July 2011
105 posts
What settings do you use when scanning your black and white drawings to add color? Your lines all look very clean and sharp. In my experience with B&W scanning, lines have become jagged and often, tiny spots of white appear in the blacks.
I scan at 600 dpi and use the basic 8bit grayscale settings then use levels in photoshop to even it out. If some of the inking/feathering looks wonky I’ll dodge/burn it. Then I save as a bmp tif at 50% threshold.
The other thing is that I usually “try” to work at 100% of the printed final. For 18x24 posters I work at 11x17 which is as large as my scanner bed. Enlarging it to the poster size works pretty well and I retain the clean and sharp lines.
Hope that helps.
Nerd on!
Brian
Flight got delayed. Stuck at the airport for another 2 1/2 hours. So exhausted. Wonder if I should stay an extra day. Ugh…
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