what scanner to buy?

[Vay]

i have never uploaded my drawings onto a computer before and they are just yellowing on paper.

I read somewhere that you get a scanner to scan a drawing and it gets onto the computer. I am not experienced at these technologies and would like to know what is a good scanner to purchase, or is there an alternative way to get an image onto a computer to save or edit?

[Bill]

Click Here (http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/canon-canoscan-lide200-photo/4505-3136_7-33200108.html?tag=mncol;lst)

[Vay]

Click Here (http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/canon-canoscan-lide200-photo/4505-3136_7-33200108.html?tag=mncol;lst)

sorry to bother with more questions but..

is this what most artist generally use to get their image onto the computer to edit? I would probably mainly use it to paint my sketches since real paint costs alot.


if you know of a resulting scan from that scanner would you please show it if possible just to see its quality.

[Hexokinase]

Generally, scanning is the way to go to get a digital copy of a drawing. If a drawing/painting is too large for the scanner, then you set up the right lighting and take a high quality image of the work.

In my experience, Epsons are pretty legit. On the two HP scanners I've used in the day, I haven't been able to get as good of a scan - even after fiddling with the settings.

[Bill]

This (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=591429&stc=1&d=1234474855) is aprox. 12"x15" and was scanned on a Canoscan Lide 100 and quickly tiled together in photshop elements.

[Vay]

i was searching for scanners online and came to the canon website.
and i found "photo scanners" and "film and negative scanners".

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ProductCatIndex1Act&fcategoryid=104

i was wondering if both are able to scan sketches or drawings better than the other and what are the differences. They both claim to be able to scan some sort of image and photos, are drawings considered photos in this case?

how do you read dpis? sometimes they put it as 4800 x 9600 dpi and sometimes they just say 6400 dpis and is it true that the more dpi in a scanner;'s reach the better it is?

[Portus]

Scanners come in two techs, CCD and CIS, the first CCD can scan 3D objects such as pencils, the later CIS can't, if it's not in contact with the glass it will get blury, the advantage is that it picks less grain from the scans from my experience, my Canon scanner is CIS. After using two HP scanners I don't recommend them for pencil drawings.

[Spirit]

I can't really recommend scanners, so I would go with the suggestions above. I wouldn't recommend getting a HP scanner to scan work into your computer. The drivers (or someting O.o) they use are pencil unfriendly, no matter what you do with the settings. I have a HP scanner, so this is from experience, but it's better than nothing I guess :P

[Dredwalker]

Sometimes it is not the scanner but the software that it comes with. I have a scanner, (The name escapes me because I'm not at home) That did not quite give me the right quality I was looking for, especially when it comes to scanning magazine photos. But I've downloaded other software and it did better than I hoped.

Something to consider as well. A good scanner doesn't necessarily mean good drivers. Mine was a three-in-one deal.

[Vay]

taken from all the advice in this thread and that of an employee at J&R music and computer world (he said canoscan lide 700F is the best yet) i have nailed my scanner down. Thank you all very much as well.
if you guys are curious about what scanner i have decided on, here it is:

Canon Canoscan LiDe 700F
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/canon-canoscan-lide-700f/4507-3136_7-33577140.html?tag=mncol;psum

the Canon Canoscan LiDe 700F is a CIS with also the technology to scan films(which is not my primary concern). My primary concern is that the Canon Canoscan LiDe 700F (9600dpi x 9600dpi) has more DPI optical resolution than the Canon Canoscan LDe200 (4800dpi x 4800dpi) and my other non chosen choice the Epson Perfection V500 Photo Flatbed Scanner (CCD) (6400dpi x 9600dpi)

Epson Perfection V500 Photo Flatbed Scanner (CCD type) spec:
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/epson-perfection-v500-photo/4507-3136_7-32609883.html?tag=mncol;psum

Canon CanoScan LiDE200 Photo Scanner
http://reviews.cnet.com/scanners/canon-canoscan-lide200-photo/4507-3136_7-33200108.html?tag=mncol;psum

any last insights are greatly appreciated and i plan on getting the scanner very soon.

[arttorney]

practice, like you have to do for everything else.

The scanner driver software will probably have some kind of crop function and some slider bars for brightness/darkness, contrast, and some kind of control for the difference between purposes of the scan/resolutions (like do you want to publish to internet 72 dpi? Do you want to print 300 dpi? is this a photo? etc). Figure out how to get the scan to look the way you want.