Artwork for Website-- Photoshop necessary??

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tarojeep - 25 Jan 2007 01:56 GMT

I am trying to hire an artist to paint me a series of murals which I would like
to put up on my website. My website designer will use Flash to pan the image
across the screen or zoom in and out of the image.

Does my artist have to paint the mural in Photoshop? Or paint it on the
computer in order for this to be the most smooth process?

Can I have an artist do a painting by hand on canvas and then scan a
photographed image onto the computer? Will it work the same?

Thank you.

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Beat Progress - 25 Jan 2007 06:41 GMT

Scanned images will work fine, a scanned drawing, a scanned photo etc, once
it's scanned in and saved as a digital image (jpeg etc) it makes no difference
where it came from in terms of process. Make sure you scan/save it at a good
quality setting. If the image is kept at actual size (ideally, or else smaller)
when in Flash then it will be clear and smooth on screen. Hope that helps.

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tarojeep - 27 Jan 2007 08:54 GMT

Thank you so much for your response to my question regarding whether or not I
need an artist to use Photoshop, or I can scan it into the computer.

Is scanning a canvas painting difficult? Is there a particular process I need
to make sure I use in order to get the best quality?

Thank you.

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jacobonline - 27 Jan 2007 16:20 GMT

Scanning a canvas probably won't give you the best results due to the texture
of a painting.
I think you will get the best results from a photograph of the canvas. Either
use a high quality digital or film SLR camera, or any decent camera on a Bright
sunny day outside. You can scan a film picture, or load the image direct from a
digital camera. Just make sure you scan or set your digital camera on the
highest setting for the best quality.
I would set my digital camera to the highest settings. Hopefully you have
access to 3mega pixel or above camera.
If you use film. Scan the Picture in at 300 dpi. Thats around photo quality so
you can archive the pictures as well.

Good Luck :beer;

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