Scanning / File Prep / Submission _ 4-Panel Strip & Ivan Brunetti Simple One-Pager

Good work on your comics. I was impressed at the pin-up and pleased with the feedback that you gave each other (despite the near-constant rain of post-it notes).

Now it's time to complete/revise your originals. Then scan, edit, and upload documentation of each comic to the relevant assignment in CANVAS by Friday, Oct. 3 11:59pm.

Please review the following directions for preparing your work correctly for submission. Correct file-prep and documentation is part of the grade you will receive for every assignment going forward. (BECAUSE it's an important part of the comix process.)

1.) Finish/Revise your original pages.

2.) SCAN your originals. Use the large, flatbed scanner in the studio. You will need to download the driver specific to your OS. I recommend selecting the option for Image Capture application in MAC machines. Here's a link to the Epson site where you can download the driver.

*You must use an actual flatbed scanner for this. Photographs and scanner apps on your phone will not work.

• Turn on the scanner
• Place your original, face-down on the glass and close the lid
• Open IMAGE CAPTURE (after the green 'Ready' light on the scanner stops blinking)
• Check that your settings match the ones pictured below 

• If you don't see anything, make sure you've selected the scanner and then press Overview
• Drag a marquee to encompass your original page
• Input a file name, type (jpg), and destination 
• Press SCAN

3.) FILE-PREP 

Here's a link to a video repeating the process that I demonstrated in class for file prep using Adobe PS. Just watch up to the 5:20 mark. Everything after that doesn't apply here. 

And here are the steps listed in the order demonstrated on the video:

• Open your file in Adobe PS
• Ruler tool to straighten _ [Image > Image Rotation > Arbitrary]
• Crop close to live area but with small margin
• Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation _ [reduce Saturation slider to -100 and increase Lightness slider to +100 for Cyans and Blues]
• Image > Adjustments > Levels _ [Use the histogram to brighten your whites and darken your darks. This can be done myriad other ways.]
• Image > Mode > Gray Scale
• Image > Image Size _ [confirm 300dpi]
• File > Save As _ YourName_AssignmentName.jpg
• Upload to relevant CANVAS assignment