If your children learn to handle flatbed scanning color management software today, they will be able to pay for their own college tomorrow.

Digital imaging is a high paying job and now is a good time to start self-training. Rather than waste time watching TV, kids can create their own shows starting with a flatbed scanner. Children's rooms are already filled with all kinds of natural subjects which can be easily scanned.

3-D rope horse scanned on flatbed scanner.

Here is a 3-dimensional horse, made in Mexico from rope. It is about 6 inches or perhaps 20 cm long.

As you can see, flatbed scanners are not limited to handling flat objects.

Most people buy a flatbed scanner to scan photographs but the same scanner can handle 3-D objects surprisingly well.