how to DIGITIZE YOUR ARTWORK | scanning, editing, sizing and putting artwork into mock-ups!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- I hope you enjoy this step by step tutorial on how to digitize your artwork and make art prints. in this video, I go into detail on how to scan your art, edit your art, remove the background from your art, size the art and put the art into a mock-up!
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Scanner: Epson Perfection V600
Computer: HP (Microsoft)
Editing software: Adobe Photoshop
Mock-ups: Etsy
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Just caught your channel. I'm a surface designer. I had a portable Epson scanner for 3 years. Worked great until I recently did an update on my computer. I tried and tried to delete/add and Epson didn't wanna work. Gave to daughter. I'm using my HP printer/scanner and it gave a cleaner result. I didn't have to adjust color and stuff. I also use Affinity Designer/Photo/Illustrator. It's like photoshop,adobe ill. etc. One difference, there's not subscription. One time purchase. Available on apple and android. What you're doing is similar to what I do. Great tutorial.
I keep coming back to this video every time I need to digitize my art. Thank you
you are so welcome!! 🤍
Thank you so much! Very thorough and I appreciate that. I have watched so many videos about digitizing artwork and this is the only one that covers everything a beginner like me needs to know.
this makes me so happy to hear!! 🤍 glad it was helpful!
This is awesome! Thank you for this. I am always blown away by how my fellow artists are so generous with their time and knowledge!
aww this is such a nice comment :) you are so welcome!!
Wow.. wow.. wow... thank you so much. This is one of the most helpful videos I have come across. I am a grandmother who loves watercolour painting and I'm looking at selling digital prints of my artwork on etsy. I had no idea how to go about it but your video has been so helpful. It was suggested to me by one of my grandchildren that I give this ago but at first it seamed like a really scary process. After carefully watching your video I am now thinking that I may be able to do this or at least give it a try.
this is so nice to hear, I am so happy that you feel you have some confidence after watching this tutorial! I know it can be intimidating at first, but once you get the hang of it all you won’t regret it 🤗
This is the first video I`ve seen on how to do this and it impressed me, thank you for explaining so well.
so glad to hear!! 🥰🤗
Seriously the best guide I've found! I followed along in clip studio paint even and I finally got my traditional art to look great scanned! Thank you!!
amazing, this makes me so happy to hear!!
Love your walk-through of how to do this. I have watched a lot of videos on digitalizing artwork. Each one has eye opening comments, or steps to take. In your case, when you did things, like using the magic eraser, you explained what was happening, instead of just saying ‘click the magic eraser’. Thanks for this video!
so glad to hear it was helpful! 🤗
Great video it was exactly what I needed to get started digitizing my art work! 😊
so glad to hear it was helpful! 🤗
very helpful thank you so much. The mock up is a totally new concept to me (AMAZING) very detailed and helpful video. thanks
so happy to hear!! you’re welcome 🥰
This was quite helpful and easy to follow, thanks so much. Also, your artwork is beautiful, love it.
thank you! :)
I find that the healing brush tool is easier to use for removing pieces of dust that are in the middle of the drawing. Would be worth a try because you don't have to do the alt click. If it's next to a darker area, it can cause a distortion, but overall I prefer it.
Thank you so much for this. This is finally a video that explains it correctly I do coloured pencil artworks, and when I want to do them in a print, I have a hard time removing the paper background which is kind of like a greyish colour especially if there’s like a lot of white highlights or white fur in my drawings, this has helped me tremendously❤
yay! thanks for the nice comment 🤍 am so happy to hear that this was helpful for you!!
SAME!!! So grateful for your careful and methodical explanation!
Very helpful video. Thank you!
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for sharing!❤
so glad to hear! you’re welcome 🫶🏻
Veryyy helpful!! Thankyouu
300 dpi if you want prints that are original size but if you want to size up then you would need a higher resolution
Such a good explanation
Thank you for the video, love your art
Thank you very helpful video
Hey Kristyn, this is really informative and really grateful for that. could you make the mouse movements more visible as i could not follow as to where you were pointing to and the features.
Thank you!!!
