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Tutorial: My Scanner Hates Me
Published: 2010-10-02 06:16:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 47340; Favourites: 1907; 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
This tutorial is incredible, I have always had problems scanning my markers! Thankyou for sharing your scanning wisdom!
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I don't know why, but my scanner have the options, PDF, JPG, and TIFF, but it won't let me click TIFF. The only option I have is to still use the JPG. Please help. Β And thanks in advance.
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Oh my goodness, I will love you forever for this. Thank you!
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Next time I scan copic markers I am so going to try this out 
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I HAVE NO WORDS SO INSTEAD: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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I can't thank you enough! THIS TRULY SAVED MY WORK! THANK YOUUU!!
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Thanks for this. It's such a nice tutorial that I'm actually a tad angry that it won't help. I went looking specifically because my R02/04 and my BV series markers always looked flat or grey. Oh well. Now at least I know that it's not my own incompetence.Β
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Hello!
My problem is that I usually do black and white drawings with shadows in pencil. The shadows simply disappear when I scan.
Do you have any tips?
Thank you! : meow:
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...I favorited this last night so I could use it, and I just now realized that my Photoshop doesn't have the "Adjustments" menu or the "Curves" option. Is there an alternative option to use (like Levels) that might have a similar effect?
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use curve option window with ctrl+M
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That doesn't seem to open anything, but thanks for the info! I'll keep trying shortcuts. I press so many keys by accident that I'll probably happen to come across it at some point.
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This'll be good for when I actually learn to draw...and use copic markers. c: Bookmarked and fav'd! thankyouthankyou for the wonderful tut~ <3
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ummmm this will be helpful as soon as i find out were i can get a scanner for cheap.....
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This question has doubtless been asked before, but...
Can /anyone/ explain to me the difference between TIFF and PNG?
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hahahahahha, epic. solid advice. i do similar corrections with my meager version of PS6 (yeah you heard me PhotoShop 6!!!)
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i always think that peeps are so picky the scanned work before the edit looks just fine
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You are freaking awesome. THREE CHEERS FOR ! HIP HIP HOORAY, HIP HIP HOORAY, HIP HIP HOORAY!
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*cries// savior!!! I must try this next time >
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Thank you so much for making this!
is there any possible way i can do this on gimp?
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You're a lifesaver...I've not been able to figure out how to save my work on my own...
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Congratulations on receiving this Daily Deviation!! You've been featured in July 2011 Resources DD Summary !
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Tested this tutorial today and it helped a lot, but my scanner hates golden-yellow-orange.
Have to practice a little more.
Thank you for this tutorial
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I'm desperate for this. My cameraphone is really awful
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Wait... Now whats the difference between tiff and jpg?
If I open a pic in photoshop, then will the colours be automatically "uncompressed" and the already bad colour codes with jpg will get even worse... or what? And thats why I should use tiff?
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My scaner is very snooty about colour green, while the rest of the colours are pretty decent. Any advice on that, or shall I bring the exhibit A for further study?
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Awesome tutorial! Although majority of the stuff I submit is lineart and really easy to edit, these are really good tips! I'll have to try out the dodge and burn tools, too. Once I decided to forbid them from my drawing, I guess I forgot all about them. lol Congrats on the DD.
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wow thanks so much! I just got a canon 4 in 1 and needed to now these things!
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with PNG being an accepted medium for DeviantART, JPG should be killed and buried in the back yard.
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y is there no comments?! this has a daily deviation! and i think it is a good tutorial
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Thanks a million for this! finally solved my problem!
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Thanks for this invaluable tutorial I'm sure I've learned a lot of about TIFFs but then forgot half of the important stuff
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ummm... i don't have any of these systems, not even a photoshop. what should i use? and yes, i have done the 30day trial stuff and you know they only last 30 days DX
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There's a free editing program called GIMP that features all the tools used in this tutorial.
Here's the official website: [link]
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