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Painting on wood panel. Alternate title: Tempus Fuckit. I'm just going to call it an experiment, and leave it at that. 
On a related note, to those of you who paint: How do you digitize it? Do you use a camera or scanner or what?
I think I took about 30 photos, and pretty much all of them either got a stupid glare or ended up too dark/blurry when I tried to adjust the lighting.
On a related note, to those of you who paint: How do you digitize it? Do you use a camera or scanner or what?
I think I took about 30 photos, and pretty much all of them either got a stupid glare or ended up too dark/blurry when I tried to adjust the lighting.
Image size
1672x1246px 385.8 KB
Make
OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model
E-PL1
Shutter Speed
1/60 second
Aperture
F/3.5
Focal Length
14 mm
ISO Speed
320
Date Taken
Jan 19, 2014, 8:23:22 PM
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Great to see the finished painting. You did excellent work, even if it was an experiment. You handle the brushes even better. Hope I can see more similar artwork from you 
About scan or photo: it depends the size of the picture. If it's smaller than 40 x 50 cm, I always scan it, in multiple parts, and after that, paste them into one single picture. It requires a lot of patience to paste the pieces properly, but you can get the best quality in this way. My A2 sized charcoal drawings are pasted from 6 different scans, you can imagine how much work was that
There are available scanners in A3 size but they're too expensive for home use. But if you earn money by selling prints, it can be a good investment.
If it's larger than that size, I rather prefer photographing. I also use an Olympus camera, an older DSLR model, it has quite enough quality for that. Your camera is near the same quality, I know that type. There are some rules to make a good photo. Never use flashlight, it just distorts all the tones and colors. Rather try to take the picture outdoors in daylight, or use longer exposure. Also worth to use tripod, and be careful that the camera is parallel to the painting, to avoid shape distortion. It's better to step backward and use zoom rather make a close-up picture for the same reason. The image still needs some editing, it can be done in Photoshop or Gimp easily. I usually adjust only the tone levels (or curves), and the color balance to reach the original's color tonality. If you use multiple colors, there will be more work on it, blue tones can be distorted quite harsh by the camera... The most important I think, to adjust the white balance to the actual light (in the camera settings of later in PS). It will be never perfect, but worth to try it in all possible ways. Hope I could help you, even if something was also described by others before. Good luck!
About scan or photo: it depends the size of the picture. If it's smaller than 40 x 50 cm, I always scan it, in multiple parts, and after that, paste them into one single picture. It requires a lot of patience to paste the pieces properly, but you can get the best quality in this way. My A2 sized charcoal drawings are pasted from 6 different scans, you can imagine how much work was that
There are available scanners in A3 size but they're too expensive for home use. But if you earn money by selling prints, it can be a good investment.
If it's larger than that size, I rather prefer photographing. I also use an Olympus camera, an older DSLR model, it has quite enough quality for that. Your camera is near the same quality, I know that type. There are some rules to make a good photo. Never use flashlight, it just distorts all the tones and colors. Rather try to take the picture outdoors in daylight, or use longer exposure. Also worth to use tripod, and be careful that the camera is parallel to the painting, to avoid shape distortion. It's better to step backward and use zoom rather make a close-up picture for the same reason. The image still needs some editing, it can be done in Photoshop or Gimp easily. I usually adjust only the tone levels (or curves), and the color balance to reach the original's color tonality. If you use multiple colors, there will be more work on it, blue tones can be distorted quite harsh by the camera... The most important I think, to adjust the white balance to the actual light (in the camera settings of later in PS). It will be never perfect, but worth to try it in all possible ways. Hope I could help you, even if something was also described by others before. Good luck!