How to Scan Art that is TOO BIG!! 🎨 100% Free No Photoshop - Scan Large Art with Small Scanner

[@C4rl4glz]

One of the best tutorials in youtube!

[@andarien]

Thank you so much. One of the biggest annoyances with scanning solved

[@Fizzandfolly]

You deserve a Nobel prize for making this tutorial. So clear, so easy to follow. You’re a hero

[@oliviaboone-mh3jh]

The best! Thanks for not using photoshop! Gimp for the win. That’s for showing us all how to do this step by step and explaining masks, you’re the best.

[@creatingart4him622]

YOU ARE THE BOMB!!!!! Thank you!

[@ClaireSavoldelli]

So smart thanks a lot ❤

[@annickcottom5500]

Finally I've found someone who talks sense that I can understand. Thank you so much. 😊

[@lenanana8]

Thank-you so much for uploading this tutorial! I had been following a photoshop tutorial for the longest time while using GIMP and kept getting confused on blending the transparency of two images because photoshop had tools that GIMP didn't. Your tutorial is so clear and helpful, and now my bigger art doesn't look like a patchwork quilt!

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

woohoo, so glad it helped you out!

[@LondonBridge99]

Thank you so much for this! I’ve been looking for how to do exactly this, and every vid I found was for photoshop and it was so confusing. I’ve been using Gimp, AND I have the same scanner so this was absolutely perfect for me. Thank youuuu!!!

[@LetItFlowheatherrose]

So clear and concise. Without extra babble. Thank you.

[@ericrykiel963]

damn, i could never figure out this technique. great job! i have the same scanner too, and i use gimp.

[@JenniferMorrisonArt]

Super helpful! I like how thoroughly you explained this.

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stanley2004]

Thank you so much Miss Brittany !!!

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

Happy to help!

[@Ginger_McElfresh_Art]

Awesome job! Maybe a good analogy would be a black layer mask would be like a wool blanket, and a white layer mask would be like a mesh blanket 😉

[@erikaleighart]

What a phenomenal video. I use GIMP as well, and the tutorial you provided is incredibly helpful. THANK YOU!!!

[@CarliArtCandy]

Loooove your tutorials. Why don’t you take off the packaging and tape?

[@soniaguzner7155]

This was sooo helpful. Thank you! Excited to check out more of your videos :)

[@garthkay-hards2427]

Thank you for this tutorial. I use Gimp a lot with Linux, and Darktable ( (so it's all free). I've not tried stitching and this will be helpful for my art. I have yet to get outputs to sell. One think I wondered when you did the scans - you did no adjustments to the scanner settings (ie those that come up with the preview - brightness, contrast, gamma, etc). Do you use Gimp for final colour adjustments? My biggest battle to to work out if the colours on screens (they seems to all be different) will finally print out close to the original artwork.

[@Mr.lainey]

I really don't understand what the gradient tool did. I'm not sure how to get the line out of my art where the 2 sections meet. Maybe I am doing it wrong but that part is where you lost me, and I wasnt able to finish editing it

[@user-oi9ro7du6p]

Great video. Apparently, the scanner you reference in your video includes stitch software (ArcSoft Scan n Stitch Deluxe 2), did you find that GIMP was better?

[@cristinacorreia1056]

Thank you so much for this content! ❤

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching Cristina

[@laschizo]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@fadark55]

Heeeeey! Thanks! That was super useful!

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

You're welcome!! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@stephaniezoppi5564]

This was super helpful! Thank you! What image type do you usually save your image as once you are finished?

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

JPG! at 300 DPI

[@creationsbyerica]

So confusing, but you did a great job of explaining this. Would it be possible to scan a canvas painting?

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

Yes but you'll have to check that the lid to the scanner can accommodate the extra space. Mine can really expand so it would do the job!

[@sissisfussful]

thank you . very helpful , opacity change is a smart step :) . if you work with gimp, how do you manage cmyk requirement if you give it to a printing house ?

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

I've actually never touched this setting and never had issues. I know that's not a satisfactory answer, just the truth!

[@phoenixoliviacopy2727]

What if your painting is alot larger than that? Like 4 feet by 4 feet .

[@verolynncreations]

What scanner did you use for this project?

[@BethEwart]

Awesome!

[@shoshanachurch3150]

I watched the video and appreciate the instruction. However, after I scanned my large piece of art, I couldn't figure out how to find it in gimp. Can you help?

[@JillBlock]

Hello Brittany!! I'm an artist and a lot of my small paintings are 6x9...when I'm uploading them to be digital downloads for my Etsy shop getting them to fit in all the different ratios ends up cutting off a lot of my art, otherwise there's a huge white border around it to make it fit and be centered. Is there a size that you find works best to fit in all aspect ratios? Like should my original art be done on an 8x10 instead for easy transition? Thanks in advance!!!

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

Honestly it's hard to know without seeing the art itself! I feel if it's abstract you could use any aspect ratio really and still be able to convey the art appropriately. But if you have more of a realism style to your art it's hard to say! I'll just say I typically start around 8 x 10 and make sure the subject is for the most part in the center so I have plenty of room to play around.

[@AbstractVision87]

❤

[@Ron_DeForest]

Ok. So apparently I’m an idiot. Gimp isn’t linked in your description and did a search. Can’t find it. The village lost their idiot because I moved. Good grief. Anyway, can you link it in your description please? Be greatly appreciated.

[@astoldbybrittany4342]

You're not an idiot!! Try here: www.gimp.org/downloads/

[@imhere1303]

150.01

[@judithwilliams5773]

None of this makes any sense to me.

[@jmcdrawer5031]

How do you the layers back in color once you add them? Once i open all the pictures, it's in gray shade, no color