Post by micah on Jan 31, 2007 22:07:16 GMT -5
I am so sorry if you have been looking on the boards for this. I told a few folks over the weekend that I had posted this...silly me I thought I did. Maybe one of these years I will just be able to think about something and it will happen. But we are not quite there yet. It must be all the cough and cold medication that I have been taking the past week.
So anyway here it is and it is really simple. If I haven't explained something well enough just post our questions and I will do my best answer in a timely matter. Also if you would like to see a tutorial just post a new thread with a request.
Digital Inking in Photoshop
This technique is intended to be used on artwork drawn with an HB lead
Scan file into Photoshop.
File > Import > Scan
Once the image is scanned you must turn it into a gray scale.
Image > Mode > Gray scale
Then a window will pop up that will confirm that you want to discard color, click OK.
Now you need to adjust the scanned pencils to look like they are black.
Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
A window will open with a slider for brightness and a slider for contrast. The brightness needs to be adjusted higher, just enough to take out any grey that the scanner may have picked up from the paper. So the background should be white but be careful not to make the pencil lines too light. The contrast will be adjusted much higher than the brightness, enough to make the lines black without closing up any spots that should stay white. These adjustments will depend on the quality of scan that you get from your scanner and the darkness of the pencil line but my adjustments usually end up being less than 20 on the brightness and more that 70 on the contrast. When you do this step and the next, zoom in a few times to a spot that has some detail like fur or hair. You will be able to see much better how the adjustments affect the lines.
This step will help you darken up the lines a little more without making them too thick. Go to the layers window and click the little arrow with the circle around it in the upper right corner. Click on duplicate layer then a window will pop up that wants to name the new layer “background copy” then click OK. At the top of the layers window, there is a drop down menu click on that, then click on multiply. You will notice that the lines darken a little. Click on the arrow at the top right again and then click on flatten. You may need to repeat this step a few times to get the desired effect.
Now you need to change the image to bitmap.
Image > Mode > Bitmap
Now you can use the pencil tool, lasso tool or another tool of your choice in order to fill any black spots that you left open.
So anyway here it is and it is really simple. If I haven't explained something well enough just post our questions and I will do my best answer in a timely matter. Also if you would like to see a tutorial just post a new thread with a request.
Digital Inking in Photoshop
This technique is intended to be used on artwork drawn with an HB lead
Scan file into Photoshop.
File > Import > Scan
Once the image is scanned you must turn it into a gray scale.
Image > Mode > Gray scale
Then a window will pop up that will confirm that you want to discard color, click OK.
Now you need to adjust the scanned pencils to look like they are black.
Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast
A window will open with a slider for brightness and a slider for contrast. The brightness needs to be adjusted higher, just enough to take out any grey that the scanner may have picked up from the paper. So the background should be white but be careful not to make the pencil lines too light. The contrast will be adjusted much higher than the brightness, enough to make the lines black without closing up any spots that should stay white. These adjustments will depend on the quality of scan that you get from your scanner and the darkness of the pencil line but my adjustments usually end up being less than 20 on the brightness and more that 70 on the contrast. When you do this step and the next, zoom in a few times to a spot that has some detail like fur or hair. You will be able to see much better how the adjustments affect the lines.
This step will help you darken up the lines a little more without making them too thick. Go to the layers window and click the little arrow with the circle around it in the upper right corner. Click on duplicate layer then a window will pop up that wants to name the new layer “background copy” then click OK. At the top of the layers window, there is a drop down menu click on that, then click on multiply. You will notice that the lines darken a little. Click on the arrow at the top right again and then click on flatten. You may need to repeat this step a few times to get the desired effect.
Now you need to change the image to bitmap.
Image > Mode > Bitmap
Now you can use the pencil tool, lasso tool or another tool of your choice in order to fill any black spots that you left open.
