[comp.sys.mac.misc] Scanning art

nadeem@wam.umd.edu (Nadeem Malik) (05/26/91)

I am having a little trouble scanning logos in for a slide presentation.
The scanner is a Microtek 300Z.  The logo is supposed to be in color, I
have it in a pretty good quality black & white print out.  What I am trying
is to scan in the logo using the DA that comes with the scanner as a
black & white, line art, tiff file.  Then I want to take it into something
like Photoshop or Canvas and colorize it.  The idea is to get the logo to
stand out on a blue slide background without the white box that comes from
scanning showing up.

The best luck I have had so far is to use the autotrace option in Canvas
to eliminate the white box background and then individually choose polygons
and colorize them.  When the polygon is large, Canvas breaks it up into two
and that does not give good results.

So, anybody who has had reasonable luck putting logos or other art into
slide presentations, I would like to hear from you.  I've been running into
dead ends with this problem, so even if it requires purchasing additional
software, I would like a solution.

Thanks.


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