras.
(Bad for me, just yesterday I received a Panasonic Lumix from Amazon.........w/o computer control and working just on proprietary lions. What a waste. I did not consider book scanner. I found this this project again only today.)
Nothing would be cooler than seeing another similar book scanner on Instructables. I was totally jazzed to see the bkrpr project in the comments. I think we could come up with some killer variations on this thing.