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   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! 24 Dec 2009 Tali Tjiang Loading... this saves so much time I’m one of those who goes out of their way to outline with the eraser tool and then fill the space in with white. 24 Jan 2010 Anon. Loading... could not find a program for 8 hours gahhhh well it aint photoshop but i got one that works well enough....i guess.... 26 Mar 2010 Tony CyberKatt Cooper Loading... THX!!!! now I know how to clean up all those pencil sketches I’ve done!! 22 Sep 2010 Frankie Wolfcry Price Loading... Thanks alot! this really helped me out. 16 Nov 2010 Amy Carla Shearer Loading... Excellent tut, you are very clear and seem to not miss a step... thank you so very much for instruction. 15 Jul 2011 Nitsan even Loading... wow that really helps! 17 Aug 2011 Anon. Loading... I hope this works in Sai. Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 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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