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If you're using Photoshop, here's some helpful hints on scanning and piecing your work back together:

1. Scan it with about 1-2 inches of "overlap" along the edges of each scanned area. Make sure you use the same resolution settings etc. for each section you scan.

2. In Photoshop, create a new image larger than the entire piece. I.e. if your original is 11 x 17 inches, create a new image at 12 x 18 inches.

3. Drag each scanned section into the new image area. Don't worry about lining it up exactly, just get the pieces in the general positions. This should create a new layer for each scanned area.

4. Select an image layer. Using the selection wand tool, click on any place that is NOT part of the scanned image. This should give you a selection of all the empty space around your scanned image. Right click on the selected area and choose SELECT INVERSE from the popup menu. Now the selection should only be your scanned image. Right click on your selected area and choose MAKE WORK PATH.

5. Set your eraser to 200 pixels with the very soft, fuzzy edge. Select the pen tool and right click on the selected image area. Choose STROKE WORK PATH from the popup menu but make sure you have the eraser selected for the stroke and the simulate pressure box is NOT checkmarked. This will create a soft edge around the image layer. Right click with the pen tool on the image and choose DELETE WORK PATH from the popup menu.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each image layer until you've given them all a soft edge.

7. Once all your image layers have soft edges you can fine tune their positioning. Use the opacity slide bar to reduce the opacity of a top layer and line it up with a bottom layer.

8. You may need to adjust the brightness and contrast of the layers to get them to match.

9. Once you have all the layers lined up the way you want, make the background layer invisible then on the LAYER menu choose MERGE VISIBLE. Make the background layer visible again. Study your image to make sure it looks right. If you're satisfied, flatten the image and save it.

10. Save and save often! I usually save different stages of progress with different names just in case I need to go back to a certain point and start again.

Hope this helps

*DamonLSalvatore May 16, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I hope this is possible in Gimp D:

~teutelquessir May 20, 2011 Professional General Artist

I have no idea how Gimp works.

!AlethiaMS May 6, 2005

*Doesn't have a camera - nor money to buy it -, and doesn't have Photoshop CS, so...*

Yay!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I've been wanting to know how to do this for ages!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!! This is awesome!

~teutelquessir May 7, 2005 Professional General Artist

Glad to do it. I'm surprised no one ever posted a scanning/piecing tutorial before.

Hope it helps you

!AlethiaMS May 9, 2005

A tried it, and it worked great for me =^^= I can't submit the drawing I used it on, but I'll make another one as soon as I get a chance and upload it

~teutelquessir May 9, 2005 Professional General Artist

Great! Send me a link

~Dragonfirejlk Apr 20, 2005

Step one: Buy a camera...

~teutelquessir Apr 20, 2005 Professional General Artist

Cameras don't produce high resolution images for prints.

~Dragonfirejlk Apr 20, 2005

If you've got a real nice one, they sure do.

And if it's for prints... often time piecing a piece together comes out a lil' odd looking. I often don't think it's worth the time.

~teutelquessir Apr 20, 2005 Professional General Artist

I've never had any luck getting good pictures with a camera. Then again... I'm not a photographer. But my scanned and stitched prints come out just fine

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