How to Scan and Digitize Original Watercolor Art | Comprehensive Tutorial | Photoshop CC
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- Another popular request answered! This is my most comprehensive tutorial on how to clean up an original watercolor art in Photoshop. The tutorial covers scanner setting, file resolution and format, and different Photoshop tools I use to clean up my art, erase any noise in the background, erase pencil sketch and adjust other details. I try to keep the Photoshop tutorial beginner friendly with video demo so you can follow step by step.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Short Intro
1:05 - Scanning and Saving Image
5:04 - Erase Background Method 1
17:13 - Erase Background Method 2
22:59 - Adjust Details With Dodge, Burn, or Sponge Tools
25:57 - Clean Up Details with Clone Tool
Equipment Used For Making Art Prints:
SCAN | Epson V600 Scanner: amzn.to/3aMT0QB
DIGITIZE | Adobe Photoshop 2020. A cheaper alternative that doesn't require monthly subscription fee and has similar functionalities as Photoshop is Affinity Photo.
PRINT | Art Print Paper: Epson Ultra Premium Presentation Matte: amzn.to/2tPsoy1
PRINT | Printer: Epson SureColor P800 Fine Art Printer: amzn.to/36ANehV
CUT | Rotatrim M24 Paper Trimmer: amzn.to/2S1PBEY
PACKAGE | Cellophane Bag: amzn.to/2U0Hk73
PACKAGE | Backboard: amzn.to/311wRcU
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Cathy is a self taught watercolor artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Easy Sunday Club was started by Cathy and her husband Nam and is a collection of Cathy's paintings, stationery, and baby/children's soft goods that showcase playful interpretations of subjects in her expressive painting style. Prior to art, Cathy got an MBA and worked in corporate for 10 years and Nam is an attorney. This channel is our way of giving back to the art community and covers Watercolor Tutorials, How To Videos, Product Reviews and the Business of Art.
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Having a crisp and high quality digital image of your art will set you up for success if you want to make prints out of your original work, print them on Print on Demand products, or present them to licensing clients.
Just the tutorial I was looking for. Excellent walkthrough. Thank u so much!
thank you so much!! I can't tell you how useful this tutorial is!!
I am grateful for the information and instruction. Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks for making this, really useful and helpful
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this!! Very easy and straightforward to follow, I've been wanting to learn this for a while now I just didn't have PS. This is the best tutorial on the subject!
Thank you so much! You save me a lot of time!
Very comprehensive! This will help me to clean up my muddy scans of my colored pencil drawings! Thank you!
So so grateful for this video!! THANK YOU FOR CREATING THIS! :)
I’m glad it helps!
This is so helpful, thank you for sharing!! Love seeing your videos
you’re welcome!
Sooooo helpful! Thank you so much - new subscriber!
Loved it, very helpfull. Thank you!
You’re welcome Emily!
This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks!
Thanks Sadiya let us know what work and didnt work for you in this tutorial. Best of luck!
Absolutely brilliant!!! 🤗
Great Sibi!
Very helpful. Thanks a lot😁😁
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!! I am on the struggle bus with Photoshop and you just taught me so much. Perfect amount of explanation and detail, thank you.
perfect thank you so much 💗
Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks!
Thank you for the support Amy! Best of luck on your art journey :)
Helpful in so many ways-I happened to have the same Epson scanner, which I like aLOT, and I learned about some of the settings watching you. But maybe more important, I have wondered for a long time if there was an easier way to clean up a scanned painting-like some magical things I didn’t know. Turns out, you do it the same way I do. LOLOLOL! So that was good to know. Thank you for your videos.
Fantastic! Thank you!
Thank you for giving such detail. This is so helpful❤❤
happy to help and save you a little time!
So helpful - just the info I needed! Thankyou !!
great to hear!
Your explanations are awesome! Thanks!
so glad you find them helpful!
Thank you SO much for this! Exactly the walkthrough I needed. Honestly the most useful tutorial I've found on the topic.
Very flattering! Thank you for the positivity and support!
I always come back to this tutorial when I edit. The basics that I find best help keep the watercolour true to the original. Thank you for sharing!
so glad to be a free resource for you to access anytime :)!
