Does anyone know an easy way in Photoshop to get rid of the glare from a scanner? We are using a roll scanner that is meant for blueprinting so there are no special settings on it. I don't keep up with Photoshop's newest features and can't find anything about this specifically. I did it manually and it took about an hour but if there's a trick you have for any future projects, please share.

that looks great! I'm like the last to know about any cool tools in photoshop
there is a bunch new stuff in there

Thanks! Last place I worked for would send me to Photoshop seminars when there was a new release and I learned so much from them. It's been 15 years since I've been to one. So sad.

Rather than scanning it, I would be inclined to use an iPhone to take a pic at an angle to avoid the glare, then use the perspective crop tool to square it back up.

Good job, though - looks like it was a PITA. I stopped caring about new features in Photoshop. I don't do much with it anymore, and even when I did I always seemed to find the newer "magic" settings to be lacking and would just revert to my old methods, especially with selections.

I tried that lol. I sucked it down to our flatbed printer and taped the edges, stood on the table with a 4' x 8' sheet of Coroplast on my back to block the glare, took pics and they were not good enough quality. This thing has been tightly rolled in a tube for decades.

Good grief, that looks like Garfield Goose! That was a kids' show when I was one. A Chicago institution back then.

Indeed it is. The customer was unsure what he gave me and it sounded like there will be many more. That's why I'm looking for an easier way. He called and asked what was in the tube. I said a goose with a hat. He said, "oh Garfield Goose." That was before my time.

Any chance you can mount the posters onto foamboard? That would flatten them out quite a bit, especially if it's done on equipment that feeds the poster between rubber rollers. Of course then it would be permanently mounted to the board so it ain't going back in the tube. Heck, even if you mounted it onto some heavier paper it would help to flatten it.

Also, your problem is that you did too good a job (and the boss probably undercharged the customer).

Depends in the actual size of the file and the intent of use - are you reprinting 10,000 of them or is this a part of a page in a catalogue?

There's no QUICK way, but for me (Photoshop-ER for 3 years, newspaper quality level, not a current user) - make 3 selections and save them as layers to work in - 1 select/save layer for area outside the frame (exclude the text), 2 select/save the Frame, 3 Select/save layer of the background of the painting. The DUCK image needs special attention/care dependent on issues.
From there working each area separately will make it easier, you'll avoid over working sections - Ctrl-L is your friend on that frame area.

At the end of the day it's still a damaged poster, a poster sized scanner is the best start, I thought a museum would have connections for you to get that done - YOUR work from what I see is phenomenal.


(Getting "Garfield Goosed" sounds like a harassment lawsuit crime)

Quote from: DCurry on March 18, 2022, 07:08:46 AMAlso, your problem is that you did too good a job (and the boss probably undercharged the customer).

Ain't that the truth....doing a good job in prepress only gets you...more work.

You could try this.

Quote from: DCurry on March 18, 2022, 07:07:50 AMAny chance you can mount the posters onto foamboard? That would flatten them out quite a bit, especially if it's done on equipment that feeds the poster between rubber rollers. Of course then it would be permanently mounted to the board so it ain't going back in the tube. Heck, even if you mounted it onto some heavier paper it would help to flatten it.

We can't scan substrates unfortunately. We have roll scanners for the reprographic side of the business.

This wouldn't be such a problem if it was rolled image out. I'm hoping the "many others" he's talking about aren't like this.

I think I will have to old school fix them. I love this type of work but it's not freelance and I have 50 other things going on here so it's not reasonable to spend a lot of time on these. I'm going to tell him to just bring in a couple at a time. They are for his own personal collection but he also sells them. I've done a lot of odd jobs for him and he was never in a rush.

He will order maybe 10 of these on foam PVC at either poster size or smaller based off his previous jobs.

The black background was simple, just painted over it, The background inside the frame I mostly "burned," spot healed the wrinkles and cloned and burned the frame and goose.

Quote from: Skryber on March 18, 2022, 07:54:13 AMWe can't scan substrates unfortunately. We have roll scanners for the reprographic side of the business.

This is where taking a photo rather than a scan might be helpful.

Quote from: DCurry on March 18, 2022, 08:40:14 AM

Quote from: Skryber on March 18, 2022, 07:54:13 AMWe can't scan substrates unfortunately. We have roll scanners for the reprographic side of the business.

This is where taking a photo rather than a scan might be helpful.

Oh yes! Well I was able to flatten it on the vacuum table and taped the edges down. It was the photo quality that was not good. But doing it your way I would be able to move it into different lighting too. I could try that.