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Manga-Style..

I remember seeing a manga online and I knew the person who drew the manga. I asked him how his pictures come out so clean...He said that he just scans...
Tell ME how to scan!!!
(As you can see I'm not very good with gfx..)
Tell me about the papers that you use and resolution of the scanner...

the paper and scanner arent really all that important actually, it what you do after you scan it that makes it look so clean. After you scan an image, you need to go through with the brush and clean it up that way.

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Play around with the Levels and Contrast. Both options can be found under Image>Adjust

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Well, just so long as this thing's loaded.

and use ink pen to make it less sketchy like pencil o.o

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For a real clean look, I know people who will retrace their work upto 4 times in pen before scanning. A good pen will help, and a steady hand.
BUT if you want to do it in photoshop, use the Pen tool
(I trace out every line with pen tool when i'm CGing manga style art, takes a while at first but makes the CGing SO much easier )

being a pencil and paper artist long before a digital one, I found that if you put several pieces of cartridge paper (White A4 reflex works best) behind your pictures, then scan it, you'll get a much cleaner scan as the light does not pass through the multiple layers of paper and so the scanner does no pick up any dirty looking smudges that aren't really there.

but if you're going to draw manga on the computer, I seriously suggest you invest in a quality tablet

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*sigh*

mmmm tablet...

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I have found a few good techniques...most simple...but you need to consider how you want your outcomes to look....I give you one...not made for every situation..but...here you go...

Take your drawing...preferably inked without much crosshatching (you can add shading and definition in photoshop later)...and scan it in at a high resolution. When you scan make sure you select "line art" or black and white as your color options.

Once in photoshop...you will need to change the color mode from black and white to RGB. (your just scanned at b/w..and wont be able to add color...so you will have to first change to greyscale and then RGB/CMYK)

Next...adjust you levels so that you blacks and whites are where you want 'em.

Finaly you need to separate your black lines from the rest of the image. Go to Select>Color Range..and select all the black in the image. Then create a new layer and fill the selection with black... this will make sure your lines always have the original definition and do not get drowned out by future adjustments.

Now you are ready to color as you choose. Remember to color on layers above the background layer with the original scan and below the layer with your blacklines....

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If you want to select all of the gray/black etc. you can copy the whole layer, go to channels, make a new channel and paste it, then press CTRL+I (invert) and CTRL+click on the layer. This will select the grays so if your lines look antialiased they will stay that way. Sometimes when I use color range, I get not so smooth edges..

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