Thank you soooo much for this!!! I was trying to figure out how to make a pure white background and your method work!!
glad to hear! I love a spotless clean white background :).
Thank you for demonstrating the tools. I'm just starting this learning process and there's a lot to learn. Your video helped.
Good luck Pat. Ty :)
Very helpful. Ive watched a few videos on this subject and this was the most helpful
Good to hear thank you Heather :)
So helpful !!!!
I use that smaller scanner love it! Thanks for sharing your tricks ;)
We love it too!
Super helpful. Tank You !
love it! Thank you so much
Glad you like it!
Thank you!
I can't begin to tell you how helpful this video was! I knew there had to be a more efficient way to clean up my art (particularly my wreaths) and this got me all sorted. THANK YOU
Thank you for the kind words Abigail :)
Great tutorial. I have been watching digitising videos to see if there are methods I hadn’t tried yet (yours is the best I have seen so far) which might be quicker. In your video you mention that the adjustment layers are only for the entire image, but you can actually make them for custom areas by creating a clipping mask in the white rectangle next to the adjustment icon in the layers panel. You can use the paint brush to paint black the areas you don’t want adjusted. Or you can use fill to paint the whole mask black and then paint in white to show the areas you want adjusted.
Thanks SO much, super helpful! I don't know what the heck I'm doin', novice to both scanner and photoshop, but this was groovy :)
Wonderful video. I found you when I was looking for fine art paper for watercolor prints. Also a great video. This one is great too. Although I use Affinity Photo which is pretty similar to Photoshop I learned some new techniques. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for the kind words Joanne! It’s great to see Affinity gaining steam and see art software becoming more accessible. Affinity usage is def something we are keeping our eye on.
Thank you sooooo much for this vid!!
Thanks for sitting through it!
Thank you. I'm struggling to find a way to create stationery. This is a huge learning curve, but to have tutorials specific to cards is HUGELY helpful. Thank you.
Thank you for your positive energy and support Lydia. We want to share what we have learned along the way and give back as others have for us. Looking forward to seeing the art that you create :) It inspires us!
This is a great video. Even though I'm currently using your suggestion for Affinity Photo, I've been able to find similar tools that you suggest. I'd love it if you would talk about how to use some of the smaller paintings I have done as larger prints. Are there rules for one to size to larger size and what works?
Your lesson with real-time movement (not too fast) and verbal explaining is the answer I've been searching for. Wondering what tools to get to work my illustrations, I was afraid I'd have to buy Mac stuff. But Photoshop will work just fine! Thank you friend.
Aw I really appreciate the feedback!
Thanks!
Good video! Thanks!
Thanks again for all the support Marcela!
This is really helpful.
Thank you.
Thank you for the support Slobodan!
@@EasySundayClub You're welcome.
Keep up with great content!
Love your content. We bought equipment based on your experience. Epson V600 Scanner, Epson P900 printer, Affinity Photo. Having heck trying to get good print quality from a scanned watercolor painting. Ultimately want to print gift cards, start a retirement business. Feels like some Affinity settings are not right. Any tips would be helpful. Thanks for your videos sharing your business experiences, both good and bad. God speed!
Fantastic explanation! Thank you for sharing your tips. Can you tell me what type of computer you are using? How much memory do you have in it? I have an Apple Macbook pro but it does NOT like my photoshop application.
Your comments on clean up of supermodel images is hysterical... my morning laughter session complete! Thanks
:) be well Robyn! Cheers!
Hi Cathy. I just found your chanel today and you are a gift from god. You're so patient and thorough. I'm loving this video in particular because I draw in ink and shade in pencil which leaves shadows on the white paper that aren't really noticiable until the drawing is printed. I'm completely new to photoshop and I'm using the most recent 2022 version. I get to the part where you say to make a new layer, save as 'white BG' and then change it to dark grey. Well I am following your instructions to the letter until I get here. I don't have a tin of paint icon on the side tool bar. I've tried changing the layer to dark grey by just clicking on the top one of the foreground and background icon. Nothing happens. It just remains as a chequer board. I've tried seven or eight times. It wont change. Can you advise what I might be doing wrong please? Thank you, Jane
Off subject a little, but has copyright been taken care of before scan and upload to IG, etsy, etc? Thanks for the great demo! I don't see a circle c at your signature. Do you protect all your artwork first?
