[Farwalker]

HI all,

OK, lets say I draw something and I put it in my scanner and it previews it. Now what DPI should I scan it in as? 300, 150 72 etc..
I know for just monitor use anything over 72(I think so) is just a waste. But lets say I scan it in at 150 and lets say the image size is 2000 by 1586. Now when I down size that to put on a web page, I would get it down to 72 and also alot smaller image size. Now this should work fine correct? This is my first time scanning a drawing in and then painting it. So just a bit iffy on it. I know from what I have read and done that painting in higher image size (2000x2000 etc.)helps quite abit.
Can you please give me what you suggest I do. Basically, I am just looking for a correct method in painting in high image size and then down sizing it down to put on the web or send over email.
Please also tell me how you go about scanning in a drawing then preparing the image size and dpi.

Thanks alot!
J

[Guy]

well i say 300 is a good setting. its always better to have it to high than to low.

about the whole scaning process. well. always do a prescan first. it then should come up with a preview or a thumbnail of some sort. you can adjust the brightness and contrast.. get it so it looks clear to you. then there should be an option to drag a marque (i think i spelled that right) box around the image. what that does is it tells the scaner to only scan in that area, so you wont get a bunch of useless space on you image. plus it makes for a faster scan.

i hope that helps somewhat

[B]

whenever i scan, i raise the resolution untill it shows the files size about 20 megs,. but i'm just weird like that,.


b