Scanners

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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