Wow! I’m so grateful I found your video. I’m completely new to all things scanning, printing and photoshop. I just spent hours trying to play around getting rid of the watercolor paper textured background. I did waste some ink and paper trying to figure it all out and left frustrated with the background still there and things being muted or too bright. I’m so excited to try this tomorrow! I know I still have so much to learn still, but this is so helpful!
Thank you for the kind words Jessica. Really hope the instruction works!
@@EasySundayClub Yes! This has been so helpful. Thank you!! I can not figure out how to get my eraser to match the background color though to clean up the photo. It just keeps making it transparent.
it sounds like you don’t have a base background layer, so when you erase it just reveals the transparent background. if you want it to be white, try the brush tool and select white or whatever color you want the background to be.
@@EasySundayClub Yes, thank you! I think I figured it out :) Thanks for getting back with me!
Awesome. I don’t have a computer yet. But my son does this form me. I wanted to know how. Thanks again. Can’t wait to get a computer
Thank you so much! Let us know how it works out!
I like this video. Can you make a more in-depth video about the settings that you use in photoshop? Or do you have a video\class that you recommend?
This is the in depth video :). is there something specific about photoshop settings that you have questions about?
Hi, thank you for this video. I've been searching for days and this is exactly what I was looking for. Is there a brand of paints and paper you would recommend? Tysm ♡
Here is a video I made to discuss my watercolor materials :) Best of luck! th-cam.com/video/S5bMTVdxbr4/w-d-xo.html&t
I have the v600 scanner too but it came with silverfastSE software for scanning and my settings look very different than yours. Do you use a different software for your scanner?
Hi ! At the start of the vid u talked about the dpi and the size you'd print up to. So with the Jaguar you could upload online for sale and a customer could potentially print up to 60x20in. Do you have any videos which talk about these set up dimensions for online sale? TA!
I don’t. that’s a good one, i’ll add to my list of topics.
Would you do this process in doing a digital download print?
I am really enjoying your tutorials! I own an Epson Printer 7720. When I print from photoshop my artwork doesn't print as vibrant as they appear on my computer screen. I will see if you have a tutorial on how to print directly from photoshop. Thank you!
Check out the how to make an art print video. If not we have a video coming out soon of our paper and printer settings. Ill respond in the comments when it drops or just subscribe. Another thing to look at is icc printer profiles and making sure ur printer has the right icc paper profile in your photoshop printer settings.
Grest tutorial, I bookmarked it for later. My hold up is trying to decide what laptop to buy as I do not have a computer at all right now, any one have recommendations for laptops under $2000 that woulf be a good screen quality and power for editing scanned watercolor paintings? I haven't seen any laptop reviews for artists specifically using computers for editing scanned paintings.
Thanks for sharing!! I have a question though, why is your file RGB? shouldn't you use CYMK for printing? Thank you again!!
Hi JZ. Good question and found a good answer on Quora: “In general, create your work in RGB if you don’t know what your final display/print process will be. It has a wider colour gamut and it’s a screen native colour mode when working on a computer.
Many fine art prints are printed on a digital multi-ink printer (eg inkjet printers which may have more than just CMYK inks) will reproduce better from an RGB original.
You may need to convert to CMYK later if supplying to a printer using only process inks.
Note: if you are producing art to be specifically be printed in CMYK, you might be better off working in CMYK mode for the original. (eg a commission for a printed book or magazine). This will avoid unexpected conversions of colour between the 2 modes, particularly bright saturated hues which can convert to duller equivalents in CMYK. However, when working in CMYK, some software will reduce the number of manipulation tools & filters you have at your disposal compared to RGB mode, so plan a little ahead.”
I keep watching and watching, rewinding and rewinding but you definitely have a paint tin tool and I don't. Do you know of another way I can change the chequerboard background to a colour please? I will pay you for an answer. Just let me know what your rate is please. Many thanks. Jane
Thank you so much
Be well Stardust!
This went really well!
I have questions as usual 🙈 When taking the picture from an iPhone do I need to adjust the dpi or take any other steps?
