Comment on Shub Niggurath 1 by salshep
Thanks, Amanda. And yeah, lesson learned about sizing-to-fit-scanner. Ths stippling is really quite blurred all over; I'm surprised it wasn't worse, though, for the hooplah I went through to get it on here (you can see where I jigsawed it, in places >< ).
I was given a lovely set of watercolour pencils recently, so might do some colour work next.
I was given a lovely set of watercolour pencils recently, so might do some colour work next.
What resolution were you scanning at? And in what format are the original files saved in? These might be other factors contributing to the loss of quality.
I'd say they were, but I grew impatient with the pissing about, lol. Still looking for a good scan place that isn't ridiculously expensive :\
Try scanning at a high resolution like 600 and don't do any tonal correction in your scanning application (most don't allow the fine-tuning you can do in an image/photo editing program). Save all base files in the program format or as a TIFF. Yeah, it all sounds very fussy and I can understand getting impatient w/the whole process. It's kinda second nature to me because I do it all the damn time.
It's hard to find a place to scan cheaply because large-format scanners are expensive and you're paying for labor. Worse comes to worse, you can always photograph the piece, but you'll need a lot of light and something better than a point & shoot.
I really do hope you find a solution. Would love to see more of this work.
It's hard to find a place to scan cheaply because large-format scanners are expensive and you're paying for labor. Worse comes to worse, you can always photograph the piece, but you'll need a lot of light and something better than a point & shoot.
I really do hope you find a solution. Would love to see more of this work.
Thanks, Amanda, will do. : )