So here I am trying to scan my first image for MT when I realize I don't know
how to get a nice scan! I tried rescanning a few times, messed with the
settings, tried cleaning it up in Photoshop, even tried using a different
scanner! Every time the image quality wasn't what I was expecting. Colors seemed
faded or off and a weird pixilated effect (because of the way the image was
printed) was making the image look like it went through a shredder. Any guidance
on how to get a clean scan would be much appreciated!
Well...what DPI are you scanning them at? You can adjust the colors after you
scan it in Photoshop by adjusting the Hue, Saturation, Brightness and
Contrast...all those things can help you out. When you are actually doing the
scanning...most scanner software will let you adjust to filter out any magazine
marks and so on. Do not resize the picture larger after in photoshop...that will
make it pixelated.
Magazines are usually hard to get a nice clean scan from. My scanner doesn't
come with the option fluke mentioned, but I bet there is a way around getting
the grainy effect scanning sometimes leaves. From there, I guess it just gives
an oppurtunity for someone to vector the scan. Otherwise, just try your best to
find which setting is most accurate. Try, try, again even though it is
troublesome.
I heard that using a DPI in multiples of 133 helps to generate cleaner, less
pixelated scans. So try scanning at about a DPI of 266 and see what happens.
To get rid of the pixelated effect, you need to do two things in Photoshop: blur
the image and then resharpen. Go up to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Do
not set the radius more than 2.0 pixels, usually only 1.0 pixel will do. Next,
go up to Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. Again, set the pixel to 1.0
and play around with the % until you are happen with the sharpness. Overdoing
the sharpening might make ur image look grainy.
This technique works on scans at very high resolution. If your scanned pic has a
heavier textural effect...it could be due to the settings and the abovementioned
technique may not fix everything.
Thanks for the tips guys. My first scan (already delete probably because of
image quality ) was at 1200 dpi (a bit much? ),
then used photoshop to blur (Gaussian Blur) and then resize. The result was
fairly nice although the image still seemed faded (and I had already played with
the color saturation, brightness, etc) and wasn't as crisp as the original. I
didn't use the Sharpen though.
So here I am trying to scan my first image for MT when I realize I don't know how to get a nice scan! I tried rescanning a few times, messed with the settings, tried cleaning it up in Photoshop, even tried using a different scanner! Every time the image quality wasn't what I was expecting. Colors seemed faded or off and a weird pixilated effect (because of the way the image was printed) was making the image look like it went through a shredder. Any guidance on how to get a clean scan would be much appreciated!
Well...what DPI are you scanning them at? You can adjust the colors after you scan it in Photoshop by adjusting the Hue, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast...all those things can help you out. When you are actually doing the scanning...most scanner software will let you adjust to filter out any magazine marks and so on. Do not resize the picture larger after in photoshop...that will make it pixelated.
Magazines are usually hard to get a nice clean scan from. My scanner doesn't come with the option fluke mentioned, but I bet there is a way around getting the grainy effect scanning sometimes leaves. From there, I guess it just gives an oppurtunity for someone to vector the scan. Otherwise, just try your best to find which setting is most accurate. Try, try, again even though it is troublesome.
I heard that using a DPI in multiples of 133 helps to generate cleaner, less pixelated scans. So try scanning at about a DPI of 266 and see what happens.
Hey there,
To get rid of the pixelated effect, you need to do two things in Photoshop: blur the image and then resharpen. Go up to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur. Do not set the radius more than 2.0 pixels, usually only 1.0 pixel will do. Next, go up to Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask. Again, set the pixel to 1.0 and play around with the % until you are happen with the sharpness. Overdoing the sharpening might make ur image look grainy.
This technique works on scans at very high resolution. If your scanned pic has a heavier textural effect...it could be due to the settings and the abovementioned technique may not fix everything.
Thanks for the tips guys. My first scan (already delete probably because of image quality
) was at 1200 dpi (a bit much? 
),
then used photoshop to blur (Gaussian Blur) and then resize. The result was
fairly nice although the image still seemed faded (and I had already played with
the color saturation, brightness, etc) and wasn't as crisp as the original. I
didn't use the Sharpen though.
I will have to try that multiple of 133 dpi tip.
Thanks again guys!
just scanning your stuff doesn't do...still require hard work... oh well... ill just need to buy photoshop its so popular nowadays...