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Once we are finished with the inking and “coloring”, I erase all my pencil lines EXCEPT for the word bubbles and scan it in at 300 dpi. I have to do the scan in 2 parts because the art board is too big for my scanner (the discontinued hp scanjet 3500c). Once the 2 halves are scanned in I open them up in Photoshop and piece them together in a template that measures 1770px x 660px.I erase the Pencil left by the word bubbles in Photoshop. The reason I pencil in the dialogue is because I need to make sure that when I get to the adobe illustrator step I have enough room for my text, also once we reduce our strip it will still be readable. Now that they have been put together I flatten the image and then head up to IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>BRIGHTNESS & CONTRAST. In the dialogue box that pops up I enter the following numbers: Brightness +14 and Contrast + 26 (this is to keep the gray’s integrity and keep the grey visible, if your strip is B&W line, I suggest a Brightness of +40 and Contrast of 54) I then Grey Scale the image by choosing IMAGE>MODE>GREY SCALE and then choose FILE>SAVE FOR WEB. I give it a file name and then Open ILLUSTRATOR. I use illustrator for one reason and one reason only, TYPE FACES LOOK AMAZING, and I have the handwriting of a 24 month old. I do all my lettering in Illustrator and then repeat the save for web step. I then open the BIG strip in Photoshop once more... |
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