Editing Bottoms Up Backgrounds Production Notes

[[Category:Animation]] [[Category:Design]] [[Category:Production]]
== Delivery specs ==

* 1920 x 1080 pixels @ 300 dpi TIFF
* (Translates to 6.4 x 3.6 inches)
* Add between 150 to 300 pixels (&frac12; - 1 inches) on all sides as a bleed. 

== Drawing ==

[[file:Pacific-Arc-Rotary-Lead-Pointer-Tub.jpg|160px|thumb|rotary lead pointer]]
* 11 x 17" Xerox all purpose photocopier paper
* Drawing at 225% target size
** Photoshop file
*** Active area: 4320 x 2430
*** Size w/300 pixel bleed: 5670 x 3780<br>''(Yielding a &frac14;" margin in the final delivered artwork.)''
** drawing dimensions
*** Size w/600 pixel bleed: 6270 x 4380<br>''(Yielding a &frac12;" margin in the final artwork.)''
** drawing dimensions
*** 1920 x 1080: 14-<sup>5</sup>&frasl;<sub>16</sub>" x 8-<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>16</sub>"
*** +1" margin: 16-<sup>5</sup>&frasl;<sub>16</sub>" x 10-<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>16</sub>"<br />''(This would translate to a &frac12;" margin in the final delivered artwork.)''
* Drawing tools
** Staedtler 2H pencil
*** Whittle down the wood to expose lead
*** Sharpen with Pacific Arc rotary lead pointer
** Copic Multiliner SP, <strike>either</strike> 0.2 <strike>or 0.1</strike>

== Scanning ==

* Scan @ grayscale 600 dpi
* In Photoshop
** Apply Threshold
*** level: 178
** Scale 50% (reduction)
** Drop it into a 300 dpi file sized @ 225% enlargement relative to final target of 1920 x 1080
** Scale the file 44.4% to match delivery specs