Photomerge in CS3

We have only very small scanners at La Salle. I have a nice new Epson Expression 10000XL on order, but in the meantime I am using circulation's little 8 1/2 x 11 scanner that they use for e-reserves. Its a little cumbersome and far from ideal, but it allows me the opportunity to get to know the Photomerge function in Photoshop CS3 -- which is a certainly handy enough tool to share.

So here were my raw scans of an object that is approx. 20 in X 16 in.

I opened all these up in Photoshop. All I did was go to File -- Automate -- Photomerge, and clicked add all open files, click OK -- And viola! Like a dream, it matches up all the scans perfectly to create a cohesive image, and even comspenates for seam lines, edges, and variations in scan quality and color.
I over cleaned it up a little bit in Photoshop, so this is not an archival quality object, but it gives me a "real" enough object to work with through our demos, and to see how MARC records will relate to it.

Pretty handy, eh? Created a good looking digital object in about 15 min, from scanning to finish.