Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: Editing a Scanned Image
So I'm currently an Art Major in school, and I've been studying examples from the Art Nouveau era. I've been sketching out symmetrical designs, scanning them and mirroring them on Photoshop.
All has gone well so far, however, I'm now trying to figure out how to clean it up and make it look "perfect". In terms of being perfect, I want it to look completely clean. I darkened the lines as much as I could and erased as much as I could, however, I've tried different things such as blurring, sharpening, and adjusting levels, but the lines still seem too jagged from the sketching. I'm wanting to smooth them out and make them look nice.
Here is my drawing:
and here is an example of what I would like it to look like(minus the completely filled in black part)
You see how crisp it is? No jagged edges, completely smooth and clean. This is what I want.
So does anyone know of any ways to get to this result? Help is very much appreciated, thank you!
Others may have a different opinion on the subject, but the only way I know is to basically trace every line using the pen tool. And then apply a stroke. It will be time consuming but it should look pretty good when you get finished.
i would agree personally i would just take it into Illustrator and just click the trace > black and white vector but it really depends if you have that software if not pen tool is the only way _________________ DA = http://seeartineverything.deviantart.com/
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