Re: Scanning an illustration...

[Bill Fernandez <bill_sub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Caren--

My guess is that you'll have trouble finding a flatbed scanner with a 
bed as big as the painting (try to find a scanning bureau with an 
Jazz or Eversharp Supreme, for example), and even if you do you'll 
probably have trouble with the scan being covered by little white 
specks (caused by specular reflections from the scanner's light 
reflecting off the acrylic paint).  If these guesses are true, then 
you'll have to find a studio that is set up to do copy work of 
paintings; who can light it with off-axis lights, use cross 
polarizers to reduce glare and specular reflections, and photograph 
it with a film or high quality digital camera.  If film, you'll then 
have to scan the film with a film scanner.

For only an 8-1/2 by 11 print ad you only need moderate resolution 
files (say a 35mm slide/neg scanned with a Polaroid SS4000 or Nikon 
LS4000ED), but to blow it up for the trade show banner (depending on 
how it's printed and the viewing distance) you may need to get the 
highest resolution file you possibly can, which means more expensive 
equipment used by a more expert photographer (for example a medium 
format negative scanned on a Nikon LS8000ED or even a drum scanner).

Good luck,

--Bill


At 12:02 AM -0400 10-4-02, Ceejay3@aol.com wrote:
>Anyone who has done an ad as a freelancer - I could use your help!
>My client may use a royalty-free photo in which case would come to me already
>scanned by the stock house (I assume.)
>But now he is thinking of using an illustrator...
>If the illustrator does an acrylic on canvas - how in the world do you scan
>that??  I can take it to a place - but what do I ask for? i assume it is not
>a drum scan anymore..?
>Sorry for my ignorance. I am an art director and never had to act like a
>print producer before now...
>
>FYI - the scan has to work in an 8.5 x 11 print ad - but also blown up to a
>9ft x 9ft trade show banner...
>I am on a Mac if that matters.
>
>Please help!!
>You can email me directly at ceejay3@aol.com
>Thanks!
>-Caren
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