Convert a normal scan to something interesting

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wizkdbec
Oct 30, 2004
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Folks,

I need your help in doing pictures for a website

I scan illustrations from a book and then have to post them on a website. The picture must have drop shadows and rounded corners which i will illustrate here.

1. This is my picture after a scan
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/source.jpg

2. This is the picture which is my inspiration. I want to make the picture above something like this.
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/ideal.jpg

Can I do that. Is it possible to change the gray background to some nice gradient also ?

Thank you all.

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Corey
Oct 30, 2004
"Amit Agarwal" wrote:

1. This is my picture after a scan
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/source.jpg

2. This is the picture which is my inspiration. I want to make the picture above something like this.
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/ideal.jpg

Can I do that. Is it possible to change the gray background to some nice gradient also ?

Thank you all.
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Like this?

http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/embellished_graphic .htm

I used the Magic Wand tool set to contiguous and a tolerance of 32 to select everything but the center graphic. I then went to Select>Inverse and copied and pasted into new layer. (CTRL+C then CTRL+V). This gave me the fire hose nozzle in a new layer. But I also had a bit of the outside border. I made a selection around the main image but inside the border with the rectangular marquee tool, selected inverse and deleted. I then deleted the original layer and filled it with a gradient. I then went to Image > Canvas Size and increased the two dimensions by 6 pixels each. I double clicked on the layer in the layers palette and added a stroke and drop shadow. I double clicked the main image layer and added a bevel and emboss. I dragged the drop shadow effect from the gradient layer to the main image layer. I saved the image. I then turned off the drop shadow on the gradient layer, linked the main image and gradient layers together and nudged them down and to the right–2 pixels in each direction. I then opened Dreamweaver and created the mouse over. This can be done in ImageReady too, but I wanted to add the click and drag feature for which I need Dreamweaver.

Peadge 🙂
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jjs
Oct 30, 2004
"Amit Agarwal" wrote:
1. This is my picture after a scan
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/source.jpg

Here’s a subtle rendition. It’s quick. You can take a bit more time to do it better.
http://course1.winona.edu/jstafford/x.jpg
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wizkdbec
Oct 31, 2004
"jjs" …
"Amit Agarwal" wrote:
1. This is my picture after a scan
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/43/1633/1024/source.jpg

Here’s a subtle rendition. It’s quick. You can take a bit more time to do it better.
http://course1.winona.edu/jstafford/x.jpg

Thank you both for those awesome results.
JJS – How do you did that amazing graphic ?
http://course1.winona.edu/jstafford/x.jpg
HL
Harry Limey
Nov 1, 2004
Very neat………
(how long did that take in Dreamweaver?)

"Peadge" wrote in message
Like this?

http://home.comcast.net/~oneravenlunatic/embellished_graphic .htm
I used the Magic Wand tool set to contiguous and a tolerance of 32 to
select
everything but the center graphic. I then went to Select>Inverse and
copied
and pasted into new layer. (CTRL+C then CTRL+V). This gave me the fire
hose
nozzle in a new layer. But I also had a bit of the outside border. I made
a
selection around the main image but inside the border with the
rectangular
marquee tool, selected inverse and deleted. I then deleted the original layer and filled it with a gradient. I then went to Image > Canvas Size
and
increased the two dimensions by 6 pixels each. I double clicked on the
layer
in the layers palette and added a stroke and drop shadow. I double
clicked
the main image layer and added a bevel and emboss. I dragged the drop
shadow
effect from the gradient layer to the main image layer. I saved the image.
I
then turned off the drop shadow on the gradient layer, linked the main
image
and gradient layers together and nudged them down and to the right–2
pixels
in each direction. I then opened Dreamweaver and created the mouse over. This can be done in ImageReady too, but I wanted to add the click and drag feature for which I need Dreamweaver.

Peadge 🙂

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