製品写真にスキャナーを活用 これまで考えたことがなかった製品写真を撮影する方法
この方法は、Etsy の記事に対するコメントで見つけました。売り手は宝石の製品写真の撮影にフラットベッドスキャナーを使いました。 製品写真の撮影方法としての効果を確かめるため、この方法を試験してみました。 特定の製品について素早く簡単な解決方法として、驚くほどの効果がありました。 以下は、スキャナーを製品写真に使用する際の、べし・べからず集です。
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Examples of product photos taken with a scanner and then edited in Clipping Magic
Which scanners work
We tried both a cheap scanner built into an all-in-one printer and a more expensive high DPI scanner for this. We found that cheap scanners did not produce a great result. They didn't have the resolution and the depth of field to handle anything other than flat documents.
Photos taken of earrings on a High DPI (left) vs Cheap (right) Scanner
What did work great was the Epson Perfection V600 Photo Scanner (currently available for around 200 bucks on Amazon, you can also find refurbished ones for less). This scanner's resolution went all the way up to 12,800 DPI (Dots Per Inch, or in simpler terms how much detail it's capturing) which is probably more than you would ever need. You should use a higher DPI for your smaller objects, but you probably won't need to go past 1,600 DPI.
How to use a scanner to take product photos
Place your object on the scanner bed. Make sure whatever you're going to scan is as close to the bed glass as possible.
Instead of closing the top over the products, we just covered them with a sheet of white paper. You can play around with what works best for your products, whether that's using the cover, a piece of paper, or leaving it completely uncovered.
This is the resulting product photo from this scanning method after being edited in Clipping Magic
Which products does a scanner work well with
Scanners can work great for smaller, flatter objects that aren't reflective or metallic. We tried scanning earrings, trinkets, and flatter alcohol bottles and got similar results to what we achieved with a DSLR + studio setup.
Photos taken of earrings on a DSLR (left) vs the High DPI Scanner (right) — both were edited in Clipping Magic
Which products do not work well with a scanner
We found that highly reflective or metallic products don't work well with a scanner. This includes gold/silver earrings and gemstones. The way the scanner captures an image doesn't work well for reflective objects. This is strongly evident in the example below where we compare the image of a highly reflective gold earring taken both in a light box with a DSLR and in our scanner.
Photos taken of reflective metallic earrings on a DSLR + light box (left) vs the High DPI Scanner (right) — both were edited in Clipping Magic
tl;dr
本格的なスタジオを設定する場所も時間もない場合、高 DPI スキャナーは素晴らしい代替手段となります。 最高の製品写真は適切なスタジオ設定から得られますが、スキャナーの使用でも受容できる結果を得ることができます。 どちらを選ぶかは予算、すでに所有している機器、販売しようとしている製品次第です。
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