Digitizing Hand-Drawn Illustrations for Digital Publishing
Illustrators create artwork on paper that needs to be digitized for books, magazines, and websites. Scans of hand-drawn work need cleanup, background removal, and format conversion for different publishing requirements.
Workflow
- Scan the hand-drawn illustration at 600 DPI using a flatbed scanner
- Use the Image Cropper to remove scanner margins and isolate the illustration
- Use the Image Background Remover to separate the illustration from the paper background
- Save the isolated illustration as PNG with transparency for digital use
- Use the Image Converter to create TIFF versions for print publishing
- Use the Image Compressor to create web-optimized versions for online publication
- Deliver format-appropriate files to the publisher
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