>looking for a scanning tutorial >all tell you to scan in greyscale >none explain WHY you should scan in greyscale WHY can't I just scan in monochrome?

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Anonymous Tue Oct 31 01:58:13 2017 No.17834223 [Reply] [Original]

>looking for a scanning tutorial
>all tell you to scan in greyscale
>none explain WHY you should scan in greyscale
WHY can't I just scan in monochrome?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:02:25 2017 No.17834246 File: 927 KB, 360x267, 1494966057738.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I need help

Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:09:17 2017 No.17834273

There's no reason not to go grayscale. If you need to reduce to monochrome you can always do that later, and have more control over it. Bilevel scanning is mostly for faxes and shit, where compression is desirable and IQ is less important. Also, monochrome looks like shit with halftone because it introduces additional aliasing.

DISCLAIMER: I'm bullshitting, so probably confirm with someone who actually knows their stuff.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:10:52 2017 No.17834278 >>17834223 As I understand it, greyscale is more easily translated than monochrome by most scanners.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:17:32 2017 No.17834299 >>17834273 It's my own hand drawn manga so black and white means that I don't have to erase my pencil work (which is messy and colorful) but >>17834278 If Greyscale still picks up a better quality I guess there's no choice

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:24:33 2017 No.17834333 >>17834299 It's digital files. You can try both and see which comes up better. If you inked it, black-and-white would be better but greyscale will work better for pencil. Don't like one? Delete it and try the other.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 31 02:29:28 2017 No.17834352 File: 87 KB, 400x400, 1484168791956.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>17834333 Sorry, it's just that I don't have a scanner and wanted to make sure if I need greyscale or not before going to my sister's house again Thanks for the help

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