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Well I was persuaded by the rudman explanation but I decided to rethink that position - I might have been too hasty in doing so. While it is true that .jpg files do not preserve layers it is certainly true that they can preserve artifacts from layers that don't quite match up for some reason. So the Photoshop Elements processing could be OK.

For those who have Photoshop as opposed to Photoshop Elements you can run the experiment on the Bomford BC yourself via Photoshop's File menu (at least in CS4):

File/Automate/Crop & Straighten Photos

As a test, I used this method to process a recent scan I did of two documents: a sales receipt with many folds and wrinkles and a nice clean U.S. Postal Service Receipt.

What did I get:

Photoshop pulled out the U.S. Postal Service Receipt without a glich. Perfect.

The wrinkled and folded sales receipt came out in little pieces just like you get when you process the Bomford documents.

So based on that experiment I'm going to stick with rudman's view. I think the Photoshop Elements' or Photoshops division of the Bomford Document is just the sort of thing you get when you scan a .jpg with folds and wrinkles. Anyone doubting that should try the experiment themselves.

Well I was persuaded by the rudman explanation but I decided to rethink that position - I might have been too hasty in doing so. While it is true that .jpg files do not preserve layers it is certainly true that they can preserve artifacts from layers that don't quite match up for some reason. So the Photoshop Elements processing could be OK.

That was what I was referring to in the previous post. You saved me the explanation. Almost finished catching up. Thanks for that post.

So based on that experiment I'm going to stick with rudman's view. I think the Photoshop Elements' or Photoshops division of the Bomford Document is just the sort of thing you get when you scan a .jpg with folds and wrinkles. Anyone doubting that should try the experiment themselves.

I guess I didn't finish your post. We have actually run numerous images and have come up with a different conclusion. Will post our results when complete.