Question Can anyone tell me how to scan my pen and pencil artwork for presentation and photoshopping ????

[Sushrutpat]

Can anyone tell me how to scan my pen and pencil artwork for presentation and photoshopping ????

Im at my wits end in trying to scan my artwork using a scanner
can anyone tell me a good technique for scanning pen and pencil artwork

im using a canon LIDE110 scanner bought in 2014

or is there some alternate method for scanning sketches

any help will be much appreciated

 

[NedSmelly]

What things aren’t you happy with using your existing scanner?

For colour image and photo print scanning I would use the following settings:
600dpi or more
16-bit colour depth RGB
Uncompressed TIFF
Set neutral white balance with a white or grey card scan first
Test light illumination with the same white/grey card

If your existing scanner and scan software can’t meet these minimum requirements then it’s time to get a new scanner.

Try Vuescan software first - it has a free trial mode.

 

[Ralston18]

Seconding the above post by @NedSmelly.

Add more details about your specific scanning requirements as well.

Do you use a tablet?

 

[USAFRet]

I recently had to do similar with a crossstitch pattern for my daughter.

Very large, and will take her a year or so to finish.
Not counting on the paper to last that long, digitize.

So...Pattern on the floor, camera on a tripod, zoom, several pics of different sections.

 

[NedSmelly]

I recently had to do similar with a crossstitch pattern for my daughter.

Very large, and will take her a year or so to finish.
Not counting on the paper to last that long, digitize.

So...Pattern on the floor, camera on a tripod, zoom, several pics of different sections.

Good option there - I completely forgot about it whilst writing my reply.

It's the only practical technique if it's a very large artwork, but there a many technical traps for someone who hasn't done this before and are seeking high reproduction quality scans/duplicates. For this you will need:

High CRI continuous lighting with flat diffusion, or flash strobes (at least 2 sources)
Copy stand or other mount that permits accurate planar registration/orientation
Flat field lens with low optical distortion (usually a macro lens)
For curved media: edge weights, vacuum easel, and/or anti-newton plate glass overlay
Compressed air for dusting

So for <A4/Legal a scanner is easier

 

[Blackink]

Can anyone tell me how to scan my pen and pencil artwork for presentation and photoshopping ????

Im at my wits end in trying to scan my artwork using a scanner
can anyone tell me a good technique for scanning pen and pencil artwork

im using a canon LIDE110 scanner bought in 2014

or is there some alternate method for scanning sketches

any help will be much appreciated

Does that scanner use the Canon IJ Scan utility? If so, open that software, like you were going to scan something, and click on Settings. Once there, you have several settings you can change. Canon IJ Scan Utility

 

[Paperdoc]

I am GUESSING that the work is with black or grey pencil ONLY - NO colour. Is that right? If you have colour in your work, ignore the rest of this post!

IF that is right, the adjustments you should concentrate on are:

Resolution - I agree 600 dpi minimum. Your scanner specs say it can do 2400 x 4800 dpi native resolution, anything higher is a "synthetic creation", so stick to that as your max. Of course, the higher you set this, the larger the file produced, but with more accurate detail.

Colours set to Greyscale so only the darkness of each dot is recorded, on a scale from 0 to 255 - that's normally quite enough fine detail of darkness. This records NO colour info so the file size is smaller this way.

You MAY find within this that there are settings you can change for Brightness and Contrast. These are global settings - they affect every part of the scan. You do not really want to CHANGE any details of your work, but these settings MAY help you ensure the drawing IS recorded properly rather than losing some details of parts that are very light or very dark.

Your software may also allow some custom adjustments over the range of light to dark. These WILL change the final image. I advise NOT doing that when you SCAN you drawing. That sort of image manipulation for new effects should be done later to produce a NEW altered version of your work while you keep the un-altered original.