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"Clara R. Simpson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 May 1997 09:54:04 -0600
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>Britt, Rosemary and Clara, thanks for your interest.
>
>Actually, I am scanning a lot of line drawings for a  book, some are mine,
>some aren't.  Some were drawn on Bristol paper, some on acetate or a kind
>of paper like the one architects use (I don't know the english name for it,
>but it's tricky to scan it), some are photocopies... Some of them have very
>thin, weak lines and/or stipples, that get easily lost during the scanning
>process, especially if the paper doesn't make a good contrast . I've been
>experimenting and I think the results are better now, but I still want to
>learn about the  way  to treat such difficult originals right from  the
>scanning process.  I use a Sharp JX-330 scanner and I'm looking for its web
>site. I will also  try to get the book.
>Silvia.
>
Sylvia:

The important thing is to scan as grayscale not line and do the conversion
in PhotoShop.  You can always Revert to Saved or Undo.  The book describes
a process for conversion from grayscale to line that works very well, it is
fast.  I have seen that process described in this space as well, but not
very recently.

How is it we access our archives??

-Clara

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