Are you using a scanning app on your iphone to scan your art? I wouldn’t recommend taking a photo of your art since it’s difficult to control the lighting and angles, but maybe there’s a good one out there I’m not aware of. You’ll need to set at least 300dpi on any scanning program that you use.
Easy Sunday Club thanks for the response 🙌🏻 are you saying you recommend scanning app over a regular photo?
Hi there! Thank you for the video! I’m thinking about getting the V600, but Ive read some bad reviews about the compatibility of the scanner with Mac Os. Did you experience something like this?
Thank you
Hi we’ve always used Macs with the V600 and never had any compatibility issue.
Hi!! May I ask your suggestions since I draw not paint ? Is the scanning process the same ? Could I use the same paper or a different one? Thank you so much ! Learning a lot from your channel!
If you're drawing and not using any wet medium (watercolor, acrylic, etc.), most paper will work. Some paper will work better for certain mediums than others, like if you are drawing with charcoal, there are papers for that. The scanning process is the same and you can still use the same techniques to remove dust/noise from your drawing digitally!
Easy Sunday Club oh thank you so much !
Mine doesn’t show any preview just a blank white box? Any ideas to fix that?
i wonder if you dont get the paper texture in the scan because you use a little brightness that you add. Thank you for the info
When I scan without the brightness lift it doesn’t show the paper texture either, but the background may have a slight tint of gray.
Also once you’re done with these steps how do you save for print? As in what format? My photoshop won’t let me use jpeg it’s options like tiff, photoshop pdf and jpf? I used to be a whiz years ago but the time away from photoshop has me super behind now and the options are not the same
I save the scanned and edited image in Tiff for optimal resolution. Yea it’s a lot to keep up with PS changes!
In what forms you save your art work pdf or jpg? As I don't have printing so I'll send it to print instead
Hi Muna, .TIFF is our preferred way of saving. Thank you for the support!
I have a question about the eraser tool! After you create a new background (white bg) and select the color to be gray to highlight all the imperfections. When I go back to choose the eraser tool to select all the "junk" in my photo, it starts painting white instead of the gray color we selected. Any help on how to fix this!?
2 things I can think of is 1: check your color selection (bottom left of tool bar to make sure the background color is gray), 2. make sure you don't have a colored "Background" layer locked.
Hi, I do not have the barrel in my Fs to fill the background (12:45). How can i get it?
not sure why it's not in your tools by default. try using the short hand key G and see if it shows up?
I have a question. So, I have success with your tutorial until I go to print. When I print my watercolor picture my lettering turns out bluish grey. Also if I have Photo Shop print it prints a cream color background but when I save to my computer and print it has a transparent background but my black lettering is bluish gray. Any ideas?
I have a question why do we have to clean the white part around jaguar? If it's white color, when printed on white paper it wouldn't show. Isn't it?
Good question! There is texture and shadow in the watercolor paper that is picked up by the scanner. I like having a clean white space in my scans so I have to clean all that noise out. Hope that makes sense! Thank you!
@@EasySundayClub it definitely makes sense!! Thank you so much for replying and helping me. You are making amazing content and it's so helpful 🥰🌹💞☺️
Thank u for the support. It helps keep us motivated to keep on going knowing that we are helping the art community!
Why not just use the pen tool? Or the "select and mask" option?
That could work but for watercolor edges I find that I needed more versatility.
must be so good for people who can afford a scanner and a laptop that can carry photoshop. my laptop crashes after about 5 mins or so :v
our 10yr old macbook that we use to edit our youtube videos purrs or freezes whenever it tries to save edits :).
Great tutorial! Thank you!
Great tutorial. I have been watching digitising videos to see if there are methods I hadn’t tried yet (yours is the best I have seen so far) which might be quicker. In your video you mention that the adjustment layers are only for the entire image, but you can actually make them for custom areas by creating a clipping mask in the white rectangle next to the adjustment icon in the layers panel. You can use the paint brush to paint black the areas you don’t want adjusted. Or you can use fill to paint the whole mask black and then paint in white to show the areas you want adjusted.
good tip, thanks for sharing! The more I use photoshop the more I realize there is to learn.