I just submitted a drawing on the all media paint off and am frustrated.  I don't know what I am doing to lose so much detail and distort the art work.  And it's not the only one I've had bad luck with...Rick's kids in the oil catagory (Among others) came out wrong too.

When I scan I set the scanner at 300dpi's and then at photoshop 7 I set the image size to what I think will be big enough to veiw correctly..."Bringing out color" #1 was set at 9x12 and saved at 94.41 dpi's....#2 was cropped and set at 8x10 and saved at 87.91 dpi's.

And looks like your looking thru a fish tank....yuck!

Can someone please, tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Rosie

Grace,  Thanks for answering, I'm going to try it here( I don't want a bzillion post of yuck in one place, I'm spreading it out.)

Here goes...

The file transferred fast, but looks the same to me.  I guess thats that.

Rosie

Rosie,

I hope it's okay with you, but I tweaked your image a bit in Photoshop to adjust levels and contrast. Is this any closer to what your original looks like?

I don't think the scanning resolution is your problem. Your scanner is probably having a tough time with getting colors and contrast right because of the colored background and lack of true whites. More expensive scanners have adjustments that you can make after a pre-scan to help get the settings right. If yours provides controls like that, you might want to check your manual and read up on how to use them. Otherwise, your left with trying to tweak a less-than-desirable image in Photoshop.

I like the piece so I hope you'll keep posting.

Rick