[Bibbe]

Heyas.. i am quite new to dig art..
but i'd love to scan my scetches into adobe and work futher on them.

I have a scanner but my guess is that it kinda sux. It's a cheap one.
I'm wondering if it's the scanner or is it possible to scan scetches made with a pen. I usually do my scetches in coal or a pencil, when i scan them the softer and brighter tones doesn't show up very well. And the scan turns out basically useless.

Is it possible to configure cheap scanners for this or do i have to become poor and sell my girlfriend on the street to afford a better scanner?
=)

- bibbe

[A.Buttle]

Read your scanner's manual before asking fucking stupid questions like this one.

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[Staff Sarge]

You're selling your girlfriend? You evil, evil man!

Anyways, I'm sure there's an user manual for every single scanner out there. Check out the manufacturer's website if you can't find one.

You could also play with the brightness/contrast of the image after scanning the scetch, tried that?

[Pat]

Cheap scanners have weak detail in the dark and light areas of a scan. Here's a tip probably not in your scanner manual:

Try putting one of those grayscale tone charts on your scanner along with your scan. If your software auto configs the brightness/contrast this might help it pick up the full range.

Also important: scan your black and white material in color. That's 3X the amount of digital data (kinda like oversampling) and then convert to grayscale. Chances are you'll pick up a lot more of that hard-to-get missing data.

-Pat

[Bibbe]

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Originally posted by Pat:
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Try putting one of those grayscale tone charts on your scanner along with your scan. If your software auto configs the brightness/contrast this might help it pick up the full range.
-Pat

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Thanks Pat .. It helped me some, but I'm still missing some... anyways thanks for the tip...

oh yeah and A.Buttle beeing rude doesn't really make you look any cooler.. if that's what you were trying for...Can't see any other point in it.


- Bibbe

[Crix]

@A.Buttle: hey, stupid questions are better than stupid answers! Don�t post if you are only up to insult someone!

@Bibbe: I don�t think it�s your scanner, I think the bad scannings are a result of bad settings. Today�s cheap scanners are often quite good! Play with the settings and read the manual, but that was said before...