Hey guys, any advice for scanning pencil drawings?When I do it they tend to be slighty faint or theres too much detail, like the quality of the paper is scanned in too. (I use art pads with a high gsm number).One solution i thought of was to ink the drawing in before scanning but it doesnt look very good.I have a Canon 50 or something, but I think it is capable of scanning up to 1200dpi.Thanks for any advice
Hey guys, any advice for scanning pencil drawings?
When I do it they tend to be slighty faint or theres too much detail, like the quality of the paper is scanned in too. (I use art pads with a high gsm number).
One solution i thought of was to ink the drawing in before scanning but it doesnt look very good.
I have a Canon 50 or something, but I think it is capable of scanning up to 1200dpi.
Thanks for any advice
It's something I've wondered myself. I think one of the fundamentals in the subject is to own a very, very expensive scanner. Pencil doesn't show up very well either way. Look at pencil art in manga, it's not the best in the world either. The only solution I know of is to use Photoshop or Illustrator to adjust the contrast of the work. Inked work is more ideal for scanning, but if it looks bad, the problem may be with the one who inks, not the scanner. No offense.
Sometimes you can use the "Dust and Scratches" filter to help reduce paper texture. Playing with your levels in Image Adjustment is another powerful tool for cleaning up lineart, but there's only so much you can do with source material. Inked drawing tend to be easier to work with, as are pencil drawings using softer, darker leads to improve contrast. otherwise you're left to reconstructing lineart digitally, or if you're ahead of the game, just working digitally to begin with.
>>6090Thanks for the feedback, but I read thru a few tutorials here and there, seems my best bet is to draw very lgihtly and press hard over my final drawing, be free of mistakes and then scan it in. Other useful bits of advice i got from this personhttp://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorial_display.php?tutorial_id=10
>>6090Thanks for the feedback, but I read thru a few tutorials here and there, seems my best bet is to draw very lgihtly and press hard over my final drawing, be free of mistakes and then scan it in.
Other useful bits of advice i got from this personhttp://www.mangarevolution.com/tutorial_display.php?tutorial_id=10
CanoScan automatically sets the gamma to something stupid like 2.20; for line art you want it at like 0.70 to get all the details. Go into the gamma tab and make sure it's not all out of whack. Alternatively, use the scan tool's Levels to clean up the sketch.Anything you can do to the image BEFORE you make the scan will be automatically better than what you can do AFTER the scan, because it's done at the scanner's native bitrate and then dithered down to 24-bit when brought into photoshop (unless otherwise specified).Don't press hard on your drawings, you'll just create pits and grooves in your paper, and graphite is a reflective material, which would make it even more difficult for the scanner to pick up because it will be shiny.
CanoScan automatically sets the gamma to something stupid like 2.20; for line art you want it at like 0.70 to get all the details. Go into the gamma tab and make sure it's not all out of whack. Alternatively, use the scan tool's Levels to clean up the sketch.
Anything you can do to the image BEFORE you make the scan will be automatically better than what you can do AFTER the scan, because it's done at the scanner's native bitrate and then dithered down to 24-bit when brought into photoshop (unless otherwise specified).
Don't press hard on your drawings, you'll just create pits and grooves in your paper, and graphite is a reflective material, which would make it even more difficult for the scanner to pick up because it will be shiny.
You can aways mess with levels (Image > Adjust > Levels) If you use Photoshop.
>>6143this.also try using fine grain paper if you can work with it.
>>6143this.
also try using fine grain paper if you can work with it.
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