Since my previous post on this topic, i have spoken to a few like minded folks, who have shared their own experiences of similar projects. There is a general consensus that scanning cabinet artwork is the way to go and that photography is probably not the best approach. To be honest, i can completely understand their reservations. Taking pictures requires a huge level of accuracy, even if you are only using four images (as we did).
My concern with scanning is that if you have an A4 or even A3 flatbed scanner, you will be doing at least 12 scans and you still have to deal with image registration. The other thing you have to rely on is the cabinet wood being flat. What if an area is slightly warped?
Either way, there is going to be a margin of error, and it would be foolish of me to go ahead and trace the entire cabinet, only to find out that one of the images was totally off and the project was completely futile! With this in mind i have devised a plan to test beforehand.
Testing Registration
My plan is to take two areas of the artwork, vectorize them and print them out onto tracing paper. I will then overlay the print onto my pac cabinet to make sure it lines up. Tonight i have traced the Pac logo (the image at the top of the page) and part of the swoosh as i feel that this would show up mistakes very easily. Over the next few days, i will vectorize the dots running down the side of the cab as these run over 3 images and will be the ultimate test to our picture taking abilities! Unfortunately, i have no tracing paper so will have to buy some over the next few days...I will post more updates soon.
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