Questions for the other artists out there...

[brendala]

This may sound like a stupid question, but is there a special technique for properly scanning your drawings onto the computer?
Everything I scan seems to have a slight blue-ish tint and looks really grainy no matter how pristine the actual drawing is. Is it a matter of having a good scanner (mine is kinda cheap)? Or should I scan it into a different program (I currently scan them into MS Paint because that program is easy to use)?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!

P.S. When giving me advice, please use simple terms because I'm really stupid when it comes to computer stuff. :P

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Get a Mac.

Seriously though, you'd want at least a decent scanner and a decent program. I use Photoshop and even with an older (Epson) scanner, I've had no complaints with how my scanned drawings look. Photoshop even lets you change the resolution and color tones of the image before you scan it, which is wonderful when just scanning pencil/pen art.

[lunaoh.livejournal.com]

Microsoft Paint?

O_O

It burns, precious! It burnssss!

Ahem. Sorry about that. Let's see....Microsoft Paint is simple, but really, really bad. Seriously, you're better off using Photobucket editor (just upload the pictures to Photobucket and select edit there.). That's what I do when I don't have an access to better editing programs (I.e. When I'm not at school.)

About the blue tint...I know nothing about scanners, so I can't help you there, but you could try thr Auto-Fix option in Photobucket Editor. It's really useful. Of course, it's possible to change the picture's hue there too if that doesn't help.

Best of luck!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice guys. It's helped already! :)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I agree with Diane - Use a good program. You should be able to tweek the scanning options in the *Advanced* section of your scanning wizard.

[steamage.livejournal.com]

If they have a bluish tint, it's because the scanner settings are scanning the drawings in RGB color instead of grayscale (which would yield only black, white and shades of gray, and is best for lineart and pencil drawings.)

As for programs- I use the GIMP, which is *free* and basically does almost everything that PhotoShop does. My review of it + links to download the GIMP and free extras for it is here (http://grouperkun.livejournal.com/78907.html). I prefer it to PhotoShop- and it's really great for tweaking the colors/shades of imported drawings and fixing mistakes in them.