This post does not explain how to scan art - because that would be a very long post!
Instead, it refers you a NEW page called How to scan artwork to create a digital image of your art, which I've just published in the Image Management section of my Art Business Info for Artists website.
This page covers:
- Why scanning is the best alternative to photography
- Different types of scanner
- DIY: how to scan artwork
- Professional digital imaging services
- Glossary of scanning terminology
It summarises key "need to know" points - but also points you in the direction of other articles written on this topic - so you can learn from a different perspective. It's how I learn - reading different articles by different writers on one topic!
The aim is that after studying this page, an artist who is unfamiliar with scanning should
- understand more about how scanning works
- why scanning is often a preferable route to creating a good digital image record of your artwork - especially if it is going to be published in a book or as a reproduction print
- what are the different ways of scanning
- what you can do for yourself
- when it's best to call in a professional digital imaging service
- what all those technical words mean
[No image for this post due to the fact that Blogger has stopped uploading images!!]
Problem now fixed!
What I see on my screen when scanning one of my coloured pencil
drawings:
type of scanning (colour);
resolution (300 dpi);
size of the
scan (9x12 inches);
where to save it: a specific folder on my iMac
