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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 left 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.
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| Date | Name | Comment | | | 22 Dec 2006 |  YuriGagarin | How do you remove the lines if the lines are black? This tutorial only refers to drawings drawn on blue or coloured line paper. | |
| 12 Feb 2007 |  Ulrich Lindqvist | I'm pretty sure the tools are analogous in Paintshop Pro, or anything else that costs less than $700US. If the picture is coloured or the lines are the same colour as the ink, I don't think there's a way to remove the lines that won't substantially change the picture (if it's supposed to be light grey in some parts), short of doing it pixel-by-pixel X(- The clone brush (in Photoshop, Paintshop Pro and possibly the GIMP, that I know of) is useful for this as it picks up adjacent colours as you move along. Anyone else, any other tips? | |
| 26 Jun 2007 |  Ashley N. Beerbroer | This didn't work for me at all. I have Photoshop 6.0 and I tried two diffrent pictures. When it didn't work on one that was inked I went to an older picture that had been lightened earlier but still had some annoying blue lines and that red margin line. I tried over and over but it did <i>nothing</i>. Did I do something wrong?? | |
| 13 Nov 2007 |  Caroline J. Anderson | Yay! It works with Serif Photoplus too!This is a good tutorial, especially as i do lots of grey pictures. | |
| 6 Feb 2008 | Anon. | Any thoughts on what to do if your page is black lined paper? | |
| 11 Feb 2008 | Boob | this sucks balls this will never work youball licking ****
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| 13 Feb 2008 | Steph | This helps me loads! Thanks alot ^^, | |
| 19 Feb 2008 | Squirellly | This is ridiculously simple, and I’m so glad you posted this. It’s one of those basic lessons you should really know. | |
| 22 Feb 2008 | Jeff | Pretty simple to do in PShop, though I don’t know why anyone would be drawing on lined paper like that anyway. Also, remember that even though PShop is hugely expense, there’s always GIMP and OpenCanvas for free. | |
| 4 Apr 2008 |  Roxanne Fuchs | Hey, thanks! I always have this problem, without drawing on lined paper even. I find when I sketch and scan stuff, it somehow scans in colours that are not on the paper (I think my scanner is not sealing properly.) | |
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