Cleaning Scans In Photoshop (Page 3 of 3)

By Alanna (Solenna) Elias

So, we go back to Image, then Adjustments, but this time we chose Levels

This is the box that'll show up. It's one of the more useful tools on photoshop. I almost always use it when I scan picture. It's amazing how much better a picture looks when it's dark lines on a bright white background rather than kind of dark grey lines on a dull grey background.

So, once again, we play with the slider triangles. Moving them towards the left will brighten the image, moving towards the right will darken it. The far left bar affects the lightest parts, the right will affect the darkest parts, and the middle the inbetweens. So we fiddle with this stuff untill, as you can see, the image looks decent, and all remnants of the lines, and most of the smudges are gone.

After that, if it's a pencil picture and we want it in black and white, go to Image, then Mode, then Greyscale. It'll look about the same, but the file size will be a lot smaller. You also go Image, then Adjustments, then Hue/Saturation again, check off the colourize box and play with the sliders to have a tinted image, which can be nice.

I decided to keep it grey, and I'm done! Suitable for posting in Elfwood, and much nicer visually than it was originally.

FARP Article Guestbook Date Name Comment   2 Jun 2008 Jai "Jaybird" Foster Loading... Umm. I don’t have any of that fancy stuff...all I got is Paint and Microsoftword...which is what I use on pictures. Sooo, how would I do it on one of those??? 30 Sep 2008 Sexy Waffle #39 Loading... Thanks SOOOO much!! That was really really helpful, I’m so happy I found this tutorial Thanks again! ~<3 6 Nov 2008 Anon. Loading... This is amazing!!! I can finally get rid of those lines!! Thanks so much!!! 8 Jan 2009 Anon. Loading... thanx alot! 12 Mar 2009 Hans Loading... i´´d like to know what to do when the lined paper is not with colored lines. cause i´´ve tried this, fiddling a little after reading this tutorial, and it just pales the entire drawing. 1 May 2009 Marie walsh Loading... thanks this was realy great, ive only just got photoshop 6.0 and it looks a little different,but this will definutly help 24 May 2009 Aki Loading... Excellent tutorial! It’s really simple and helpful and I LOVE simple tutorials like these that point out SEEMINGLY simple stuff, coz not everyone has what some people call ’basic’ knowledge =) Thank you! 16 Jul 2009 Flarp Loading... good tutorial, but I still have leftover grey lines 16 Jul 2009 Flarp Loading... nevermind! I just figured it out! thanks for helpin out! 6 Aug 2009 Victoria L Smith Loading... Thanks so much!!! This helped tons! Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 Not signed in, Add an anonymous comment to this guestbook...     Your Name: Your Mail: B I U URL ? Click here to write something! Post Message!    Private message? (Info)

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