Hi everyone. I need help with the picture quality of scanned fabrics. When I scan them from my scanner into my computer the picture of the scanned image is great, but once I import it into Eq6 the quality is awful!!!!

Why am I losing the quality of my scanned image? Can someone please help me, I am so frustrated! Thanks in advance!


Leah

Some here in on the board having better luck taking pictures of the fabric and then importing the pictures into their fabric library.

You may try cropping the scanned picture to show only a smaller portion of the fabric. When you add it to a block in EQ, it uses the entire picture in the little block space.

Good tip, thank you!!!

I did crop the image. I am so frustrated with Eq6. Grrrr!

Is it possiable for you to download the image from the internet? That may make it look better.

I don't use EQ-6, but is it possible to change the pixels of the fabric image like you do you photographs? That may give you more clarity on the image.

Is this the first time you have tried scanning fabric?

For Eq6 yes. I spent all day yesterday and all day today trying different things to no avail. :x

The manual says to keep the resolution at 72dpi for all files except GIG or PNG and those should be at 150 or higher.

It also says not to change the scale of the image, the program will do that for you.

Choose a "normal" setting not a photo one.

I don't know if that helps you or not???

Until now I did not scan fabrics for using in EQ.
If you buy fabrics online, you can save on your computer the pictures of those fabrics you want to use in EQ (from the website of the fabric store).

I did this a few times, I uploaded them in EQ and I did not have any problem.

I hope this is helpful.

I don't have EQ (yet), but often put swatches on the computer so I can play around with different combinations. I have found that digital photos of the fabric are much better quality than scanned images. I also look for clips online (the manufacturer's website is a great place to start). :)

Thank you, I will try all of this. You guys are awesome!

I haven't scanned the fabrics but I've taken pictures. What I do is crop the picture to 1270x1270 then re-size the image to 200x200 pixels. Hope this helps!

Have you called EQ for tech support? EQ has great tech support and will email detailed steps to a problem or talk with you on the phone which ever is best for you. I have used their tech support and it is quick and easy not like most places. It is probably a problem with the pictures being too large (in pixels) and maybe not scanning in jpeg????? A call to the source may relieve the frustration. Hope this helps.