How to scan/adjust watercolor scan with photoshop ?

Question

I need to scan watercolor and I have a really hard time capturing the brightness of the color, I've seen people suggest digital camera, but I don't have one and im not planning on buying one real soon. Id like to know what kind of adjustment I could use from photoshop to close the distance between the two result. So far, ive been playing with contrast, curve etc... But im not sure im using them all too well... Is there any other good way to go ? And if not, could you give me some tips on how to use those tools ?

Is there a special way to scan or anything else ?

Answer 1

Since I don't know the scanner type, or your work I can only tell you what I do.



A) I scan in the picture and crop it/put it together on photoshop (sometimes it's really big)



B) I go to the layers pallet and click the Ying/yang circle thing after selecting the image layer. I first click the brightness contrast, then play with it until it's just right.



C) I then go on to the Hue and saturation (also in he ying and yang circle) setting then play with: saturation and light sliders until I get it as close as possible.



D)Finally I go to levels. There I click the little drop down menu then select each colour in turn and make sure that the little triangle sliders (on both ends) are at the beginning of the black forms. When I do that it stabilizes the colours and when I go back to the RGB setting in the menu I can mess around some more with it.



Usually it does the trick and fixes it right up :) . I'd look up using the levels pallets on google if you're not sure, because it's a little hard to explain using them.



Good luck ^____^

Answer 2

Scanners and monitors work in PPI, although even scanner makers confuse the issue by calling it DPI. Trying to convince the masses that a pixel and a dot are two different things is an exercise in futility. Printers work in DPI, but modern inkjets don't really conform to the proper definition of dots per inch, since they use variable size dots. The printers with really high DPI ratings are giving the number of dots if every single one of them is at the smallest possible printed size... which is misleading at best, and downright crooked if you ask me. But this is where we are. Do you have a plan to fix this issue? It's just like the issue of what macro means... there is the textbook definition of photomacrography, and the marketing version of the term. One doesn't have much to do with the other.

Answer 3

i would suggest using bridge for color correction, it's far easier to tinker with contrast, color, etc.

Answer 4

well put in the scanner slot than hold it down or just ask Office max or FedEx to do it for you and don't forget your flash drive THANKS FOR LISTENING