Can I scan an image, to be used for print? [Archive]

blue buffalo

11.16.06, 12:48 PM

Hi all,

I have client that wants me to do a business card for him. The problems is that his original card had 3 logos on it, and he doesn't have the files for any of the logos.

I am wondering if it is possible to scan his original business card to obtain the logos, so I can use them on his new card. I just don't know if they will print clean and/or what resolution to scan it at if it will work.

Any help is appreciated!

mattress

11.16.06, 12:50 PM

best bet is to scan the logos and then trace them in illustrator or another decent vector drawing program.

blue buffalo

11.16.06, 12:54 PM

I was afraid someone would say that.....darn.
:)

senders

11.17.06, 03:06 AM

or you can check out brandsoftheworld.com see if they have them.

blue buffalo

11.17.06, 05:42 AM

or you can check out brandsoftheworld.com see if they have them.

Good idea! I didn't even think of that. Thanks!

Cone Graff

11.17.06, 08:42 AM

Either way, you can scan them and use them as long as it's not a raster image.

There will be some loss of quality, obviously, but if you have a good enough scanner it wont be visible to the human eye

jeanqmc

11.21.06, 06:23 AM

best bet is to scan the logos and then trace them in illustrator or another decent vector drawing program.

mattress is right, that's what we have been doing. We do vector tracing. If your interested just contact me :)

Mizu

11.21.06, 10:52 AM

mattress is right, that's what we have been doing. We do vector tracing. If your interested just contact me :)

Could you please stop advertising your company in every thread, because nobody cares. We "all" know how to work the shit out of photoshop.

Thanks.

senders

11.21.06, 11:16 AM

Could you please stop advertising your company in every thread, because nobody cares. We "all" know how to work the shit out of photoshop.

Thanks.

indeed, i just read your posts, and more then half is more or less spam.

hackerfin

12.01.06, 07:08 AM

Hi all,

I have client that wants me to do a business card for him. The problems is that his original card had 3 logos on it, and he doesn't have the files for any of the logos.

I am wondering if it is possible to scan his original business card to obtain the logos, so I can use them on his new card. I just don't know if they will print clean and/or what resolution to scan it at if it will work.

Any help is appreciated!

just scan the card but the image wont be same as the original one..