2D Animation Scanning

The following instructions provide a step by step guide to scanning 2D Hand Drawn Cell Animations.

Go to the computer named "Stanley" in Axinn 011.

Turn on the power to the computer if it is not already on.

Turn on the power to the attached HP ScanJet 5590 scanner and verify that it is connected to the computer via USB.

Log in using your middlebury username and password.

Place your 8-1/2" x 11" paper into the automatic document feeder on top of the scanner. Do not place more than 50 sheets in at once.

Make sure that the image is facing up in the automatic document feeder and that the first image in the animation sequence is on top.

Push the button on the scanner with the arrow indicating the correct button to push.

A warning message pops up telling you that the Automatic Document Feeder is engaged. Select "OK".

Change the "Scan to:" location to Adobe Photoshop CS4 and choose "Accept".

Verify that Adobe Photoshop CS4 Launches and that each scanned page has it's own tab in the photoshop workspace.

Select all of the scanned drawings by pressing Command+A.

If your animation is a landscape animation instead of a portrait animation Select File->Automate->Batch. Under the "Play" settings choose Set: "Animation" and Action: "Rotate 90˚ Clockwise or Counter Clockwise". Choose Source: "Opened Files". Choose Destination: "Folder" and select Xsan_Media->CourseName->YourName->ProjectName. Make sure to leave the "Override Action "Save As" Commands UNCHECKED. Select "OK"

Launch Quicktime Pro.

Select File->Open Image Sequence. Browse to Xsan_Media->CourseName->StudentName->ProjectName and select the first image file in the sequence. Choose "Open".

Select the desired framerate for the image sequence.

Select File->Save As. Browse to Xsan_Media->CourseName->YourName->ProjectName.

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