Scanning:
Once the animation is completed upto final clean-up stage, the scanning could begin.

Cleanup Stage

There are 5 important points to keep in mind while scanning:

1. Registration:
All the drawing must be scanned having the same registration. This helps in staging the character with relation to background, foreground and the character.

Holes at the Bottom of the Paper for Registration

 

2. Scanning Registration:
Resolution must be 72 ppi or above for video format.

3. Scanner Settings:
Check for a proper value of contrast and brightness before scanning. This helps while vectorization of the bitmap images.

4. Naming convention:
Plan your naming convention shot by shot for the frames, so that it’s understood by name itself.

5. File Extensions:
Tiff and png file extension takes less space and are editable in software’s without losing any quality.