This way you can even out the brightness of the overall piece and finally use the “Brightness” and “Contrast” sliders one last time to get a clean result Now, let´s get on with the edit! Select “Image” (Bild) in the top bar, go to “Adjustments” and first of all set the “Saturation” to zero (if you have a black and white drawing)Īfter that, pick “Brightness and Contrast” (also found in “Image” –> “Adjustments”) to brighten up your piece some moreĪleardy much better, hm? But as you can see, the bottom-left corner of the image is quite a lot brighter than the upper-right one, which prevents you from getting an even result. (Unfortunately I have it set to German but I did my best to make my steps understandable) It comes with everything you´ll need for the edit. Open the photo on your computer and turn + crop itįor the following editing I use Adobe Photoshop CS2, which is legally available as a free download, so there really is no reason not to get it. Not exactly breath-taking, huh? but don´t worry, we´ll get this prettied up. The inital photo will look something like this: Avoid direct sunlight and artificial light as both will lower the quality of the picture. Take a photo of your piece during the day in ambient lighting and try to make the paper lie as flat as possible. (However smartphone photos are also okay! Use whatever you have on hand) You don´t need a fancy scanner for this, but if you have a digital camera at home I´d recommed you to use that instead of your smartphone. So here are my tips for making your art not look shit in just a few easy steps. How to edit traditional art for social mediaīeing a mainly traditional artist myself it always irks me a little when I see sketches or even full illustrations being posted without any proper editing, making for a terrible presentation of an otherwise great piece.
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