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Photoshop has security measures when scanning in currency (CS/CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5)

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by Amy Gebhardt

Application:

Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2/CS3/CS4/CS5

Operating Systems:

Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

In case you’ve ever been tempted to reproduce banknotes, think again. Adobe Photoshop has a special security device built in to prohibit the illegal processing of banknote images. When you attempt to scan in actual dollars, a warning dialog box opens, informing you that what you’re doing isn’t legal.

If you have to include currency in your designs, consider investing in stock art. If you don’t have sufficient funds, you can scan in currency using your scanner software, then open the image in Adobe Illustrat...