Art for Petential Colourists!

[Bolt-01]

Professor Bear: What settings are you using for the scanner?

Bolt-01

[Bico]

I'm just using the 'import/wia-epson stylus cx3200' command.  Can the settings be set for lower file size?  I'm in the dark, to be honest - I'm still feeling my way about with the photoshop, as there wasn't any manual or booklet with it.  I got it second-hand for 60 quid from Cash Converters about two days before someone told me how to use bittorrent, and I subsequently saw the frigging thing all over the bt websites like a rash.
And don't get me started on the digital art magazines and their 'handy to use' tutorials.  I bought one for its tutorial by Frazier Irving and was completely baffled by it.  It's like another language.

[pauljholden]

artdroids group on yahoo groups is the place to ask all of this, but very quickly:

I scan A3 artwork (using a Mustek A3 USB Scanner - about ?100) using lineart (aka Bitmap) settings. This ensures a pretty small filesize - but it's only useful for pure lineart.

- pj

[Bico]

'k me!  88 quid on Amazon?
That's nothing like the silly prices I was seeing for those things elsewhere!

Cheers for the tip, PJ!

BTW, is that icon your own face?  Only you look like (ex)Sepultura/Soulfly frontman Max Cavalera (aka The Tazmanian Devil of Heavy Rock).

[pauljholden]

That's me doing 'hulk smash' face.

- pj

[Max Kon]

or rather Artdroid smash face.

'What you want me to redo it? Damn you tharg. PJ smash'