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Posted by Spartan on Sat Jul 30th at 3:59pm 2005

Does having a better scanner make a difference when scanning drawings? Everytime I scan a sketch that I shaded the shading comes out looking like crap. I always scan them at 300dpi. I even tried 600dpi. The current scanner I'm using is a canon multipass f30. I just want to know if buying a better scanner equals better scanned images?




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Posted by Underdog on Sat Jul 30th at 4:04pm 2005

Your scanner isn't near as important as the software it has. Some scanners have nasty software. I had an HP that was so-so, and a canon thats superb. You might try scanning to alternate formats, but I bet its your software.

Try using Paint Shop Pro to scan it with, and yes, most scanners work through PSP.




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Posted by DrGlass on Sat Jul 30th at 7:44pm 2005

I'm about to go and buy a Epson 2580, i'll tell you how it works later




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Posted by im.thatoneguy on Sun Jul 31st at 6:20am 2005

Are you scanning in grayscale or B&W? B&W produces very very bad scans.



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Posted by French Toast on Sun Jul 31st at 6:50am 2005

I've got a scanner that's part of my printer. It's a CX3200, but I all of a sudden can't remember the company name....

Anyways, it's good. My brother uses it to scan his art all the time.





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Jul 31st at 2:48pm 2005

Some scanners let you choose if you're scanning Text, Pictures, Mixed Media etc... and sometimes you have to try out all the options to get the best scan.




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Posted by DrGlass on Sun Jul 31st at 9:02pm 2005

I always scan it as a picture and up the contrast in photoshop.




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Posted by Spartan on Sun Jul 31st at 11:34pm 2005

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I always scan it as a picture and up the contrast in photoshop.


Same here. I'm scanning my stuff as photos at 300dpi.




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Posted by im.thatoneguy on Tue Aug 2nd at 5:24pm 2005

Unless your drawings are like 1in by 1 in you shouldn't have any trouble scanning at 300 dpi with any old scanner. Especially if you vectorize it in photoshop.

But to answer your question: yes a more expensive/better scanner will produce better images, but you don't need an better/more expensive scanner for what you're doing. If you were scanning slides and needed that extra 1200dpi with a constant color backlight, then spring for the ARGUS, but for scanning in drawings I've never found a scanner I didn't like.





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Posted by Junkyard God on Thu Aug 11th at 10:51pm 2005

make a digital photo under a TL light that's bright so there's no shadows?


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