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How to Scan Flat Objects

 

Mixed Media for Digital Scrapbookers

 

Lesson Info

How to Scan Flat Objects

Now, scanning is a little bit different. This depends on your scanner. Every scanner is completely different. The settings that we might use might be a little different for all of us. But, a scanner's resolution, we wanna start of at least 300 dpi, at least. You can go up to 600. If you plan on making your page very big, I would suggest 600. You might have to reduce your piece down, but if it can do 300 at least, do that. 72 dpi is for web. Never to 72 dpi. It's like the biggest question I get. Which dpi? 300. You also want to select a photo mode or a color mode, a color photo mode. These are things that we want to look realistic in the digital world. So, if you're using some other type of setting, it's not gonna typically look realistic. And then, also the file format is important. A .jpeg or a .tiff. I don't know too many other file types that you can use that's gonna make it look, but at least if it's a .jpeg or a .tiff, you can use it pretty well no matter which program you're usin...

g, Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. And then you an also select options like dust removal, backlight correction, and other secondary options at your risk. Sometimes they help, sometimes they don't. I've never found them to help.

Class Description


Switching your medium from paper to pixels doesn’t mean you’re giving up the highly tactile, artsy, eclectic nature of scrapbooking. Bringing your scrapbooking into the digital age lends the artform even more versatility and vibrance than it already has. You can add personal objects to digital pages, and once you’ve digitized your objects, you can reuse or pull from finished pieces as often as you want. Save money, time and satisfy your drive to create unique art on digital platforms.

Join Tiffany Tillman-Emanuel for this intermediate-level class, and you’ll learn:

  • How to scan flat objects and photograph dimensional objects.
  • How to digitize objects to look their best.
  • How to digitally alter the objects so they stand out on a finished page.
Mixed media digital effects are difficult to create without a solid understanding of the hardware involved. Tiffany will teach you how to use a scanner and a camera, and how to make your objects stand out on a finished page by using a photo editor. Don’t be intimidated by new technology! Take your art into the digital space and discover new scrapbooking frontiers. 

Purchase to get the in-depth Mixed Media for Digital Scrapbookers workbook. The workbook includes step-by-step instructions on digitizing media, extracting individual elements from a photograph, and so much more!


Lessons

1Class Introduction
2Building Your Digital Mixed Media Studio
3Discover Non-Traditional Objects
4How to Use the Internet to Build A Digital Studio
5Fill the Gaps with Fonts
6Match the Right Object with the Right Digitizing Process
7Photograph Dimensional Objects
8How to Scan Flat Objects
9Extract a Bead of Jewelry from a Photograph
10How to Create a New Bead
11Extract a Faux Stem from a Photograph
12Check Extraction for Ghost Pixels
13Extract Painted Brushes from a Scanned Canvas
14Create a Transfer from a Gesso Background
15Project 1: Introduction
16Project 1: Deconstruct Layer-by-Layer
17Project 1: Start with a Digital Substrate Layer
18Project 1: Add Photos & Frames
19Project 1: Add Clusters with Brushes
20Project 1: Blend & Reinforce Photos
21Project 1: Fine Tune & Finalize
22Project 2: Introduction
23Project 2: Deconstruct Project Layer-by-Layer
24Project 2: Start With a Digital Substrate Layer
25Project 2: Create Drama in the Project
26Project 2: Add Embellishments
27Project 2: Fine Tune & Finalize