Tools A heavy-duty utility knife with a reinforced blade and a variety of metal rulers are essentials for cutting mat board.
Make a Back-up Pho- to File
After taking pictures in the field, the first task is to make a backup file of all the original pho- tos. If something goes drastically wrong during editing or printing, the original is always available for reediting.
Crop, Brighten, and Re-Size
I used the word processing program Microsoft Word 2010 for photo editing. Modelers may have a favorite digital editor or word
Margins Trim the artwork to leave a margin along the bottom edge. Then make a hinge of short strips of tape to keep everything in line for gluing.
Wall
Mounting Use adhesive-backed hook-and-loop pairs, or “sticky” photo mounting gum, to hold the finished scenic flats upright against the backdrop.
processor to use. Using your pro- gram of choice, begin with a new file and select landscape orien- tation for page layout. Most home printers can handle le- gal size (8½ x 14-inch) paper. Legal size is the
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paper to use for finished prints longer than 10½ inches.
Next use the “Insert Picture” tool to “paste” a copy of the photo onto the blank sheet. If necessary, reduce the photo size to fit onto the sheet of paper. Drag the lower right corner of the photo up and to the left to make it shrink. Keep the cursor on the corner of the photo to maintain the aspect ratio. Now is the time to crop away unwanted foreground. Click on
the photo, and then click on the “Picture Tools” tab at the top of the screen. Click on “Format,” and the cropping tool will ap- pear. Upward drag the handle at the bottom center of the photo to get rid of the excess foreground. If there are other areas to crop, do them now, and then save the file. Consider the possibility that the building could fit better on the layout with the image reversed left-to-right. In the “Picture/For-
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