Your video is really helpful to me, Kirsten. Thank you So much.
I have a question. When deciding to save it as rgb or cmyk, why it is good to save as rgb if you’re selling it digitally? Seems like the colors wouldn’t print as nicely or close to the original colors.
I love your painting very much and really appreciate all the details you shared with us.
so glad to hear the video was helpful!! so I should have explained in this video that when I open a file it automatically opens in RGB however you want to change that to CMYK for printing as it is a better color mode for printing. I only leave my file in RGB if I am not printing it. apologies that I missed this in the video & hope that makes sense!! 😊
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Excellent tutorial Kirstyn. I appreciate the detail and patience throughout all of this. I'm curious, do you worry about the texture showing on the actual image? Meaning, I have scanned a water color and my clouds show the paper texture. Is that okay? Eveything I've seen talks about removing the background and the water color paper texture, but nothing mentions the actual image. Since I am super duper new (a couple of months) I'm honestly not sure if it's okay to have the paper texture visible on that actual image. Hope that made sense. Thanks!
thanks for the comment! I do not worry about the texture of the paper on the image at all. I definitely want my painting to be authentic so I try to alter the actual artwork as little as possible. if it really bothers you, you could try painting on a hot press paper (depending what style of watercolor you do) which is a bit smoother and will create less texture. the paper I used for the painting in this video is handmade, so definitely more textured than your average watercolor paper. if you’d like to use cold press but are worried about texture, I recommend the arches cold press paper 🙂 of course you could try editing the texture out but that’s a personal preference for yourself. hope that helps!
@@kirstynamanda Actually, this is exactly what I hoped you might say. I like the texture on the image and don't want to lose that unique aspect of water color. Thanks for responding so quickly. I'm definitely a new fan!! I'll be watching!
This was so helpful! Also this may sound like a silly question, but I was wondering what laptop you use because I wasn’t sure if the photo scanner needs a specific laptop or not! And I’m trying to figure out what laptop to purchase!☺️
no silly questions! it’s an HP. but I also have a iMac computer and I use that to scan with this scanner as well 🤗
Loved watching this! We have a very similar process! Do you edit in RGB or CMYK?
yay!! I didn’t end up changing it in this video, but I am typically using CMYK as it’s better for printing. the only time I have used the RGB is when I have digital products for sale (which I don’t currently), like a logo or a graphic!
Thank u ❤️
Hello :) What do I have to do, if I wanna offer bigger sizes? Let's say the artwork I'm scanning is maybe the size of a hand and I want people to be able to print it in 24x36 inches?
Hi! I have blown my prints up quite large with no issues using the steps in this video, however you could try scanning in at 600dpi to increase the quality as well!
@@kirstynamanda Thank you! :)
Hi there -- question for you... the Epson software you are using is the best and easiest to use -- but when I got a new computer, the software is the Epson 2 and, I can't for the life of me, get back to the software you are using. Have you heard anyone else having that issue? I really want to use the software that has the settings you have.
hey, I am not sure how to get Epson 1 back but I did get a new computer too and I believe it is Epson 2.. in my “how to make art prints” video I walk through the scanner settings on my new computer - maybe check that out and see if it looks the same?? 🤗
@@kirstynamanda Oh thank you! I will definitely check it out! I just had the other one all figured out and then BAM -- the new software is completely different and leaves out some of the features I really enjoyed. Maybe I just haven't found them yet! Thanks again!
Is there any of your artwork that doesn't require removing background?
yes, if the whole page is painted then I don’t have to! 🙂
Really terrific information! Thank you so much! I have to be honest with you though. The sound on this is a really difficult to listen to. It's just too muffled and with too much bass. Not sure what you could do, but I just had to let you know. I'd hate for future subscribers to be lost due to something that might be easily fixed. Beautiful artwork and great information. Thank you very much!
thanks for the feedback! I was getting over a sickness when I recorded this & I’ve also since purchased a new microphone. my new vids are way better quality! glad it was helpful! 🤗
@@kirstynamanda Very glad to hear about the new videos and that you got over your sickness! I have subscribed and will be watching your channel! Hope you had a nice weekend!