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SCANNING

Learn the fundamental steps for scanning images, including setting up your scanner, adjusting tonal values, and researching artists for inspiration. Explore different topics like still life, scanner art, and collage.

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SCANNING

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  1. SCANNING

  2. Basics Steps to follow • Open scanning software (or some are set up to go thru Photoshop File > Import > (name of) Scanner • Set scanner to Positive (as opposed to scanning a negative)

  3. Select Colour (even if your final image is B/W) • Prepare objects/work for scanning • Preview • use Marquee Tool to select any detail (instead of the whole plate…)

  4. Make tonal adjustments to get as good colour balance you think possible: contrast, brightness and colour balance can happen here. Contrast is the most important: an image with high contrast will contain less information than one with lower contrast

  5. Set File size: 300 dpi13” x 19” print size • Put a grey card or my colour checker on the edge to see how useful it can be!

  6. animation

  7. Katinka Matson Patti Russotti

  8. Michael Golembeweski

  9. RESEARCH! Take 20 minutes now to research the following topics: • still life • appropriation • scanner art • colour xerography • collage

  10. For Starters… Look at the work of • Angela Grauerholz: bookwork • Adam Fuss • Frederic Sommer • Hannah Hoch • Karl Blossfeldt • Richard Prince • Robert Rauschenberg

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