Friday 20 July 2012

Scanning Pencil Drawings

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Because my drawings have really thick layers of dark pencils, my scanners (i've used a few, none of them cheap ones, same problem) fail to pick up the dark graphite, so the scan are filled with these patches of white/lightened gray, even though those areas are supposed to be covered with pitch-black. This is supposed to be because the graphite is reflective, so that when the scanner lights it up, it shines instead of remaining black. Any help would be appreciated.
5 years ago Report Abuse
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Thanks for the answers everyone. A digital camera will not work because I need true, non-interpolated 600dpi ~images~ of my pencil portraits for high-quality printing. I have thought of using my nice Nikon with 8X zoom to take ~magnifications~ and stitch them together, but that takes too long.

I have been having some success with using a matte clear-plastic folder as a filter, but it masks details.

Has anybody actually cracked the nut on this, using consumer-grade scanners?
5 years ago  pencilsa...
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I use a digital camera to get my pencil portraits on my computer, and then on my website. A scanner will always show glare. With a camera you can experiment with the lighting. I usually get the best pictures when taken outside (late afternoon) in sunlight with no flash. It still may take a few tries to get it right.
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