For the last 8 months I haven't had a functioning scanner. I've had one sitting on my desk, attached to a printer that I use, but the scanner decided to leave me high and dry a while ago.
Since then, I've been taking photos of my illustrations and emailing them to myself. Not a very precise method. And it meant a lot of clean-up work in Photoshop. I figured it was about time I got myself a new scanner.
Well, so far so good! I decided to use this little gouache painting of a coneflower for my test subject. I kept the page in the sketchbook to test the gutter shadow reducer. I think it did a phenomenal job! I did nothing to it in Photoshop besides crop it. I didn't touch the white background - that's how great it scanned in! This is going to change my world.
In case you're wondering, I ended up buying a Canon CanoScan 9000F scanner. There were a few others I was considering at a much higher price point, but this one got stellar reviews. Some of the features I was especially interested in were:
• Built-in retouching
• Gutter shadow reduction
• The software works with my Mac OS X Lion
I'm pretty pumped! I feel like I have a lot more options for my analog illustration now that I have good scanning capabilities. I can't wait to test it out more!
Until next time,
Your scanner sounded familiar...then I looked over and saw that mine says Canoscan 8800. Love mine too!
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Awesome! I'm glad you've had good luck with yours, as well!
DeleteHaving a good scanner is such a game changer! I got a new one at the end of last year, and I was so so happy. Enjoy it! Looking forward to see what you scan next! :)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I feel like the possibilities are endless now. I'm not sure why I waited so long!
Deleteooo so beautiful! i am completely jealous of you and your new scanner. :) maybe i will give in and buy one soon.
ReplyDeleteDoooooo ittttttt! :-)
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