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Tutorial: My Scanner Hates Me
Published: 2010-10-02 06:16:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 50301; Favourites: 1902; Downloads: 777
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Have you ever said the following?:a) "Help! My scanner has killed my marker art!"
b) "The colours look much better in real life."
c) "My scanner is a piece of crap/ hates me/ is evil!"
d) All of the above.
Fret no longer, as this tutorial will solve all your problems and then make you a cup of tea when it's done. Repair your scanned marker artwork in four simple steps.
Demonstrated in Photoshop CS4.
Find the featured artwork here [link] and a Copic swatch chart here [link]
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Comments: 128
oh, you can scan from gimp? cool! i have gimp.
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I don't usually scan directly into GIMP; I just use the scanning wizard my scanner comes with. Then I open the scanned image into GIMP.
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oh... ;A;
i don't have a scanning wizard.
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You should have one already installed with your printer. If you use a PC, just go to Start -> Devices and Printers -> Double click on your printer with the scanner -> Then click 'Scan' and follow the directions
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hmmm, okay. i'll give it a try.
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I think you may have just saved my life...
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I would just use iPhoto (Macs only) to enhance my drawings xD i do have photoshop too, but it make it easier! xDD
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This happens to me so often. No I might actually start using my traditional colouring tools! Thanks, *Wolf-Suit !
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Oh, yhea, this things happens all the time, even photography needs a retouch, i always make it with Image-Adjust-contrast/shade , thanks for sharing your method!!
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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I have been having this problem forever, and I'm retarded at photoshop! (hugs)
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So going to try this out now. Thanks so much!
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Awww this is great and the photo is adorable too!
Thanks a lot!
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Thank you so much for making this!
Does it work with colored pencil, too?
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Awesome! I know I'll be looking at this again in the near future. Thanks for making this!
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Bravo sir, bravo.
Now I will not hesitate coloring in traditional media again.
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Almost every time I see a copic or marker drawing, the artist comments "The scanner killed the colors." Now they need not complain anymore! 
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That's really cool!
A note, though, for CS5 users: in step 4, instead of using the cloning brush, you can usually use the "heal" tool, set to "Content-Aware"... but be careful, because sometimes content-aware makes it worse.
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mm Some helpful hints there. I have a feeling this will come in handy later. Thanks for sharing!!
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Sheer brilliance! Congrats on the well-deserved DD!
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Thanks a lot for sharing, that's truly interesting. My scanner tends to shift towards blue too much now. It's annoying when scanning pencil drawings as I have been using (intuitively though) filters that prove far too intrusive. What's your advice?
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I can't stand JPG overall, there's always a loss in image quality.
I ought search more about dpi though, I still have a hard time knowing what does it actually mean (besides some sort of resolution & dots per inch).
Great tutorial though!
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oh thank you for this!!! *bows*..
that scanners getting PWNED!!
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"my scanner killed my drawing" > most favorite quote... until now xD thanks for sharing this and congrat's for DD ^^
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Exactly what i needed, thanks a lot for sharing!
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... I have no excuse for being bad at colouring now.
In all seriousness, I look forward to being able to try this out. Thanks very much.
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Well...I wanted to change my scanner's settings, but it always doesn't save them. I tried to everything I think :c
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Very helpful! All praise to you! (I cannot be held responsible for cranial bursting due to swelling, so don't come whining to me if your head explodes because I inflated your ego. 
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All of the above.
Thank you for this tutorial, will test it soon.
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I suppose that even the post scanning process is craft in it's own right.
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Whenever I scan in my artwork, it automatically saves as a jpeg and
my scanner is a Cannon MP620; is there a way for me to save it to .tiff from the get-go? D:
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Using the default Canon software that came with your printer there should be an option during the preview scan phase to select file type and resolution. You can scan directly into Photoshop, which will definitely give you full control over all the image settings.
I wish I could be more specific, but I never installed the scanning software that came with my Canon printer 
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Thankyousoverymuch! I +faved just in case I actually use my similartocopic markers
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As far as I know, most marker brands function the same on paper. Whatever brand you use, the principles of the tutorial are the same- so I hope you find it useful one day!
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VERY HELPFUL YOU ROCK I LOVE YOU LOL THANKS!!!
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