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ENT 5051, Scientific Illustration of Insects Fall Semester, 2006ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS OR CS2:A TUTORIAL FOR ENTOMOLOGISTSPRELIMINARIESPreparing a drawing for import into IllustratorThe first step is to scan a pencil sketch using Adobe Photoshop (or another application that cancapture an image from a flatbed scanner). A digital photograph can also be used. This scannedimage or photograph will be “placed” into Adobe Illustrator as a “template layer” that will serveas the basis of the Illustrator drawing.Open Adobe PhotoshopFileImport{scanner} TWAIN…Use these scanner settings (may have slightly different names depending on the scanner; I amcurrently using an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo scanner):Flat bedBlack & white photo150 or 300 dpi (max)scale 100%Place image face down on scanner.ScanSave as a Photoshop document (.psd), grayscale (Gray/8) or as a high quality JPEG.If the original sketch has several views on the same page (e.g., dorsal, ventral, and lateral viewsof a specimen), copy and paste each view into separate Photoshop documents. Use the“rectangular marquee” or “lasso tool” to select the view to copy.File > CopyNew. . . (name it)File > PasteSave (save all the different Photoshop documents into a single folder).See the separate handout on how to edit scanned images and photographs using Photoshop.last updated 9 November 20061ENT 5051, Scientific Illustration of Insects Fall Semester, 2006ADOBE ILLUSTRATORPREPARING FOR ...